Cryptic 5x5 #16 by tuber

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• tuber constructor · 2023-08-31T23:47:04.341Z

  Hi solvers! Thanks as always for checking my puzzle out, I hope you enjoyed it. Do let me know how you got on!

  The wash-up is as follows:

  ACROSS. 1A1AGrab hold of prize contract with difficulty (5)[-----]. Four definitions: grab hold of / prize ('a real catch') / contract (illness, infection) / difficulty. 5A5AEggs in a line, by the sound of it (5)[---]. Homophone of line = ROW. 6A6AMember embracing love - a perfume (5)[-----]. Containment of love = O in member = ARM, + A. 8A8AMan of the cloth: "put your foot down!" (3)[---]. Double def. 9A9ACharged electronic material (5)[-----]. Charged = SUED + electronic = E.

  DOWN. 1D1DVehicles carrying sign of aggression by Russia's autocrats (5)[-----]. Containment of "sign of aggression by Russia" = Z in "vehicles" = CARS. 2D2DAviary, oddly, in which birds fly (3)[---]. Odd letters of "AVIARY". 3D3DIntrovert concealing much of value (5)[-----]. Concealed in INTROVERT. 4D4DEndless bliss? I'm gonna throw up! (5)[-----]. Remove last letter of "bliss" = HEAVEN. 7D7DDoctor circumscribes "universal clay" (3)[---]. Containment of "universal" = U in "doctor" = MD.
• merlinnimue 6:37 · 2023-09-01T01:18:35.233Z

  5a5AEggs in a line, by the sound of it (5)[---] caught me up, i was thinking to cue is to egg someone on, but i shouldve known something up when verb tense didn't match

  using Z as sign of aggression for russia? wowwowwow mindblowingly amazing

  what an all around amazing puzzle
• jasonwestley 🤓2:04 · 2023-09-01T06:48:14.741Z

  Nice puzzle.
• Adam 🤓1:32 · 2023-09-01T15:22:28.629Z

  :)
• kieranjboyd 🤓1:52 · 2023-09-01T22:17:25.701Z

  Agreed that three definition for Z is very fun and modern, and also the surface of 9A9ACharged electronic material (5)[-----] is both clean and distracting. Nice!