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====== Minisample Cryptic ======
**=G NATURAL, New York NY**
This specially designed minisample cryptic is just like a normal cryptic crossword, with this exception: a small piece should be removed from each of six entries before they are placed in the grid. The resulting entries are all words. For help on how to solve cryptic crosswords, go to [[/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=guide:start&expand=cryptics1|www.puzzlers.org]].
{{mini:mini-crypticgrid.gif?400|cryptic crossword grid}}
===== ACROSS =====
1 Gloria Steinem re-edits finite Ms. \\
5 South Central: 60% retired \\
8 Bulb is on; I lit \\
9 Care about land area \\
11 Kingdom in Iceland is home to saint \\
12 Primate's homily cut short by a third return of loud noise \\
14 Help a criminal beat badly \\
15 Ringers live with 50-50 success, at first \\
16 Eli redesigned necklace \\
17 Taper giving little light is holding in hydrogen \\
===== DOWN =====
1 Confused, Frodo loses last piece of Mordor bread \\
2 Raise rebuilt Le Bonne ... \\
3 ... after Nice's reconstruction \\
4 A sotted, blotto drunk \\
5 Henchman keeps ten hidden in Minnesota \\
6 Reveals United Nations luxury car \\
7 Digit to transcendental number \\
10 Lunch I like includes hot food \\
13 Zip code for T \\
14 Internet company returns 3/4 of loan \\
15 Guarded by Carib, I'm in island part of the Bahamas
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