Two-Word Hint 9x9 #8 (New!)

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• sus 🤓1:43 · 2024-01-08T17:00:11.292Z

  nice grid

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• Probably Apocryphal 🤓1:12 · 2024-01-08T17:00:11.292Z

  Nice!

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• LasersharpAurora constructor · 2024-01-08T17:00:11.292Z

  I don't know if 15D is too obscure or not. This name does have many other uses that I didn't know of, while the clue I currently have is what I associate most with the word. However, Wikipedia doesn't even list that site on its disambiguation page for this, so hopefully the across clues are easy enough...

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  • Brian Callahan 🤓1:22 · 2024-01-08T17:00:11.292Z

    I'd never heard of it, but it was gettable on the crossings. I say keep it...fun new angle!

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  • Raven 🤓3:32 · 2024-01-09T05:40:49.931Z

    Never heard of it but I was able to get it easily from the across hints/words.

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• quatrevingtneuf 🤓1:18 · 2024-01-08T17:00:11.292Z

  cute! and a nice clue writing challenge

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• Sendhil Revuluri 🤓57s · 2024-01-08T17:00:11.292Z

  Fun, thank you!

  I didn't run into any issues with 15D as I got it on the crossings; to me, as an American, the term is far more common as the (usually football) team name of any of the "A&M" universities (especially Texas A&M).

  The only nit I had was on 16A, where I think of a DEGREE as a "unit (of measurement)" rather than a "measurement" in itself.

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  • LasersharpAurora constructor · 2024-01-08T17:00:11.292Z

    Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! I'll edit the clue :)

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• adamthedog 🤓1:43 · 2024-01-08T17:00:11.292Z

  v cute!

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• Izzy 3:21 · 2024-01-09T02:04:37.287Z

  Liked it.

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• testing aIt 🤓2:38 · 2024-01-09T04:15:14.481Z

  nice puzzle

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• Miriam 🤓51s · 2024-01-11T22:44:08.828Z

  I had never heard of 15D either but it reminded me of my second-to-last cat, RIP, and also when I lived for a bit in India I enjoyed seeing many 12A's, so that made me happy as well.

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• metagloria 🤓1:41 · 2024-01-12T00:35:34.845Z

  small objection to 25A - it might look like an "H" (in capital form), but it's a long E/A vowel sound, so I think that's a bit linguistically imprecise. overall cool puzzle!

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  • LasersharpAurora constructor · 2024-01-12T03:42:28.578Z

    That's part of the trick :) If you read it out loud as an English speaker you might think it's an [aitch], but read visually and not out loud, it's an eta!

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• ellequin 🤓41s · 2024-01-12T05:34:23.909Z

  Thanks!

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• firedude750 🤓2:16 · 2024-02-08T16:12:08.872Z

  Thanks

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