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Cryptic Crossword XX


​Clues:



Girl, out of place in vast prairie,
ended fling on cloudy 

day. Light,
matchless, entirely
open and free after encounter, 
​
swain providing hookup
grinned at first, scattering sparkling
freshness at end of doomed partnership.​


Answers:



Grassland overcast
Sun only detectable
in glittering dew

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Holly Painter lives with her wife and son in Vermont, where she teaches writing and literature at the University of Vermont. Her first book of poetry, Excerpts from a Natural History, was published by Titus Books (Auckland, 2015), and her chapbook, My Pet Sounds Off: Translating the Beach Boys, is available from Finishing Line Press. Holly's writing has been published in journals in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, China, and Singapore. Currently, she is working on a book of cryptic crossword poems and a nonfiction interview project about obsolete jobs.
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