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Slim RPG plants the seeds for a victory of faith. (11,4) 1. Letter bank 2. The faith in question is Hill.
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Horizontales
  1. 1A
    Slim RPG plants the seeds for a victory of faith. (11,4) 1. Letter bank 2. The faith in question is Hill.
  2. 9A
    Either way, an impulsive princess. (4) 1. Palindrome 2. Parents know - this Disney character is not a role model.
  3. 10A
    Unbound by reality's limitations, I would age, finally, to 150. (5) 1. Lift and separate, synonym, letter selection 2. 150 is NOT a single number. Lift and separate.
  4. 13A
    Parenting paper's centered atop barn-style door. (4) 1. Letter selection 2. "Barn-style" is an indicator that only works for "door".
  5. 15A
    Bach's gran is buried in Romania. (3) 1. Hidden word 2. Bach is only here because he's German.
  6. 16A
    Mum, protection to attempt machismo. (4,3) 1. Charades, synonyms 2."Attempt" isn't a verb.
  7. 19A
    Brother or sister, while modern times twitch. (7) 1. Charades, synonyms, abbreviations 2. "Brother or sister" doesn't necessarily refer to the ties of blood.
  8. 23A
    Lifelong single with a cut-off howl. (3) 1. Letter deletion, synonym 2. What's the most common way to write a howl? Alternative definition: a valley in Wellington.
  9. 25A
    Planned speech includes, say, German seller. (7) 1. Synonym, homophone. 2. Often preceded by a German article - one that doesn't sound very threatening!
  10. 26A
    Through a Roman's "ave". (3) 1. Double definition 2. "Ave" here isn't the Latin "Hello".
  11. 28A
    Scale down mean energy (4) 1. Synonym, abbreviation 2. "Scale down" is the definition.
  12. 29A
    Occasionally, atomic energy produces a high tone. (4) 1. Letter selection 2.
  13. 30A
    What paint emits is leaving pings. (3) 1. Letter deletion 2. "Paint" here doesn't refer to the liquid, but something you can (probably) access right now, through windows.
  14. 31A
    Childish styler contaminates Raleigh. (4,3) 1. Anagram 2. Most will get rid of this when they're no longer children, and switch to a much harder-to-hide-in-a-clue type of styler.
  15. 34A
    Tom from Beijing roams about naked. (3) 1. Reversal, letter deletion 2. Fun fact, China and Egypt both lay claim to the first domesticated cats, both naming them onomatopoeically after their calls. Best evidence is that both civilisations domesticated cats independently, at around the same time.
  16. 37A
    Pack straw around Scottish lugs' gossip. (7) 1. Synonym, insertion. 2. Scots informally call ears "lugs"
  17. 39A
    Unsettled after Barry Bones streaked. (7) 1. Synonym, juxtaposition, letter selection 2. "Streaked" isn't here as an indicator.
  18. 41A
    Reply quickly and depart for Spain's capital! (3) 1. Swapping letters, letter selection 2. Alternative clue: "Years in France, starting a new school."
  19. 43A
    Grandma and Grandpa's last tiny homes in Burnside (4) 1. Letter selection 2. Definition: Grandma and Grandpa's last tiny homes. Think about it.
  20. 45A
    City in NE Oman clipped tails of Turkish angora. (5) 1. Letter deletion, letter selection 2. NE does not mean north-east.
  21. 47A
    Adult, out of time, murdered twin. (4) 1. letter deletion, anagram 2. "twin" is the definition, but not as a noun.
  22. 49A
    Musk(rat)'s cousin backed up and goofed badly on first, causing an exasperated parent's cry. (3,3,4,2,3) 1. Synonym, reversal, anagram 2. "On" is a synonym here, and isn't an adjective.
Verticales
  1. 2D
    A builder that has been charged in eating a donut. (3) 1. Abbreviation, insertion 2. "A... charged" is the definition.
  2. 3D
    Puritan's brain has hesitation after fifth of whiskey. (6) 1. anagram, synonym, letter selection, juxtaposition 2. Alternate definition: Table's gritty vessel
  3. 4D
    Slide out of clothes huskily. (3) 1. Letter selection 2. Definition: slide
  4. 5D
    Short flightless bird debuts in Thailand's first article. (4) 1. Synonym, letter deletion, letter selection, juxtaposition 2. Think through the flightless birds. I'll give you a hint - the bird itself isn't short.
  5. 6D
    Friend ran a circuit backwards. (3) 1. Synonym, reversal 2. Think about the type of circuit you might run
  6. 7D
    Gate doesn't close with that woman's group. (6) 1. Letter deletion, synonym 2. The apostrophe isn't possessive.
