Jake’s Mini Cryptic #56

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• Womble 🤓1:51 · 2024-08-20T11:09:40.814Z

  Thanks Jake, a fun solve!

  I don't know if 'fluffy' is a word I'd use for 1d personally, but that's just me. Not sure about 1a containing 'flying'.

  Enjoyed 3d, which took me most of the solve time!

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• lukadisgre 🤓3:57 · 2024-08-21T06:29:05.093Z

  Another great puzzle Jake! Would you mind explaining the clues in the comments, honestly still can't understand the clue for HAYWIRE. Thanks!

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  • cassidy cypress 🤓5:56 · 2024-08-22T22:04:25.424Z

    not Jake, but I think Spooner's refers to William Spooner, namesake of the term "spoonerism" (a speaking mistake in which two sounds are swapped). HAYWIRE is a spoonerism of "way higher", a synonym for "far more stoned".

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    • lukadisgre 🤓3:57 · 2024-08-23T20:34:27.537Z

      Oh i see, never would have figured that out lol.

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• Aaron Riccio 🤓4:13 · 2024-09-09T02:27:35.573Z

  I stupidly put in COP PORN for 1D, despite the enumeration not fitting, and that slowed me down a bit. Love to see bookending Spoonerisms, though, especially since they were both clued differently.

  5A made me laugh at ["Woke Tapir" insiders], very good, and 4A was my favorite with that definition of [a common bank form]. I also thought [articulated joints] was cute in 7A, and the [dropping E] in 2D. I had fun!

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