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Cryptic #7

· By profuse · Published 2024-02-11T03:27:42.095Z

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  • nate 26:59 · 2024-02-11T08:01:12.221Z
    Nice, I love your construction style—thanks for the puzzle!
    • Hector 1:15:39 · 2024-02-11T19:03:04.443Z
      Now that was a challenge. Thanks!
      • JWords 23:24 · 2024-02-15T14:35:49.286Z
        Thanks, a really tough one for me, especially in the SE corner, but still very enjoyable! I don’t quite understand 1A or 8D, would appreciate a parse if it’s no trouble
        1A
        Author, his chair, novel and typewriter get buried by stone (6,8)
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        Across
        1. 1A
          Author, his chair, novel and typewriter get buried by stone (6,8)
        2. 9A
          Curator auctions off round diamond (9)
        3. 10A
          Sounds rough without love, damn (5)
        4. 11A
          Lead-free energy unit (4)
        5. 12A
          He made a mess of the entire lap, I think he was in a rush? (4,5)
        6. 14A
          Alien women came aboard bearing true wealth (3,5)
        7. 15A
          Teacher needs directions around Norway until half eleven (6)
        8. 17A
          Refusal to acknowledge advice without source (2,4)
        9. 19A
          Singer shifts head down to bend before the french god (8)
        10. 21A
          Tidy apron gets ruined when covered in pastry (4,5)
        11. 23A
          Nothing good about monster (4)
        12. 25A
          Papers filled with the beginnings of large illustrations and a poem (5)
        13. 26A
          Girl visiting Spain brings bread from the east to show appreciation (5,1,3)
        14. 27A
          Dwarves admit current organised theft of silicon is starting to become an omen (4,2,3,5)
        Down
        1. 2D
          Key arrangement of latest composition (7)
        2. 3D
          You stealth outside, camouflaged (4)
        3. 4D
          Isolate disinformation from nationalist note about leader (8)
        4. 5D
          Capital of island retreat opens hotel (5)
        5. 6D
          Inauguration of one state in India causes currency to receive investment (10)
        6. 7D
          Sailors restrain mutinous worker with some cloth (7)
        7. 8D
          Economics student from London deciphers strange mechanical dreams when data is tested! (8,5)
        8. 9D
          Punishment can be a silent action (3,1,4,5)
        9. 13D
          Uncertain bird snatches hot dog out of hand (5,3,2)
        10. 16D
          Inspector alters broadcast, upsetting journalist (8)
        11. 18D
          Promotion brought up by group that covets new needlework (7)
        12. 20D
          Clergyman is a constant recipient (7)
        13. 22D
          Young bird drops egg at tip (5)
        14. 24D
          Heiress goes missing from city cafeteria (4)
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