Game plan…
◆◆ · By Velocipedist · Published 2023-04-22T19:37:54.193Z
Constructor's Note
Warning: there is a gimmick in this puzzle, but the clues spell it out :)
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Label someone on social media
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Across
- 1ALabel someone on social media
- 4APuts in an insta-lawn
- 8ABasic note series with no sharps or flats
- 14APub order
- 15AActor Michael of "Arrested Development"
- 16ASouth American wildcat
- 17AWhat a manager tells the winger when the team's striker is in the box... and a hint to making sense of 19A
- 19AThe away team on scoreboards
- 20ADavy Jones's Locker
- 21AOrder given after the national anthem
- 23ATie-dyed tops, typically
- 25AAirer of "Inside the NBA"
- 26AWhat a coach tells the quarterback on third-and-long... and a hint to making sense of 29A
- 29ASitting for a daguerreotype
- 34ASun Devils' univ.
- 35ALike a good cycling time trialist
- 37AOlympic event that requires athletes to paddle upstream through gates
- 38AWhat a coach tells their team at halftime when the score is still close... and a hint to 17A & 19A, 26A & 29A, 45A & 47A, and 60A &61A
- 42AIndia's first prime minister
- 43A___ buco (Italian veal dish)
- 44A"Gimme ___!" (Start of a cheer for the Wolverines of the Big 10)
- 45AWhat a basketball coach tells their defenders when the other team runs a pick-and-roll... and a hint to making sense of 47A
- 47ALoosens
- 50AExponent ender
- 51AHefty Japanese noodle
- 52AEarphones
- 56AComic-strip dog that says "Voof! Voof!"
- 60AWhat a track coach told Dick Fosbury when he competed in the Olympics... and a hint to making sense of 61A
- 61AEditors
- 63ASoap ingredient
- 64AEloïse to Abélard
- 65AWeight room unit
- 66ASanders, Bonds, and Manilow
- 67ABanner ___ (2020's opposite)
- 68AShape of a chicane in Formula 1, usually
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- 1D___ Tuesday
- 2DActor Guinness of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
- 3DDNA carrier
- 4DTheatrical opening
- 5DNational anthem contraction
- 6DDrabs's partner
- 7DSatisfy, and then some
- 8DQ: Where do little witches bake cakes? A: In easy bake ___!
- 9DNot-so hip
- 10D"___ la vie!"
- 11DCooling gel
- 12DNobleman
- 13DAlf and Groot, e.g.
- 18DPopeye's anchors, briefly
- 22DFormer Oklahoma football coach Bob
- 24DBibliographic list ender
- 26D"It ___ me to tell you this, but..."
- 27D"In ___" (agitated)
- 28DDish served on a conveyor belt
- 29D4-time Formula 1 World Champion Alain
- 30DScotland's longest river
- 31DHow fries are fried
- 32D"___ fights like Gaston" (lyrics from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast")
- 33DWhat you prevent spreading when you cover your cough
- 36DPrincipal dancer in a ballet company, from the French word for star
- 39DSun Tzu’s “The ___ of War”
- 40DCoherence
- 41DBright colors, say
- 46DAccelerates, to Shakespeare
- 48DMore invasive
- 49DRoadside respites
- 51D"Please put me to work"
- 52DHawaiian dance
- 53DThe E in EMT: Abbr.
- 54DOn ___ with (equal to)
- 55DWord after ash or breakfast
- 57DIreland, to the Irish
- 58DGPS suggestions
- 59DRecipe abbr.
- 60DBiblical hard worker?
- 62DBy way of