Intermediate's Cryptic Crossword

Question

My second attempt at making a cryptic crossword using the tips I was given in my first attempt.

I'm not sure if they adhere exactly to the rules, as there are a couple occurrences of homophones.

Also note that where applicable, the English spelling is used as opposed to American spelling.

hexomino · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-25T12:41:50.637

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Across

1.

Century = Cent + U.R.Y.

7.

Determine = Deter + mine

8.

Samsung = Sam + sung

11.

Kingdom = King + d.o.m

12.

Current = Cur + rent

14.

Neighbour = Neigh + bo(a)r

15.

Operate = Opera + ate

Down

2.

Updated = Up+date+ted

Original interpretation: Up + d (inner) + a + ted

3.

Background = Back + ground

4.

Minimum = Mini + mum

5.

Adventure = Ad + vent + u + re

6.

Crossword = Cross + word

9.(Courtesy of JonMark Perry)

Vauxhall = V + AUX + hall

10.

Action = Act + ion

13.

Listener = List + tenor

edited Jan 25 '19 at 12:41

answered Jan 25 '19 at 10:22

hexomino

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how do you figure 2 down? – JMP Jan 25 '19 at 11:49
Well done! I will give the tick if you can write the method/parts for the ones you haven't already – AHKieran Jan 25 '19 at 12:35
@JonMarkPerry I've edited now, the "ballooned house" and "movie with talking bear" parts are obvious enough. I took "dinner and a" to be "d inner and a" = da – hexomino Jan 25 '19 at 12:36
2 down's splitting isn't quite right, but the last two parts kind of overlap – AHKieran Jan 25 '19 at 12:36
I can't get 'ballooned house='up', and dinner=d is a bit weak – JMP Jan 25 '19 at 12:38
@JonMarkPerry Have you ever seen 'Up', the movie? dinner is "d inner" as in d is inside the word. – hexomino Jan 25 '19 at 12:39
it's actually rot13(onyybbarq ubhfr vf sebz gur cvkne zbivr "Hc" naq "qvaare naq n zbivr" vf zrnag gb or "qngr" gb pbzovar jvgu "grq" gb znxr Hc+qngr+grq = Hcqngrq) – AHKieran Jan 25 '19 at 12:39
@AHKieran Ah okay – hexomino Jan 25 '19 at 12:40

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 25 '19 at 11:34

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9 down:

V+AUX+HALL gives Vauxhall

answered Jan 25 '19 at 11:34

JMP

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Ah, yes, of course +1 – hexomino Jan 25 '19 at 11:45

Intermediate's Cryptic Crossword

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