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Mini Cryptic #50

· By ObscureFox · Published 2024-02-05T20:00:53.382Z

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  • JSP 🤓1:00 · 2024-02-05T20:28:11.752Z
    Very fun! The cryptic definition for 1A is delightfully clever. Congrats on number fifty!
    • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-02-06T02:50:36.717Z
      Thanks and thanks!
    • rjy 8:01 · 2024-02-05T22:58:32.894Z
      Fifty … wow! Thanks for posting these… some fun ones in this, tho I have to admit I peeked for 1a and 1D, still haven’t backsolved those, if anyone has a moment to explain. TIA
      • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-02-05T23:33:38.893Z
        1a is sort of a double definition/cryptic definition Merry the Hobbit from Lord of the Rings and Merry as in God rest ye Merry gentlemen
        1d The definition is at the beginning: manga is an example of visual storytelling. The answer is hidden in Gaiman galleys with "essential to" being the indicator.
        • rjy 8:01 · 2024-02-06T15:09:38.650Z
          Ahh, thanks for that. I should have seen 1D (d’oh!) but LOTR is a gaping hole in my cultural knowledge.
      • merlinnimue 🤓2:20 · 2024-02-06T00:46:57.324Z
        I really am losing my "edge," relying on the straight defs - and pop culture ones at that! - instead of being able to parse the cryptic clues... but anyway thanks for the puzzle sorry for the unbecoming bellyaching
        • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-02-06T02:50:59.336Z
          I think if it's fun, whoever you get there is good.
        • Oliver Hardy 🤓5:03 · 2024-02-06T18:15:40.638Z
          Another great puzzle.
          1A I hope you don't mind a point of Information: "God rest ye merry" is an expression meaning, "May you have peace"; it isn't referring to "merry gentlemen", a very common misunderstanding.
          • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-02-06T21:36:01.705Z
            Ah ha. I guess I'd never really thought about parsing the exact meaning of the line. That's a fun fact to know!
          • Aaron Riccio 🤓2:13 · 2024-02-07T13:48:26.747Z
            I very much liked 1D, 2D, and 4A. I don't fully understand the /surface/ of 5A, but I love the wordplay. I think that given the painterly misdirect, "primer" could've just been lowercase, but maybe I missed something. Anyway, congrats on #50!
            • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-02-07T19:13:05.692Z
              Thanks! I went back and forth on the surface. I settled on it being the movie Primer, which is a very opaque sci-fi, time travel movie--worth the watch if you enjoy hard sci-fi stories (and movies that you might need a flowchart to completely understand). I couldn't figure out how to italicize the title to indicate it is a movie though.
              • Aaron Riccio 🤓2:13 · 2024-02-07T22:30:52.045Z
                I think Crosshare is based on .puz files which don't seem to support basic formatting. The .ipuz format lets you use HTML tags like . Not sure though; you can always ask the Crosshare devs on Discord.
                • Mike D 4s · 2024-02-08T14:13:40.066Z
                  You can use Markdown in clues (and pretty much anywhere else you enter text on this site. So for italics just surround a word with asterisks *like this*
            1A
            A hobbit and men given rest by God? (5)
            1
            2
            3
            4
            5
            Across
            1. 1A
              A hobbit and men given rest by God? (5)
            2. 4A
              Knead fancy bread with no additives (5)
            3. 5A
              Leonardo and Donatello's friend, Bundy, stopped by first half of Primer (5)
            Down
            1. 1D
              Visual storytelling, for example, is essential to Gaiman galleys (5)
            2. 2D
              Picard's number one president, Eisenhower, is surrounded by Republicans (5)
            3. 3D
              A type of singing that empties a bumpkin's heart then fills it with dream's beginning (5)
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