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Sam's Sunday Cryptic XLII

◆ · By sammisamsam · Published 2023-11-12T06:01:39.851Z

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  • merlinnimue 22:00 · 2023-11-12T16:17:13.506Z
    Darn, got got by 8d8DProvides for people without sleeves, perhaps? (7)[-------]... very good puzz, sorry I can't be as smart as you lot
    • Oliver Hardy 31:16 · 2023-11-13T01:00:11.692Z
      Thanks for a really enjoyable cryptic! I lost my way towards the end and missed some obvious clues (after reveals). I was stymied by the outrageous . . . sorry, US spelling of "fibre". 😁
      Play today's daily mini crossword
      1D
      Crazy man I tip into a drum (7)
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      Across
      1. 2A
        The result of a criminal order (11)
      2. 9A
        I pawn a beer (3)
      3. 10A
        Twist the top off a jar (3)
      4. 11A
        An overpriced hotel, perhaps, put traitors at odds (7, 4)
      5. 12A
        Skillful French king gets into circular tango (6)
      6. 13A
        Authorizes a burst of energy to head off towers (8)
      7. 15A
        An ungrateful person takes in a Spanish relative to curry favor (10)
      8. 17A
        Nails cut back (4)
      9. 19A
        A cryptic author would flip for some dough (4)
      10. 20A
        Author me an ailing novel (4, 6)
      11. 23A
        Ask a parent for some ID to get a spice (8)
      12. 24A
        Islands at the center of tetanus-sized coconut virus preceding disasters (6)
      13. 27A
        A trope with all the elements of a sort of elite military operative (11)
      14. 28A
        Audible vent of sickness (3)
      15. 29A
        Wayne takes the edges off Rand (3)
      16. 30A
        Support, for example, Mozambique or English intelligence network (4, 7)
      Down
      1. 1D
        Crazy man I tip into a drum (7)
      2. 2D
        Supply for an animal hospital (5)
      3. 3D
        Before one calorie is cut, cosmonaut loses a drink like port or a sea breeze? (8)
      4. 4D
        Throw out and take back the hour (4)
      5. 5D
        Finally interrupting Paul, Tim ate lychee (10)
      6. 6D
        Limit overturned in law or randomness (6)
      7. 7D
        Unusually, he mimes up a polite substitute (9)
      8. 8D
        Provides for people without sleeves, perhaps? (7)
      9. 14D
        Lie is suggestive about quiet sort of cable (5, 5)
      10. 16D
        Snail, for example, doesn't have overdose at University of Buffalo eatery (9)
      11. 18D
        Confection ruins a skillet, I hear (8)
      12. 19D
        A computer finally found you proof of one to lay on? (7)
      13. 21D
        Growing sodium smell (7)
      14. 22D
        Note that Brazil, Russia, India, and China are forming constitution (6)
      15. 25D
        "Right you are, Alabama is remote" (5)
      16. 26D
        Small amount of overtime in Iowa (4)
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