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Puzzle #54 "I've got you covered"

◆ · By Philip Chow · Published 2021-10-31T20:47:22.095Z

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  • Mike D 7:46 · 2021-10-31T21:38:19.583Z
    Very nice! ☔
    • Emma Oxford 🤓4:54 · 2021-10-31T23:37:11.522Z
      Cute!
      • Frisco17 🤓6:26 · 2021-11-01T01:57:23.584Z
        Wow, you really managed to fit a ton of themers into this one! Color me impressed.
        • Philip Chow constructor · 2021-11-01T02:38:06.137Z
          Thanks!! I tried to squeeze in a HIMYM reference with the yellow umbrella and also a Ryoga (character from Ranma 1/2) reference, but I gave up trying to cram too much - quality of the fill started to suffer
        • Relentless001 🤓10:01 · 2021-11-01T01:58:29.782Z
          Man you don't mess around with your puzzles lol each one is a bit of a pain in the butt
          • Philip Chow constructor · 2021-11-01T02:39:38.592Z
            pain in the butt... in a good way i hope ;)
          • Dan Wagner 22:22 · 2021-11-01T03:22:55.797Z
            How and why do you know Polly's favorite drink? Lol!
            • Philip Chow constructor · 2021-11-01T14:28:52.838Z
              AC Wiley-Schwartz commented on a puzzle once and said that Polly is a crossword enthusiast and that she would get super excited anytime she sees 69A in a puzzle
            • Tom Hinkle 16:59 · 2021-11-23T01:14:14.186Z
              That was fun!
              • FrankieHeck 🤓13:52 · 2023-11-11T22:23:52.250Z
                It's my lucky day...just found several of your puzzles I'd somehow missed!
                • Philip Chow constructor · 2023-11-14T00:42:51.638Z
                  yay! glad you found them :)
                Play today's daily mini crossword
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                Texting shorthand that may be followed by "thx"
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                Across
                1. 1A
                  Texting shorthand that may be followed by "thx"
                2. 4A
                  Come to the rescue
                3. 8A
                  Artist whose "Girl with 63-Across" was created to sympathize with the people of New Orleans devastated by Hurricane Katrina
                4. 14A
                  Yoplait's French style yogurt named after the French word for "yes"
                5. 15A
                  South Indian steamed breakfast cake made from fermented black lentils and rice (hint: rhymes with Ridley)
                6. 16A
                  Olga Merediz's role in the Broadway musical "In the Heights" (hint: Spanish for "grandmother")
                7. 17A
                  Action spy film in which Eggsy's mentor uses a 63-Across in a pretty epic bar fight scene
                8. 19A
                  Popcorn topping
                9. 20A
                  Brand with a "Thick & Fluffy" variety
                10. 21A
                  ___ Poppins (magical nanny portrayed by Julie Andrews who flies away with a 63-Across)
                11. 23A
                  College ___ (Ithaca, for Cornell)
                12. 24A
                  Singer whose hit song 63-Across from her "Good Girl Gone Bad" album is about something you can "stand under"
                13. 27A
                  Friend in battle
                14. 29A
                  Suffix with "rigor" or "vigor"
                15. 30A
                  Actress Kravitz of "Big Little Lies"
                16. 31A
                  Mauna ___ (Hawaiian peak)
                17. 34A
                  ___ Salt (company with the motto "When it rains, it pours," whose logo features a young girl in a yellow dress holding a 63-Across)
                18. 38A
                  City whose protest movement is symbolized by a 63-Across, which was used as protection from pepper spray and tear gas used by the police
                19. 40A
                  My favorite one at Subway is Italian Herbs & Cheese
                20. 41A
                  ___ la Table (high-end cookware store where Randy buys a Margaritaville in "South Park")
                21. 42A
                  One who travels the Appalachian Trail
                22. 43A
                  ___ Pitstop (character in "Wacky Races" that drives car #5, the Compact Pussycat, equipped with personal grooming products and a 63-Across) (hint: her name is alliterative)
                23. 45A
                  "My Neighbor ___" (Miyazaki animated fantasy film in which Satsuki offers the titular character her 63-Across during the bus stop scene) (hint: his name has the same three vowels)
                24. 46A
                  Shakespeare's Sir Toby Belch, for one
                25. 47A
                  "___ tu" (Verdi aria)
                26. 48A
                  ___ Force 1 (Nike's top-selling sneaker of all time)
                27. 49A
                  "Whose Line __ __ Anyway?" (show where everything is made up and the points don't matter)
                28. 50A
                  Batman villain who carries around a 63-Across... in fact he has a large collection of them that function as hidden weapons and devices
                29. 55A
