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If, say, you get trapped in grease, she'll save you (9)

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Sometimes there's a theme, either i. in* the clues, ii. in* the answers, iii. a mix of both, or iv. between the answers.

*(...some of)

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clue formats:
A [Cryptic definition]
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B [Def1]+[Def2]
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C [Wordplay]+[Def] (or vice-versa)

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THE TWELVE MYTHS OF CHRISTMAS

The first myth of Christmas my true love told to me...

The 'Christmas is pagan' meme was invented twice. Once by Naturalistic approaches to religion in the late 1800s (Christmas = Invictus festival = sun cults), once by the Puritans in mid-1600s England (Christmas = Saturnalia = Yule).

Mainstream scholars haven't taken Naturalism seriously since the 1920s. And no one should ever take Puritan propaganda at face value.

Hey cats, yes, it's true, there is a new* ep of in yr feeds right now, & @ offgrid.tlmb.net/2022/12/15/hit…

Sometimes there's a theme, either i. in* the clues, ii. in* the answers, iii. a mix of both, or iv. between the answers.

*(...some of)

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clue formats:
A [Cryptic definition]
or
B [Def1]+[Def2]
or
C [Wordplay]+[Def] (or vice-versa)

C is commonest

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New! World puzzle at tlmb.net/blog/new-world/ Possibly with different punctuation. -ders might start faster.

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