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Cryptic 9x9 #7 by tuber

· Di tuber · Pubblicato 2023-11-11T00:40:35.773Z

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  • merlinnimue 🤓5:59 · 2023-11-11T00:57:43.871Z
    Nice, though I dont get 12a
    • merlinnimue 🤓5:59 · 2023-11-11T02:10:20.370Z
      Posted before the reveal... thanks for the explanation, tricksy one that eluded me, ill need to get better to keep up with you smarties... dare to dream I guess
    • tuber costruttore · 2023-11-11T01:08:36.526Z
      Hey solvers! Thanks for dropping by and giving my puzzle a shot. I fear this one may be more difficult than most, so commisserations if you got snagged on my horribly mean and spiteful clues. I'll try to justify my worst transgressions in the wash-up below.
      ACROSS. 1A. anag. UPITSELF. 7A. "notice" = CLOCK + "business" = WORK. 8A. Double def. wrt Noel Coward. 9A. "hem" = SEW containing first lettet of "pocket". 11A. anag. ITSPOORER. 12A. deletion of "depression" = DIP from "good fortune" = SERENDIPITY.
      DOWN. 2D. substitute "in favour" = PRO for "against" = CON in "like old King Edward" = CONFESSOR. 3D. hidden in tomaTOKEtchup. 4D. Cryptic def. 5D. "Skywalker" = LUKE + "friendly" = WARM. 6D. "drunken homophone" of "shots" = SNAPS, &lit. 10D. double def.
      Special apologies for 2D, although I originally planned to clue it even more obtusely: "Old King Edward switching sides? That's academic (9)"
      • Oliver Hardy 🤓4:09 · 2023-11-11T08:15:29.782Z
        Thanks for a great cryptic, as usual; I liked it a lot! 2D Would "in favour of" be acceptable for PRO? That opens up more options for the surface reading. 12A Masterful! I have to admit to a lucky guess of a synonym for "peace" using the letters provided by 2D and 6D.
        1A
        Malicious and frightfully up itself (8)
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        Orizzontali
        1. 1A
          Malicious and frightfully up itself (8)
        2. 7A
          Notice of business that may be wound up (9)
        3. 8A
          Coward, for one, often heard at Christmas (4)
        4. 9A
          Bring up hem around pocket at first (4)
        5. 11A
          It's poorer when repositioned at the back (9)
        6. 12A
          Peace and good fortune, banishing depression (8)
        Verticali
        1. 2D
          Academic "like old King Edward," in favour, not against (9)
        2. 3D
          Inhale some tomato ketchup (4)
        3. 4D
          Lingering impression of a journey (9)
        4. 5D
          Skywalker: "friendly but unenthusiastic" (8)
        5. 6D
          Shots taken drunkenly? (8)
        6. 10D
          Low average (4)
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