                  Subject of interest in the question "Who are you wearing?" (on the red carpet)
                30. 58A
                  Actor ___ Kelly whose classic song-and-dance number "Singin' in the Rain" included a prop 63-Across
                31. 60A
                  Opposite of ecto-
                32. 61A
                  It's hard to understand
                33. 63A
                  The most difficult shape to cut out in the honeycomb challenge on "Squid Game" (and this puzzle's theme)
                34. 66A
                  Change for the better
                35. 67A
                  ___ minimum
                36. 68A
                  Roadside bomb: Abbr.
                37. 69A
                  Tropical cocktail sometimes decorated with a mini 63-Across (Polly Trottenberg's favorite drink!)
                38. 70A
                  Piece of cake
                39. 71A
                  They're worth six points in (American) football: Abbr.
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                  Game you should play with a straight face
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                  Nintendo character who wears a green hat with an "L" and sucks up ghosts in a mansion with a vacuum cleaner
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                  Golfer Vijay who has won over $71 million to date on the PGA tour
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                  Sue Grafton's "__ __ for Homicide"
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                  Oilers, on NHL scoreboards
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                  Some South American natives
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                  ___ colada
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                  Nebuchadnezzar's realm that included the Hanging Gardens
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                  Aladdin's mischievous and kleptomaniac monkey
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                  Like a fruitcake
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                  High-fat, low-carb diet
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                  Oodles
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                  Knitting material
                14. 18D
                  “We all __ __ little mad sometimes” -Norman Bates in "Psycho"
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                  Type of clam
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                  Udon and soba
                17. 26D
                  Mother Teresa, for one
                18. 28D
                  Looney Tunes rooster, Foghorn ___ who says things like "Boy, I say boy, pay close attention to me, 'cause you're a burrito short of a combination plate"
                19. 31D
                  Gorilla who learned sign language and was reported to have a nipple fixation
                20. 32D
                  Cabinet department concerned with nuclear power: Abbr.
                21. 33D
                  Italian for "sour," as seen in ___dolce, a sweet and sour sauce traditionally made by reducing sugar and vinegar
                22. 34D
                  It measures internet download and upload speeds: Abbr.
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                  Snack with a "Double Stuf" variety
                24. 36D
                  $2 for Mediterranean Avenue or $50 for Boardwalk
                25. 37D
                  ___ kwon do
                26. 38D
                  Palette selection
                27. 39D
                  "Gimme a break, gimme a break, break me off a piece of that ___ Kat bar"
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                  Deliberately hurt
                29. 44D
                  Subject of the 2008 documentary "Between the Folds"
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                  I never remember how to ___ a ___, so I would Google how to do it whenever I need to wear one for a wedding
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                  Hypothetical missing link
                32. 49D
                  Gold bar
                33. 51D
                  "___ whiz!"
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                  Dark
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                  Kept the engine running
                36. 54D
                  A nice thing about Crosshare, the site that I use to publish crosswords (2 words)
                37. 55D
                  Kind of warfare
                38. 56D
                  __ __ Day (vitamin brand)
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                  Coffeehouse amenity
                40. 59D
                  Worn-down crayons, for example
                41. 62D
                  Blood vessel imaging machine: Abbr.
                42. 64D
                  Bikini part
                43. 65D
                  What a Q Score measures, informally
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