Themeless Cryptic #3
◆◆ · By Frisco17 · Published 2023-06-23T22:10:24.224Z
Constructor's Note
as if cryptics weren't bad enough, i've entered the scene and have come to make them worse (playtested by pixlate and skaldskaparmal) (hint doc here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P5UlIZORZ9ACKinIsEgI-OjRLwDgC-2N6H1ZwTqaUm0/edit?usp=sharing)
Checking for previous play data...
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Vegetable/fruit beverage I drank in science class is ass, in terms of fruit (5, 5)
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- 1AVegetable/fruit beverage I drank in science class is ass, in terms of fruit (5, 5)
- 6AEngaged in a Zoom meeting, as someone’s camera is breaking background filter that's ripped? (4)
- 10ADoing worse in the standings of a race, but after shaving second off… still doing worse in the standings (5)
- 11A“Peeled skin record” hits about 2 pounds multiple times over (9)
- 12ACertain bits of “Milk” are scenes that don’t pass the Bechdel test, per the Reverend? (8)
- 13AJed walks backwards, then Jed takes 9 steps… backwards… this feels repetitive (4, 2)
- 15AProduce a song in the fusion genre 80% of Smash Mouth samples center around?! (4)
- 16AEcstasy is in large amounts – plus a bit of ice – for “Dance Monkey” musician (5, 3, 1)
- 18AA 50/50 shot’s odds going off flipped aluminum quarter? That’s bogus and clumsy (3, 6)
- 20AMiles, very loudly: “PISS OFF!!!” (4)
- 22A“Say, any Arby’s around?” (6)
- 23ASomething imaginary that instills fear within elephant, as mouse (8)
- 25AGlop’s stuffing sick sinuses, giving gross feeling (9)
- 26AActor Bob making ends meet, causing drama (5)
- 27ASpace that’s more open to people from Boston (4)
- 28ATool, to get some green, sang intro of song about boy and… Tool, oddly? (5, 5)
Down
- 1DAdd finishing touches to poem, omitting line in second half (it’s an acrostic!) (6)
- 2DIrish city has no good reason at its core to engage in an uprising over leaders of Paris and London (eradication including no more than one redhead, of course) (6, 1, 8)
- 3DTurning up right ear, I hear piece illustrating profound homesickness (7)
- 4DCreating an availability in one's agenda by shifting item around? (6, 4)
- 5D"Just one last thing," starts soda jerk (4)
- 7DIn a fog, getting rocky repeatedly! (2-5, 3-5)
- 8DParty that stinks inside (it’s revolting inside, dog. Revolting) (2, 6)
- 9DGuises worked for sure (1, 5)
- 14DHe’s living in a treehouse I adore at first, but there’s something that makes me say “I’m not feeling it”? (10)
- 17DPlayboi Carti’s single main goal is to blow up (8)
- 19D“At last,” you start to bellow, “Nediger finally is put in his… thing that people who need to be put in their place have!” (6)
- 20DI hit send, entering tips from Microsoft Outlook (7)
- 21DLosing sleep, recalls slowly fading emotions (6)
- 24DAward that’s given to black celebrities with a following is essentially delayed, coming after risky bit of spending every second in absentia, in state of unpreparedness (4)