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Quiet Cryptic VI

· By Sayuga · Published 2024-09-05T15:41:04.250Z

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  • Aaron Riccio 🤓1:35 · 2024-09-25T02:32:23.593Z
    Very interesting grid shape, giving you way more clues than you'd normally see in a full-sized blocked grid (40, as opposed to ~32), but I liked a lot of the fill!
    So far as surfaces go, I liked 14A, 26A, 9D, and 16D a lot, as well as 17A, 31A, and 4D.
    Thoughts:
    • 1A: I think this is meant to be DOOF(U)S*, but I'm not sure where the U comes from; is it [suitable] as the anagram indicator and [for all] as a U[niversal] abbreviation that's being accomodated?
    • 13A: I think [goes] on its own is not enough for an anagrind; [goes off] maybe?
    • 23A: Is the first C coming as an indirect anagram off [caught] for C? Not a usage I'm familiar with, but it's the only thing I can see.
    • 30A: Is [tiny hole] meant to be a homophone for /eye/?
    • 37A: I've never heard of the SKS rifle, so that was a tough one to solve.
    • 7D: Just figured this out as TA+C+IT; very clever, but hard.
    • 32D: I think if [Mostly] is a curtailment, it needs to precede (or follow) the word it is shortening, so [A maiden mostly] would play fairer to me.
    Thanks for the puzzle!
    1A
    Foods suitable for all, accommodating for schlub (6)
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    Across
    1. 1A
      Foods suitable for all, accommodating for schlub (6)
    2. 6A
      Ancient society of standout characters, etc. - in ruin! (5)
    3. 10A
      Countryman greeting Kelly (5)
    4. 11A
      First off, tip youngster plenty (7)
    5. 12A
      Capture pig (3)
    6. 13A
      Cool sis goes for highly influential people (7)
    7. 14A
      Neat read! Turned engrossing pages (6)
    8. 15A
      Afternoon meal's gossip (3)
    9. 17A
      Holy moly, date to grow old is coming around (4)
    10. 19A
      King's protectors Martin and Dominic die for the cause (9)
    11. 21A
      Representation in accepting company (4)
    12. 22A
      District attorney after starters of Nashville arson finds diddly-squat (4)
    13. 23A
      She's caught being violent with staff at nerdy gathering (5,4)
    14. 26A
      Over here, leaders overthrown in tactful secret service plot (4)
    15. 28A
      A chance is in the past (3)
    16. 30A
      Twins find treasure in tiny hole, I heard (6)
    17. 31A
      Bets chips after retracting knock (7)
    18. 34A
      Become exhausted, losing head to anger (3)
    19. 35A
      New rejection you've sent over text - answer a bit unpleasant (7)
    20. 36A
      Endlessly courageous, taking nothing - well done (5)
    21. 37A
      Initially trains using rifle prongs (5)
    22. 38A
      Abseil terrified Pascal, typically (6)
    Down
    1. 2D
      Dad in prone, relaxing in theory (2,5)
    2. 3D
      At liberty to take an indefinite amount with my intolerable buddy (7)
    3. 4D
      Grow accustomed to cesspool, say (4)
    4. 5D
      Express gratitude every so often, for sake of Lu (4)
    5. 6D
      State in keeping with madness, for example (6)
    6. 7D
      Silent thanks about object (5)
    7. 8D
      Tautological fellow's vocation: up bias terribly (7,7)
    8. 9D
      Orthodox Christian to support a magician (14)
    9. 16D
      Command tide to withdraw, protecting citizens at the least (5)
    10. 17D
      Brewed beer marks days for fasting (5)
    11. 18D
      Archiver is erect around once a day?(4)
    12. 20D
      Mouth tenor vocal delivery (4)
    13. 24D
      Upscale recycled mirrors (7)
    14. 25D
      Behold - it hesitates; lingers! (7)
    15. 27D
      Washes work clothes (6)
    16. 29D
      Competitions busy son holds in gym class (5)
    17. 32D
      Mostly, a maiden makes miserably (4)
    18. 33D
      Cocky big-hitter contributing to Mcgrath's no ball (4)
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