Passionately, Devotedly, Hopelessly, but most of all, Wildely

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• Mike D 2:58 · about 1 year ago

  Nice! I am not too familiar with the themers so this was tricky for me - had a good time trying, though

  • Hraf constructor · about 1 year ago

    I think I may have overestimated the general familiarity with both the themers and a few of the regular fill clues (ERHU

    6DChinese spike fiddle[----]

    , ATTO

    13AMetric prefix derived from Danish for "eighteen"[----]

    , LAHTI

    15AFinnish city and 2021 European Green Capital[-----]

    , and SULA

    40AGeneric name for a booby[----]

    in particular may have been a bit more obscure than I'd intended), but I'm glad you enjoyed regardless!
• Ben Zoon 6:23 · about 1 year ago

  If I laboriously worked through an entire book of these, my crossword vocabulary would improve markedly.

  • Hraf constructor · about 1 year ago

    I hope that's a good thing! I know the NE corner of the grid is a bit of a doozey if you aren't familiar with XENIA

    5A*Hospitality[-----]

    , PHILIA

    14A*Friendship[------]

    , or ERHU

    6DChinese spike fiddle[----]

    , but I hope the rest of it wasn't too painful, even with the relative-obscurity of the theme!
• Idriss Z 🤓32:28 · about 1 year ago

  Brutal, but in a good way! The spike fiddle was an aptly named sticking (guessing) point.
• Aaron 10:57 · about 1 year ago

  This one was brutal. I've gained a lot of Classical knowledge from Friday/Saturday NYT crosswords but this was way above and beyond what I can do. If anything this puzzle serves to remind me I have so much more to learn and that crosswords can be a great tool for that end.
• M Forest 8:15 · about 1 year ago

  This theme was over my head, and the fill was too tough to help me figure it out w/o using reveal.

  • Hraf constructor · about 1 year ago

    Sorry it wasn't what you were looking for! It's definitely a tricky one in some places, but I hope it was interesting regardless! :)