Cryptic #1

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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)

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  • 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

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  • 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.

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    • Mike D 10:10 · 2022-01-20T18:18:41.886Z

      Thank you!

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  • 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.

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    • Mike D 10:10 · 2022-01-20T18:19:04.309Z

      Makes sense now - thanks!

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• 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!

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  • 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.

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