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Aurora's Cryptic #2

◆ · By LasersharpAurora · Published 2024-01-27T16:05:54.870Z

Constructor's Note
Thought I'd try making another one of these! I know this grid looks very disorganized compared to most other cryptics, but hopefully that shouldn't impact the solve!
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  • Hector 34:20 · 2024-01-28T03:26:30.072Z
    Very tough; learned a lot, thanks!
    • metagloria 22:36 · 2024-01-28T16:35:26.898Z
      WOW. I've solved a lot of cryptic on here - most of them minis, because few people are bold enough to craft full size puzzles - and I think this is my favorite one yet. I'm absolutely gobsmacked by some of the clue writing. Can't even point out favorite because at least a dozen times, the answer clicked and I just went "whoa!" Lots of clues were very challenging, but not brutally so, as everything eventually fell into place - with the exception of 1A, which was the last thing I entered and I confess I resorted to a thesaurus for assistance with. But I had to finish, because, what a beautiful puzzle. Keep up the great work!
      • merlinnimue 🤓18:20 · 2024-01-29T01:19:19.137Z
        very 11d, my favorite was 4a
        • AuLeaf 🤓14:00 · 2024-02-05T23:29:53.546Z
          toughie
          Play today's daily mini crossword
          1A
          Pierce and drag (4)
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          Across
          1. 1A
            Pierce and drag (4)
          2. 4A
            Royals left guarding the restroom for seafood (4, 4)
          3. 8A
            Cutter on nerve part (4)
          4. 9A
            The mush has heat (4)
          5. 11A
            Penny detected the perfume (4)
          6. 12A
            Illuminated from behind, eclipsing a back end (4)
          7. 13A
            Beowulf heartlessly tormented to ruin (6)
          8. 15A
            The guy had dinner, broadcasting time of arrival (3, 4)
          9. 17A
            Soul of a German city, within the last two millennia (7)
          10. 18A
            In Palau, gharials roar (5)
          11. 19A
            Noodles, right? Agreed (5)
          12. 21A
            Dash by furniture display on another site (5)
          13. 24A
            Post returned empty - make a getaway (5)
          14. 26A
            Metropolis renewed by aegis (3, 4)
          15. 28A
            Fish and sheep form a set of seven pieces (7)
          16. 31A
            Dangerous Miss America passed doctors' school (6)
          17. 32A
            Small soft cry (4)
          18. 34A
            Copy non-terminated string (4)
          19. 35A
            Shoe damaged a bit (4)
          20. 36A
            Current carrier of three notes heard (4)
          21. 37A
            Picture of the tour - half city, half arch (8)
          22. 38A
            Rumor has it Jean has a small piece of everyone (4)
          Down
          1. 1D
            One who sees beauty is stronger holding the boy up (8)
          2. 2D
            All That Remains to be on hiatus (4)
          3. 3D
            Emerging upstream from pool, to lox and salamander (7)
          4. 4D
            Some particular people annoyingly boss around the neighborhood's leader (5)
          5. 5D
            Big swimmer acting rudely around the source of the Rhine (7)
          6. 6D
            Highlight vid - a look back! (4)
          7. 7D
            Wager on a non-finalized product (4)
          8. 10D
            Pass over the French hold (6)
          9. 11D
            Starts to cheer up taking estradiol... like the solver, most likely? (4)
          10. 14D
            A chest bears pain! (4)
          11. 16D
            Almost didn't start ahead of schedule! (5)
          12. 17D
            Strange type surrounding golf nation (5)
          13. 20D
            Serf is also holding up? That can't happen! (2, 2)
          14. 22D
            An attractive thing that goes up in unbeaten games (6)
          15. 23D
            Stop funding, remove the alien, ruin a reputation (8)
          16. 24D
            Use tray shakily, it has salt water (7)
          17. 25D
            Burrowing creature misses the hole, initially - can't stop thinking about it (7)
          18. 27D
            What you can't do when you're shocked the night before November? (4)
          19. 29D
            Military music for 31 days (5)
          20. 30D
            Restated median or range, for example (4)
          21. 31D
            A set of notes - it's smaller than this (4)
          22. 33D
            Squire found in a book (4)
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