37 of you solved the June Cocktail puzzle, 25th Hour, with 17 solving the original puzzle within a week without any help. Congratulations to all! Below is the solved grid and an explanation of the final answer. A full solution, including cryptic solutions to every clue, is available for download on my Patreon page. If you haven't joined, sign up at https://www.patreon.com/negronis_cocktails, which will also give you access to future puzzles. The next Cocktail will launch on Saturday, August 9, at 4pm Eastern.
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Negroni
Seven clues (three across and four down) have an extra word that needs to be removed before solving. In clue order, those words are: PHRASES IMITATING COCKTAIL USING SAME CLUE INTRODUCTIONS. If you look at the introductions of the same clues that had the extra words, including the clue number, you can make phrases that are structured like the name of the cocktail: 5th Taste, 8th Dwarf, 13th Astrological Sign, 4th Estate, 5th Beatle, 6th Stage of Grief, and 11th Commandment. The grid contains entries that are possible answers to these phrases, shown in light blue background in the grid. The first letters of those entries (shown in red), in grid order, give you GOLF PUB, which can be converted to your final answer, NINETEENTH HOLE, the name of many pubs at the golf course, and a place where you can order this cocktail.
My name is Martin Reinfried, and in some circles, I
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crosswords, especially variety cryptics. I have written several
variety cryptics, some for fun, some appearing in the MIT Mystery
Hunt, and some published in the National Puzzlers League's Enigma
magazine. Most of the variety cryptics I have written can be accessed
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companies, including Shinteki, where I wrote a mobile app to run
puzzle-based events. I live in Telluride, CO with my wife Dennise and
son Max, and I look forward to providing you with a steady stream of
variety cryptic puzzles.
| Name | Solve Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LL | 06-14 18:37 | ||||
| 2 | JanglerNPL | 06-14 19:04 | ||||
| 3 | noneuclidean | 06-14 23:59 | ||||
| 4 | thanman2 | 06-15 01:20 | ||||
| 5 | Danny K Bernstein | 06-15 19:05 | ||||
| 6 | Golem | 06-19 11:44 | ||||
| 7 | Tc | 06-20 14:52 | ||||
| 8 | ManyPinkHats | 06-20 17:24 | ||||
| 9 | Link | 06-20 17:27 | ||||
| 10 | Shaggy | 06-20 17:51 | ||||
| 11 | Gwinns | 06-20 18:49 | ||||
| 12 | AaronT | 06-20 19:01 | ||||
| 13 | jus10 | 06-20 19:15 | ||||
| 14 | Codiak | 06-21 03:10 | ||||
| 15 | John Ananny | 06-21 12:55 | ||||
| 16 | jyu | 06-21 15:14 | ||||
| 17 | bosco | 06-21 15:39 |
| Name | Solo? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AaronT | yes | ||||
| Abide | no | ||||
| bosco | yes | ||||
| Codiak | yes | ||||
| dandre | no | ||||
| Danny K Bernstein | yes | ||||
| Dannyvee | yes | ||||
| Dukael | yes | ||||
| Eckless | no | ||||
| Golem | yes | ||||
| Gutman | no | ||||
| Gwinns | yes | ||||
| I. K. Snamhcok | no | ||||
| Itaipines | no | ||||
| JanglerNPL | yes | ||||
| John Ananny | yes | ||||
| jus10 | yes | ||||
| jyu | yes | ||||
| ladida | no | ||||
| Link | yes | ||||
| LL | yes | ||||
| ManyPinkHats | yes | ||||
| nilradical | no | ||||
| noneuclidean | yes | ||||
| NYWanderer | no | ||||
| phykos | no | ||||
| ProgChamps | no | ||||
| Rincon | no | ||||
| RPardoe | no | ||||
| ryoustra | no | ||||
| Shaggy | yes | ||||
| stribs | yes | ||||
| Tc | yes | ||||
| thanman2 | yes | ||||
| Utsavb | yes | ||||
| Veep | yes | ||||
| xhixen | no |
| Name | Streak | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LL | 9 | ||||
| Shaggy | 9 | ||||
| JanglerNPL | 5 | ||||
| jus10 | 5 | ||||
| Tc | 3 | ||||
| Link | 3 | ||||
| AaronT | 3 | ||||
| Codiak | 3 | ||||
| jyu | 3 | ||||
| Golem | 2 | ||||
| noneuclidean | 1 | ||||
| thanman2 | 1 | ||||
| Danny K Bernstein | 1 | ||||
| ManyPinkHats | 1 | ||||
| Gwinns | 1 | ||||
| John Ananny | 1 | ||||
| bosco | 1 |
| Name | Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LL | 6 | ||||
| JanglerNPL | 6 | ||||
| Tc | 6 | ||||
| Link | 6 | ||||
| Shaggy | 6 | ||||
| jus10 | 6 | ||||
| AaronT | 6 | ||||
| Codiak | 6 | ||||
| jyu | 6 | ||||
| Danny K Bernstein | 5 | ||||
| Golem | 5 | ||||
| Gwinns | 5 | ||||
| John Ananny | 5 | ||||
| phykos | 5 | ||||
| Veep | 5 | ||||
| stribs | 5 | ||||
| noneuclidean | 4 | ||||
| thanman2 | 4 | ||||
| ManyPinkHats | 4 | ||||
| Abide | 4 | ||||
| Eckless | 4 | ||||
| bosco | 4 | ||||
| Dukael | 4 | ||||
| RPardoe | 4 | ||||
| Bennett Washburn | 4 | ||||
| dandre | 3 | ||||
| ryoustra | 3 | ||||
| nilradical | 3 | ||||
| Dannyvee | 3 | ||||
| tabascq | 3 | ||||
| Itaipines | 2 | ||||
| ProgChamps | 2 | ||||
| xhixen | 2 | ||||
| I. K. Snamhcok | 2 | ||||
| NYWanderer | 2 | ||||
| Jaime Stearns | 2 | ||||
| DJB | 2 | ||||
| Raygirl | 2 | ||||
| AK37 | 2 | ||||
| Millwood | 2 | ||||
| Hector | 2 | ||||
| adamsimonlevine | 2 | ||||
| Al | 2 | ||||
| Tom Wilson | 2 | ||||
| Todd etter | 2 | ||||
| Fasolamatt | 2 | ||||
| jowens | 2 | ||||
| itaipines | 2 | ||||
| DAMF | 2 | ||||
| Seth Rotkin | 2 | ||||
| I.K. Snamhcok | 2 | ||||
| hashbrown | 2 | ||||
| jbird | 2 | ||||
| DIS | 2 | ||||
| Donimo | 2 | ||||
| Greg | 2 | ||||
| Naptown Kid | 2 | ||||
| Ed | 2 | ||||
| FrotzNPL | 2 | ||||
| Burak O'Drama | 2 | ||||
| Utsavb | 1 | ||||
| Rincon | 1 | ||||
| Gutman | 1 | ||||
| ladida | 1 | ||||
| zfarr | 1 | ||||
| tigerosnap | 1 | ||||
| Spongeamy1 | 1 | ||||
| Disco Anne | 1 | ||||
| bng17 | 1 | ||||
| gpagano | 1 | ||||
| JeffH | 1 | ||||
| Louis D | 1 | ||||
| NonnieL | 1 | ||||
| gifo | 1 | ||||
| Joe | 1 | ||||
| Rand | 1 |