Cryptics

Here my favorite cryptic clues I've written. Many are math-related. Clues marked by asterisks involve knowledge which is niche, even among math enthusiasts, and may or may not be math-related.

Written in March 2026

• All-around phenomenal hiding place for Nemo (7)
• Befuddled historian: antelope, dragon, etc. has 24 faces (10, 16)*
• Brings back to life; lacks energy, vigor (7)
• Caesar's problems shake coward (8)
• Ex. Squared two short time periods (6, 6)
• Fourth layer's relu.backward train log? (5, 4)*
• Half forward, half backward, starting two projects between 1939 and 1945, perhaps (10)
• I didn't attend unlawful ruling of French model (7)*
• I made up one (9, 4)
• In debt, working for company? (3)
• Insanity, this move changes everything!? (11)*
• I shared data (6, 11)*
• Learning three nobles left; disheartening, ill inside (10)*
• Neglected, lacking primary rights. Unfair! (10)
• Normal Russian loses head, regains 3 to 4 in front (8)
• One chews too loudly for nothing (4)
• Organize party to solve Euclidean geometry? (10, 4)*
• Permutation of permutation, maddeningly demanding (11)*
• Places ahead of 9th? (5)
• Randomized algorithms are often natural (10)
• Sketch bunch of curves (6)*
• Thrashes, loses control, finally collapses (8)*
• Weak, senseless, directionless imp (4)