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Cryptic Midi #10

◆ · By SporcleMirror · Published 2024-07-26T20:39:02.566Z

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  • SporcleMirror constructor · 2024-07-26T21:06:43.267Z
    Annotations:
    1A - (A + HOLA)<
    4A - P[lantations] I[ncludes] Z[imbabwe] + Z[ambi]A
    7A - AMBER (Heard) following [th]E + CHO[rus] + CH[imes]
    8A - (TARO IN A)* within I[s] R[eally] L[ovely]
    11A - BREED containing FEAST*
    15A - STALE letter bank
    17A - RAIDER missing A[ssault]
    18A - PRET[eens]< around W
    1D - CINEMA*
    2D - OF HER with [pro]F[ile] changed to [bo]T
    3D - polAR Coordinates
    4D - P + LAYOUT
    5D - Z + BEAR*
    6D - [-F]AIRY
    9D - ARTICLE* missing C[oherence] + R[ushed]
    10D - fAt DoDoS jUmP
    12D - DATED with D[amaged] replaced by R[elic]
    13D - modEL LIEs
    14D - double definition, a STAR is a "high light" in a way
    16D - T[abasco] O[n] T[asteless]
    • kieranjboyd 🤓5:51 · 2024-07-26T23:27:05.333Z
      Nice!
      • Polyagonist 🤓23:17 · 2024-07-27T01:20:57.707Z
        Truly devious use of "Heard" in 7a. Well done!
        • Beboxed 15:24 · 2024-07-28T19:58:06.225Z
          Awesome puzzle! 8A is my favourite :) Great constructions and creative definitions all round
          • Aaron Riccio 🤓15:33 · 2024-08-11T01:29:14.717Z
            Sorry it took me so long to solve this; wonderful puzzle! Had to look up the parse of 7A just now (wonderful use of Heard, as @polyagonist pointed out), but that's not a bad thing.
            I really enjoyed the surfaces for 8A, 18A, 10D, 14D, and 16D. I appreciate 9D, but I can definitely feel it doing work. 17A is the only clue I might quibble over: either [not] for a deletion or [leading assault] for A I'd be OK with, but both seems somewhat inexact.
            Play today's daily mini crossword
            1A
            A foreign greeting returned for a greeting (5)
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            Across
            1. 1A
              A foreign greeting returned for a greeting (5)
            2. 4A
              Controversial place for pineapple plantations includes Zimbabwe's western borders and Zambia's outskirts (5)
            3. 7A
              Heard after the last half of chorus and a couple of chimes, somewhere in the recording studio (4, 7)
            4. 8A
              Like many roots, taro in a blend is really lovely, primarily on the outside (10)
            5. 11A
              Have babies around, feast like crazy, and give babies nourishment (10)
            6. 15A
              Stale bits scattered around for rats (11)
            7. 17A
              Invader not leading assault is one on horseback (5)
            8. 18A
              Quartet of preteens comes back around with pesky kid (5)
            Down
            1. 1D
              Lackluster cinema production (6)
            2. 2D
              Significant follower of her central profile is overtaken by bot, finally? (5)
            3. 3D
              Part of a curve in polar coordinates (3)
            4. 4D
              Develop page format (4, 3)
            5. 5D
              Animal obtained from Zulu bear mutation (5)
            6. 6D
              Light, headless magical creature (4)
            7. 9D
              "Messy article lacking a bit of coherence. A little rushed, and it only shows a small part of the picture" (7)
            8. 10D
              "Even fat dodos jump. Makes sense." (4, 2)
            9. 12D
              Appraised ancient relic, initially replacing damaged bit (5)
            10. 13D
              Singer Goulding is part model? Lies! (5)
            11. 14D
              Celebrity highlight? (4)
            12. 16D
              Squirt Tabasco on tasteless entrées (3)
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