Cryptic 13x13 #1 by tuber

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• tuber constructor · 28 days ago

  Solvers! Thanks for trying my puzzle, I do hope you enjoyed it. Please leave a comment to let me know... and also, if you felt there was room for improvement, don't be afraid to say so (it's the only way I'll get any better, after all.)
• tuber constructor · 28 days ago

  Sometimes the clues come easy, sometimes they don't... Some of these were unexpectedly tricky to clue. Here are my explanations for the perplexed & curious:

  ACROSS

  1A

  1ACook hosts "Zen work-out" in an agitated state (6)[------]

  . cook = FRY, around anag. ZEN. 4A

  4ALose rights to firearm, and so become more refined (6)[------]

  . firearm = REVOLVER; subtract rights = Rs. 9A

  9ATom maybe taking shelter beneath umbrella (5)[-----]

  . hidden in beneaTH UMBrella. 10A

  10AClear box office returns against debts (7)[-------]

  . reversal of box office = BO + against = V (versus) + debts = IOUS. 11A

  11ARifle managed to fire (7)[-------]

  . managed = RAN, to fire = SACK. 12A

  12ATell porkies about the English? Good lord! (5)[-----]

  . tell porkies = LIE, around English = E + good = G. 13A

  13APublic shows mental blocks, when what's trendy is no-longer so (11)[-----------]

  . mental blocks = INHIBITIONS, switching trendy = IN for no-longer = EX. 18A

  18A"Imprecise, incomplete?" - That's relative! (5)[-----]

  . imprecise = UNCLEAR, incomplete. 20A

  20ALaciest, flexible, stretchy stuff (7)[-------]

  . anag. LACIEST. 22A

  22AWriter with a couple of guests at home: not the flighty sort (7)[-------]

  . writer = PEN, couple of guests = GU, at home = IN. 23A

  23ASmell nothing? Grim! (5)[-----]

  . nothing = I, grim = DOUR. 24A

  24AJudge accepts false statement? Some consolation! (6)[------]

  . judge = REF, around false statement = LIE.

  DOWN

  1D

  1DTense, but not present (6)[------]

  . Cryptic(-ish) definition. 2D

  2DHorsey finishing off with bull, at a balanced time of year (7)[-------]

  . horsey = EQUINE, not finished; bull = OX. 3D

  3DAngular bezel forms enclosure for climbing beast (5)[-----]

  . hidden reversed in angulAR BEZel. 5D

  5D6-5 laid off by one famed for his seasonal work (7)[-------]

  . 6 = VI + 5 = V + anag. LAID. 6D

  6DShake off covering for one's head - it's a bit wobbly (5)[-----]

  . shake off = LOSE around one's head = O. 7D

  7DFestival of the last primrose and Michaelmas daisy (6)[------]

  . last primrose = E, Michaelmas daisy = ASTER. 8D

  8DHas Elon ironed kink out? Completely, when taken for a ride (4, 4, 3, 6)[-----------]

  . anag. HASELONIRONEDKINK. 14D

  14DHe rapped about the water cooler (3, 4)[-------]

  . double definition. 15D

  15DMake new connections after tax duty (7)[-------]

  . after tax = NET, duty = WORK. 16D

  16DCable sweater? (6)[------]

  . double definition. 17D

  17DSenior eating bit of apple - they make some good points (6)[------]

  . senior = SR around bit of apple = CORE. 19D

  19DRoute for shipping container (one litre) (5)[-----]

  . container = CAN, one = A, litre = L. 21D

  21DMachine learning to look up? "Tuber's dressing!" (5)[-----]

  . machine learning = AI, reversal of look = LO, tuber = I.
• sammisamsam 🤓56:58 · 27 days ago

  Fun puzzle! Was able to get everything after looking up some Britishisms, had never heard about a Michaelmas daisy or what a porkie was before