Cryptic crossword No 1,016
Thu 23 Feb 2023, set byHoppingRhino
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That was a lot of fun HR, some satisfyingly smooth and succinct surfaces and some clever wordplay. I particularly liked 1a (neat and smooth), 11a (likewise), 13a (cute and fun), 16a (very clean), 23a (likewise), 26a (neat), 2d (nice), 5d (neat), 7d (fun), 10d (neat), 13d (very clean) and 22d (nicely done). A few I wasn't 100% on the parsing of, don't suppose you could turn on annotations? Thanks for the puzzle!
I enjoyed this as well. The clues were all at a nice level (i.e. not too hard for a mediocre solver such as myself) with plenty of anagrams which I love. Favourites were 1a (nice disguise), 9a & 14a (both very clever), 26a & 22d (nice indicators), and 13d( lovely surface). I have one technical query which I've put in a reply.
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