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Task Force

· By Ben Zoon · Published 2021-09-28T18:33:57.769Z

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  • Mike D 🤓13:01 · 2021-09-29T10:51:18.221Z
    SW corner tripped me up for a while but glad I worked through it! Cool theme! 🚢
    • mondestrunken 14:08 · 2021-09-29T12:52:22.095Z
      Enjoyed a lot! :)
      • Aaron 9:32 · 2021-09-29T13:52:14.631Z
        Tricky puzzle! All in all very clean given the grid pressure from all the themers and all the rare Scrabble letters (all the JXZYs).
        • Ben Zoon constructor · 2021-09-30T07:09:44.104Z
          These themers were indeed particularly hard to fill around. When I finally tried this layout and saw NAVYVESSEL28DEach of the starred answers[----------] fit in completely organically (!!), I knew it was destined to work.
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        Threshing discard
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        Across
        1. 1A
          Threshing discard
        2. 6A
          Didn't convert, as a save in baseball
        3. 10A
          Go gaga (over)
        4. 14A
          Stevenson who vied against Ike
        5. 15A
          You might have to scroll through it before accepting
        6. 16A
          "Let me do it!"
        7. 17A
          * Muscle car with a souped up muffler?
        8. 20A
          Woman created from a rib
        9. 21A
          Hemorrhage
        10. 22A
          Certain explorer
        11. 23A
          * Linebacker returning a fumble?
        12. 27A
          Good name for an animal control worker?
        13. 29A
          QLD's nation
        14. 30A
          Year in Lima
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          Dated, like bread or a joke
        16. 32A
          "Uh, I mean..."
        17. 33A
          A perfect game requires 27 in a row
        18. 34A
          Reason for Toyko 2020 taking place in 2021
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          A contraction, sometimes
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          Deadeye Oakley
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          Dark gemstone
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          Certain USD competitor
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          Hideaways
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          Top preference, familiarly
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          Axes on a 3D3DOn the sheltered side[----] plot
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          Not ruffling feathers
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          * FedEx, according to their ads?
        28. 47A
          Performer Bareilles
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          Start of a counting limerick
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          Replacement for the C-Ration
        31. 52A
          * Kickboxing, e.g.?
        32. 56A
          [Listen up!]
        33. 57A
          San Fran state
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          A4s or Q5s
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          Protruding cable connector
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          Carry supplies on foot, in military slang
        37. 61A
          Stuffed friend
        Down
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          Bulk grocery purchase
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          It's often 720p or 1080i
        3. 3D
          On the sheltered side
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          Airshow regulator
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          Stripped down?
        6. 6D
          "Hey! Be good."
        7. 7D
          With the stars on one's side
        8. 8D
          Chess rating system
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          Percussive battle morale booster
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          Guy in the kitchen?
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          Coordinate effectively
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          ?
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          Dir. the Cardinals travel to play at Wrigley
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          Milk dispenser?
        15. 19D
          "Parlez-___ francais?"
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          Double ___
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          Target of much new battery production
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          Whole kit and caboodle
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          They're red in many rhymes
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          Off-key
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          Each of the starred answers
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          Pshaw
        23. 32D
          "And so on"
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          Live
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          Chichen ___ (Mayan ruins)
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          Thomas O'Malley, e.g.
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          Added net yield?
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          Large leaser of semi trailers
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          Rain or snow, for short
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          Children's animal book onomatopoeia
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          "Drop dead!"
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          Sphere of influence
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          Anti-DUI gp.
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          Key card tech
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          Marketplace for many side hustles
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          Part of the squad, in Gen Z slang
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          !
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          Suggested substitute for pi
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          Regret
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