"Matter vs Chaos: Everyone is Irrelevant" (Cryptic Mini #000000106)

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• bob weisz constructor · 2024-10-17T10:36:02.858Z

  Apologies for this one, folks.

  Parses:

  Across

  • 1A a double def: "I need help" is S.O.S. and "romantic partners" are SOs (significant others)
  • 3A def: "spirit". wordplay: DJ ("play music") + IN + N ("Neymar's face")
  • 6A def: "Stuffed toy on a string?" . wordplay: BEAN SALAD anagrammed ("that's not how I ordered it")
  • 7A def: "conversation". word: ETETET ("Alien³" ) reversed ("is about") containing ("drinking") TEA
  • 8A def: "Fences lead". wordplay: DIS ("to trash talk") containing ("about") AV ("cleAVers, essentially")
  • 9A def: "to take a load off". wordplay: every other letter ("Venetian?") of "SaInT"

  Down

  • 1D def: "Accidentally initiated an evacuation" (so sorry). wordplay: THE DEATH STAR gets reversed-letter-banked ("letting the clones leave before destroying it")
  • 2D def: "how to stream". wordplay: MATTeR VS anagrammed ("chaos") but delete the E ("Everyone is irrelevant")
  • 3D def: "Squad from Chicago, jokingly". wordplay: reversal ("brings up") of BAD, then EARS ("places for buds to hang")
  • 4D def: "Bebe Rexha song". wordplay: IMAMS ("religious leaders") containing ("taking") E ("ecstasy"), then S ("starting to sing")
  • 5D def: "It's nothing." wordplay: WASTE NOT WANT NOT getting reverse-letter-banked ("throw out anything non-essential")

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• kieranjboyd 🤓4:09 · 2024-10-17T11:04:21.704Z

  Real spicy fill!

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• dilly 🤓8:52 · 2024-10-17T12:19:16.644Z

  Love 1A and 1D’s reverse letter bank indicator is perfect, as is the definition. Thanks!

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  • bob weisz constructor · 2024-10-17T16:38:07.495Z

    Thank you! Would you believe 1D came together at 2:30am, right before I was set to publish? When it clicked, I shouted in delight and woke up the dog

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