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◆ · By BarbaraK · Published 2024-06-21T14:35:03.815Z

Constructor's Note
This month's midi contest theme is pizza. Yum! I couldn't resist that. And now I'm hungry :)
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  • kurtalert 🤓3:05 · 2024-06-21T15:16:44.664Z
    Yum, thank you Barbara!
    • BarbaraK constructor · 2024-06-22T19:11:23.962Z
      Thanks for solving!
    • SamuRai 21:36 · 2024-06-21T18:03:36.462Z
      Sufficiently challenging for a Midwesterner who desperately wanted the center line to be JetsPizza, as they serve square Detroit style pizza. 🍕 🟨
      • BarbaraK constructor · 2024-06-22T19:12:00.594Z
        Yum, sounds good! I'll have to keep an eye out for it next time I'm in that area.
        • SamuRai 21:36 · 2024-06-22T23:54:04.544Z
          FWIW if you are in the Detroit area and want Detroit style, get Buddy’s pizza rather than Jets. They are better but haven’t expanded much outside of lower Michigan (I think there is one in Fort Wayne,IN). Jet’s is now in 20 states.
      • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓2:16 · 2024-06-21T22:03:32.502Z
        Fun, thank you! Also an interesting grid shape. The 2D / 21A crossing was tough for me (being from the pizza capital of the New World, i.e., Chicago, and having never heard of 21A) but I got there… and I look forward to checking it out someday!
        • BarbaraK constructor · 2024-06-22T19:13:07.768Z
          Thanks!
        • Kjersti Chippindale 🤓11:39 · 2024-06-21T21:49:37.935Z
          Great puzzle! Even being from the west coast I could still solve without too much trouble!
          • BarbaraK constructor · 2024-06-22T19:12:39.388Z
            Thanks, and that's reassuring. When I learned that Ledo is not national, I wondered if I needed to scrap the whole thing.
          • heron 🤓3:59 · 2024-06-21T23:55:37.515Z
            fun theme! pretty smooth puzzle overall, too, especially considering you have a lot of bonus pizza-themed content!
            • BarbaraK constructor · 2024-06-22T19:13:17.195Z
              Thanks!
            • KayW 🤓4:19 · 2024-06-22T00:05:34.835Z
              a tasty little square! (tho I hadn't heard of the chain) Thanks Barbara!
              • BarbaraK constructor · 2024-06-22T19:13:28.657Z
                Thank you for solving!
              • riotblob 👇11:20 · 2024-06-22T04:16:29.608Z
                nice puzzle, thank you! I'll join the chorus of people who didn't know the chain - I guessed ALDO PIZZA at one point, because I wasn't totally confident that YERTLE wasn't YERTEL, so that corner took a bit of sorting out! I learned about SANIBEL from this puzzle too ^^
                • BarbaraK constructor · 2024-06-22T19:14:49.097Z
                  Thanks for sticking with me!
                • Derek 🤓6:52 · 2024-06-22T06:43:48.818Z
                  Missourian checking in! I wanted 21A to be Imo’s Pizza for quite a while. So much so that I convinced myself Imo’s wasn’t from St Louis!
                  • BarbaraK constructor · 2024-06-22T19:15:16.526Z
                    Sounds like another good place I need to check out
                  • David C 🤓9:49 · 2024-06-23T23:24:58.527Z
                    Thank you; nice puzzle! Should clue for "member of ABA" include "for short"?
                    • BarbaraK constructor · 2024-06-23T23:58:33.783Z
                      Good question. I thought that ABA being an abbreviation made it match with att. But I'm far from sure how the rules for that work and just go with what I think I remember seeing others do. Certainly can't hurt if you think it will help.
                    Play today's daily mini crossword
                    1A
                    Avenge a wrong
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                    Across
                    1. 1A
                      Avenge a wrong
                    2. 8A
                      Code-breaking org.
                    3. 11A
                      Perch for a penguin
                    4. 12A
                      Delta hub in Georgia
                    5. 13A
                      Foam pellet shooter
                    6. 14A
                      Conk out
                    7. 15A
                      Member of the ABA, for short
                    8. 16A
                      Green autos
                    9. 18A
                      Time for bargains
                    10. 20A
                      SHO rival
                    11. 21A
                      East coast chain known for their square pies
                    12. 25A
                      Ambient music pioneer
                    13. 26A
                      The middle letter in 38-Across
                    14. 28A
                      Spark plug firer in an airplane or lawnmower (also an "X-Men" villain, if that's more your thing)
                    15. 32A
                      CAT alternative
                    16. 33A
                      Have a debt
                    17. 34A
                      Florida resort island
                    18. 36A
                      Pale
                    19. 37A
                      Prestigious British student
                    20. 38A
                      Will Shortz's pub.
                    21. 39A
                      What 21-Across never cuts, per their slogan, and what you could cut from this puzzle to get something you might need to make your pies
                    Down
                    1. 1D
                      Costa Rican fruits on a Hawaiian pie from 21-Across
                    2. 2D
                      Perfume compound
                    3. 3D
                      Seussian turtle
                    4. 4D
                      Texter's #1 pal
                    5. 5D
                      Bra opening?
                    6. 6D
                      One who might order from 21-Across while watching TV
                    7. 7D
                      Obi-Wan
                    8. 8D
                      Zilch
                    9. 9D
                      Mix, as a drink
                    10. 10D
                      Malt beverages you might have with your pie from 21-Across
                    11. 17D
                      Snug
                    12. 19D
                      First place
                    13. 22D
                      "Just a moment!"
                    14. 23D
                      A mixed drink you might have with your pie from 21-Across
                    15. 24D
                      Overdue debt
                    16. 27D
                      Ovens, but not the type used by 21-across
                    17. 28D
                      Cut, as a lawn
                    18. 29D
                      "Come From ___" (Musical about the planes that diverted to Gander on 9/11)
                    19. 30D
                      Polite chap
                    20. 31D
                      ___ about (approximately)
                    21. 35D
                      Quaint lodging
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