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Sam's Sunday Cryptic XVI

◆ · By sammisamsam · Published 2023-05-14T04:37:58.921Z

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  • NICK717 16:19 · 2023-05-14T14:13:31.466Z
    TAG TEAMED? That was so very you.
    • Jewel 2:09 · 2023-05-16T02:04:09.011Z
      Sorry, I had to give up. This was way too hard for me.
      • capybara 🤓21:06 · 2023-05-16T10:26:16.631Z
        This was excellent, thanks. A couple of great homophone clues (SEISMIC22A"That's earth-shattering," moans Jagger loudly (7)[-------], BAROQUE11AI heard stripped tree is ornate (7)[-------]), gotta admit you lost me with 3A3ADo not go on visit with beryllium deer (4, 6)[----------] though??
        • sammisamsam constructor · 2023-05-16T21:48:33.201Z
          [Spoilers:] The clue is 'do not go on', with 'visit' being 'stay', beryllium is 'be,' and a 'hind' is a deer
        • dooiemus 🤓26:26 · 2023-05-18T09:52:35.963Z
          Mostly good but a few minor quibbles though. I'm really not a fan of constructions such as "caramel center" and "many prime" but that's just a personal gripe. I would have liked to see "edges" rather than "edge" in 14-Across14AAmanda loses edge, defaces bibles with jaws (9)[---------]. Also, the anagram fodder for 6-Down6DMany Bond villains insists elves tic erratically (4, 10)[--------------] is 15 letters, you've got an 'S' too many.
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          Mats of sugar sifted without caramel center (4)
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          Across
          1. 1A
            Mats of sugar sifted without caramel center (4)
          2. 3A
            Do not go on visit with beryllium deer (4, 6)
          3. 10A
            Similarities of headless deities follow straight inheritance unit (15)
          4. 11A
            I heard stripped tree is ornate (7)
          5. 12A
            Belt two around many prime cuts of fish (7)
          6. 13A
            Scandinavian root (5)
          7. 14A
            Amanda loses edge, defaces bibles with jaws (9)
          8. 16A
            Sea duck takes in married brother as ornament (9)
          9. 18A
            Tennis champion is held back by gorilla danger (5)
          10. 20A
            The dead troops take hold of southeast (7)
          11. 22A
            "That's earth-shattering," moans Jagger loudly (7)
          12. 24A
            Film pioneers re-edit other mulberries (7, 8)
          13. 25A
            It's up to you to agitate Sir Supreme (8, 2)
          14. 26A
            Aliens acquire Yankee at art market (4)
          Down
          1. 1D
            Fix up a halfway house (5)
          2. 2D
            Woody abdomen on new hire (7)
          3. 4D
            Worked together in shifts to mark werewolf-shippers' rivals without guard (3, 6)
          4. 5D
            Americans start to yell at North Korean soldiers (5)
          5. 6D
            Many Bond villains insists elves tic erratically (4, 10)
          6. 7D
            Leading in Italy, I almost remove the majority (7)
          7. 8D
            Space station in drab expulsion (9)
          8. 9D
            More sour quince swapped for breakfast sandwich (6, 8)
          9. 13D
            Non-specialized units of life from trunk compartments (4, 5)
          10. 15D
            Mrs. Dorton is lost at a department store (9)
          11. 17D
            Steal back oxygen of space station's attempted ring thief (7)
          12. 19D
            About two-thousand new diets are the stupidest (7)
          13. 21D
            She dies without, that is, scraps (5)
          14. 23D
            Secure copper cast (5)
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