Sounds Like Regret (Cryptic)
◆ · By Sommersmith · Published 2023-08-21T18:42:26.526Z
Constructor's Note
My first cryptic - thanks to John Kugelman and heywhatsupitsbob on Crosscord for invaluable feedback!
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<-- me when I worked out 15A afterwards1A
Old prosecutor Mr. Kennedy (5)
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Across
- 1AOld prosecutor Mr. Kennedy (5)
- 4ABeat up Les awfully (5)
- 7AAstronautics expert is into measurement for blocking rays (and the rays themselves) (5,6)
- 8APacifist Sadat gets it backwards (7)
- 10ASounds like regret, Joey (3)
- 11AConsume tea awkwardly (3)
- 13AI never made you deny adding your initials back then (2,2,3)
- 15AHomely Edward goes after a Spanish ex, with absolutely no context (11)
- 18ABehold! Westerosi knight is a real sad sack (5)
- 19ADon't sing loudly in front of an ape (5)
Down
- 1DSoftware from the 80s? Sod off! (3)
- 2DTribute to a saint (5)
- 3DRoll it up; time to celebrate (3)
- 4DSass back to dour traveler (7)
- 5DLarge frothy beer (5)
- 6DSpanish in Northport? Why? It results in pure chaos (7)
- 8DA simple first example: you and Al are just not into it (7)
- 9DWhite House exists, according to rumor (7)
- 12DTake it from scatterbrained sitters: it's a lock (5)
- 14DDug up some blue material (5)
- 16DHe'll catch a Pokemon and bash its head off (3)
- 17DEndless feast of noise (3)