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Sam's Sunday Cryptic LXXXVII

◆ · By sammisamsam · Published 2024-09-22T05:30:40.169Z

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  • Jake A 18:48 · 2024-09-22T14:06:12.699Z
    Really nice one, sam! Produced a smile right off the bat with 1A, and the hits kept on coming. 😁
    • sammisamsam constructor · 2024-09-25T02:18:07.429Z
      Glad you enjoyed it!
    • NICK717 19:22 · 2024-09-23T00:57:06.986Z
      this one was fun. I liked 8D a lot.
      • Womble 12:32 · 2024-09-23T09:17:05.996Z
        Thank you Sam, a fun puzzle! Just got stuck with 'SPACE APART' on 10A, head in hands when I saw the proper answer!
        • sammisamsam constructor · 2024-09-25T02:18:26.953Z
          I was pretty happy finding that one, haha
        • BeWritten 🤓44:26 · 2024-09-26T01:21:26.272Z
          Wonderful, thank you! Did it without hints!!
          Play today's daily mini crossword
          1A
          Organized dope sex in the open (7)
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          Across
          1. 1A
            Organized dope sex in the open (7)
          2. 5A
            Examine a bumble bee, maybe, carrying a bit of pollen (7)
          3. 9A
            Secret maintenance of idiotic fentanyl production? (15)
          4. 10A
            Neuters a talk show host in audition for Star Wars, perhaps (5, 5)
          5. 12A
            Mammoth ate pellets (4)
          6. 14A
            Foolishly, I held a city (5)
          7. 16A
            Broadcast rat editorial about the emasculated (9)
          8. 17A
            Initially, Guy 'Hella' Fieri beheaded behind a boxer and a divine comedian? (9)
          9. 18A
            Alternately, avoid cheesy sins (5)
          10. 20A
            Quiet human edges away a big cat (4)
          11. 21A
            Turning hinge, e.g., in gum for an art museum (10)
          12. 24A
            Correspondingly surrounds Troy, almost as if looking back (15)
          13. 26A
            Grander length of row (7)
          14. 27A
            Born happy - and overdue (7)
          Down
          1. 1D
            Energy of ninety used and freed (7)
          2. 2D
            Listener's denounced a bear (5)
          3. 3D
            A masked fox strips tights to express attraction online? (5, 5)
          4. 4D
            End cube (3)
          5. 5D
            Stimulating number before one of the Police (11)
          6. 6D
            Fraud flipped computers (4)
          7. 7D
            Surprisingly ignite AMC to be cryptic (9)
          8. 8D
            Your old fashioned dope gland (7)
          9. 11D
            Stimulant casually, er... enters mashed kipper cup? (6, 5)
          10. 13D
            For Diesel, Charlie and one gangster were parochial (10)
          11. 15D
            Recurring theme of time lit afresh (9)
          12. 17D
            Heartless mermaid devours popcorn shrimp, perhaps elevated by covering (7)
          13. 19D
            Concede yo' mascot fenced a dog (7)
          14. 22D
            Maglev enthusiast took in situation (5)
          15. 23D
            A holiday is a day off itself (4)
          16. 25D
            Swan ear (3)
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