CROSSHARE
moreMenu
Profile

You're Not Serious, etc. (Variety Cryptic)

◆ · By Frisco17 · Published 2024-01-16T03:30:12.809Z

Constructor's Note
61-Across is absent from some across answers in the grid. Enumerations, as well as indicators for multiple words and hyphenated words, have been withheld. (playtested by skaldskaparmal and Pixlate) (hint document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ywQJ1CbKu4qGc_CuLkg87XSoPUaL9UNl_HI5wPYYp6s/edit?usp=sharing)
Checking for previous play data...

Comments

Sign in with google to leave a comment of your own:

  • JM 🤓29:08 · 2024-01-17T04:21:59.599Z
    So much goodness in here! Thanks, Frisco!
    • JWords 🤓44:41 · 2024-01-19T01:19:47.523Z
      Thanks very much! Great stuff
      • Frisco17 constructor · 2024-01-21T00:14:47.096Z
        Play today's daily mini crossword
        1A
        "Move, old people! Get your ass to the front!"
        1
        2
        3
        4
        5
        6
        7
        8
        9
        10
        11
        12
        13
        14
        15
        16
        17
        18
        19
        20
        21
        22
        23
        24
        25
        26
        27
        28
        29
        30
        31
        32
        33
        34
        35
        36
        37
        38
        39
        40
        41
        42
        43
        44
        45
        46
        47
        48
        49
        50
        51
        52
        53
        54
        55
        56
        57
        58
        59
        60
        61
        Across
        1. 1A
          "Move, old people! Get your ass to the front!"
        2. 5A
          She's ruined casual get-together
        3. 9A
          Some of blueprint he redrew is overdrawn
        4. 16A
          Flirts with French cat: “Comment ça va ?”
        5. 18A
          You’re not serious! Frisco is an indie cryptic setter?
        6. 19A
          #100 (a football player from Detroit) encircles punter, resulting in a tie
        7. 20A
          Reed instrument possibly sold at a lower price (discovered reed is cut in half)
        8. 21A
          "Bill hasn’t got sick!," I snort, with small parts of fake tissue
        9. 22A
          Certain layer to 86(60) is elegant
        10. 23A
          Angry reaction from HIRAETH: "disheartened… hours going by… losing track of time…"
        11. 24A
          Peeled potatoes? Really?
        12. 25A
          Mao sent 12 letters back to US representative
        13. 26A
          Cleveland b-baller remodeling at E.R. works on some old walls
        14. 28A
          Song by Christian pop band We Are 34 and Not Edgy: "Depict"
        15. 29A
          Trips, breaking rear disc
        16. 32A
          Key excerpt from this lecture I'll read aloud
        17. 33A
          Kiss muscle for the audience
        18. 34A
          Guy that, when with Joel, can go either way
        19. 35A
          Repairing a TV I lent Elliot Page – ultimately not the tallest order, but still pretty tall
        20. 37A
          Processing Swiss slice for rats
        21. 39A
          Pose around Tselinograd (originally the capital of Kazakhstan)
        22. 43A
          Reaches back to get some props
        23. 46A
          Something new to me: it means “the condition of tilled soil, especially in respect to suitability for sowing seeds.” Essentially bland piece of trivia
        24. 50A
          Serves Shaw's right, having heart to say "Challenge accepted!"
        25. 51A
          Left after fall, almost rolling joint
        26. 53A
          Be wed with one’s partner, possibly with a ceremony during which both parties can express their love for one another? Pretty gay, by the sound of it
        27. 54A
          Fine a detective, one living in northern Congo
        28. 55A
          Wilder Guernsey is completely odd
        29. 56A
          Given 5-Down’s not right, sniff Eddy on the regular
        30. 57A
          Say “Good one”, beginning to recognize loss in trans meme subreddit
        31. 58A
          51-Down? That's cap
        32. 59A
          Group of musicians wanting leader, one who has an eye for magical power
        33. 60A
          Understanding half of puzzle
        34. 61A
          [See instructions]
        Down
        1. 1D
          Carolina del Sur con lista de 12 adjetivos positivos?
        2. 2D
          Taxi driver is someone who's into red wine?
        3. 3D
          Zero-digit population in the Midwest
        4. 4D
          University lying in wait for more brass
        5. 5D
          Scent is bad, after bit of sniffing
        6. 6D
          Bring out Eli, counselor in training
        7. 7D
          10 becoming feverish, with a drop in temperature as of then
        8. 8D
          It features stomping and shouting, a bit of laughter, and a bird call, as I’m told by someone for whom the cot-caught merger is completed
        9. 9D
          Tax org. is first to be uncovered
        10. 10D
          Loveliest French city-state
        11. 11D
          Laid-back spot with drunk, boring, holier-than-thou types
        12. 12D
          Audibly remove a price tag, say, after initial reduction of price for grain dish
        13. 13D
          "Stick filled with stimulants that many people carry around… C'est une pipe, non ?" "...partially?"
        14. 14D
          "DOCTOR'S", "RESTRAINING", right, and "SHORT"... it is an ORDER of some kind
        15. 15D
          The Reverend’s joint anger with multiple shirts
        16. 17D
          Antibiotics will be in Spain
        17. 19D
          LA Tech struggling with 29-Down…
        18. 27D
          …through 6-Across
        19. 29D
          Simple house with what seems like simplicity, in terms of beds?
        20. 30D
          Re-iron rumpled Impressionist painting
        21. 31D
          Scheduled “Vacation of Love” in remote island to get away
        22. 36D
          Part of a living space’s inner core, in a northern indigenous language
        23. 38D
          Fish over lair where a shady octopus might be?
        24. 40D
          What? Pete has a drink made from rice and salt??
        25. 41D
          “On the inside-a, that’s-a spicy meat-a-bomination!”
        26. 42D
          Fish Face-Off: eel going up against tang, getting head chopped off
        27. 43D
          Same eel at odds with small fish
        28. 44D
          Difficult social studies class doesn’t provide a burst of motivation
        29. 45D
          Tool or Tastemaker?
        30. 47D
          “One half-mouthful?” “No, thank you”
        31. 48D
          "Too long of a walk. Can't." does 17 steps worth of cycling
        32. 49D
          Yingst dispersed, taking off Saturday evening?
        33. 52D
          Comic's abbreviated comeback (he rules)
        34. 54D
          “Eggs are done!”, said the Bostonian
        Loading...