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Advent Calendar Creeptic Crossword Solution - SPOILERS

Started by JayzusB.Christ, 31 December, 2021, 05:14:03 PM

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Across
1. See how many in front of the bonfire - find a bodyguard! (5, 4)
[spoiler]COUNT PYRE (See how many - count; bonfire - pyre)[/spoiler]
3. Saying article, ex-hero has a godly influence (7)
[spoiler]MAXIMAN (saying = maxim; article = an)[/spoiler]
4. Tripod constructed around ring becomes a transformer (7)
[spoiler]PROTOID (Anagram of 'TRIPOD' around 'o')[/spoiler]
7. Pirate sounds like Daddy Pig (4, 3-2)
[spoiler]PAPA POR-KA (self-explanatory!)[/spoiler]
8. Smash a sturdy box - find a demon inside (6)
[spoiler]HASTUR (SmasH A STURdy..)[/spoiler]
9. Pretender halfback in scrambled SIM (7)
[spoiler]MIMESIS (Anagram of SIM containing 'Semi' backwards)[/spoiler]
10. Jack's master is found with unsettled, stoic air (8)
[spoiler]ISCARIOT (Anagram of 'stoic air')[/spoiler]
14. Force Adam to be cast out when god appears (10)
[spoiler]TORQUEMADA (Force = Torque, Anagram of 'Adam')[/spoiler]
16. Smelly leader? Smelly leader left - ought Thor to be confused? (6, 5)
[spoiler]SLOUGH THROT (First letter of 'Smelly' = 's', left = 'l', 'ought', anagram of 'Thor')[/spoiler]
17. Luge wrecked - excavation needed to uncover the armed head (7)
[spoiler]GULEDIG (Anagram of 'luge', excavation = 'dig')[/spoiler]
18. Krool confused for another enemy (5)
[spoiler]ORLOK (Anagram of 'Krool')[/spoiler]
19. A bit of a shake for the rogue biologist (4)
[spoiler]JUDD (Part of the word 'judder')[/spoiler]

Down
2. A double-crosser, but not in any specific way (7, 7)
[spoiler]TRAITOR GENERAL (Unspecific = general)[/spoiler]
5. America goes after the beast; the ancient beast (7)
[spoiler]SATANUS (The Beast = Satan, America = US)[/spoiler]
6. Sore bad boy (4)
[spoiler]BUBO ( a type of sore)[/spoiler]
7. Nip back and look for a bent lawgiver (3)
[spoiler]PIN ('Nip' backwards)[/spoiler]
11. Inside is a gangster, a bad brother! (5)
[spoiler]SAGAN (...iS A GANgster)[/spoiler]
12. An embarrassing mistake or just a big loudmouth? (6)
[spoiler]HOWLER (self explanatory!)[/spoiler]
13. It took so messed up a creature to possess a super body (3, 5)
[spoiler]IOK SOTOT (Anagam of 'it took so')[/spoiler]
15. Live all over the place with courage, as a space buccaneer (4,4)
[spoiler]EVIL GUTS (Anagram of 'evil', courage = guts)[/spoiler]
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest"