Jake’s Mini Cryptic #37

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• rjy 3:35 · 2024-03-07T04:48:00.904Z

  Fun challenge!

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  • Jake A constructor · 2024-03-07T07:19:28.818Z

    Thanks, rjy!

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• nate 🤓1:21 · 2024-03-07T04:31:03.643Z

  Nice one! For feedback on 3A, I tend to find it more fair when something like "head" is indicating just the first letter instead of an arbitrary number of letters, but that may just be a preference.

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  • Jake A constructor · 2024-03-07T07:23:19.126Z

    Thanks, nate! I hear you re: 3A and am going to think on a better way of cluing those leading letters.

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    • Jake A constructor · 2024-03-07T15:01:18.849Z

      What do you think of “Cross sectioned hornet is…” ?

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      • nate 🤓1:21 · 2024-03-07T23:59:18.957Z

        I think that works great!

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• SamuRai 4:29 · 2024-03-08T01:53:33.740Z

  Congratulations! This is the first cryptic this yank successfully solved. I still don’t understand how most of the clues work, but we’re a little slow on this side of the pond. Being American probably helped with 2-down. Thanks for making me feel smart.

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  • Jake A constructor · 2024-03-08T02:09:18.695Z

    Yes! As a Yankee cryptic noob myself, that is a compliment of the highest order. I have absolutely found, and still fine, that the answers sometimes clicks and I have no reason why. It is a delightful quality of the cryptic. I find that these are also a lot of fun to construct. Thanks for your wonderfully positive and helpful feedback!

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• frostyjhammer 🤓59s · 2024-03-08T19:34:16.938Z

  Anther n00b Yank Cryptic solver who enjoys these puzzles, thank you.

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  • Jake A constructor · 2024-03-08T20:29:43.278Z

    Thanks, frosty!

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