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◆◆ · By JeffsPuzzles · Published 2023-12-17T13:47:38.849Z

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  • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓4:40 · 2023-12-18T00:48:49.360Z
    Fun! A few thoughts…
    • The clues for 2D and 3D were very clever
    • On 8D, my belief is that all mushrooms are edible… but some only once
    • I was sure that 1A was LUMBAR; I feel like SACRAL is technically true but very (too?) tricky
    • JeffsPuzzles constructor · 2023-12-18T13:25:13.760Z
      Thanks, Sendhil. Good point on 8D! I agree that 1A is a bit arcane; hopefully it won't throw too many people.
    • A738840496 16:19 · 2023-12-18T01:38:59.021Z
      Enol is also an organic chem term so crossing it with cave/cove was rough. Challenging puzzle though 👍
      • JeffsPuzzles constructor · 2023-12-18T13:27:05.790Z
        Thanks for solving! In retrospect I certainly could (and probably should) have clued COVE differently but I like to tie clues to books/authors I really enjoy. I'm hoping ENOL is common enough fill to avoid Naticks.
      • Hector 🤓13:33 · 2023-12-19T01:21:23.704Z
        Very solid, fun, and interesting puzzle; thanks!
        • JeffsPuzzles constructor · 2023-12-19T12:45:32.251Z
          Thank you!
        Play today's daily mini crossword
        1A
        Lower back-related, doubly so if you pray that your back doesn't hurt
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        Across
        1. 1A
          Lower back-related, doubly so if you pray that your back doesn't hurt
        2. 7A
          John played by Keanu
        3. 11A
          Loin or shank
        4. 14A
          He was know for portraying Lawrence and setting the record (since tied) for most Oscar noms without a win
        5. 15A
          Organic compound type
        6. 16A
          It's for when the egg comes first
        7. 17A
          Actor Ving
        8. 18A
          Name preceding Strauss in anthropology (and jeans)
        9. 19A
          One of the M's in 3M, for short
        10. 20A
          State of play, card-wise?
        11. 22A
          Soviet fighter
        12. 23A
          Slope of the equation y=x
        13. 24A
          Infinite Shine manufacturer
        14. 25A
          Game before coach pitch
        15. 27A
          Linguistic kin of Sanskrit
        16. 30A
          Planets, eyes, or peas, if you're feeling poetic
        17. 32A
          Fittingly, you must do it before playing certain games
        18. 33A
          Big name in 43 Across
        19. 35A
          Popular, highly toxic shrub
        20. 37A
          A major musician's young niece or nephew?
        21. 40A
          Argentine football great (Barca, PSG, InterMiami)
        22. 41A
          Chemical suffix, as in NaCl
        23. 42A
          "___ Enchanted"
        24. 43A
          "Anti-[44 Down]" of the early 20th century
        25. 45A
          For some reason, acting like one is encouraged
        26. 49A
          _____ steady
        27. 51A
          Anthem contraction
        28. 52A
          À ___ (yours, Fr.)
        29. 53A
          One might be passed or put on
        30. 54A
          What I want to do when entering a space full of books; what others do to get a sense of the audience
        31. 59A
          ___-di-dah
        32. 60A
          Words before now
        33. 61A
          Pass
        34. 62A
          "Lord is ___?" (Matt. 26:22)
        35. 63A
          Shark that sounds like an auto body shop
        36. 64A
          Wit descriptor
        37. 65A
          12/ (or __/12 for non-US solvers)
        38. 66A
          Sierra Club co-founder
        39. 67A
          Ritual spots
        Down
        1. 1D
          "Ish"
        2. 2D
          Goddess of wisdom (she seems to be MIA)
        3. 3D
          Persuader (or, pronounced as two syllables, one installing cable?)
        4. 4D
          Award-winning Alfonso Cuarón film
        5. 5D
          Hoppy quaffs
        6. 6D
          Bandmate of Garcia, Weir, and McKernan
        7. 7D
          Set
        8. 8D
          Like death cap mushrooms (and several other kinds, as far as I'm concerned)
        9. 9D
          "The Lust Lizard of Melancholy ___" (Christopher Moore - please check him out if you've never read his books!)
        10. 10D
          Gustav ____, Austrian painter known for his "frank eroticism" (now that's a porn name!)
        11. 11D
          Go ___ (de-briefed?)
        12. 12D
          Common lens attachment
        13. 13D
          One flicking a switch on and off - also a big name in wall bolts and fasteners
        14. 21D
          Chess notation for a queenside castle, or Tic Tac Toe notation for a win
        15. 26D
          Like an increasing number of books that might cause people to think or come to grips with inequities and injustice
        16. 28D
          Joseph:___::Anton:Rushdie
        17. 29D
          "Dies ___"
        18. 31D
          Equivalent of 1 Down
        19. 34D
          Frequent diagnosis in VA hospitals
        20. 36D
          Common ground between Giuseppe Verdi and Elton John
        21. 37D
          Transplant, maybe
        22. 38D
          First part of the Stone Age
        23. 39D
          Hall of Fame golfer whose name in English is 75 percent vowels
        24. 40D
          MVA issuance
        25. 44D
          "But is it ___?" (question if you're not sure you see Garfunkel in a Kandinsky)
        26. 46D
          Word coined by Thomas More (his sounds pretty bad, by the way)
        27. 47D
          How I'd like my pants to fit compared to how they actually fit
        28. 48D
          Proctors, e.g.
        29. 50D
          Ex-Senator from Texas often assigned major blame for the 2008 financial crisis (lesson learned? - nah; last year he published a book called "The Myth of American Inequality")
        30. 55D
          Probably the Biblical figure most commonly included in crosswords
        31. 56D
          Goddess with a big part in The Iliad
        32. 57D
          Airline whose name means "Skywards"
        33. 58D
          Like a hip hop fan at Rolling Loud California?
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