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Themeless #21 (for The Comet, Dec. '24)

◆ · By Cory Calhoun · Published 2024-12-10T20:52:57.386Z

Constructor's Note
First published December 2024, this is the 21st themeless crossword I created for The Comet, a 21+ arts & entertainment magazine in Wenatchee, WA. (The puzzle is SFW!)
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  • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓7:11 · 2024-12-11T01:05:52.549Z
    Fun, thank you!
    Quick question: In 24A, should “marking” be “marketing”? If not, could anyone explain how to parse? Thank you!
    • Cory Calhoun constructor · 2024-12-11T16:44:18.907Z
      Fixed, thanks!
    Play today's daily mini crossword
    1A
    Microwave popcorn brand
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    Across
    1. 1A
      Microwave popcorn brand
    2. 6A
      Not perfectly round
    3. 11A
      Suffix with chlor-
    4. 14A
      Tips off
    5. 15A
      Kuwaiti currency
    6. 16A
      Syndicate
    7. 17A
      Sorority letters
    8. 19A
      Group getting into the act?
    9. 21A
      Common YouTuber plea
    10. 23A
      Cicatrix
    11. 24A
      Online marketing metric, for short
    12. 25A
      Cornerstone abbr.
    13. 26A
      It's built for use by a 19-Across
    14. 28A
      Cambodian temple Angkor ___
    15. 29A
      "Witness" and "Inception" actor Haas
    16. 31A
      Took place
    17. 32A
      Hot tub maintenance task
    18. 35A
      Citrus drink
    19. 36A
      "American ___"
    20. 38A
      Words accompanying a head slap
    21. 39A
      Wise Biblical king
    22. 41A
      Brouhaha
    23. 42A
      France's Belle-___
    24. 43A
      Starts of 'años'
    25. 44A
      Quart divs.
    26. 45A
      "Ghostbusters" actor Hudson
    27. 47A
      "Mazel ___!"
    28. 48A
      Goodies given away at events
    29. 50A
      Yours, in Tours
    30. 52A
      Highlands negative
    31. 53A
      Big name in movie theater chains
    32. 54A
      Allergy med type for staying alert
    33. 60A
      Safely run the clock out, in football
    34. 61A
      "Taken" actor Liam
    35. 62A
      Legal attachment?
    36. 63A
      City near Florence
    37. 64A
      Part of a train
    38. 65A
      Dump
    39. 66A
      Labor partner?
    40. 67A
      Plural French word that, when spelled backwards, is its singular English counterpart
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      Military no-show
    2. 2D
      Sleeveless top, briefly
    3. 3D
      Long haul
    4. 4D
      Anything that's eaten, medically speaking
    5. 5D
      Only author to have a published book in every Dewey Decimal library category except for Philosophy
    6. 6D
      "What are the ___?"
    7. 7D
      Reasons for vaccines and masking up
    8. 8D
      How some dares are carried out
    9. 9D
      Schoolyard retort
    10. 10D
      "Hotel Transylvania" role
    11. 11D
      Frasier's catchphrase on "Frasier"
    12. 12D
      Misgivings
    13. 13D
      Fell off
    14. 18D
      Fly in the ointment
    15. 20D
      Engender
    16. 22D
      Used as a reference
    17. 26D
      Handy opener, of a sort
    18. 27D
      "Do the Right Thing" pizzeria owner
    19. 28D
      Question asked after an interruption
    20. 29D
      Use a surgical beam
    21. 30D
      Japanese noodle dish
    22. 32D
      Sorority letter
    23. 33D
      Arias, usually
    24. 34D
      Overly sentimental
    25. 37D
      Windows forerunner
    26. 38D
      Reflexive pronoun
    27. 40D
      Fake gold used in cheap jewelry
    28. 41D
      Sault ___ Marie
    29. 44D
      Current
    30. 46D
      It gets grilled
    31. 48D
      Sycophant, say
    32. 49D
      Any day now
    33. 50D
      Chips in?
    34. 51D
      Words to a bride and groom
    35. 52D
      "Indestructible" Finnish phone brand
    36. 55D
      Irritate
    37. 56D
      Pro votes
    38. 57D
      Grp. concerned with courses
    39. 58D
      Cabbage
    40. 59D
      Musician Wilson and journalist Curry
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