Notes From The Editors (Half-Variety Cryptic)
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Notes From The Editors (Half-Variety Cryptic)

◆◆ · By Frisco17

Constructor's Note
the editors (juff & skaldskaparmal) wanted me to change some stuff but i was wearing air pods and couldn't hear them
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  • nate 🤓25:55 · 2024-05-31T03:05:36.145Z
    great stuff, the editors' notes is such a creative theme!
    • AuLeaf 🤓18:10 · 2024-05-31T05:33:09.156Z
      very nice theme!
      • noneuclidean 🤓18:45 · 2024-05-31T10:28:28.603Z
        banger
        • riotblob 🤓26:17 · 2024-05-31T10:17:27.588Z
          I love this! 14A and 14D are such a great pair, and there's a special place in my heart for 16A too ✨
          • Myelbow 15s · 2024-05-31T16:32:20.649Z
            Superb puzzle! Jam-packed with fresh vocabulary and ingenious, witty wordplay. Thanks for sharing.
            • kieranjboyd 🤓14:06 · 2024-06-02T06:04:14.172Z
              On reflection, editors' case going round [not!] (2, 5)
              • RoyJohnson490 54:46 · 2024-06-12T16:30:30.990Z
                Really awesome cryptic puzzle as per usual.
                • snag 🤓1:00:47 · 2024-08-23T01:36:57.954Z
                  keep those letters in their place, solving this puzzle in your face
                  1A
                  Idealists put on Nine [put this in quotes] (3, 8)
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                  Across
                  1. 1A
                    Idealists put on Nine [put this in quotes] (3, 8)
                  2. 9A
                    Wander after kid actor from "Frozen" (4, 3)
                  3. 10A
                    "Too bright to have recess? Run inside!" "Thank you!" "You're not welcome" (2, 5)
                  4. 11A
                    Motored right into popular bar for the bathroom (5)
                  5. 12A
                    Regularly skipped CEO initiation [weird type of wordplay] (9)
                  6. 13A
                    Heard Senator Cruz is smelly [???] (7)
                  7. 14A
                    Endlessly small baby having no head in the first place? [bad] (7)
                  8. 16A
                    Aggressive-seeming bird is cuddle-muffin on the inside (3)
                  9. 17A
                    Gave it another go with setter, moving forward [this just is not working] (7)
                  10. 19A
                    Stops Sierra among believers in God (7)
                  11. 21A
                    Messy row with equally messy Pigpen where you wouldn't want things to go down (5, 4)
                  12. 24A
                    More than half of lamas following one southern religion (5)
                  13. 26A
                    Had more than enough time between a break in Britain and returning [no] (3, 1, 3)
                  14. 27A
                    Perhaps a board of crossword editors' legal charges Will read aloud (7)
                  15. 28A
                    Members of the editorial staff in tryst!!! [please change] (11)
                  Down
                  1. 1D
                    Share one's gossip (one's "tea") at first [misleading] (9)
                  2. 2D
                    Abandon forgotten American Eagle in the heart of Greenwich, Connecticut (7)
                  3. 3D
                    Torn up, cut in half, peeled and chopped up editor [:(] (9)
                  4. 4D
                    Elon's large changes to leader of networking after Twitter's rebranding [that's gas] (5)
                  5. 5D
                    The type of music Kendrick Lamar makes? Yes, it might help you feel [...ok] (7)
                  6. 6D
                    Attended first parts of school assembly, taking intense nap [this is really smooth!] (3, 2)
                  7. 7D
                    Mixed up records in the end caused "The Last Jedi" portion to be scrapped (4)
                  8. 8D
                    Sly leers, almost, moving around a circle! (3, 5)
                  9. 13D
                    It's got a scarecrow covered in crazy rats! [huh??] (5, 3)
                  10. 14D
                    Starts to act up, delving into editors' notes: "Consider everyone solving - they're most likely people who wouldn't want to do a puzzle that makes any mention of headless babies" (9)
                  11. 15D
                    Assorted Interests ultimately accepts hint... and screws up computer input (9)
                  12. 18D
                    Capture Gattaca's secret race (7)
                  13. 20D
                    Having fun size: "You are finally mine for the taking" (7)
                  14. 22D
                    Green Mario Mushroom Ice Cream Holders (uncopyrighted) (3-2)
                  15. 23D
                    When in turnover, ingredients of Newton (figs) were that undesirable (2, 3)
                  16. 25D
                    Animal found in sticky substance without ass [get rid of "ass"] (4)
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