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Cryptic Codswallop & Capering Cant
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Simple, unsophisticated but genuine—Victorian vernacular for rustic truth
  • 3. Not a shoe, but a peeler of shellfish; a tool in seaside slang
  • 6. Uproarious disorder, chaos as if pots and kettles clashing
  • 7. Prolonged colloquy or gossip, often around the parlour fireplace
  • 8. A nonsensical or imposed task; from a fiddle played behind
  • 11. Showy or ostentatious behavior or appearance, paraded in society
  • 15. To handhold information as if feeding, mocking naivety or slow learners
  • 17. Petty disturbance or fuss, often with an air of Victorian propriety upset
Down
  • 2. Not a date, but a term for decidedly dodgy or suspicious fellow
  • 4. A fool compounded, roughly coined Victorian disdain for simpletons
  • 5. Nonsense resembling liquid deception, a frothy Victorian verbal concoction
  • 9. To hit swiftly twice; slang for a quick bout of fisticuffs
  • 10. Sleight-of-hand rogue’s spiel; a deceptive confidence trick
  • 12. Showy but worthless trinket; a bauble of dubious merit
  • 13. Untamed crowd or rabid masses, often cited in street riots or disorder
  • 14. A noisy public disturbance, or the clinking of coin? Victorian clash and clang
  • 16. Victorian rickety bicycle, named for its rough ride over cobblestones
  • 18. Bright red glow signaling tippling sessions; lamp-light metaphor for spirits

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