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Themeless... kinda?

◆◆ · By Aaron · Published 2021-09-29T16:33:47.769Z

Constructor's Note
Medium-Challenging themeless (or is it?). I've been trying to get this grid to work for many months. I'm putting it out to end constructor's block and start work on some new ideas for themed puzzles.
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  • Mike D 🤓12:00 · 2021-09-29T16:55:34.933Z
    Nice one Aaron! I like the kind of light "theme" that this one has - very enjoyable!
    • Ben Zoon 24:15 · 2021-09-30T08:25:49.820Z
      Nice job! We need more puzzles made for our fellow constructors.
      1A
      Former legendary Lower East Side punk venue
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      Across
      1. 1A
        Former legendary Lower East Side punk venue
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        E followers
      3. 9A
        Bane of a themeless solver (I sure hope there isn't one here!)
      4. 15A
        Chart-topper of 2006
      5. 16A
        Onion relative
      6. 17A
        "______ you glad I didn't say banana?"
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        1A1AFormer legendary Lower East Side punk venue[----] and others
      8. 19A
        French 101 verb
      9. 20A
        18A18A1A and others[----] quaff (if only I were successful in fitting GREENPAINT in this grid...)
      10. 21A
        Eno or Ono, for two... or the bane of a themeless constructor
      11. 24A
        ESPN alternative, to a hoser
      12. 25A
        Harbinger of urban gentrification, oftentimes
      13. 30A
        Booty
      14. 31A
        Kind of muscle
      15. 32A
        1968 NASA launch designed to test the Saturn V rocket
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        PO Box contents
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        1998 Dixie Chicks album... or one possible goal for a themeless constructor
      18. 41A
        King of the Empire State Building?
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        Boost the bass or turn down the treble, to Nigel Godrich
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        Gordon or Morgan, for example
      21. 47A
        "____-à-brac"
      22. 48A
        Peripherals used for installing Myst
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        Chevrolet sister brand
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        37A37A1998 Dixie Chicks album... or one possible goal for a themeless constructor[--------------], for one... or a themeless constructor's pride and joy
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        Ape
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        Street-cart coffee dispensers
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        Brake part
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        Jingoistic chant
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        Mausoleum locale
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        Afrobeat pioneer Kuti
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        Haunter's evolved form
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        "It's never ____ better"
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        Troubles
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        Network with a Street beat
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        Putin's steed, in an old meme
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        Halal-cart order
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        Bruce Springsteen's nickname (with "The")
      5. 5D
        Aviated, like Han?
      6. 6D
        "Time for a piggyback ride!"
      7. 7D
        Monsieur, over the Rhine
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        Postwar Japanese PM Hayato
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        Beckons at
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        Seize
      11. 11D
        McGonagall's "The ___ Bridge Disaster" (often considered the worst poem ever written)
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        Gerund suffix
      13. 13D
        45D45D13D-filled blockbuster[------] draw, for some moviegoers
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        Jeopardy! contestant Jennings
      15. 22D
        Wrap
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        Be human, in a way
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        Like lime
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        Major ending?
      19. 28D
        Mythology that's Hel to study?
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        Indicators of an nervous speaker
      21. 30D
        Final release of Bowie's Berlin trilogy
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        "May I have _____ with you?"
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        Longed (for)
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        Avian formation
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        NYT journo's ask
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        Grunge vis-à-vis rock, for one
      27. 39D
        Pizza cheese often described as umami
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        Author Munro known for her short stories
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        Double Down purveyor, for short
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        Cocktail imbibed on a Sunday morning
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        13D13D45D draw, for some moviegoers[---]-filled blockbuster
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        ___ tamid (sanctuary lamp)
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        Fowl cooking?
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        Yen
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        Tag for a blue link on Reddit?
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        Div. school subj.
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        Discord server building-block
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        "The ____ Have It"
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        Wrinkly dog
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        Enzyme suffix
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        Eyeless theocracy?
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        It might be cut at a wedding
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