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No Good Geese - Themeless Cryptic

◆ · By Tuffy · Published 2024-01-24T18:03:46.104Z

Constructor's Note
Link to the explanations will be in the comments
It's been way too long since my last cryptic, hopefully I'm not too rusty!
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  • Tuffy constructor · 2024-01-24T18:09:28.049Z
    ANSWERS/EXPLANATIONS: https://pastes.io/kv4kmi53rt
  • Hector 🤓25:49 · 2024-01-25T00:05:17.268Z
    Thanks, so fun. I think INDEMAND doesn't quite work though?
    • Tuffy constructor · 2024-01-25T02:38:14.708Z
      Thanks so much for catching this mistake, the clue has been rewritten to fix the change!
    • JSP 🤓26:14 · 2024-01-25T03:27:41.171Z
      Wonderful puzzle, thank you!
      • angusg 🤓8:03 · 2024-01-26T05:33:38.080Z
        Very nice! I love a good Spoonerism (5D) too.
        • Aaron Riccio 15s · 2024-02-03T01:59:02.603Z
          Finally got a chance to solve this one: I think 4A is brilliant, and 1D is great as well. The cryptic playfulness was terrific throughout (I'm glad the error at 16D was fixed); my only nit is that the surfaces tend to lean more toward the nonsensical (15D), when I'd rather they move toward the absurd (12D) or plausible (10D)—but that's a personal preference, not a dictate!
          • Tuffy constructor · 2024-02-03T18:33:57.113Z
            This put a smile on my face this morning, thanks so much for the comment! I completely agree with you when it comes to the nonsensical cluing, I tried to avoid that but I suppose some of it slipped during the clue writing process. Appreciate the feedback and will try to implement it in my next cryptic!
          • Polyagonist 🤓43:48 · 2024-02-05T19:29:47.179Z
            You nailed the difficulty level on this, I think. I had to work hard to get through it, but nothing completely blocked me.
            Play today's daily mini crossword
            1A
            Heraldic uniform mostly lives alongside clothes of royalty (6)
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            Across
            1. 1A
              Heraldic uniform mostly lives alongside clothes of royalty (6)
            2. 4A
              Core muscle poorly helps lugs (7)
            3. 8A
              Returned or covered by modern press (4)
            4. 9A
              Real fencer treated one not on salary (10)
            5. 11A
              Phoniest liar forms connection (12)
            6. 13A
              Snazzy city in Illinois lacking past (4)
            7. 14A
              Story one acted out (8)
            8. 17A
              Starts to describe examples of reformees incorporating average behavior (8)
            9. 18A
              Without second, brief reply (4)
            10. 20A
              Delta Electronics quietly alongside a revised misprint, causing one working under pressure? (4, 3, 5)
            11. 23A
              Mark ratted out most of the hypothesized universe (4, 6)
            12. 24A
              Lead-free skewered meat left sugar? (4)
            13. 25A
              Dry dove at sea? Quite peculiar... (4, 3)
            14. 26A
              Alien in each spaceship primarily dies out (6)
            Down
            1. 1D
              Some assembly required for old instrument (4)
            2. 2D
              Vehicle making hydrogen into niter evens out chamber (9)
            3. 3D
              Disturb upside down fairy coat (6)
            4. 5D
              Spooner's senior assistant writer, it comes before the title? (4, 4)
            5. 6D
              Signs supporting liberal connections (5)
            6. 7D
              Judging phone notification about credit problem (10)
            7. 10D
              Optional schoolwork text carried redraft (5, 6)
            8. 12D
              No good geese cutting a check somehow for dessert (10)
            9. 15D
              Worth pursuing bread aisle, questionably without answer (9)
            10. 16D
              Wanted person aboard, really just one European (2, 6)
            11. 19D
              Disinclined king piercing broken vase (6)
            12. 21D
              Slow table at the end of post office (5)
            13. 22D
              Falls east on top of small pellets (4)
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