Cryptic 5x5 #12 by tuber

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• tuber costruttore · 2023-03-23T14:31:34.697Z

  Solvers! Your feedback and constructive criticism is always welcome. Let me know how you got on

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• tuber costruttore · 2023-03-23T14:26:19.729Z

  Hopefully nothing too taxing here.

  ACROSS. 1A. anag. SEARCH without right = R. 5A. double def. 6A. cryptic def. 8A. reversal of stage = LEG. 9A. staff = ROD contained by 2x Europeans = E. DOWN. 1D. [theatrical] company = CAST + "executive" first = E. 2D. is yours truly = AM I + green = GO. 3D. insertion of turn = U into polar opposites [south and north] = SN. 4D. variant double def. 7D. remove last letter from sharp = TART.

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• Tuffy 🤓4:55 · 2023-03-23T19:39:07.097Z

  2D is a great clue, loved this mini!

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  • tuber costruttore · 2023-03-23T21:58:03.590Z

    Thanks!

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• squicc 🤓5:58 · 2023-03-23T19:53:35.430Z

  Loved this one... more cryptic minis pls :)

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  • tuber costruttore · 2023-03-23T21:57:39.663Z

    Glad you liked it! You can find a bunch more of my mini cryptics here: https://crosshare.org/tuber

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• Julie bookworm 🤓5:36 · 2023-03-24T17:43:40.160Z

  Lots of fun! I agree that 2D is especially clever and I got a chuckle out of 6A, though it took me a while. 6D is the only one I still don't get (though I figured out what it had to be) because I don't know how it means "yes, or no...". Also, I haven't seen "abandoned" used to hint an anagram before, but seems like nearly anything can mean anagram! :D

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  • tuber costruttore · 2023-03-25T14:35:18.427Z

    Glad you enjoyed it! Now that you mention it, on reflection I don't find "abandoned" very convincing as an anagram indicator. (It shows up in a few online lists but I think the nounal sense of "abandon," as in recklessness, is lost with a -ed verb ending.)

    The "yes and no" in 4D is intended to indicate that the definition is applicable in one sense, but not in another: I'm thinking of golf scoring, where a birdie is one below par, and an eagle is two under.

    Thanks for your feedback, it's really helpful and really appreciated.

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