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Can I talk cryptics for a moment? For the dozens of you who are already on board, y’all know the U.S. market is basically non-existent. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. Hardly anybody solves them, so hardly anybody makes them. And I think I speak for a lot of us cryptic heads here: with just a few hours of praying, three handfuls of fairy dust, and an unhealthy miasma of unicorn farts, maybe, just maybe, a whole new generation of cryptic addicts will suddenly just appear out of whole cloth. We will welcome them, because, hey, it’s a cult. And we need more of us. But let’s face it. This is just wishcasting. Until we have outlets of good quality and (crucially) accessible cryptics, they shall remain elusive to the average solver.
With that preamble, I would like to say that if y’all aren’t doing the bimonthly Aries cryptic, you’re missing out. With any luck, these are going to be the gateway drugs for cryptic-mania. They’re ably written by my man Andrew Ries. I know this guy. He’s okay. Tell him I sent you. So yeah, Andrew’s doing the Lord’s work, and now you should be doing his.
Share the puzzle. New one on Monday.
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