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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 NAVYVESSEL 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!"
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          * Muscle car with a souped up muffler?
        8. 20A
          Woman created from a rib
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          Hemorrhage
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          Certain explorer
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          * Linebacker returning a fumble?
        12. 27A
          Good name for an animal control worker?
        13. 29A
          QLD's nation
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          Year in Lima
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          Dated, like bread or a joke
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          "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
        25. 41A
          Axes on a 3D plot
        26. 42A
          Not ruffling feathers
        27. 44A
          * FedEx, according to their ads?
        28. 47A
          Performer Bareilles
        29. 48A
          Start of a counting limerick
        30. 49A
          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
        36. 60A
          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
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          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
        9. 9D
          Percussive battle morale booster
        10. 10D
          Guy in the kitchen?
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          Coordinate effectively
        12. 12D
          ?
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          Dir. the Cardinals travel to play at Wrigley
        14. 18D
          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
        22. 31D
          Pshaw
        23. 32D
          "And so on"
        24. 33D
          Live
        25. 35D
          Chichen ___ (Mayan ruins)
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          Thomas O'Malley, e.g.
        27. 38D
          Added net yield?
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          Large leaser of semi trailers
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          Rain or snow, for short
        30. 43D
          Children's animal book onomatopoeia
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          "Drop dead!"
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          Sphere of influence
        33. 49D
          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
        37. 53D
          !
        38. 54D
          Suggested substitute for pi
        39. 55D
          Regret
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