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Cryptic 5x5 #30 by tuber

· Di tuber · Pubblicato 2024-08-01T07:51:40.142Z

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  • dilly 🤓4:49 · 2024-08-01T09:47:38.891Z
    Wasn't familiar with the def for 6A, but the surface was incredible. Ditto for 5A and 8A. I'm not finding the parse for 7D, though.
    • Polyagonist 🤓9:18 · 2024-08-01T19:23:13.212Z
      The Cryptic Definition there is that the Cat (o' nine tails) was a literal scourge (lash) used at sea. If there's another level that gives a double definition I've missed it.
      • tuber costruttore · 2024-08-01T15:13:59.150Z
        7D's intended as a cryptic definition, and your mileage may vary. It's a cryptic variant of a straight clue, something like "a nautical whip". ("Scourge" has a definition as "a whip used for punishment", and "cat" is an abbreviation for the cat o' nine tails, a whip historically associated with the Royal Navy.)
        For 6A, I can only advise that your setter has lived 20 years or so in Scotland (but is yet to use the word "outwith" in a crossword clue.)
        • dilly 🤓4:49 · 2024-08-01T21:32:03.768Z
          Ah, I just wasn’t familiar with “cat“ being used for “cat o’ nine tails,” fair enough. Great puzzle, I will keep Scotland in mind for the next one!
      • tuber costruttore · 2024-08-01T13:13:10.590Z
        Hello, solvers, and thanks for having a crack at this silly thing. A little bit unconventional, in terms of cluing 1A and 1D in addition to 2D, but it seemed rather cruel on the solver otherwise. As always, drop a hello in the comments and let me know how you got on. The wash-up looks like this:
        ACROSS. 1A. Cycle letters of "distance" = RANGE. 5A. Homophone of "chorus of disapproval" = BOOS. 6A. First of "Baratheon" = B + remove first letter of "peace" = tRUCE. 8A. First letter of "dreadful" = D + "commercial" = AD. 9A. Alternating in "shyartist".
        DOWN. 1D. Anag. ABYE around first letter of "baby" = B. 2D. Anag. BROTHERBEGANYARN minus "right" = R. 3D. Reversal of "A" + "couple" = DUO, after "good" = G. 4D. Remove first letter of "multiplies" = BREEDS. 7D. Cryptic def. for the nautical "cat o' nine tails".
        • tuber costruttore · 2024-08-01T16:18:52.333Z
          Hello, solvers, and thanks for having a crack at this silly thing. A little bit unconventional, in terms of cluing 1A and 1D in addition to 2D, but it seemed rather cruel on the solver otherwise. As always, drop a hello in the comments and let me know how you got on. The wash-up looks like this:
          ACROSS. 1A. Cycle letters of "distance" = RANGE. 5A. Homophone of "chorus of disapproval" = BOOS. 6A. First of "Baratheon" = B + remove first letter of "peace" = tRUCE. 8A. First letter of "dreadful" = D + "commercial" = AD. 9A. Alternating in "shyartist".
          DOWN. 1D. Anag. ABYE around first letter of "baby" = B. 2D. Anag. BROTHERBEGANYARN minus "right" = R. 3D. Reversal of "A" + "couple" = DUO, after "good" = G. 4D. Remove first letter of "multiplies" = BREEDS. 7D. Cryptic def. for the nautical "cat o' nine tails".
          • tuber costruttore · 2024-08-02T01:07:58.818Z
            Grr. I posted this twice because I thought my phone had eaten it the first time.
          • El Gordo 42 🤓3:45 · 2024-08-01T23:13:34.611Z
            Ooh, that was a fun one. I may have set a personal best time for a 5x5 cryptic.
            • Aaron Riccio 🤓5:52 · 2024-08-02T01:37:00.922Z
              I liked this one a bunch. I particularly liked the split of [rock a bye/baby] in 1D. Top marks to 6A (even if he wasn't the one who was decapitated on GoT) and 1A. I'd quibble about 7D as clued—[Scourge o' the seven seas?] might've been a bit clearer—and with 8A, I love the surface sense, but I wonder if [of] was needed as a connector (e.g., [Number one of dreadful]).
              1A
              Distance cycling produces irritation (5)
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              9
              Orizzontali
              1. 1A
                Distance cycling produces irritation (5)
              2. 5A
                Spirits voiced chorus of disapproval (5)
              3. 6A
                King Robert Baratheon (first of his name) brings peace after decapitation? (5)
              4. 8A
                Number one - dreadful commercial pop (3)
              5. 9A
                Shy artist seen regularly in berets, etc. (4)
              Verticali
              1. 1D
                Rock a bye baby's first to be accepted by sisterhood (5)
              2. 2D
                , 1A, 1D. Brother began yarn, foolishly losing right to novel (10, 5)
              3. 3D
                A couple retreat, going after good Dutch produce (5)
              4. 4D
                Multiplies, subtracting first stalks (5)
              5. 7D
                Scourge of the seven seas? (3)
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