Getting better already I think! I had fun doing this one, and I have started wondering whether or not setting and solving cryptics are very separate, if related addictions. Daunted as always by some of the experts solving speeds on the wonderful fifteensquared.net, knowing that I failed to solve puzzles over the course of a month that took them half an hour, and that I considered myself quite an addict (it’s the pesky Enigmatist that always gets me stumped grrrr!) it’s an odd feeling then swapping over to the rolling adrenalin rush of finding possible approaches to cluing a solution; toying with them; settling on one; coaxing it into shape; on to the next… no wonder Rufus has such a high output, he probably couldn’t stop himself without therapy!
Anyhow, enjoy this one:
(Pop to my crossword.info page to find interactive and pdf versions!)
Across
| 1/20/13 |
|
Being mischievous, I tricked an
amazing hay nit, holding grand
boast of 26, 22 (1,2,3,6,4,1,3,2,8) |
| 9 |
|
Hold back between the bends and,
mostly, be relaxed (7) |
| 11/18 |
|
26,22 created sports class’ best hopper! (5,4) |
| 12 |
|
That which fat queen ransacks? (6) |
| 13 |
|
See 1 |
| 15 |
|
Taliban and ETA misunderstood what
was possible (10) |
| 16 |
|
This hearing entrances (cropped) (4) |
| 18 |
|
See 11 |
| 20 |
|
See 1 |
| 22 |
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See 26 Down |
| 24 |
|
Muscle can set? (6) |
| 25 |
|
All soapy, bottom slipping off,
this one’s for turning! (5) |
| 26 |
|
Girl recently arrived for an early
start? (7) |
| 27 |
|
Pots about designer swapping one
for zero, creating incongruities (12) |
|
Down
| 2 |
|
Heard of the German sizzler who
missed the train in the 1980s?
Prepared himself for this! (2,5) |
| 3 |
|
Close outcome (3) |
| 4 |
|
Miners rose up and occupied a
gloomy building – it’s all about protection! (10) |
| 5 |
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Don’t start doing that to my car, officer – do this to your guitar! (3,2) |
| 6 |
|
Ascending notes in tax polarization (7) |
| 7 |
|
Average household suffer real
manic flu at start of year (7,6) |
| 8 |
|
Come in around mid-circuit empty
handed, led by soldier (for
example) upturned – great tool
for a 7! (6,7) |
| 10 |
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Midge girl has blood disorder (6) |
| 14 |
|
Tearing rain supports the son of
Sycorax who, without censure,takes
fairies (or initially, the home of
26,22) (10) |
| 17 |
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Extorts ship – all aboard! (6) |
| 19 |
|
Do trees bending measure magnetism? (7) |
| 21 |
|
Elk unit wanders, describing
Brazil? (7) |
| 23 |
|
Sit me somehow on the agenda (5) |
| 26/22 |
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Jump-start Morris Minor, no
bumper, damaged main door (3,8) |
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