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Cryptic 9x9 #6 by tuber

· By tuber · Published 2023-11-05T22:26:00.513Z

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  • tuber constructor · 2023-11-05T22:38:27.832Z
    Hi, solvers, and thanks for checking out my puzzle - I hope it didn't put you to sleep. Drop me a comment and let me know how you got on. I've been absent for a week or two, and tinkering on this on-and-off over that time - pleased to finally get it finished and out the door. And as usual, the post-match wash-up (for the perennially perplexed) is below:
    ACROSS. 1A. Anag. GETSARTY. 6A. Remove end from "bread" = LOAF. 7A. Double def. 8A. "Sailor" = TAR + "a saint" = PAUL + IN as given. 10A. Hidden in "touGHANAgram". 12A. Reversal of "fall" = SAG. 13A. Anag. CAVESAND.
    DOWN. 1D. "A drink" = SHORT + "period" = AGE. 2D. Removal of "pill" = E from "joint" = REEFER. 3D. Double def. 4D. Cryptic def. (ref. underground railway announcement notice, "Mind the gap.") 5D. Anag. PHONY + "relative" = SIS. 9D. "Record" = LOG + alternate letters in "pitch" = IC. 11D. Remove last letter from "opera" = AIDA.
    • merlinnimue 🤓4:38 · 2023-11-06T00:05:26.827Z
      Great as always, perennially wishing I could be one tiny bit as smart as you tinkerers and constructors
      • El Gordo 42 🤓18:19 · 2023-11-06T03:00:13.300Z
        Great puzzle, I had to resort to an anagrammer to get one clue, and then the two words crossing it became evident. Loved the 8A and 4D clues!
        • kieranjboyd 🤓7:59 · 2023-11-06T11:42:20.023Z
          Fun! Lovely surface for 7A
          • Oliver Hardy 9:18 · 2023-11-08T13:55:11.955Z
            Thank you for a great cryptic puzzle; excellent surface readings and totally fair clues. Absolutely loved 4D and 10A.
            1A
            Gets arty, with creative spin on action plan (8)
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            Across
            1. 1A
              Gets arty, with creative spin on action plan (8)
            2. 6A
              Slice off end of bread, idiot! (3)
            3. 7A
              Like some music that may send you to sleep (5)
            4. 8A
              Sailor, a saint in canvas (9)
            5. 10A
              African country expressed in tough anagram (5)
            6. 12A
              Fall back for expansive chat (3)
            7. 13A
              Unfortunately caves and pays up front (8)
            Down
            1. 1D
              Need a drink, period! (8)
            2. 2D
              Pass on joint, dropping pill (5)
            3. 3D
              Head honcho's no low-hanging fruit (3, 6)
            4. 4D
              Something to be mindful of, underground (3)
            5. 5D
              Awful phony relative in a trance (8)
            6. 9D
              Reason to record pitch at regular intervals (5)
            7. 11D
              Offer assistance with unfinished opera (3)
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