Mental Monday #8 The Super Cryptic Edition

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This week our crossword has been designed by reader Chris Lansley and for you cryptic fans it’s a beast of a puzzle. The list of successful completions of last week’s puzzle is the longest yet, but we don’t expect the list to be a long one this week.

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  6. Solution to Singletrack Crossword #7
    1. Week #7 Winners
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Singletrack Crossword #8

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Acrostic #8 – For Our Mobile Members

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Jigsaw #8 – The Happy Art Director

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Solution to Singletrack Crossword #7

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Solution

Clues

Well done to these users who completed Crossword #7

Simon Gardner, Landslide, Yak, colin9, Pyro, Dave Macdonald, Tom Armitage, tom davies, Anne, Mike Hughes, Martin Sheldon, Ol, mesh, Tom L, Andy Whincup, JonF, keefmac, Thermic, Pete, hartcliffeburner, Adam Lechmere, Kingsley Monday, andyspaceman, Giles Fulford, Ian Dunlop, Tim, Jon Keefe, Richard Lindley, Tim Metcalfe, Scott Gill, Steve, hightensionline, Lee Gee, hightensionline, Chris Taylor, Martin Muir, Nich, Adam.

Week #7 Winners

Simon Gardner was first to complete the puzzle. Our random winner is Richard Lindley.

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  • This topic has 15 replies, 9 voices, and was last updated 7 months ago by Yak.
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  • Mental Monday #8 The Super Cryptic Edition
  • stwhannah
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    Blimey. I told Mark mine weren’t that cryptic. This one is proper. Got 10 so far.

    Posted 7 months ago
    Pyro
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    One left to go (15 down) and it’s bugging me!

    Posted 7 months ago
    Hedgehopper
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    Any idea what’s going on with 18 across? A 7 letter word and a 5 letter word yet I’m only seeing 11 spaces

    Posted 7 months ago
    Pyro
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    @Hedgehopper – looks like the numbering in the question is wrong, it’s 6,5.

    Posted 7 months ago
    Hedgehopper
    Full Member

    Ta

    Posted 7 months ago
    onewheelgood
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    One left to go (15 down) and it’s bugging me!

    Got them all except that one and was stuck for ages. Just got it!

    Posted 7 months ago
    Pyro
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    @onewheelgood – gimme a clue, it’s doing my head in!! 😀

    Posted 7 months ago
    onewheelgood
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    @pyro – no spoilers! 🙂

    Posted 7 months ago
    vinnyeh
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    15 is killing me- is it actually a single word?

    Posted 7 months ago
    onewheelgood
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    Sort of. Don’t think you’ll find it in the dictionary though.

    Posted 7 months ago
    vinnyeh
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    was starting to wonder whether that was going to be the case.

    Posted 7 months ago
    Pyro
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    The annoyed/frustrated geek in me thinks that if you wouldn’t find it in a dictionary, it shouldn’t be in a crossword…

    (That may just be the annoyed/frustrated geek who’s only just got it, and doesn’t think it was a good one…)

    Posted 7 months ago
    slowol
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    I have to admit that doing the acrostic below at the same time helped me as the extra letters from the ‘magic word’ at the bottom helped me with a couple of clues.
    From thinking it was impossible I got there eventually.
    Thanks STW team.

    Posted 7 months ago
    landslide
    Full Member

    Glad to see some folk got all the way through this. Feel like the feedback is gentler than I feared too! 😀

    Posted 7 months ago
    Yak
    Full Member

    Yes, got it done. But had to call in the big guns of cryptic crosswords (Mrs Yak) to point me in the right direction. This sort of technique is obvious to her, but I am a cryptic punter.

    Posted 7 months ago
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