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Cryptic #1

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  • George Ho 13:32 · 2022-10-17T13:35:52.150Z
    Amazing puzzle! Loved 2D and 22A so much
    • n0hk 🤓26:04 · 2022-10-17T19:59:41.238Z
      Great grid! Some of the breaks were very nice (like 11A), and I was tripped up more than once on what side the def was (I spent too long trying to find wordplay to justify IDLING for 2D). I had a hard time of the first quadrant, and wasn't thinking of animal feed when it came to 28A.
      Thanks for posting this!
      • lila 27:48 · 2022-10-18T04:19:21.879Z
        dan this was so fun!!!!! more cryptics pls everything here was SO golden
        • acommonrose 20:53 · 2022-10-20T00:26:03.010Z
          Good stuff!
          • juffo wup 🤓32:28 · 2023-01-28T23:48:55.750Z
            Love it! Please make more!
            • ButlerOnTheAir 🤓38:10 · 2023-02-01T01:36:03.608Z
              Hi Babka, thanks for convincing Dan to edit your work so you could publish it. It's really too bad that Dan decided to say that he wrote it instead. When will the cats of the world get the credit they deserve. Thanks for everything, your biggest fan, Gopal.
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              1A
              Paid athlete with flaw, kind of off - it’s an issue (7)
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              Across
              1. 1A
                Paid athlete with flaw, kind of off - it’s an issue (7)
              2. 5A
                American city's stylish past (7)
              3. 9A
                No network access for “Dunkirk” director (5)
              4. 10A
                It's not true I hate salt blends (5, 1, 3)
              5. 11A
                Delivery later discovered to be God's will (4, 2, 4)
              6. 12A
                Rocky Balboa twice knocking out a clod (4)
              7. 14A
                Shocked, I go pale next to Midwest monument for the Canaries, perhaps (11)
              8. 18A
                Western mail service to pay former journalists (4, 7)
              9. 21A
                Fun-size samples of Mike and Ike’s, Nerds, IBCs (4)
              10. 22A
                In relation to couture, cure for a modern fear? (7, 3)
              11. 25A
                Taken regularly, reality of New Jersey and Ohio shown by knight who plays the piano (5, 4)
              12. 26A
                Published falsehoods confused Billie, forgetting the start of intro (5)
              13. 27A
                Mark holds us, giving support (7)
              14. 28A
                Bone, say, ground for kind of meal (7)
              Down
              1. 1D
                Something for when it rains - hot coffee, Nutella oatmeal pancakes for starters, served up with egg (6)
              2. 2D
                Like you, I assume, waiting (6)
              3. 3D
                Rando rando, held by single one near the Thames (6, 4)
              4. 4D
                French word provided theme (5)
              5. 5D
                Walking cane I lost somewhere at the shore (9)
              6. 6D
                Should it be the case, I'll figure something out to start with (2, 2)
              7. 7D
                LA recall fails - the danger is over (3, 5)
              8. 8D
                Okay to hold onto one bop remix: "No Secrets" (4, 4)
              9. 13D
                Loner plays rummy in private (10)
              10. 15D
                The GOAT! Nearly all whimsy, or no-nonsense from the beginning? (9)
              11. 16D
                R.E.M. tour guides upset by first of Stipe’s unsolicited mailers? (8)
              12. 17D
                Outro doesn't need changing, except for first bits of electric drums (3, 5)
              13. 19D
                Stirred 12, you and I embracing to shake (6)
              14. 20D
                Residing in Bristol, England is hot (6)
              15. 23D
                Tracks numbers (5)
              16. 24D
                Down bad, hiding an association (4)
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