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Puzzle 1: The Loneliest Number

Posted on July 8, 2020July 14, 2020 by delajeff

You’ll see a theme to the first few cryptic puzzles. We start at the beginning. There are five “theme” answers in this puzzle (one is very esoteric) that point to a song. Answer posted on Monday, July 20!

EDIT – previously, there were two enumeration mistakes:

3D was clued as (9) but should be (2,3,4)

22D had no enumeration – it should be (6)

The versions below are correct. The proofreading staff has been spoken to.

The Loneliest Number (PDF)

The Loneliest Number (Across Lite)

The Loneliest Number Download (direct download)Download

2 thoughts on “Puzzle 1: The Loneliest Number”

  1. Bruce says:
    July 14, 2020 at 5:06 am

    Thank you for the fun puzzle. The only clue I still don’t fully understand is 3D, but I’m not an experienced cryptic crossword solver. As someone trying to improve his solving, I really enjoyed your puzzle and look forward to more in the future. πŸ™‚

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    1. delajeff says:
      July 20, 2020 at 1:36 pm

      The answer is posted today, with the explanation for all answers. Thanks for the positive feedback – new puzzle next Monday!

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