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Cathcart Cryptic #6

· By Jason Cathcart · Published 2024-08-23T03:06:30.029Z

Here's a linktree with all my socials & music!
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  • Womble 🤓4:29 · 2024-08-23T14:06:35.261Z
    Thanks Jason
    • Jimmy Blank Jones 🤓3:02 · 2024-08-23T16:43:10.145Z
      i always read your last name as “cathartic” (which is fitting for your puzzles)
      • Jason Cathcart constructor · 2024-08-23T20:50:08.049Z
        Appreciate it, I love that play on words
      • Jason Cathcart constructor · 2024-08-23T20:50:34.764Z
        Explanations:
        1A: Even nastier; RENAME*
        5A: Schedule; (W)AGE(R)+NDA
        6A: John or George; TU(BE AT LE)ICESTER
        2D: Baby bird; ATE LEG*
        3D: XC (Roman numeral for 90); RU(N IN ETY)MOLOGY
        4D: Not for kids; (SE)RRATED
        1A
        Rename nastily! Even nastier! (6)
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        Across
        1. 1A
          Rename nastily! Even nastier! (6)
        2. 5A
          Schedule NDA after stripping wager (6)
        3. 6A
          John or George seen in tube at Leicester (6)
        Down
        1. 2D
          Ravenously ate leg of baby bird (6)
        2. 3D
          "XC" comes from "run", in etymology (6)
        3. 4D
          Serrated end is not for kids (6)
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