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Bad-ass widow saved most of Judea, and presented it with the head of Holofernes (6)

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Drunk, saying tofu are jelly donuts (10)

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Day 7/8
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Became flustered around Golden State Warrior (8)

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Day 6/8
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Spinning toy flipped a gray cart in the air (7)

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Day 5/8
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Start laughing at those kids eating sweet potato pancakes (6)

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Day 4/8
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Kugel toppings include chocolate coins (4)

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Day 3/8
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Singer Jones introduces herself to a holiday candelabra (7)

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Day 2/8
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One of these years I'll write some new holiday cryptic clues. Until then, I'm just going to keep reposting the old ones.

Holiday fry overheard amid laughter coming and going (8)

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Day 1/8
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Ha, I spent a few hours with Claude making my first bsky feed for posts tagged #crypticclueaday so I could find them easily. After a lot of back and forth, it's working which led me to discover everyone else using that hashtag here stopped doing so a year ago or more. Ah well.

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On the same level as ILLAMATIC or worse? #crypticclueaday

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European food without a name (6)

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Clue dt. 18th Feb. 2025 on @htTweets (Register to play daily)

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a man laying on a blanket in the grass with the words it 's a little bit small ALT: a man laying on a blanket in the grass with the words it 's a little bit small

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Size of old portable shelter (6)

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Clue dt. 9th Mar. 2025 on acadglobal.crypticsingh.com (Register to play daily)

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a crowd of people are dancing at a festival and a woman is holding a pink smoke bomb in her hand . ALT: a crowd of people are dancing at a festival and a woman is holding a pink smoke bomb in her hand .

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Basically happy or lively Indian celebration (4)

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Clue dt. 28th Feb. 2025 on @the_hindu

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a cat is playing with a stuffed animal on the floor ALT: a cat is playing with a stuffed animal on the floor

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Animal planet excited — wagging tail, not head (9)

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Clue dt. 4th Mar. 2025 on @hindustan-times.bsky.social

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Revolutionary cover on novel say, Catch-22 (7)

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Clue dt. 5th Mar. 2025 on acadglobal.crypticsingh.com (Register to play daily)

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a man with a beard is surrounded by math problems ALT: a man with a beard is surrounded by math problems

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N/n: Get 1 or n - it's complicated (8)

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Clue dt. 28th Feb. 2025 on @the_hindu

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a man is holding a piece of paper in front of a breaking news sign ALT: a man is holding a piece of paper in front of a breaking news sign

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Only hosts are part of TV News when everything goes dark (5,7)

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Clue dt. 7th Mar. 2025 on acadglobal.crypticsingh.com (Register to play daily)
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Mother adopts flexible hours to grow quickly (8)

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My clue dt. 1st Mar. 2025 in @thehindu.com

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Revolting drunkard grabbing pupil is concerning (7)

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Clue dt. 4th Mar. 2025 on acadglobal.crypticsingh.com (Register to play daily)

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Flashing text that can be clicked in search application (8)

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Clue dt. 3rd Mar. 2025 on acadglobal.crypticsingh.com (Register to play daily)

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Model managed to get special wine in carriage (9)

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Clue dt. 26th Feb. 2025 on acadglobal.crypticsingh.com (Register to play daily)

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I think we need to bring the #crypticclueaday tag over here

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Bad-ass widow saved most of Judea, and presented it with the head of Holofernes (6)

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Hope you all enjoyed these clues. I'll post answers and explanations on Monday.

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Drunk, saying tofu are jelly donuts (10)

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Day 7/8 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Became flustered around Golden State Warrior (8)

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Day 6/8 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Spinning toy flipped a gray cart in the air (7)

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Day 5/8 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Start laughing at those kids eating sweet potato pancakes (6)

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Day 4/8 🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Kugel toppings include chocolate coins (4)

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Singer Jones introduces herself to a holiday candelabra (7)

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We don't have #crypticClueADay here yet, but I'm going to repost my #eightCrazyCryptics from a few years ago (sometimes with some updates).

Holiday fry overheard amid laughter coming and going (8)

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