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Comically Cryptic

· By Normal · Published 2024-06-12T15:30:19.131Z

Unless you're 12a such things you might have found my last puzzle 13d, so here's a standard cryptic free of such 21a. Have a good 27a and be sure and eat your 7d first - it's a good source of 25a!
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  • Gem 34:28 · 2024-07-07T22:58:10.855Z
    An absolute delight of a puzzle. Newspaper quality. One of my favourite setters on Crosshare.
    1A
    Clumsy tangos on melting ice leave us questioning God (8)
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    Across
    1. 1A
      Clumsy tangos on melting ice leave us questioning God (8)
    2. 6A
      Prying steel nails out of poor Yorick's head (6)
    3. 9A
      Sweet wine donut followed by beautiful Italian mushroom (10)
    4. 10A
      You French bachelors have massive horn (4)
    5. 11A
      Smoking frequently is awfully neat (4)
    6. 12A
      Not bothered by frolicking nude trio (6, 2)
    7. 14A
      Buddha of the future looks backward: "Aye, briefly right I am" (8)
    8. 15A
      Prejudice Colonel against old standard (6)
    9. 17A
      26 coworkers? Sounds unpleasant! (6)
    10. 19A
      Ecstasy from purveyor of edibles and rum I swallowed (8)
    11. 21A
      Manhood displayed by computer - that's just the way he does things (8)
    12. 23A
      Flesh convention, by the sounds of it (4)
    13. 24A
      Amoeba duplicating in belly becomes soul singer (4)
    14. 25A
      Make fun of muddled info about bog nutrient (10)
    15. 26A
      "His Holiness is right beside ye," cries sailor (6)
    16. 27A
      Military planning targets fragmented Axis (8)
    Down
    1. 2D
      Rampaging hogs on testosterone confront disguised killer (9)
    2. 3D
      Way of serving beans out of a spoon to a stingray (2, 5)
    3. 4D
      Lesbian tent in hysterics from hitting balls with paddle (5, 6)
    4. 5D
      Kid with stuffed toy violently lobbed Vanish can (6, 3, 6)
    5. 6D
      Mo's speed reduces lethargy (3)
    6. 7D
      Ate loam, preferably - couldn't have had less flavour! (7)
    7. 8D
      American brewery with billion served through history (5)
    8. 13D
      Taking Uncle Al's Ford for a ride without saying first is needless and disrespectful (8, 3)
    9. 16D
      Oddly, ugly, ugly auto is nigh on screeching (9)
    10. 18D
      Setter's gaff leads to gloomy end on heroin, jumping into river (2, 5)
    11. 20D
      O'er this we watched sheep tear it up endlessly (7)
    12. 22D
      Intoxicating aroma from bitter drink (5)
    13. 25D
      Whiskey makes you witty to the listener (3)
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