National Post Cryptic: by Cox and Rathvon Saturday February 13

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National Post Cryptic: by Cox and Rathvon Saturday February 13

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Downloaded "on time" this week.
Now to refill the coffee cup...
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Went from a filled cup and an empty grid to an empty cup and a filled grid!
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I always like the misdirection wordplay seen at the end of the clues in 31a and 11d.
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That is one of the things I enjoy I with cryptics - parsing clues correctly beyond the initial reading.

As for favorites this week, 3D made my list. Perhaps an trope, but felt new to me. 26A I suspected the answer, but missed the wordplay initially until later in the solve. (In these cases, I mentally pencil in the answer and try to get crossings to help confirm.)

Another thing I enjoy with cryptics is that there are always two ways to crack the clue. Sometimes I get the answer from the definition and/or crossings then parse the word play to confirm. Other times, I try to get bits of the answer from the word play then work towards the definition. I realize that this makes it sound very rational and logical, but both methods are more often starts with an AHA flash to the answer.
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RPardoe wrote: Sat Feb 13, 2021 11:23 am That is one of the things I enjoy I with cryptics - parsing clues correctly beyond the initial reading.

As for favorites this week, 3D made my list. Perhaps an trope, but felt new to me. 26A I suspected the answer, but missed the wordplay initially until later in the solve. (In these cases, I mentally pencil in the answer and try to get crossings to help confirm.)

Another thing I enjoy with cryptics is that there are always two ways to crack the clue. Sometimes I get the answer from the definition and/or crossings then parse the word play to confirm. Other times, I try to get bits of the answer from the word play then work towards the definition. I realize that this makes it sound very rational and logical, but both methods are more often starts with an AHA flash to the answer.
3D was excellent.
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