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Cryptic #1

◆ · By jasonwestley · Published 2022-01-20T12:45:20.415Z

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  • Mike D 10:10 · 2022-01-20T15:03:18.656Z
    Very nice! Almost managed to get it. Can you explain how the clue for AIR works? and OUTWITTED? I think the rest of them I understand (even though I didn't get CARPENTER until I revealed)
    • calica 🤓13:14 · 2022-01-20T15:38:16.080Z
      I think those two and EDIT I ended up getting from crossers and a guess. CARPENTER I got from crossers and figured out the wordplay once it was written out
      • Jason S 7:35 · 2022-01-20T16:48:24.316Z
        OUTWITTED is "Baffled by" for the definition, then - "OUT WITH TED" for "call to oust Edward", and then drop an H for "after losing Henry". I think; TED isn't a terribly common nickname for ED, at least in the US, but it's not unheard of.
        • Mike D 10:10 · 2022-01-20T18:18:41.886Z
          Thank you!
        • Jason S 7:35 · 2022-01-20T16:43:24.422Z
          AIR is "For the most part, N and O" (nitrogen and oxygen) for definition; appear italicised and reversed at the beginning for wordplay.
          • Mike D 10:10 · 2022-01-20T18:19:04.309Z
            Makes sense now - thanks!
        • wisprabbit 🤓9:13 · 2022-01-20T19:46:57.560Z
          Very nice tight cluing! A lot of the clues sent me completely the wrong way, then made me laugh once I got the trick. The definition for AIR and the "fighter jet" misdirect in BLACK EYE were especially good. Well done!
          • jasonwestley constructor · 2022-01-20T22:13:05.249Z
            Thanks! I'm really pleased to get some good feedback on my first puzzles here. It seems like a good community.
          Play today's daily mini crossword
          1A
          [with 4A] Unpleasant outcome for fighter jet by centre of hurricane (5,3)
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          Across
          1. 1A
            [with 4A] Unpleasant outcome for fighter jet by centre of hurricane (5,3)
          2. 4A
            [see 1A]
          3. 6A
            Tradesman and president holding box (9)
          4. 7A
            Nearly leave behind Rodney's first and last copy (7)
          5. 11A
            Baffled by call to oust Edward after losing Henry (9)
          6. 13A
            [with 14A] Star of Dragnet: "I was confused" (3,5)
          7. 14A
            [see 13A]
          Down
          1. 1D
            [with 9D] Card and book, curiously, provide an alternative way in (4,4)
          2. 2D
            For the most part, N and O appear italicised and reversed at the beginning (3)
          3. 3D
            Don't stop or look back; leave in middle of night (4,5)
          4. 4D
            Walk into section of garden terrace (5)
          5. 5D
            Regularly set a trap for gunfighter (4)
          6. 8D
            Heading for disaster after terrible poet is elected (5)
          7. 9D
            [see 1D]
          8. 10D
            Rewrite letter and repeat in Morse code (4)
          9. 12D
            Head of Entertainment overwhelmed by thanks for hot drink (3)
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