Benchen71 Cryptic #1 (Meta)
◆◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2023-10-04T05:00:24.154Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a girl's name
Madhatter5 constructed a number of cryptic crosswords back in the day which I very much enjoyed solving. However, he rarely (if ever?) included them in his MEOW series, probably because cryptics are not to everyone's taste - and they aren't usually metas, either. Well, allow me to rectify that! The answer to the meta is a girl's name. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=144324#p144323
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Gem surface that's within
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- 1AGem surface that's within
- 3AThat baby bear I see is rather box-like
- 5AExplosive starts to nasty times
- 7ACleverly inventive, but debts follow broken engine missing an end
- 10AShe made lemons in batches of 19, 21, 25 and 30
- 11AThe Spanish sun is going backwards!
- 12ALuxurious fur is able to contain it
- 13ATune that results when the show drops falsehood
- 14ADestroy the mad age
- 17AFamily elders sound a lot like nooks' accompaniments
- 20AEric Braeden will fly around his disreputable past
- 22ATomorrow, in Tijuana, take the top off a banana and replace it with what F equals in physics
- 25APeak political group Down Under
- 27AGive in to gravity: oh! in the middle of an unexpected album release
- 29AMiss Abraham's birthplace, so it's said
- 30AFourth letter of Greece ends a river
- 31AIt's a long way to randomised peripatry
- 32ARecords of disemvoweled moral failing
- 33AYour excuse is part of a libidinous pattern of behaviour
- 34ACry "uncle!" and reap the benefits
Down
- 1DSwooned while fencing!
- 2DModel tree-people are found in campsites
- 3DThis puzzle rendered speechless makes me angry
- 4DWading bird got the drug cop back with ecstasy
- 5DTrig. character is the tips of the angle
- 6DAesthete's love symbol found in back street
- 8DHas this Jewish legend heard of Smeagol?
- 9DThis weapon confuses bears
- 15DBand aid cuts off wheelchair access
- 16DStir tea, consume
- 17DActress Teri is missing a hostile dog, I hear
- 18DYour goal is to decapitate, maim
- 19DBobbsey twin takes a chunk out of Indian bread
- 20DSouth Carolina and Alabama are embroiled in a public outrage
- 21DChoose, after commercial, a new pet from the shelter
- 23DSounds like they oughta do something about that artery
- 24DDressed up as the aural equivalent of a nighttime visit to the fridge
- 26DOld Navy products can be made from a broken one-master
- 27DMedic and her org. tell a story
- 28DLongstocking or short Schwartz musical
- 29DN.M.E. is no mate of mine!