New to cryptic crosswords? Our clues will typically be on the easier end so could be a good place to get started! (Check out this guide from The Nation and this video from the New Yorker.)
This puzzle set by Tope is themed on our essay “Relaxations for the Impotent”: Ben Hecht’s Fantazius Mallare and the Contradictions of American Smut.
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Scroll through the whole page to download all images before printing.Clues1d. Take off satin brief — getting free, naked (6)
2d. Crones cast hex, at first spiking drink for blackout (10)
3a. New chapter and direction after ten years for corruption (9)
4a. Oxygen entering decays foundations (5)
5a. Spoil finale of brilliant Succession (5)
