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daily¹ clue project

More about this project can be found here.

Links for people new to cryptics

Reintroducing The New Yorker’s Cryptic Crossword
(It has a good intro to cryptic clues if you scroll/read past the preamble)
A Starter Pack for the Cryptic Crossword Curious (new yorker)
Steve Mossberg’s Quiptics
These each have a single wordplay type per puzzle:

Today's Clue:

Dynasty called for a heap of M's to be burnt? (6)

clue-type (spoiler)

Punny homophone

definition / wordplay separation (spoiler)

Dynasty = def.

full parse / solution (spoiler)

Dynasty = EMPIRE

called for = hom.

heap of M’s to be burnt = “M pyre”

M pyre hom. = empire

Link to today's puzzle page.

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Today's Clue:

M pyre hom. = empire

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