Cryptic: A Strange Case
◆◆ · Por wisprabbit · Publicado 2022-01-26T12:55:45.012Z
Constructor's Note
A themeless cryptic crossword.
First full cryptic! I'm hoping to do one of these a month.
I didn't use a reference dictionary (I'll change that in the future) but I've checked some of the nastier clues against Chambers' online tools (dictionary, thesaurus and biographical dictionary) and they seem to be fine: https://chambers.co.uk/search/
Merriam-Webster should also work, as well as regular Google searches for some of the pop-culture-y clues.
I post crosswords and logic puzzles on my Twitter:
https://twitter.com/wisprabbit
Comprobando datos de juego anteriores…
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Frost in California’s peninsula (6)
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Horizontales
- 7ABottom or back to back (4)
- 8AEnergy grenade blows up a heretic (8)
- 10AMessenger from another planet (7)
- 11AVisible peak I see (or so I say) (5)
- 12ACapital cocktail – beverage for a Roman general (or board game?) (8)
- 13ACalling “chicken” is not fair play (4)
- 15APool by a tropical hotel, primarily (4)
- 16AQuestions posed without love during probes (8)
- 19ASend Marx back to the celebrity interviewer (5)
- 20AIt's most difficult to weave threads (7)
- 21AArcade game without a way to cheat? (8)
- 22ABlemish in mascara (4)
Verticales
- 1DFrost in California’s peninsula (6)
- 2DHard or Republican or small, Conservatives may be the source of some cautionary tales (6, 7)
- 3DIn Paris, I reportedly murder and bury two in a "Strange Case" (6, 3, 4)
- 4DFabulous writer? (5)
- 5DArticles and interjections, for example, which might hint at cheeps? (5, 2, 6)
- 6DDraw in open ciliary body (6)
- 9DSquat, in theory (5)
- 14DA thousand pursuing quarry, but missing tracks – could be strange (5)
- 15DA quick read of some lowbrow serial (6)
- 17DMockery rested on anger (6)
- 18DPass the ball and lose the game? (5)