Mini Cryptic Crossword #2

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• nate 🤓1:34 · 2024-05-14T08:18:37.270Z

  Fun! I think "Lightens" should be "Lighten" to match the tense of the answer, and 4D might be improved by more clearly indicating that ET comes after IB ("alien passes education program"?). Otherwise really enjoying your foray into cryptics!

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  • Jamixiy constructor · 2024-05-14T12:45:00.712Z

    Thanks for pointing those out! Fixed. And thank you for the kind words :D

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• Naja 12:09 · 2024-05-14T13:25:05.187Z

  My head exploded

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• Sendhil Revuluri 1:24 · 2024-05-14T14:06:12.666Z

  I always appreciate mini-cryptics because even if I get just a few of the entries, I’m not left staring at a gigantic mostly-empty grid

  This time I got all of them except 5A — I see the definition (“text entries”) now and the B-LOGS parsing but don’t quite get the wordplay yet.

  Look forward to more!

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  • The Noah 🤓4:03 · 2024-05-14T23:11:21.341Z

    I think they were going for B as an abbreviation of black and LOGS meaning big branches.

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• Jake A 🤓1:09 · 2024-05-14T15:19:13.910Z

  Nicely done!

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• The Noah 🤓4:03 · 2024-05-14T23:08:40.203Z

  I DID IT! I'm enjoying your cryptic era

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• Arty 3:23 · 2024-05-14T23:41:31.654Z

  Nice clues, fun enough to solve. Education program is something in UK (I'm in US, don't know that reference)? Next level on cluing is to have the clues themselves have improved meaning, i.e., more clues like 1!

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• Jewel 4:16 · 2024-05-16T03:05:20.540Z

  Good puzzle

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