Newbie Cryptic #1
◆ · By john reed · Published 2 months ago
Constructor's Note
Longtime listener first time caller to the cryptic game -- I hope this is not to awful
Wordplay explainers:
- ACROSS:
- 1A: anagram, "deformed" STRUT = TRUST, "put one's faith in"
- 4A: container/content AN ("Article") "about" LIE ("fiction") = ALIEN, "Martian"
- 5A: homophone, "sound stressful" TENSE = TENTS, "REI inventory
- DOWN:
- 1D: hidden word, "oddly" T o R e A l I s T s = TRAIT, "Attribute"
- 2D: anagram, "mixed" 'no u', in = UNION, "society"
- 3D: double definition, Abrams = TANK, loses on purpose = TANKS
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