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Sam's Sunday Cryptic XLIII: Australian Animal Adventure!

◆ · By sammisamsam · Published 2023-11-19T05:46:16.328Z

Constructor's Note
Tried another themed puzzle! As always with the themed ones, I have mixed feelings about the results, so feel free to comment with any criticisms/feedback!
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  • NICK717 16:33 · 2023-11-19T15:20:07.862Z
    I liked it, but I still feel annoyed how well you tricked me with the damn echidna.
    • sammisamsam constructor · 2023-11-19T17:44:38.055Z
      I'm so sorry my cryptic crossword made you have to think critically, I'll try to avoid that in the future
      • sammisamsam constructor · 2023-11-19T21:29:32.496Z
        (I realized this seems very rude out of context, we know each other in real life and this was a joke)
        • NICK717 16:33 · 2023-11-20T01:54:03.486Z
          LOL No really I laughed out loud.
    • dooiemus 🤓4:55 · 2023-11-19T18:40:56.202Z
      Good theme...why is FOUL not a valid answer for 8A I wonder?
      • LasersharpAurora 14:06 · 2023-11-25T17:05:07.142Z
        Indeed, I feel like this one is ambiguous - "X is overheard to be Y" makes me think that Y is the definition and X is the homophone rather than the other way around. (To be unambiguous, the homophone indicator has to be at one end of the clue rather than in the middle.)
      Play today's daily mini crossword
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      Roy trimmed off an Australian fish - never battered! - for a country boy (thank god)? (4, 6)
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      Across
      1. 8A
        Perhaps a brushturkey is overheard to be obscene (4)
      2. 9A
        Australian marsupial, bee, and one bird (9)
      3. 11A
        Echidna, for example, on adverse conditions after early monsoon (9)
      4. 12A
        Redback web takes in leading entomology enthusiast (5)
      5. 13A
        Sucking an Australian parasite right out of ring (8)
      6. 15A
        A bit of bilby leads an initially lacking spicy soup (6)
      7. 19A
        In Australia, European rabbits, red foxes, or cane toads, for example, wreck penises via vices (8, 7)
      8. 21A
        Nymph converts denier (6)
      9. 22A
        Strangely salty pup is a unique beast! (8)
      10. 25A
        A cockatoo's head-start after a party (5)
      11. 27A
        Marked Down Under hawk, previously? (9)
      12. 29A
        Your old rope catches cooler old marsupial? (9)
      13. 30A
        Antipodal opossum's last two to graduate (4)
      Down
      1. 1D
        Roy trimmed off an Australian fish - never battered! - for a country boy (thank god)? (4, 6)
      2. 2D
        Hang onto a nest (6)
      3. 3D
        Fit endearing newborn wallaby perfectly in the middle (4)
      4. 4D
        Goanna took out a conservative news network with quiet grind of teeth (5)
      5. 5D
        At first, wide interval lining Dingo Fence interrupts rapid expansion of a natural disaster (8)
      6. 6D
        The end of petting zoo: saltwater crocodile creates carnage (4)
      7. 7D
        Backwards wombats cut out to dig (4)
      8. 10D
        Mixture of Australian wildlife and feral lions (8)
      9. 14D
        Warships retreat from the last cassowary's van (4)
      10. 16D
        Exchange a pound for quokka -- half off! (4, 3, 3)
      11. 17D
        Steadies distressed part of Manhattan (8)
      12. 18D
        Disillusionment about a terrorist organization (4)
      13. 20D
        An Australian lizard hadn't finished before he'd surrounded a bald punk (8)
      14. 23D
        An Australian snake loses eye for redhead wild horse (6)
      15. 24D
        After losing a pair of olives, quoll eats koala heart and one bird (5)
      16. 25D
        Every fourth kangaroo cut teeth with someone dressed in black? (4)
      17. 26D
        Makes eggs and chips (4)
      18. 28D
        Marsh grass around an animal (4)
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