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That's what an umbrella is for.

■ · By Val Daquila · Published 2023-11-14T16:55:31.387Z

November's midi contest: Bad Weather
This puzzle is brought to you by B.J. Thomas
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  • Tuffy 🤓4:45 · 2023-11-14T21:25:35.920Z
    Very cute theme! Took me a while to get everything correct because I orginally had IAMBI/IMS in the bottom left corner haha
    • Philip Chow 🤓2:53 · 2023-11-14T22:27:15.630Z
      nicely done!! loved the visual of the raindrops falling :)
      • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓1:37 · 2023-11-15T00:12:01.974Z
        Very fun, thank you! (Minor note on 5A: BMI is more of a weight-to-height-(squared) ratio than the other way around.)
        • Michele G 🤓2:49 · 2023-11-15T02:35:59.755Z
          Very nice puzzle!
          • Wayne Mesard 🤓7:03 · 2023-11-15T02:51:13.652Z
            P.S. Don't you hate when you casually let ANNS sneak into your grid, and then when you go to write the clue you realize that almost everyone spells it with an "E". So then your choice is to dig deep, or let that Nazi troll's name into your puzzle, which is really no choice at all.
            • Val Daquila constructor · 2023-11-15T16:14:51.507Z
              Right? I definitely flinched when I googled "famous Anns" and just couldn't do it.
            • Wayne Mesard 🤓7:03 · 2023-11-15T02:44:52.934Z
              Very nice. Thanks for the earworm. I've been meaning to rewatch Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Guess I'll go do that now. 🚲
              • kieranjboyd 🤓2:21 · 2023-11-15T06:16:09.667Z
                Very clean!
                • Neathery 3:45 · 2023-11-15T12:39:48.890Z
                  Thanks!
                  • kurtalert 🤓1:29 · 2023-11-15T20:39:05.813Z
                    This was fun, thanks Val!
                    • Brian Callahan 🤓1:53 · 2023-11-16T04:01:41.999Z
                      Great inspiration for a lovely puzzle!
                      • ditfos 🤓3:25 · 2023-11-16T05:56:02.403Z
                        Very nice. Took me a little too long staring at the completed grid to understand why those cells were circled, but in hindsight very obvious :-)
                        • heron 🤓4:54 · 2023-11-24T05:23:28.679Z
                          Ooh, very nice! Theme took a while to get, but the payoff was fun!
                          • T. G. 🤓3:02 · 2023-11-30T21:26:07.794Z
                            I loved IAMBS!!
                            Play today's daily mini crossword
                            1A
                            "___ boy!"
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                            Across
                            1. 1A
                              "___ boy!"
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                              Height to weight ratio (abbr.)
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                              Slow moving reptile
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                              Dashed
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                              Lauded with applause and shouts
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                              Also
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                              Folk singer DiFranco
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                              Poker play you might see if 2 players have good hands
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                              Light brown
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                              Take back, again
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                              Overseer of many neighborhoods, for short
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                              "___ be my pleasure!"
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                              European peninsula containing most of Spain
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                              Play a role
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                              Huffington of online news fame
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                              Chinese chairman
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                              Crooks' methods (abbr.)
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                              London's home
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                              One caught by CAPTCHA
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                              Neptune, for one
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                              Text format initialism
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                              Withhold
                            Down
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                              Up, in baseball
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                              ___ blind eye (pretend not to see)
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                              Robberies on the railroad
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                              Off-road wheels, for short
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                              Neurotrauma
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                              Clergy house
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                              S&P 500 or the Dow
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                              Quiche ___ (savory egg tart with bacon and cream)
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                              A really wide shoe
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                              What storm sewers provide after a heavy downpour
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                              Word with fire or carpenter
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                              60 minuti, a Roma
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                              Shakespeare's feet?
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                              Need for curling or Quidditch
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                              Columnist Landers and rocker Wilson
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                              Hot spiced rum quaff
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                              Scottish boy
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