Sneaky Six #1: Don't Call It a Comeback

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• Aaron Riccio constructor · 2024-01-05T21:33:09.295Z

  Hope you enjoyed! If there were any stumpers, I've annotated below:

  1A: (-k]CAJ+OLE)<

  4A: [-h]URT+EX+T

  5A: C+H+A+K+R+A

  1D: C(L)U+TCH

  2D: /let jag/ Spoonerism

  3D: L+U{s->X}URY

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• n0hk 🤓5:37 · 2024-01-05T22:19:00.120Z

  4A and 3D were toughest for me, nice wee puzz this

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  • Aaron Riccio constructor · 2024-01-05T23:19:33.857Z

    Yeah, I was warned about 4A being tricky, but I figured this would be the right environment to test crunchier fill/indicators/definitions out in. Of course, I suspect not all at once in the same clue ;)

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• Oliver Hardy 12:29 · 2024-01-06T00:39:12.960Z

  Blooming awful! Far too difficult for me. URTEXT; really?

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  • Aaron Riccio constructor · 2024-01-06T01:23:16.613Z

    As a rule, puzzles vary in difficulty; sorry that this one wasn't to your liking. Perhaps the next one.

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• merlinnimue 🤓4:51 · 2024-01-06T00:35:17.937Z

  Superb puzzle; though racked myself with4a (itried)

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  • Aaron Riccio constructor · 2024-01-06T01:23:52.567Z

    Thanks, Merlin. I've submitted an edit of 4A to make it a little tamer.

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• Hector 6:35 · 2024-01-06T18:55:19.685Z

  Tough! I gave up but seeing the explanations I wish I'd stuck with it longer. (Wouldn't have connected URTEXT to music, though.)

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  • Aaron Riccio constructor · 2024-01-06T20:23:08.318Z

    Yeah, I think overall I could've been much cleaner with that definition (especially since everything else about it is tricky). Thanks for giving it a shot, and I'm glad to know the annotations helped. I'll continue to include those in the future.

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• dilly 🤓9:35 · 2024-09-03T18:27:07.758Z

  Worked myself all the way back to #1! Which may have been the hardest of them all. I’m very curious what the original URTEXT clue was, everyone seems to be losing it over that one lol

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  • Aaron Riccio constructor · 2024-09-03T23:08:10.392Z

    Wow, I feel like if you went in reverse you had to deal with tougher and tougher stuff. Or maybe you know me well enough by now.

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