Puzzle #90: Easy Crÿptic

Hi friends,

Here today with a barred cryptic style that's shamelessly cribbed from the New Yorker. The New Yorker's cryptics are some of the easiest American cryptics around, which I think is a real resource for newer solvers. With enough experience setting cryptics to feel like I can make one that's truly easy (it's much easier to make an impossibly hard cryptic than a very straightforward one), I'm throwing my hat into the ring. Let me know what you think, especially if you're less experienced with cryptics--I'd love to do more of these.

Thanks to Norah, Steve, and Chris for help in testing this one.

(If OneDrive links prompt a login, try opening in a private window. ipuz files can be opened in the Crossword Nexus solver)

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Solution and parses

Mmm, apple pannekoeken

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