  7. 8D
    Rode unenergetically to something you can spare. (3) 1. letter deletion, abbreviation 2. Stewart, maybe?
  8. 9D
    A parent's role to a teen is right now. (3) 1. Double definition 2. It's a little loose, but it's a common enough saying - at least among parents.
  9. 11D
    Infant's gift to a parent from indoors. (3) 1. Hidden word 2. Babies can't give much, but they do have one thing to give, and there's a lot of it.
  10. 12D
    The best battery. (3) 1. Double definition 2. Often used with "studio"
  11. 14D
    Batty bird lost a wing to fantastic villain. (3) 1. Reversal, letter deletion 2. "Fantastic" here doesn't mean "exceptional"
  12. 17D
    Mature about Republican directed to organise. (7) 1. Synonym, abbreviation, insertion 2. "Organise" is not an indicator.
  13. 18D
    Egypt's nudism causes British discomfort. (3) 1. Letter deletion 2. There is another meaning to this word, and it's worth avoiding.
  14. 20D
    Sausages at regular intervals from Memphis to Mobile. (3) 1. Letter selection 2. C'mon, I saw that I could fit the answer into "sausages", and what am I supposed to do? NOT use sausages?
  15. 21D
    One minute after starting we give a slackjawed saying. (2,2,3) 1. Abbreviation, letter selection 2. (1'1,2,3 ) might be more precise.
  16. 22D
    The blue man gives up incorrect source for right form. (5) 1. Synonym, letter substitution, letter selection 2. This particular blue man isn't in a band - he is the band.
  17. 23D
    New program leads to a perfect presentation (3) 1. Letter selection 2. I remember when programs were just programs, and I shake my cane at you.
  18. 24D
    Final caring domain is mostly grown up. (3) 1. Reversal, letter deletion. 2. "Final caring domain" is the definition, and I don't mean an area.
  19. 26D
    Overseas experience from movie breaks spirit. (3) 1. Abbreviation, letter deletion, anagram 2. "Overseas experience" is a known thing here in New Zealand and many other countries. Maybe in yours?
  20. 27D
    Since 23's gutless, add guts, first of all. (3) 1. Other clue, letter deletion, letter selection, insertion. 2. Yes, four things going on in three letters. "Since" is the definition.
  21. 32D
    Eureka, in every way! (3) 1. Palindrome 2. "Eureka" is the definition.
  22. 33D
    Tearoom has balance-checking apparatus, which might just be a painting. (3) Hidden word, double definition 2. Definition 1: balance-checking apparatus. Definition 2: Might just be a painting. Unfair to non-parents to have that be the main definition, but parents of toddlers to teens will know this one immediately.
  23. 35D
    Doubtful question Tio raised about Mr. Reare. (2,2,2) 1. Insertion, reversal, synonym 2. "Reare" is a little-used word for "raise up", which has also become the base word of "rear" as in "to raise children"
  24. 36D
    "Music with love is thrice love", sprinkling in very loud odes by the second. (4,2) 1. Abbreviation, letter selection, juxtaposition. 2. Twelfth night, 1.1.1
  25. 37D
    Call me second, the master's first up. (3) 1. Letter selection, abbreviation 2. Definition: call me
  26. 38D
    34 returns shortly, after yearly starch. (3) 1. Reversal, letter deletion, letter selection, juxtaposition 2. Definition: starch
  27. 39D
    Don't start a drug's residue. (3) 1. Synonym, letter deletion 2. The drug is a synonym for marijuana
  28. 40D
    Key is taken up. (3) 1. Synonym, reversal 2. Definition: key. Cluing the specific from the general.
  29. 42D
    Retiring on an itty-bitty model. (4) 1. Reversal 2. Definition: itty-bitty model.
  30. 44D
    Hispanic River got 3 for radius in clue 35.3. (3) 1. Other clue, translation, letter selection, letter substitution 2. Yes, also four things going on. Note that 35.3 should lead you first to 35, then to the 3rd part of it.
  31. 45D
    Being short, Oscar's explicit. (3) 1. Abbreviation, homophone 2. Don't say "Oscar", say what Oscar means. Does anyone else always think about Duolingo when they see "Oscar"?
  32. 46D
    23's partner is number one. (3) 1. Other clue, double definition 2. Normally the leading partner, if that helps.
  33. 48D
    Itty-bitty model is topless in New Zealand again. (3) 1. Synonym, letter deletion, translation 2. Not quite "another clue" but 42 will help.
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