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Detective Work!

· By Melanie Branton · Published 2025-02-25T08:00:44.203Z

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In cryptic puzzles, spies and detectives crop up quite a lot. SPIES or SECRET AGENTS or SECURITY SERVICES often clues the letter combo CIA (Central Intelligence Agency in the US, obvs). DETECTIVES, meanwhile, will often clue the combo CID (Criminal Investigation Department of the British police), but DETECTIVE can also clue PI (private investigator). DETECTIVE INSPECTOR = DI, DETECTIVE SERGEANT = DS. US legal and detective dramas being popular in the UK, District Attorney = DA and Medical Examiner = ME.
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  • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓29s · 2025-02-25T18:41:07.439Z
    Thanks for the lesson/practice!
    • Melanie Branton constructor · 2025-02-25T19:24:39.836Z
      Thank you <3
    • namitea 2:18 · 2025-02-25T20:03:22.943Z
      Fun to learn all these different types of clues!
      • Melanie Branton constructor · 2025-02-27T18:22:21.238Z
        Thank you <3
      • Mihir 🤓1:43 · 2025-02-27T13:37:07.956Z
        This was nice. Thank you! I thought 1A was Pies (a group of PI -- PIes, and tart)...
        • Melanie Branton constructor · 2025-02-27T18:22:42.660Z
          Thank you...I see where you're coming from with PIES. Nice!
        • Martin 🤓50s · 2025-02-27T14:48:29.988Z
          Hi Melanie - these puzzles are fantastic! So good for beginners. I have a YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/@The_Cryptic_Mystic) where I mainly post beginner-friendly walkthrough solves of different cryptics. My mission is to demystify cryptics and get more people turned on to them :) I have just over 1300 subscribers now. I'd love to feature your puzzles. I think my subscribers would love them! Would you be open to that? I'd give you full credit and would post links back to you. I look forward to hearing from you :) You can reply here or feel free to email me cryptictokmystic@gmail.com if you prefer. Thanks Martin
          • Melanie Branton constructor · 2025-02-27T18:23:07.514Z
            Thank you so much, Martin, I would LOVE that. I will e-mail you tomorrow.
            • Martin 🤓50s · 2025-02-28T15:34:07.316Z
              Fantastic, Melanie! I look forward to it :)
          • Shark 🤓2:40 · 2025-02-27T15:24:03.281Z
            Quick one!
            • Melanie Branton constructor · 2025-02-27T18:23:28.774Z
              Glad it didn't pose too much of a problem!
            • Zack Johnson 🤓1:09 · 2025-02-27T18:01:55.198Z
              Nice one!
              • Melanie Branton constructor · 2025-02-27T18:23:40.573Z
                Thank you!
              • El Gordo 42 🤓53s · 2025-02-27T21:26:22.037Z
                Such fun with a theme, thank you!
                1A
                A group of detectives get tart (4)
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                Across
                1. 1A
                  A group of detectives get tart (4)
                2. 5A
                  Detective Inspector goes to the North East to have a meal (4)
                3. 6A
                  District Attorney and Territorial Army build up information (4)
                4. 7A
                  Male child will embrace nothing presently (4)
                Down
                1. 1D
                  After commercial, Detective Sergeant does sums (4)
                2. 2D
                  Hello from Italian American spies with nothing (4)
                3. 3D
                  Mad Toni is very interested (4)
                4. 4D
                  Dane, unfortunately, becomes senior clergyman (4)
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