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Toby's Cryptic Crossword #2

· By Toby · Published 2023-05-21T11:22:06.215Z

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  • n0hk 🤓5:59 · 2023-05-22T02:07:06.207Z
    A nice wee grid, capped with a pleasing 1A1ACrowning achievement ends with belt wearer all tangled up in scam (10)[----------], cute 2D2DMarried after love- overdue! (4)[----], and the image given through 16D16DVolcano ups ante (4)[----] is good (if not wholesome). I vibed with most of the indicators that were used and eventually clicked to the americanisation of some answers.
    In 14A14AMove mountain for friend (3)[---] and 8D8DWhale eats exotic flatfish entirely (9)[---------] you have indirect anagrams, which are normally considered unfair to expect solvers to parse correctly (especially when 8D8DWhale eats exotic flatfish entirely (9)[---------]'s doing other things too). I'm not sure it's fair for 5D5DAll ground I'm on (4)[----] to be combining form (prefix thing) instead of a full blown word.
    I'm also very sceptical of 4D4DJelly makes a mess of a rag (4)[----]'s construction of DEF makes WORDPLAY. If you had WORDPLAY makes DEF here then I could have no compunctions, but makes definitely seems like a one-way linking word only to me.
    • Toby constructor · 2023-05-22T17:01:59.063Z
      thanks for the feedback! i'm pretty new to these (hence "#2") so all this is useful. i'm usually pretty concious of the wordplay stuff you mentioned in 4D4DJelly makes a mess of a rag (4)[----], but i guess i just didn't think about that one enough. you're right that i could have got away without the indirect anagram in 8D8DWhale eats exotic flatfish entirely (9)[---------], probably just me overthinking it. as for the americanisations, i also would have preferred british english, but here we are. thanks for playing and commenting!
    1A
    Crowning achievement ends with belt wearer all tangled up in scam (10)
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    Across
    1. 1A
      Crowning achievement ends with belt wearer all tangled up in scam (10)
    2. 6A
      Wrongly at first, I guess perruquier's craft (3)
    3. 7A
      Canape arrangement without a nut (5)
    4. 9A
      He turned red, receiving a title (6)
    5. 10A
      Meal in England is horrible (4)
    6. 11A
      End unending regime (3)
    7. 12A
      Article starts to have edits (3)
    8. 14A
      Move mountain for friend (3)
    9. 15A
      First ascent passed former summit (4)
    10. 17A
      Observe boy's group (6)
    11. 19A
      Dull sounds down in damaged huts (5)
    12. 20A
      Endless return of today- confusion! (3)
    13. 21A
      Aztec region in ruins without natural group (10)
    Down
    1. 1D
      Bishop's seat had rectal abnormality (9)
    2. 2D
      Married after love- overdue! (4)
    3. 3D
      Most pleasant wriggling insect (6)
    4. 4D
      Jelly makes a mess of a rag (4)
    5. 5D
      All ground I'm on (4)
    6. 7D
      Cut, chop, reap
    7. 8D
      Whale eats exotic flatfish entirely (9)
    8. 13D
      Currency breaks U.S. code (6)
    9. 14D
      Pull ups oddly benefit (4)
    10. 16D
      Volcano ups ante (4)
    11. 17D
      Lay carpet? (4)
    12. 18D
      Strange door smell (4)
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