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March 2, 2023 – Common Room

◆ · By Drewrey Lupton · Published 2023-03-02T19:00:44.822Z

I wrote up my experience constructing my first crossword, and I discuss some of the motivation behind this puzzle's clues.
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  • Brian Callahan 🤓8:25 · 2023-03-02T20:41:54.661Z
    Very well done for a first puzzle! It was fun to read about its genesis as well.
    • Drewrey Lupton constructor · 2023-03-03T00:28:01.386Z
      Thanks for the kind words, Brian!
    • kurtalert 🤓9:07 · 2023-03-03T18:47:01.145Z
      Great first puzzle, one of the more challenging ones I've done recently!
      • Drewrey Lupton constructor · 2023-03-03T20:30:33.378Z
        Thanks kurtalert!
      Play today's daily mini crossword
      1A
      The R in ATL's MARTA
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      Across
      1. 1A
        The R in ATL's MARTA
      2. 6A
        Spring happening
      3. 11A
        Flier to Stockholm
      4. 14A
        Name-brand naproxen
      5. 15A
        Sick ride
      6. 16A
        "Waterfalls" group
      7. 17A
        It was first introduced December 3rd, 1994
      8. 19A
        In the style of
      9. 20A
        Williams and Kennedy
      10. 21A
        Like George to Jeb
      11. 23A
        i.e. "containing <0.5g per serving"
      12. 27A
        Sincere
      13. 29A
        Subsist
      14. 30A
        2005 Coldplay single
      15. 31A
        Sufficiently
      16. 32A
        Land allotment
      17. 33A
        Wayfinding aid
      18. 36A
        Jazzman Saunders
      19. 37A
        Tip
      20. 38A
        Shares a distinction with Ottawa and Ouagadougou
      21. 39A
        Tokyo, once
      22. 40A
        Oil or vinegar bottle
      23. 41A
        Dickens's "___ House"
      24. 42A
        Roles in "12 Angry Men"
      25. 44A
        Until now
      26. 45A
        It's Tibetan name means "Holy Mother"
      27. 47A
        Store, as a firearm
      28. 48A
        Upside-Down baddie
      29. 49A
        Reasonable
      30. 50A
        Hill climber
      31. 51A
        This comes in 1, 2, 5, 7 piece variations
      32. 58A
        Many a comedy team
      33. 59A
        Follow
      34. 60A
        Gullible
      35. 61A
        Poetic contraction
      36. 62A
        "Baby Shark" and "YMCA"
      37. 63A
        Basic taste
      Down
      1. 1D
        Cardi B forte
      2. 2D
        Todos, en inglés
      3. 3D
        Little legume
      4. 4D
        It can be invasive
      5. 5D
        Obliterate
      6. 6D
        Wesley Snipes in a trilogy
      7. 7D
        Rowing target
      8. 8D
        Jamaican artist of "Cheerleader"
      9. 9D
        Fallback on FB Marketplace
      10. 10D
        Madonna, e.g.
      11. 11D
        A type of terracing
      12. 12D
        Microsoft co-founder Paul
      13. 13D
        Frighten
      14. 18D
        Youngest voter
      15. 22D
        Kenyan ethnicity of Obama Sr.
      16. 23D
        With "war", an online heated argument
      17. 24D
        Pointed (at)
      18. 25D
        It may be short-throw
      19. 26D
        Tumbled
      20. 27D
        Oracle Park player
      21. 28D
        Means of egress
      22. 30D
        Fruit and house
      23. 32D
        Woo
      24. 34D
        Winged
      25. 35D
        Riverboat game
      26. 37D
        Paid leaguers
      27. 38D
        Founder of a motor company
      28. 40D
        Bends
      29. 41D
        Ancestors of Elisabeth I
      30. 43D
        Ornamental vase
      31. 44D
        Weights that may be long or short
      32. 45D
        Dodge
      33. 46D
        Performance space
      34. 47D
        Styx locale
      35. 49D
        Taut
      36. 52D
        Artist Yoko
      37. 53D
        Pres. Carter served in it
      38. 54D
        The 10th in this James Wan & Leigh Whannell franchise will be released October 27, 2023
      39. 55D
        Draw
      40. 56D
        Night prior
      41. 57D
        NYC opera location, with "The"
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