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◆◆ · By LeoMx · Published 2024-08-13T18:34:00.028Z

Constructor's Note
This puzzle was constructed over a year ago with my dad, Philip McMahon. These are all basically the same clues as we wrote so long ago, and some of them may have broken certain crossword commandments, and for that I apologize. But I hope you have fun with it!
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  • kurtalert 🤓7:09 · 2024-08-13T18:44:46.528Z
    Very cool grid- well done, Leo & Philip!
    • Jason Cathcart 16:50 · 2024-08-13T23:42:47.640Z
      Really impressive that y'all made this whole grid on paper, as you told me! The way the clues are arranged as they would be on an actual hand blew my mind, and I didn't even notice it until I had completed the puzzle. I really enjoyed 28A and 53A as entries too, I haven't seen those before.
      Some cluing praise: My favorite clues were 24A, 8D, & 22D. I loved the mislead in 74A, and 18D was my personal fav (as an anagram lover). Also as a rapper, I'm mad it took me so long to get 57 down!
      Constructive feedback: 9A, 56A, & 34D read like cryptic clues with double definitions muddling their clarity. These would be great for a cryptic, but I'd revise them so they don't confuse the American-style crossword solvers. (56A might be revised as "Moscow ___" or "Drug smuggler")
      • Womble 19:21 · 2024-08-14T07:51:00.217Z
        Very nice! As a UK resident I struggle with some US references and have to use assists, but still a fun solve
        • Jessica 32:12 · 2024-09-02T03:12:35.597Z
          Good puzzle, thanks. I liked 23A and 28A.
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          NBA all-time leading scorer
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          1. 1A
            NBA all-time leading scorer
          2. 6A
            What’s on Watson?
          3. 9A
            Incorrectly employ sit-ups?
          4. 14A
            Studio Ghibli genre
          5. 15A
            How clichéd coaches say TEAM is spelled
          6. 16A
            Secret letters
          7. 17A
            Split
          8. 19A
            Drive
          9. 20A
            Lock up
          10. 21A
            Eastern-European weightlifting exercise
          11. 23A
            Famous skewed construction locale
          12. 24A
            Where a necklace clasp might lie
          13. 26A
            Red Square rester
          14. 28A
            Discriminatory charge for women
          15. 31A
            Leaders’ possession
          16. 32A
            Car club
          17. 33A
            Lotus with style
          18. 35A
            Steve Jobs scribe
          19. 39A
            Possessive adjective
          20. 40A
            Mercator projection
          21. 42A
            “___ Mamá Tambien”
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            Sews back together
          23. 47A
            Stare in amazement
          24. 50A
            Wheel nut
          25. 51A
            Fifth longest human bone
          26. 53A
            Contends for Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks
          27. 55A
            What Steph Curry’s under garments are missing?
          28. 56A
            Moscow drug smuggler
          29. 57A
            It comes before tats?
          30. 59A
            Pre-zero
          31. 61A
            Creamier-headed brews
          32. 65A
            Shame
          33. 67A
            Outline for kindergarten Thanksgiving turkeys, and a clue to the self-describing highlighted letters
          34. 69A
            Disease that paralyzed FDR
          35. 70A
            That in Madrid
          36. 71A
            “____ U Been Gone” (Kelly Clarkson hit)
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            What hot women do less than men?
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            Animal house
          39. 74A
            Fencing pointers
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            Most revered gemstone in ancient China
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            Higher-up in your corner
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            Assorted grp.
          4. 4D
            Confine a river
          5. 5D
            Hard disc driver
          6. 6D
            Buttigieg’s st.
          7. 7D
            South African war of 1899
          8. 8D
            Monkey’s spot?
          9. 9D
            Midsommar’s Aster
          10. 10D
            Less flat
          11. 11D
            What one might do before attempting 43 across
          12. 12D
            LA candy company
          13. 13D
            River in north west Spain
          14. 18D
            Country that is an anagram of how one might get there
          15. 22D
            Electro-lights?
          16. 25D
            ‘Final ____’ 1981 collegiate slasher
          17. 27D
            NAACP, for one
          18. 28D
            Just higher than a high card
          19. 29D
            “No food for me, thanks”
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            Steve of basketball fame
          21. 34D
            Pester an old horse
          22. 36D
            Ren who fought Rey
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            Words following shake or live
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            Weed clumps
          25. 41D
            Could be Springs or Sunday
          26. 44D
            Continental area with population of 5.4 billion
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            Pyramidal business
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            Uppity one
          29. 48D
            It might follow a code?
          30. 49D
            Path of some bodies
          31. 52D
            Utah national park
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            Not hold back
          33. 55D
            Dickens title starter
          34. 57D
            Bars
          35. 58D
            “Bravo, take ___”
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            Steinbeck’s idyllic direction
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            Ditch
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            Fairytale beginning?
          39. 64D
            Jeanne d’Arc and her ilk
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            Some like it this way
          41. 68D
            Politics con?
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