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Rethinking Inside the Box

◆ · By sus · Published 2022-04-23T16:23:28.428Z

This is a polished remake of a cryptic by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, which appeared in the Wall Street Journal last year. The instructions are as follows:
When all clue answers are entered in the grid, the inner box will be surrounded by 16 different letters of the alphabet. Use the remaining 10 letters of the alphabet to construct a three-by-three crossword for that inner box—with a pair of letters occupying the central square.
(Alternatively, you may fill the box with X's if you wish to skip the final step.)
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  • sus constructor · 2022-04-23T16:27:32.336Z
    • Mike D 13s · 2022-04-23T23:20:12.888Z
      This is so cool!
      • Jon 40:59 · 2022-04-24T10:54:38.813Z
        Very nice.
        • George Ho 3:40:36 · 2022-04-24T17:00:05.485Z
          Amazing theme, well done! I’m a fan of 5a.
          • BJ 🤓16:23 · 2022-04-25T06:10:37.646Z
            Nice grid
            • jasonwestley 🤓22:21 · 2022-04-25T08:51:43.068Z
              Excellent puzzle. You might want to be a bit clearer about the box fill. I spent a little while trying to fill the box with 3-letter words where the middle box was either/or, e.g. SLY/STY and ALE/ATE. I eventually worked out it was impossible, so the solve had to be 4-letter words in the middle column and row! Had fun working it all out though!
              Play today's daily mini crossword
              1A
              Remove odds of term at sch. (5)
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              Across
              1. 1A
                Remove odds of term at sch. (5)
              2. 5A
                "ABCs" is sort of this! (6)
              3. 9A
                Wasn't as painful without extreme speeds (7)
              4. 10A
                Hawaiian island by outskirts of Olinda & Honolulu (4)
              5. 11A
                Sits atop tattered rose veil (8)
              6. 12A
                Leaf extremity? (5)
              7. 13A
                Nothing in Brazil changes (5)
              8. 16A
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              9. 19A
                Fake chest of bugs wards off the first resistance (4)
              10. 20A
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              11. 21A
                To prove as innocent, save a cooler drop-out (4)
              12. 25A
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              13. 27A
                The child we raised is reportedly burning down buildings (5)
              14. 29A
                What about energy fibers? (5)
              15. 31A
                Island resident, perhaps initially from Indonesia like I pictured, is now overseas (8)
              16. 32A
                Back late with others (2 2)
              17. 33A
                The latest in each type of coat (7)
              18. 34A
                Criminal traced to purge (6)
              19. 35A
                Soups produced by south-west butchery (5)
              Down
              1. 1D
                Straw found in birdbath at church (6)
              2. 2D
                Hurry one to you in outbreak (4)
              3. 3D
                Excitements of our salsa party (8)
              4. 4D
                Storm meter in red? (5)
              5. 5D
                Meat complaint (4)
              6. 6D
                Strong favor (5)
              7. 7D
                Register chicken as processed (5-2)
              8. 8D
                Small American greeting food (5)
              9. 14D
                Sadly rue a late Nobel winner (8)
              10. 15D
                Help author of bovine ceremony (7)
              11. 16D
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              12. 17D
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              13. 18D
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              14. 22D
                Starches quickly brought up around hospital (6)
              15. 23D
                Irrational fears are less dangerous (5)
              16. 24D
                Behold: a stringed instrument with inverted bits (5)
              17. 26D
                Apparition got in and around high school (5)
              18. 28D
                Jack's partner tumbled, broke her crown, rolled, and lastly couldn't stand up? (4)
              19. 30D
                Owe native's hides back again (4)
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