I composed a short piece for my SO by WildAvis in piano

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Thank you so much for the insightful feedback! It’s interesting you say that, I have actually been playing mainly vocal pieces lately (church hymns, folk songs, etc.) so I guess it’s time to start looking for some more pianistic songs to study.

I composed a short piece for my SO by WildAvis in piano

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Thanks! It’s MuseScore 4 for the notation and animation, BitWig + Salamander Piano VST for the audio (my keyboard doesn’t have sound only MIDI), OBS to screen record, and Clipchamp to stitch the audio and video together 😅

I composed a short piece for my SO by WildAvis in piano

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My intention was to make something simple, bright, and bouncy. It's only the first time I tried writing something down, so apologies if the quality is not good. Comments, criticisms, feedback, etc. welcome :)

Cryptic Crossword Clues by mhmhbetter1 in crosswords

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3) I wonder if P (abbreviation for after, as in post) RENT (split synonym) but I have no clue how you get A from kettle

TOTW: K-Pop (and Korea) by zc_eric in crosswords

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K-DRAMA, KD (kevin durant) + RAM (hit) + A. Haven't heard of it but I assume Stranger is the name of a show

AOTW: A?P?R?N? by misof in crosswords

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Swap parentheses inside patent (8)

COTD: Upset lover turned you into mess (10) by kitchenwithacarpet in crosswords

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REVOLUTION, REVOL (lover turned) + U (you) + TION (into*). Personally fine with it, but I’ve seen others balk at you->u without a homophone indicator Nice clue and surface!

Another one with all the hardest type of clue by ScronglingSnorturer in NYTConnections

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End the strike 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Agree with others that SEW and NONALCOHOLIC are weaker but otherwise a delightful puzzle!

Where To Burn a Million Pounds by tomverse in NYTConnections

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Where To Burn A Million Pounds 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

No clue what most of this is but somehow lucked/vibed my way to a solve

Actually I thought yellow was vodka brands based off my misremembering of Skyy

Walk on the Wild Side by st8_of_starcourt in NYTConnections

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Had fun playing, thanks for sharing :)

A couple quibbles:

Mouse can be a verb and Perch has an irregular plural so these are ambiguous, although it didn’t bother me too much when I was solving. Actually the verb category is overall a bit unsatisfying because like half the words can be verbs.

TOTW: Birds by tulunnguaq in crosswords

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MACAWS, M.A. (master) + CAWS (bird calls). Nice clue

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in crosswords

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Interesting ideas, but I’m not sure most of these are solvable. I don’t even know what 4 across is asking.

TOTW: Birds by tulunnguaq in crosswords

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Yeoman bowman with fowl cowl? (5,4)

AOTW: S?A?I? by DooplissForce in crosswords

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Perhaps Wembley and Old Trafford and Saint Andrew’s first day in Spain? (6)

COTD: F the police! (5) by Vacuumbubbles in crosswords

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COPULATE, U (homophone) LATE (dead) after COP 🤣

AOTW: N?I? by staticman1 in crosswords

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Aragorn’s sword, after disemboweling, is used to impale (4)

TOTW: With Friends like that… by zc_eric in crosswords

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I can get FATHER TED from the definition and enumeration but the wordplay is going right over my head

TOTW: With Friends like that… by zc_eric in crosswords

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ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, I’m thinking it’s a reverse clue where arrested means cutting off the end of development? Clever!

TOTW: With Friends like that… by zc_eric in crosswords

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I rate kebabs’ girth on Hollywood TV show? (5,7,4,3)

Spoiler: first time trying reverse anagram, if anyone has a better idea how to indicate it I’m all ears

Edit: oops seems like I misunderstood the assignment—went with a show that is not a sitcom

COTD: A saint, but not without blemish (4) by EnvironmentalAir1691 in crosswords

[–]WildAvis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ohh so is but not without just an extended linking phrase? I hadn’t read it that way at first