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
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!
Artist whose "Girl with 63-Across" was created to sympathize with the people of New Orleans devastated by Hurricane Katrina
14A
Yoplait's French style yogurt named after the French word for "yes"
15A
South Indian steamed breakfast cake made from fermented black lentils and rice (hint: rhymes with Ridley)
16A
Olga Merediz's role in the Broadway musical "In the Heights" (hint: Spanish for "grandmother")
17A
Action spy film in which Eggsy's mentor uses a 63-Across in a pretty epic bar fight scene
19A
Popcorn topping
20A
Brand with a "Thick & Fluffy" variety
21A
___ Poppins (magical nanny portrayed by Julie Andrews who flies away with a 63-Across)
23A
College ___ (Ithaca, for Cornell)
24A
Singer whose hit song 63-Across from her "Good Girl Gone Bad" album is about something you can "stand under"
27A
Friend in battle
29A
Suffix with "rigor" or "vigor"
30A
Actress Kravitz of "Big Little Lies"
31A
Mauna ___ (Hawaiian peak)
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)
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
40A
My favorite one at Subway is Italian Herbs & Cheese
41A
___ la Table (high-end cookware store where Randy buys a Margaritaville in "South Park")
42A
One who travels the Appalachian Trail
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)
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)
46A
Shakespeare's Sir Toby Belch, for one
47A
"___ tu" (Verdi aria)
48A
___ Force 1 (Nike's top-selling sneaker of all time)
49A
"Whose Line __ __ Anyway?" (show where everything is made up and the points don't matter)
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
55A
Subject of interest in the question "Who are you wearing?" (on the red carpet)
58A
Actor ___ Kelly whose classic song-and-dance number "Singin' in the Rain" included a prop 63-Across
60A
Opposite of ecto-
61A
It's hard to understand
63A
The most difficult shape to cut out in the honeycomb challenge on "Squid Game" (and this puzzle's theme)
66A
Change for the better
67A
___ minimum
68A
Roadside bomb: Abbr.
69A
Tropical cocktail sometimes decorated with a mini 63-Across (Polly Trottenberg's favorite drink!)
70A
Piece of cake
71A
They're worth six points in (American) football: Abbr.
Down
1D
Game you should play with a straight face
2D
Nintendo character who wears a green hat with an "L" and sucks up ghosts in a mansion with a vacuum cleaner
3D
Golfer Vijay who has won over $71 million to date on the PGA tour
4D
Sue Grafton's "__ __ for Homicide"
5D
Oilers, on NHL scoreboards
6D
Some South American natives
7D
___ colada
8D
Nebuchadnezzar's realm that included the Hanging Gardens
9D
Aladdin's mischievous and kleptomaniac monkey
10D
Like a fruitcake
11D
High-fat, low-carb diet
12D
Oodles
13D
Knitting material
18D
“We all __ __ little mad sometimes” -Norman Bates in "Psycho"
22D
Type of clam
25D
Udon and soba
26D
Mother Teresa, for one
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"
31D
Gorilla who learned sign language and was reported to have a nipple fixation
32D
Cabinet department concerned with nuclear power: Abbr.
33D
Italian for "sour," as seen in ___dolce, a sweet and sour sauce traditionally made by reducing sugar and vinegar
34D
It measures internet download and upload speeds: Abbr.
35D
Snack with a "Double Stuf" variety
36D
$2 for Mediterranean Avenue or $50 for Boardwalk
37D
___ kwon do
38D
Palette selection
39D
"Gimme a break, gimme a break, break me off a piece of that ___ Kat bar"
41D
Deliberately hurt
44D
Subject of the 2008 documentary "Between the Folds"
45D
I never remember how to ___ a ___, so I would Google how to do it whenever I need to wear one for a wedding
48D
Hypothetical missing link
49D
Gold bar
51D
"___ whiz!"
52D
Dark
53D
Kept the engine running
54D
A nice thing about Crosshare, the site that I use to publish crosswords (2 words)