Tales from the Cryptic

Cryptic Mini #000000081:   "The Foremost Threesomes of Pasadena" obscuration level: 🌓 (you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll 🤔) Happy leap day to all, and happy 12th birthday to Ja Rule! I wish I had had the foresight to write a clue in his honor. Oh well, I'll do it next year in 2028!

Cryptic Mini #000000080:   "Splendid Film Won" obscuration level: 🌕 (good luck have fun!) A sweet lil guy for you today. (except for 4-Down... he's sneaky and a bit rude). glhf!

Cryptic Mini #000000078:   "Where The Devil Is Satan?" obscuration level: 🌑 (good luck have fun 😈) This grid contains one of my favorite clues I've ever written. To celebrate, here's my first *vertical* grid! Why is that important? It's not, I just thought it looked neat. (or did I...? 😈)

Cryptic Mini #000000078:   "Sadism Is Seductive" obscuration level: 🌓 (solve with one eye open) Hello again! It is I, your friendly neighborhood cryptic deliveryman. Here's your weekly delivery of one (1) cryptic mini. Thanks for leaving me the empties! See you next week :) *creeps into the darkness, cackling*

Cryptic Mini #000000077:   "Scandinavian Cream Soda" obscuration level: 🌒 (it's rough out there) Wow, it's Thursday already? Ok here's one that started as a 🌑 but I tried to scale back a bit. Maybe not enough? Who knows! Who knows what any of this means? No, literally... can someone explain to me what the heck I'm doing?