This puzzle was written for the twitch.tv/thatcrypticguy community after BrknFixie made the final redemption. Thanks to test solvers Amoeba, juff, Liari, skaldskaparmal, Sophie He, and Terry Brennan for their lovely suggestions.
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merlinnimue 🤓28:12 · 2023-08-13T03:55:06.872Z
lots of great stuff, i'll never understand how you all do it... don't worry, i'm just visiting, i'll proceed directly to jail
Wow, there were some awesome clues here and I enjoyed them a lot! (Alas, 6A was the only one that kept me from having a full solve here, as I don't recognize that name at all.)
BrknFixie chiefly loves weird German word for something that keeps coming back to you (9)
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1A
BrknFixie chiefly loves weird German word for something that keeps coming back to you (9)
6A
"The Hunger Games" actor to eat leaves out of the Reverend's mouth (5)
9A
Nun lust: the great criminal goes through hell (4,3,8)
10A
Soldiers' war god takes note (6)
11A
Fourth-wall-breaking mercenary circled back around spot (8)
13A
All men become neutral in pantomimes for convents (9)
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Shown to a table that's getting less empty and full (5)
17A
Stained in henna style (5)
18A
Rep who cometh for a guy in need of defunding? (9)
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In the kitchen, Chef Garten's surrounded by cutlery dropped off edges of table (8)
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Describing something that isn't 3D after the first quarter of erratic diagonal (6)
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A lit poem that's "all steamed up" and often repeated! (2,1,6,6)
25A
For example, epics written oddly about Troy's fall, for example (5)
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Elmo's three, losing Oscar Grouch at last: "Trash's lid is something you shouldn't sleep on!" (3,6)
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1D
Pub acquiring nachos: these may help to seal the deal (10,5)
2D
Gaudy manor sent for decorations (9)
3D
How a cryptic author might define Ōe: unable to stop doomscrolling, perhaps (9,6)
4D
Amazed article on morning moisture got written up (4)
5D
Long-running medical show affectionately aired kiss (5)
6D
A live performance at NPR with premieres from Telekinesis, Ibeyi, Nao, Yola, DakhaBrakha, Elisapie, Sting, K'naan, Coldplay, Oddisee, Nelly, Chika, Exitmusic, RAYE, & Thou (4,4,7)
7D
Basic unit at orchestra's front! (5)
8D
"Quiet mafioso is in Italy, flipping bird egg, mostly?" "Nope! This continues to makes no sense to me!" (1,5,4,3,2)
12D
Lightweight boxing is well played (4)
14D
With its unique components, TIL till is still part of a bank (4)
16D
Uplifting contents of archives, pal emits a way to experience a day in a blink of an eye (4-5)
20D
Can I skim off the top to make rent? (5)
21D
Concerning fetishist's bottom that is put in bondage again (5)