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Enjoy!

Enjoyed.

Interesting puzzle in that all the entries are "2 words".

Think I have 11A wordplay, but not fully confident.

RPardoe wrote: ↑Sat Sep 18, 2021 9:08 am Interesting puzzle in that all the entries are "2 words".

Think I have 11A wordplay, but not fully confident.

Yeh, this one was “double or nothing”, I guess. My take on 11a: “available” is the definition; PAT = completely (as in I have this down pat) and NO = zero. Then PAT NO “turned back” is ON TAP. [spoiler/]

Richard B. wrote: ↑Sat Sep 18, 2021 9:27 am

RPardoe wrote: ↑Sat Sep 18, 2021 9:08 am Interesting puzzle in that all the entries are "2 words".

Think I have 11A wordplay, but not fully confident.

Yeh, this one was “double or nothing”, I guess. My take on 11a: “available” is the definition; PAT = completely (as in I have this down pat) and NO = zero. Then PAT NO “turned back” is ON TAP.

That's the way I was parsing it myself. Just felt the completely / pat equivalence was a bit forced, but did have the same phrase as you in mind when I tried to justify it. Perhaps low espresso intake is clouding my thinking this morning?

Really a fun puzzle. I have the wordplay for 11A if anyone wants it.

and the solution …

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