Daily mini cryptic - 12/29/2023

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• ObscureFox 🤓56s · 2023-12-30T00:05:41.767Z

  Good puzzle! Thanks for sharing

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  • bulletinfi constructor · 2023-12-30T19:23:06.807Z

    Thank you!

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• merlinnimue 🤓1:43 · 2023-12-30T00:48:59.243Z

  Nice

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  • bulletinfi constructor · 2023-12-30T19:23:11.801Z

    Thank you!

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• Oliver Hardy 3:58 · 2023-12-30T11:36:28.067Z

  Thanks for the puzzle; I did not like 5A. TURNT is a slang term that I am totally unfamiliar with; is it US slang? As the word is not in Chambers I was at a loss!

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  • bulletinfi constructor · 2023-12-30T19:23:48.914Z

    Thank you! Oh sorry about that. I did not know what turnt was either, I should have checked chambers. Might be US slang.

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    • frostyjhammer 4:22 · 2023-12-31T23:55:56.943Z

      US slang user here. Not familiar with "TURNT". Maybe archaic spelling of "TURNED"?

      Anybody care to share this Chambers thing? Online dictionary or similar?

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    • LCL 11:13 · 2024-01-01T00:40:54.013Z

      I'm in the US, but I hadn't heard of it either. A web search tells me it's slang, and the Oxford English Dictionary's earliest known use is from 2005. From the OED's Meaning and Use section:
      "Stimulated or intoxicated by alcohol or drugs. Also: extremely energized or excited; highly charged. Also with up. Frequently in the language of rap and hip-hop."

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      • bulletinfi constructor · 2024-01-01T09:57:08.549Z

        Ah I see thank you for the information!

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• K 🤓2:31 · 2023-12-30T13:23:33.730Z

  This was a tricky one for me but fun!

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  • bulletinfi constructor · 2023-12-30T19:23:52.709Z

    Thank you!

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• snag 🤓7:31 · 2023-12-30T15:41:44.789Z

  this was great!

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  • bulletinfi constructor · 2023-12-30T19:23:56.561Z

    Thank you!

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• Jon 2:55 · 2023-12-30T23:47:10.089Z

  Nice. Please explain 4A

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  • angusg 🤓2:07 · 2023-12-31T08:43:20.244Z

    I think a helium nucleus is an ALPHA particle (pluralisation is wrong in the clue, I guess). "Letters" are the ALPHABET, removing BET by "don't gamble".

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    • bulletinfi constructor · 2023-12-31T21:05:58.623Z

      Yeah that is right. Oh good point I will fix the pluralization thank you!

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• Jon 2:55 · 2023-12-30T23:46:16.646Z

  Nice. Please explain 4A..

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  • bulletinfi constructor · 2024-01-01T09:56:33.369Z

    Thank you! Letters are alphabet, but they don't gamble, so you remove bet and get alpha. Alpha particles are also Helium Nuclei (2 protons and 2 neutrons)

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    • Jon 2:55 · 2024-01-02T02:55:43.143Z

      Thanks.

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• E Ang 🤓2:06 · 2023-12-31T08:36:12.298Z

  I actually loved this one! Enjoyed 5A - sometimes slang is nice, and it's not that rare or uncommon. Thanks as always for sharing!

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  • bulletinfi constructor · 2023-12-31T21:06:49.075Z

    Thank you!

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• Animating Dragon 🤓2:05 · 2024-01-01T00:15:11.882Z

  yippee

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  • bulletinfi constructor · 2024-01-01T09:55:41.006Z

    yippee

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