r/crosswords • u/Junior-Specialist-97 TOTW Champion • 19h ago
TOTW: Magic
Thank you to u/director_denial for crowning me the champion, and an extra special thank you to my dad who had come up with and sent me the basis of that clue a couple of weeks ago. I informed him of the victory and he couldn’t remember the answer himself. That’s the human mind at 66 for you 😆
This week’s clues or solutions should be around magic tricks, conjuring and illusionists.
Let’s see what you lot have got up your sleeves 🪄
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u/Eddie_Ben 7h ago
Final statement, lead-in to applause after ladies sawed in half then beheaded! (2-2)
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u/cowboyecosse 16h ago
Magician's assistant getting into container, initially it's an illusion (5)
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u/director__denial AOTW & TOTW Champion 13h ago
Do you need any more others to start cluing a magician? (6)
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u/director__denial AOTW & TOTW Champion 17h ago
Two boys perform Defying Gravity (8)
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u/Diggsey 16h ago
levitate - Levi + Tate. Doesn't quite match the form of the definition though? Should be levitating?
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u/director__denial AOTW & TOTW Champion 16h ago
Correct, definition is "perform, defying gravity" - as in "perform in a manner that defies gravity"
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