'Tis the Season!
■ · By damefox · Published 2022-09-28T22:00:11.757Z
Constructor's Note
Not that season.
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Across
- 1ATons
- 5AWith 63-Across, ingredient in 36-Across
- 8AColor for some ales
- 13A"____ estás?"
- 14AWestern tribe (also an anagram of 17-Across)
- 15AWord after à la or before blanche
- 16ATook part in a duel, perhaps
- 17ABreakfast chain with Mexican Tres Leches Pancakes on its menu
- 18AJeweled accessory for Catherine, Princess of Wales
- 19AIngredient in 36-Across
- 21AIngredient in 36-Across
- 22A"It's a ____ news day" (okay, but is it though? and even if it is, is that enough of a reason for me to be reading about a spider on the Queen's coffin?)
- 23ALoop, as of wire
- 24AType of cracker that was invented specifically to be unexciting and unstimulating
- 27ARequirements for some wall clocks
- 28ARecreation org. not of song (the rhythm would be a little off)
- 32A18-wheelers
- 33ABreathing problem
- 35A"Go team!"
- 36A'Tis the season for this!
- 39ASpanish bear
- 40ANot quite straight
- 41ANickname for Alexander or Alexandra
- 42AReally feels like this should be the stock symbol for Tesla, but you have to remove the E not the A
- 44AOpp. WNW
- 45ATried
- 46A"Drinks are ___!"
- 48AExams for HS seniors
- 49AIngredient in 36-Across
- 52AIngredient in 36-Across
- 56AManic ___ Dream Girl (film trope)
- 57AUnwind after a long day, perhaps
- 58AUnpleasant scent
- 59AThe US Constitution was written in such a way that specifically accounted for people wanting to do this to it, but for some reason everyone's afraid to do it
- 60ARaggedy doll and Rashida's "Parks and Recreation" role, for two
- 61AMove, in realtor talk
- 62A"___ of Innocence and Experience" (William Blake work)
- 63ASee 5-Across
- 64ABody art, for short
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- 1D"You Shook Me All Night Long" band
- 2DActress Petty
- 3DHalley's Comet was either a good one or a bad one, depending what side of the Channel you were on
- 4DNew Jersey's Cherry Hill or Egg Harbor, for example
- 5D"Not nobody, not ___!" (assertion from the Cowardly Lion singing "If I Were King of the Forest")
- 6D"I took it ___ myself..."
- 7DWord of advice
- 8DWhen Juliet cries, "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?"
- 9DOn the whole
- 10D"Not to ___, but I..."
- 11DFirst word of Hamlet's soliloquy if Shakespeare had been French
- 12DRaise, as children
- 14DGame show contestant's shout-out
- 20DThe Last Frontier
- 21D"Check it out!"
- 23D"Quiet!"
- 24DControversial erogenous zone named after its "discoverer," Ernst Gräfenberg
- 25DTurn a wine bottle into a candle, for example
- 26DBBs and spitballs (this is a weak plural, sorry)
- 27DIt can replace the first word in 36-Across to make another common fall flavor
- 29DWhere you might dab some Sephora samples
- 30DSecret store
- 31DLeading
- 33DLicoricelike flavor (which is not an ingredient in 36-Across)
- 34DLiabilities opposites
- 37DBullet points on a to-do list
- 38DA Japanese one is considered the most powerful in the world (as of 2022)
- 43D2016 film based on a Supreme Court case starring Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton
- 45D"Money___" (song by 1-Down)
- 47DMore than wants
- 48DArgot
- 49DTax pros
- 50DRide to prom, maybe
- 51DAnimals on the Oregon Trail (I mean, I assume - I'm basing this on the computer game)
- 52DTop-rated
- 53DBrain wave
- 54DPeyton Manning, for most of his NFL career
- 55DGod of love
- 57D"... I do not like them, ___-I-Am!"