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Chrysopoeia

◆ · By Sommersmith · Published 2022-12-16T11:00:56.467Z

Constructor's Note
My entry in the December 2022 Crosshare midi contest on the theme of "Magic". Thanks to Huan-Hua Chye for test solving. Check out the other entries in the contest by clicking the midi-contest-12-22 tag. Happy solving!
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  • kieranjboyd 🤓3:46 · 2022-12-16T11:29:37.288Z
    I was expecting a word ladder (which would've made for a very dense grid), so the reveal was great! I looked the clue for AORTIC too
    • SporcleMirror 🤓3:03 · 2022-12-16T13:21:49.267Z
      I actually remember seeing a Universal puzzle with a LEAD to GOLD ladder! I took it as inspiration for one of my puzzles.
    • Frisco17 🤓4:33 · 2022-12-16T18:10:50.377Z
      Genius ARIL/ARIA clue!
      • T. G. 8:31 · 2022-12-16T19:01:20.966Z
        Absolutely fabulous! Loved 16A
        • Mike D 🤓4:28 · 2022-12-16T20:38:00.950Z
          Wow very impressive!!
          • apeminkie 🤓5:52 · 2022-12-17T01:50:03.716Z
            Incredible!
            • Larry Edelstein 🤓2:29 · 2022-12-17T09:52:37.366Z
              Clever man
              • Maxish 🤓7:40 · 2022-12-17T14:53:15.467Z
                Pure alchemy!
                • E Anders 7:50 · 2022-12-18T22:03:00.917Z
                  Wonderful!!!!
                  • Slothrop 🤓13:53 · 2022-12-19T02:32:14.041Z
                    Brilliant
                    • Brian Callahan 🤓4:43 · 2022-12-20T02:58:55.940Z
                      Very nicely done!
                      • Neathery 5:48 · 2023-11-05T12:56:01.880Z
                        Thanks!
                        Play today's daily mini crossword
                        1A
                        Material of interest to an 21-Across
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                        Across
                        1. 1A
                          Material of interest to an 21-Across
                        2. 5A
                          What some guys rush to get into
                        3. 9A
                          Decorate
                        4. 11A
                          Exposed
                        5. 12A
                          Stretching muscle
                        6. 14A
                          Think piece?
                        7. 15A
                          Poet's prepositional palindrome
                        8. 16A
                          Is in the past?
                        9. 18A
                          Learn the ___ and outs
                        10. 19A
                          You'd better watch yours, pal!
                        11. 21A
                          One making the transmutation seen when this grid is completed
                        12. 23A
                          US President who allegedly replied to "I made a bet today that I could get more than two words out of you" with "You lose"
                        13. 24A
                          60-min. periods
                        14. 25A
                          ___ Paulo, Brazil: most populous city in both the Southern and Western Hemispheres
                        15. 26A
                          Yellow or chocolate canine
                        16. 29A
                          One of twelve or less, at some checkout counters
                        17. 31A
                          "An Inconvenient Truth" presenter who introduced himself with "I used to be the next president of the United States of America"
                        18. 33A
                          "Less filling" Miller option
                        19. 34A
                          "Oliver!" character who sings "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"
                        20. 35A
                          Image of a saint or a floppy disk
                        21. 36A
                          Material of interest to an 21-Across
                        Down
                        1. 1D
                          Word in a sentence shouted by someone running through an airport, perhaps
                        2. 2D
                          European river
                        3. 3D
                          Standing apart from the rest, in a sense
                        4. 4D
                          ENTs or OB/GYNs, e.g.
                        5. 5D
                          Mulder and Scully's org.
                        6. 6D
                          Journey to the center of the earth, geometrically speaking
                        7. 7D
                          "The Origins of Totalitarianism" author Hannah
                        8. 8D
                          Playfully provoke
                        9. 10D
                          "In unrelated news..."
                        10. 13D
                          In the second-highest tier of credit-worthiness, as an investment bond
                        11. 17D
                          2002 Sid Meier game with sand traps and water hazards
                        12. 19D
                          Surgery site for some sidelined soccer stars, in short
                        13. 20D
                          Shootout instigator
                        14. 21D
                          Straight from the heart?
                        15. 22D
                          Get outplayed by
                        16. 23D
                          Hot stuff!
                        17. 26D
                          Something often found high up in a stadium
                        18. 27D
                          Juicy bit in an opera about Hades and Persephone, e.g.
                        19. 28D
                          Flex
                        20. 30D
                          In a church choir, some but perhaps not all tenors
                        21. 32D
                          "She filled your car with shaving cream? What a mean ___!"
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