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First Cryptic

◆ · By Hindsightis5020 · Published 2023-06-22T06:34:36.161Z

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  • Hindsight5020 constructor · 2023-06-22T06:35:28.588Z
    Feedback welcome!
    • alex 27:08 · 2023-08-20T18:54:33.098Z
      lotta fun again! a the darius biblical reference went over my head personally. Also I got but dont fully understand the wordplay of 1A and 10A
      • Hindsightis5020 constructor · 2023-10-23T11:07:24.686Z
        Thanks for your encouraging comment!
        For 1A, protected knowledge is IP (intellectual property). Average = PAR, no trump reverse = TN, queen = ER (Elizabeth Regina, I know it's a bit outdated now...), slip first = S, heart= H
        as for 10A, Jill's second = I and KEA is a type of parrot.
      Play today's daily mini crossword
      1A
      Bridge team has protected knowledge: following average no trump, reverse queen and slip first heart (11)
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      Across
      1. 1A
        Bridge team has protected knowledge: following average no trump, reverse queen and slip first heart (11)
      2. 5A
        One of the men on the Ark harks "First morning!" (3)
      3. 7A
        Wrangled a ten - great! (4)
      4. 9A
        It can absorb a certain type of smear; mixed wort in the belly of an eel (5,5)
      5. 10A
        Store Jill's second parrot (4)
      6. 11A
        Bea hides awful drum, freaky triangle (7)
      7. 14A
        Darius, for one, is deemed insane - every darius' heads had been disconnected (4)
      8. 17A
        They can fire a round, I hear (6)
      9. 18A
        Lie engulfed in scratched up rug, to become more unappealing (6)
      10. 21A
        Help president Lincoln with first term (4)
      11. 24A
        One hundred partners - they may help you to get lucky! (7)
      12. 26A
        Woah... Ashlynn has cannabis? (4)
      13. 29A
        Shortcuts diverted this cruise (10)
      14. 30A
        Ukelele and lyre begins after spa ends for Israeli king (4)
      15. 31A
        I heard koi are shy (3)
      16. 32A
        Count has moustache with funny crest on it (5,6)
      Down
      1. 1D
        Change in the open? Nymphomaniac! (5)
      2. 2D
        Toddler fart lacks odour, initially (3)
      3. 3D
        Odd slogan: "holding the golden ratio produces the wisdom of Greeks" (6)
      4. 4D
        Put-down: Man up, Hilary! (6)
      5. 5D
        Former minister who mangled a road (6)
      6. 6D
        Medium drink for man (4)
      7. 8D
        Goddess writes article after article about article (6)
      8. 9D
        Country has pedagogy; first mathematical constant, followed by Ruthenium (4)
      9. 12D
        They only want one thing and it's f***ing disgusting; mangosteen salad without silver and stone (3)
      10. 13D
        Musty drunk trades half rump for second sake (4)
      11. 15D
        Repair every second hearing implement (3)
      12. 16D
        Secretly, Dua Lipa has two parts (4)
      13. 17D
        Agency within Balenciaga (3)
      14. 19D
        Loo has valve up, blocking Levi's intestines (3)
      15. 20D
        "I say, you reek!" "Ah, I've found it!" (6)
      16. 22D
        Belle's counterpart: "Thank you, Belle." (6)
      17. 23D
        He is into the first and last theorem; belief in a God (6)
      18. 24D
        Mic drop (and battery removed) from charismatic, misconstrued anointed one (6)
      19. 25D
        Chances of dead ends entering outer space (4)
      20. 27D
        William (my uncle) dances and sheds one pound to become a small ringbearer (5)
      21. 28D
        Chick has finally given up looking cool (4)
      22. 30D
        Jerry's kid hides one way of getting down a slope (3)
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