Knotty Grids Cryptic 3
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◆ · By Adam Simon Levine

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  • Hector 🤓59:16 · 2024-07-05T23:23:30.722Z
    Quite a workout. Thanks!
    • Aaron Riccio 5s · 2024-07-12T12:51:27.224Z
      Solved this one on paper, so ignore my "time" here, but this was a real toughie! Some beautiful stuff in 12A, 26A, 1D, 13D, 19D, and my favorite, 20D. Some that I didn't quite parse (but were still solid surfaces) in 10A, 4D, 17D, and 24D. Some that were just too tough for me, like 14A (I've heard of her, but I wouldn't have defined her that way in her rookie season) or 17D (new word for me!), but that's not a deterrent, just a tough spot. The only clue I thought might be a bit unfair was 15D: [provider] sounds like a company, whereas "service" would be the type of thing you buy from a provider (like CABLE). Great work overall!
      • Adam Simon Levine constructor · 2024-07-12T21:25:30.670Z
        Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! Some explanations: 10A: Artistic director = A, following THE; Train in Spain stays mainly = TREN minus its last letter. 4D: VI C.E. (6 of the Common Era) 17D: Homophone of "The Odyssey" 24D: This one was indeed tricky: it's a phonetic wordplay. 23 = EMOJI, with ME backwards deleted. 14A: I wrote the puzzle while Clark was setting the all-time NCAA points record, but I didn't get around to posting it until a little while later.
      • dilly 🤓28:47 · 2024-07-16T22:12:01.852Z
        I am exhausted lol. 20D is incredible, perfect clue. 24D was the last one for me, had to brute force it as I was not aware of that word, and looking at the parse you posted, would not have been able to work it out from that. Those sneaky cross references always trip me up. Thanks for the great puzzle!
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        1A
        E as in "Eroica" (10, 5)
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        Across
        1. 1A
          E as in "Eroica" (10, 5)
        2. 9A
          J.P. loses his head over ice cream toppings - it's natural (7)
        3. 10A
          West End venue's artistic director concludes: "'The train in Spain stays mainly... (7)
        4. 11A
          ...in the brain' is an ending to develop!" (6)
        5. 12A
          Shakespearean character is fully described with fragments of prose (8)
        6. 14A
          Court leader starting to chase tail improperly, with mischief after close of business (7, 5)
        7. 18A
          I watch sun and may break for lunch (4, 8)
        8. 21A
          Colorful names obscure the spite (8)
        9. 22A
          Blue carnation oddly lacking basic structure (4-2)
        10. 25A
          Popular retriever loses cool bearing (2, 5)
        11. 26A
          Coaching a forgotten cook to make dumplings (7)
        12. 27A
          Former publisher hated backing young start-ups' service (7, 8)
        Down
        1. 1D
          Audio equipment recorded jeer at Johnson and Pence (4, 4)
        2. 2D
          Entering with difficulty, Ed downs two shots of Tanqueray (6, 2)
        3. 3D
          Henry and Anne put up a wedding decoration (5)
        4. 4D
          Iniquity when Judaea became a Roman province (4)
        5. 5D
          Rising astronomer, passing time on mountain range, reveals heat source (7, 3)
        6. 6D
          Beloved Uzbek leader visits arrested revolutionary (9)
        7. 7D
          Fifth entry describes coder's expression (2-4)
        8. 8D
          Returning traveler has excellent spirit (6)
        9. 13D
          Mr. Bond's tea is spilled in a fight (2, 3, 5)
        10. 15D
          Stupid TV provider skips intro after endless lag. I'm so frustrated! (9)
        11. 16D
          Salt in tree top (8)
        12. 17D
          Epic-sounding problem of evil (8)
        13. 19D
          Withdraw three notes (6)
        14. 20D
          Old-fashioned connection is one way to get laid (4-2)
        15. 23D
          Primarily electronic method of joking informally! (5)
        16. 24D
          Report: 23andMe backed up, deleted curvy feature (4)
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