Cryptic crossword No 3,829
Sun 23 Aug 2026, set byOrinoco
Special Instructions: For no particular reason, a lot of these clues have ended up wordier than I usually aim for; I'd be grateful for feedback on whether these worked OK.
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Very nice, Orinoco! I thought 1d was a brilliant minimalist clue, right up my street- if only I’d solved it! And I thought the longer 17a was very clever and absolutely justifiable, but for me less elegant and satisfying to solve. Largely a question of taste, I guess. Amongst many I picked my faves as 10a, 12a, 14a, 7d and 20d (after accepting the synonym for the def). Beaten by 21a (the om bit) and 15d. And having plunked for and reverse parsed 23a I was left wondering if the solution was a
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