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Secret Circle Decoder Ring

■ · By Nick · Published 2023-08-16T18:39:46.859Z

Constructor's Note
Try to figure out the secret code in the shaded boxes using the rest of the clues for assistance. Hopefully it's nothing crummy!
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  • Nick constructor · 2023-08-16T18:39:46.859Z
    For those who might not get the reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdA__2tKoIU
    • Jake A 🤓3:18 · 2023-08-16T20:46:29.763Z
      Fun! And wholesome!
      • Nick constructor · 2023-08-16T22:19:14.948Z
        Thank you!
        • Jake A 🤓3:18 · 2023-08-17T00:02:16.713Z
          You bet! Just… don’t poke your eye out, kid.
      • Philip Chow 🤓3:14 · 2023-08-16T21:42:50.250Z
        a crummy commercial?! 😂😂😂
        • Brian Callahan 🤓4:27 · 2023-08-17T04:48:25.787Z
          Son of a bitch!
        • merlinnimue 🤓5:37 · 2023-08-16T23:27:26.549Z
          QE PESBPX
          Where do we mail in for our decoder rings? 😅
          • Nick constructor · 2023-08-17T02:59:29.260Z
            Haha R D L O N Q
          • ConManAU 🤓3:25 · 2023-08-17T01:09:44.616Z
            I don't even know why I know that reference. Also, I spotted a couple of typos - 7a should be QHLY and 19a should be LOK.
            • Nick constructor · 2023-08-17T02:47:17.187Z
              You did! thank you for that. should be fixed now
            • Brian Callahan 🤓4:27 · 2023-08-17T04:49:01.951Z
              Love this!
              • Nick constructor · 2023-08-17T17:13:41.272Z
                Thank you!
              • Val Daquila 🤓3:59 · 2023-08-17T12:58:57.814Z
                Oh that made me smile - I usually forget about that movie until it airs for 24 hours straight on TBS.
                • Nick constructor · 2023-08-17T17:13:34.706Z
                  Glad you enjoyed!
                • Anonym00se 🤓7:07 · 2023-08-17T13:45:38.116Z
                  as someone who has not heard of the referenced scene, this was still a fun one to wrap my head around! UBPP CEOB :)
                  • Nick constructor · 2023-08-17T22:16:51.094Z
                    Happy to hear it :)
                  • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓2:34 · 2023-08-17T18:13:58.201Z
                    Fun and innovative! (But now I'm thinking about that bizarre leg lamp again.)
                    • Nick constructor · 2023-08-17T22:15:47.669Z
                      Haha thank you! Glad you enjoyed.
                    • T. G. 🤓5:31 · 2023-08-23T18:38:45.206Z
                      So good!!!
                      • Nick constructor · 2023-08-23T22:48:22.062Z
                        Thank you!
                      • Aaron Riccio 🤓3:07 · 2023-08-27T00:50:18.632Z
                        I definitely did not have to poke my eye out on this one. Really liked the cluing on 20A, 35A, 5D, 7D, and 21D.
                        • Nick constructor · 2023-08-27T06:09:12.960Z
                          Glad to hear it :) thanks so much for the feedback!
                        • mimka 🤓12:40 · 2023-08-30T04:35:32.039Z
                          Interesting concept, it takes you around the grid in a novel way! It would be fun to employ the decoder ring approach in a puzzle with fewer and harder clues, so that the solver needs to move back and forth between the two different types of reasoning more intensely
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                          Across
                          1. 1A
                            I B Q Z Y B
                          2. 7A
                            Light-ish boxing (Q H L Y)
                          3. 11A
                            Andean animals (P P L F L Q)
                          4. 12A
                            Common Russian name (E P K L)
                          5. 13A
                            Fiduciary agreements (R Y Z Q R Q)
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                            Injury byproduct (H L M O)
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                            Junior, often (Q E O)
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                            R E C Y M O N
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                            Harvard rival (X L P B)
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                            "Hulk" director Lee (L O K)
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                            Warranty on a new purchase or a cup of soup before a meal, for instance (L C C E O)
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                            Onetime AOL rival (F Q O)
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                            X E Z Y
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                            Tom Cruise action flick and its sequel, collectively (R E H K Z O Q)
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                            Put in stitches (Q B U)
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                            E S L P
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                            Fasten (L R R L J D)
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                            R M O B
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                            Unit of measurement in a famous Verne novel title (P B L K Z B)
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                            Arousing (Q B W X)
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                            Circulatory system vessel (L Y R B Y X)
                          Down
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                            Simple diner sandwiches
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                            George Jetson's boy
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                            Steam room
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                            Verbal stutters
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                            Disobeyed the law of the Mafia
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                            Canadian gas brand
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                            High voice, or a fictional Tony with a connection to the group in 5D
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                            Popular bagel flavor
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                            Growing old
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                            Military position
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                            CIA headquarters
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                            What the world is when you have a lot of options and opportunities, proverbially
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                            "Hulk," for example
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                            Shapewear brand
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                            Electricity or gas bill calculation
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                            Continue to happen
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                            Fries alternative
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                            Simba's mate
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                            Little Miss Muffet meal, along with curds
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                            Sylvester, to Tweety
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