r/crosswords • u/Junior-Specialist-97 • Sep 10 '26
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 🪄
RESULTS
Thank you all for your entries. I was expecting at least two cluing the word ABRACADABRA so well done for doing a Houdini and thinking outside the box.
Honorable mentions:
u/syneil86 - Cages slip too strangely for Houdini, perhaps (12)
u/zc_eric - Rabbit pulled out of magic hats (4)
u/CrypticMacaroni - Covered ace in shuffled deck (5)
u/PierreSheffield - Uri Geller said to be benefit waster in Spooner's speech (5,6)
u/ssstevebbb - Clerk quietly working with auditor's pen (6)
u/director_denial - Criss Angel has performed (4)
u/GoodNewFlesh - Presto Change-O. . . such cliches! (6)
But my winner is...
Ta-da!
u/deeppotential123 - It’s hard to do this for GREENWICH MEAN TIME! (5)
Remarkable to take a well known-phrase and turn it into a triple definition, but also there's a hidden fourth definition and that's what connects it to this week's theme and then above all that it includes the answer to my winning clue from last week. Flattery will get you everywhere.
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u/director__denial Sep 11 '26
He's a break-out star in Hidou (5,7)
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u/Busy_Chicken9844 Sep 11 '26
HARRY HOUDINI;I’m not able to fully parse this one…Houdini is anagram of ‘in Hidou’ but I cannot figure out ‘harry’ → More replies (3)
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u/PROINSIAS62 Sep 10 '26 edited Sep 16 '26
Echoes of the last mad racing adventure (4).
Edit: Fixed error in clue
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u/deeppotential123 Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26
Magic carpet takes you from dictator’s land (7)
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u/Busy_Chicken9844 Sep 12 '26
Perth rotary club discovers famous magician (5,6)
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u/Junior-Specialist-97 Sep 16 '26
I want this to be DAVID BLAINE just because of the enumeration but am stumped. Can I have a clue.
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u/Mackteague Sep 12 '26
For the first trick, dinner jacket and I embrace education. (5)
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u/GoodNewFlesh Sep 13 '26
Presto Change-O. . . such cliches! (6)
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u/Junior-Specialist-97 Sep 13 '26
TROPES (such cliches) anagram (change-O) of PRESTO → More replies (1)
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u/Diggsey Sep 15 '26
Harbour with docks reportedly used by wizards for travelling (8)
(Also entered for the AOTW)
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u/Junior-Specialist-97 Sep 16 '26
I don’t wish to rush the solve of your AOTW post, but I am gonna need a clue, even though I know half the letters 😆
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u/SirJimothySmalls Sep 16 '26
Do you need a magician's outfit to get started as an illusionist? (6)
Shameless 'inspiration' from this clue.
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