Cryptic Mini #5

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• Oliver Hardy 🤓7:50 · 2024-01-17T13:59:23.009Z

  Thanks for posting - I enjoyed solving your puzzle.

  5A I don't understand the definition.

  2D I don't have F as a synonym for "failure" in my references.

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  • JSP costruttore · 2024-01-17T18:35:11.329Z

    Thanks for solving Oliver! Ad infinitum, meaning without end (in retrospect, I dislike this clue; it feels like a stretch). I'm not sure about F's legitimacy as an abbreviation... But in an academic context it certainly denotes failure. I really appreciate your feedback!

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• Oliver Hardy 🤓7:50 · 2024-01-17T14:01:08.409Z

  Sorry, my comment should have "an abbreviation" instead of "a synonym".

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• Aaron Riccio 4:26 · 2024-01-17T15:35:15.036Z

  Whoops! Put ON END in for 5A's "ad infinitum" instead of the correct answer, and that kept me from getting 1D for far too long. I love the tone of 2D, I find 1A to be the right sort of absurd surface, and 4A is succinctly clever. It all looks good, keep it coming!

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  • JSP costruttore · 2024-01-17T18:36:45.575Z

    Thanks Aaron!

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  • merlinnimue 🤓3:21 · 2024-01-17T20:17:06.972Z

    ditto for 5a

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