Sartorial Codes: Tiny Cryptic #3

February 26, 2025

This is the third in a new series of extremely small and free-form cryptic crossword puzzles, published every two weeks to coincide with our latest essay on which the puzzle will be themed.

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Clues

1d. Extract from Bridget Ali, “Miss Australia!”, Boomerangs Digest (10)

2a. Smelt core of crystal: cassiterite stripped and exhausted, tin returned with odd bits of lead removed (7)

3d. “Grace in the year of our Lord” cut from sermon (5)

4d. This on to get clue? (6)

5a. Appears in slo-mo shot (5)

6a. Craft remains harboured by key, current concerning (7)

New to cryptic crosswords? Our clues should 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.)