Quick Cryptic #6 – On and Off

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• nate costruttore · circa un mese fa

  Explanations:

  1A: game of chance; aLl-OuT eThOs minus the odd-numbered letters (ignoring the odds)

  4A: swarm; hidden in (during) deMO Bees

  5A: swear words?; alternating letters in (occasionally censored) kInD bOt

  7A: fruit farm; CHAR ROD being anagrammed (after reorganizing)

  8A: Live; alternating (regularly visited) letters in tOwN lA pIeR

  1D: Transitional place; hidden in (in between) sLIM BOundaries

  2D: stuff from a cigarette; COB TACO being anagrammed (prepared)

  3D: Island; hidden (featured) in boOK IN A WAy

  6D: more mature; OR LED being anagrammed (developed)

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• JacksonSets 🤓2:13 · circa un mese fa

  Fun puzzle! I find the “every other letter” indicators hard to clue, but you had some very natural-reading ones - not easy! 5A was my favorite

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  • nate costruttore · circa un mese fa

    Thanks Jackson! I have the same feeling about alternating letter clues so I did a lot of iterating to come up with decent surfaces, 5a is my fav too :)

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• Sendhil Revuluri 🤓1:54 · circa un mese fa

  Great lesson so I was able to tackle (and parse) all of the entries! Thanks much! Looking forward to more beginner puzzles/lessons!

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• Zoltan Hesley 16:22 · circa un mese fa

  Thank you Nate for enjoyable crossword.

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• bergie 🤓2:01 · circa un mese fa

  Fun one. Thanks.

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• wordsmix 🤓1:20 · circa un mese fa

  Thanks

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