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Cryptic 5x5 #28 by tuber

◆ · By tuber · Published 2024-06-04T16:53:47.532Z

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  • Aaron Riccio 🤓5:19 · 2024-06-04T20:16:07.331Z
    8A is fantastic, exactly what I'm looking for in a clue. I also got a chuckle out of 5D (for all us non-sportsball people), and I think 7A and 9A have nice misdirects for a double-def and hidden, respectively, two clue types in which it's generally hard to do so!
    • tuber constructor · 2024-06-04T21:33:11.751Z
      Greetings solvers, and thanks for stopping by. I'm a little rushed for time right now, so here's a quick wash-up for the perplexed:
      ACROSS. 1A. "putting an end to salt" = T + corrosion = RUST. 4A. "Topped and tailed" = remove first and last letters + "flipping" = reversal of "unconscious" = ASLEEP. 7A. "was a part of Occupy protests" = SAT IN. 8A. "First surprising" = S + reversal of "chart" = MAP. 9A. Hidden in "texASSETtlements".
      DOWN. 1D. "in the direction of" = TO + "steamer" = SS. 2D. anag. PEARS. 3D. "Summer's first" = S + "fruit" = LIME. 5D. Double def. 6D. Upward reversal of "weights" = TONS.
      • Alex Peebles-Capin 🤓4:40 · 2024-06-04T23:09:53.025Z
        Really great clues!!
        • kieranjboyd 🤓1:47 · 2024-06-05T12:37:46.058Z
          Nice work!
          • Sendhil Revuluri 3:37 · 2024-06-05T13:10:52.193Z
            That was a fun workout — thank you!
            Play today's daily mini crossword
            1A
            Rely on putting an end to salt corrosion (5)
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            Across
            1. 1A
              Rely on putting an end to salt corrosion (5)
            2. 4A
              Topped and tailed, flipping unconscious fish (4)
            3. 7A
              Material was part of 'Occupy' protests (5)
            4. 8A
              First surprising chart comeback for Meat Loaf in the can? (4)
            5. 9A
              Valuable resource buried in Texas settlements (5)
            Down
            1. 1D
              Lurch in the direction of steamer (4)
            2. 2D
              Brings in harvest of fresh pears... (5)
            3. 3D
              ...summer's first fruit pulp (5)
            4. 5D
              Ballpark for touchdown? It's Greek to me (3)
            5. 6D
              Annoying kid lifting weights (4)
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