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Colin's Cryptic IX

◆ · By Pedagogue · Published 2023-10-20T07:32:14.113Z

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  • merlinnimue 18:58 · 2023-10-20T16:17:24.461Z
    Thanks for the puzzle, tough stuff, my tiny brain falls well short of your cryptic defs
    (Ps I've never heard the mussorgsky piece as anything but bald mountain... but I guess if its russian there isn't a definitive English title... but that was one small blip, my only major hangup was 1a/5d)
    Play today's daily mini crossword
    1A
    Perhaps rugby players cry when the dancing is over (5,3,4)
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    1. 1A
      Perhaps rugby players cry when the dancing is over (5,3,4)
    2. 8A
      Oriental dictators held the first firearms (8)
    3. 9A
      Wrong, they say, to weaken sentence structure (6)
    4. 11A
      Give me rhubarb or I order some rice (7)
    5. 12A
      Consent to a very quiet ramble (7)
    6. 13A
      Pennsylvania Republican standard (3)
    7. 14A
      Craves essentials (5)
    8. 15A
      One letter short, apparently, at Christmas (4)
    9. 16A
      Stitch hamper (5)
    10. 18A
      Bird and flower of Australia (4)
    11. 20A
      Sack Winchester? (5)
    12. 22A
      My great aunt's hidden character (3)
    13. 23A
      Lavotory of real tin construction . . . (7)
    14. 24A
      . . . laid in reserve? (4,3)
    15. 25A
      & 26A Noble hero? (4,2,8)
    16. 26A
      See 25A
    17. 27A
      Acceptable in moderation (6,6)
    Down
    1. 1D
      Avoids tar smears (8)
    2. 2D
      Stormy seas crossed by Simon's bridge (8,6)
    3. 3D
      Best at the end of a letter? (7)
    4. 4D
      Non-automatic manual drive? (4,8)
    5. 5D
      Reveal hazard to public (3,4)
    6. 6D
      He's anything but sinister (6)
    7. 7D
      One of Einstein's hits? (6,2,6)
    8. 10D
      Where Mussorgsky had a night out? (4,8)
    9. 17D
      Stretch out, Leonard, then follow the girl (8)
    10. 19D
      A robin I startled in Africa (7)
    11. 20D
      Cooking - I used leftovers (7)
    12. 21D
      Trees in the church? (6)
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