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Cryptic Crossword 07/14/21
No-Feet McGee

The solver should extract one particular word from each clue. The first letters of those words form a set of 35 letters. 30 of these letters should be used as the "fodder" in 1a; the 5 remaining letters together hold a unique property in the game of Scrabble.


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  •  1/33          The lesson from this puzzle: [fodder] is anagrammed (8,5,2,2,7,6)

  •  9  Lazy rap on koala's extremities needing a coat (5)

  • 10 Rave about catching boat trip to Mexican state (8)

  • 11 Pie containing mixed fruit (but no taro root) initially requires filter (8)

  • 14 Grimy coins found in old Toyota (5)

  • 19 Rewrote a note to be "cool" (5)

  • 21 "Shaken, not stirred!" 007 to antagonist: "Forgot one that spins!" (9)

  • 22 Just a hint of trembling in its call (9)

  • 23 New, or altered by proprietor? (5)

  • 25 Sort of family with yodeling ad (5)

  • 28 Eat fresh, naughty bird's parts (8)

  • 31 Tuner, in error, makes love to tiny particle (8)

  • 32 Sail anew after brief jaunt in prisons (5)

  • 33 See 1

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  •  2  Sea god makes horrible teen pun (7)

  •  3  Stair injured foot bones (5)

  •  4  Even squid goes after invigorating air in Baghdad, e.g. (5)

  •  5  Erroneously grieves loss of England's first son-bearer (5)

  •  6  Brutes nastily gore sea captain (5)

  •  7  Rare chili with fruit (5)

  •  8  I burn, aching for Boston hockey player (5)

  • 12 Bananas foster first dessert to be chilled (7)

  • 13 Doctor Allen has last word on "be-all" ending (3-3)

  • 15 Backyard party for Uto? (7)

  • 16 Choose arrangement of pinot (3,2)

  • 17 Paces nervously by opening, eager to get out (6)

  • 18 Unusual berry you initially lost to certain rabbit (4)

  • 19 Absentminded Santa loses time in space agency (4)

  • 20 Bail out setter with proof they were somewhere else (5)

  • 24 Non-intuitive user interface areas for multi-continent zone (7)

  • 25 Buckle in; newborn cub wanting impossible type of bottle (5)

  • 26 Woman spat out grilled wonton when off air (3,2)

  • 27 Gain ground over Mark while firing (5)

  • 28 Olaf's pants draped over riverside plants (5)

  • 29 Usual suspect swaps one jewel curtain for another and a meat dish (2,3)

  • 30 Hastening to evacuate highway before gin is loosed (5)

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