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THEMELESS #11: 'Tis Not Quite the Season

· By Hoyt Arcane · Published 2024-01-19T06:01:42.615Z

(EDITOR'S NOTE: Hoyt's puzzles may contain R-rated subject matter and an unapologetic progressive bent)
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  • Hoyt Arcane constructor · 2024-01-19T06:01:42.615Z
    • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓7:59 · 2024-01-25T15:48:05.932Z
      Thanks so much for writing this up and sharing! It was very valuable to me as an aspiring/novice constructor.
    • JeffsPuzzles 🤓7:03 · 2024-01-19T08:03:27.854Z
      Thanks - very enjoyable!
      • ariel haymarket 🤓3:21 · 2024-01-19T14:30:05.654Z
        You know my original time :P
        • emmie 🤓6:21 · 2024-01-19T20:19:26.086Z
          Very fun!
          • Jess 🤓31:11 · 2024-01-20T16:37:58.935Z
            Hoo that was a tough one! Glad to have solved it with no hints.
            • Hoyt Arcane constructor · 2024-01-20T17:53:57.536Z
              Congrats!
            • kurtalert 🤓12:14 · 2024-01-20T17:48:58.219Z
              This was a really hard one - enjoyed it!
              • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓7:59 · 2024-01-25T15:44:42.569Z
                Challenging puzzle, but very interesting! I had to leave it and come back a few times and also to do just a skosh of Googling. (I never knew about 30A!)
                1A
                Rub elbows at the red carpet
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                Across
                1. 1A
                  Rub elbows at the red carpet
                2. 7A
                  Puts a decisive end to
                3. 15A
                  "Dangerous Woman" woman
                4. 16A
                  "Get it?"
                5. 17A
                  Pick-me-up in a festive cup
                6. 19A
                  Aspect of "Five Nights at Freddy's" that some consider incoherent
                7. 20A
                  Very beginning
                8. 21A
                  Give the nod
                9. 22A
                  Pen attachment?
                10. 23A
                  Alternatives to greasing your locks
                11. 24A
                  Name from the Hebrew for "ascent"
                12. 25A
                  Do the crabwalk
                13. 27A
                  TV character with an "emotion chip"
                14. 30A
                  Historic capital of the Gauls
                15. 31A
                  __ double
                16. 33A
                  They're silent but deadly
                17. 35A
                  Authoritarian's fear
                18. 37A
                  __ box (certain window)
                19. 38A
                  The 1965 Dewey's protests, e.g.
                20. 42A
                  Vehicle seen in "The Empire Strikes Back"
                21. 44A
                  Prudish
                22. 46A
                  "Samesies"
                23. 47A
                  One might be renewed several years later
                24. 48A
                  It'll rock the boat
                25. 50A
                  Certain flakes, commercially
                26. 51A
                  Inserts
                27. 53A
                  One learning to grow, perhaps?
                28. 55A
                  Home to the Nizwa Fort
                29. 56A
                  Eternal trope
                30. 59A
                  Attacked, as a swarm of mosquitos might
                31. 60A
                  More concerned with looks
                32. 61A
                  Pollotarians try to avoid them
                33. 62A
                  Too much
                Down
                1. 1D
                  Ill-fated
                2. 2D
                  Dessert with a Nabisco-branded crust
                3. 3D
                  Feeling evoked by pink, purple, and blue
                4. 4D
                  Trendy tattoo spot
                5. 5D
                  Zero factorial, by definition
                6. 6D
                  Canal sight
                7. 7D
                  Amusement, crudely
                8. 8D
                  Manchu-led dynasty
                9. 9D
                  Kierkegaard's "The Sickness __ Death"
                10. 10D
                  Currently, curtly
                11. 11D
                  "Get off of my puzzle, Mr. Whiskers!"
                12. 12D
                  Marks of passion
                13. 13D
                  Shine a light around
                14. 14D
                  Decide it's too cold, say
                15. 18D
                  Rummy combo
                16. 23D
                  Port dubbed "Lady of the Sea" by Petrarch
                17. 26D
                  Not forbidden
                18. 28D
                  Some games require breaking it
                19. 29D
                  They crawl to their queen
                20. 30D
                  Perennial alternative to 17-Across
                21. 32D
                  [I'm in trouble now!]
                22. 34D
                  Contraction romantique
                23. 36D
                  Preposition similar to "para"
                24. 37D
                  Definitely didn't rush to a decision
                25. 39D
                  "I'm not sharing!"
                26. 40D
                  Less-consumerist grocery store purchases
                27. 41D
                  Rivals of Oklahoma State
                28. 42D
                  Representation in video games
                29. 43D
                  As of now
                30. 45D
                  Minute __
                31. 49D
                  Bounce
                32. 52D
                  Top line?
                33. 53D
                  "Supergroup" prog-rock band of the '80s
                34. 54D
                  Abbreviation in civics class
                35. 55D
                  Eary?
                36. 57D
                  Sierra Nevada product
                37. 58D
                  Instrument in many "Simpsons" intros
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