"Love is..."
■ · By Philip Chow · Published about 1 year ago
Constructor's Note
This is my submission for Crosshare's monthly midi contest #3 - I hope you enjoy 
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- I apologize for the awkward and clunky clues... I tried to make them sound as natural as possible, but still be entertaining... The constraint was keeping the verse in order as you read the clues from top to bottom [1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 13 NIV]
- Also, this is the second time in a row I fudged grid size requirement... Last month was technically a 10x11 and this puzzle is technically an 11x10... Forgive me please
- Wow this is very impressive! Getting the grid so clean w/ that shape is tricky, and adding the cluing constraint on top of it
- pretty clean fill all things considered; defs gave me sunday school flashbacks lol
- Nicely done without cluttering the fill. I knew there was something going on in the clues but I did not look at the list in its entirety to piece the verse together. Smallest nit that you included the answer in the clue for 20D20D"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is ___"[----].
- Andrea 🤓4:36 · 7 months ago
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What a doctor might order a [PATIENT] to say
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- 1AWhat a doctor might order a [PATIENT] to say
- 4AHo-___ ([KIND] of reaction to a really boring movie)
- 7A___ ___ up (enjoyed something [NOT] a little, but a lot!)
- 9ACritic that is full of [ENVY] about you just enjoying your life
- 11ASedative-hypnotic drug that you should [NOT BOAST] about abusing
- 13ATricked into being [NOT PROUD] of your own country as a prisoner of war, perhaps
- 14ASmall British islands that sound like 8 8 8 8 (this is [NOT] a good clue sorry, I've brought [DISHONOR] to myself)
- 15ALike challenging puzzles, riddles, and [OTHERS] that are tough to crack
- 16ALike Spanish wine that is [NOT] sweet
- 18AInstruments useful for jotting down notes to [SELF]
- 19ALike the six months of winter in Antarctica (Why am I [SEEKING] to make this harder on myself by including a callback to an earlier contest theme?)
- 21AAntarctic explorer Robert Falcon ___ (Hope you're [NOT EASILY] annoyed by a second callback clue... just in case you want a different clue: it's the brand of toilet paper I use)
- 22AShe and Adam ate the forbidden fruit and [ANGERED] God
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- 1DClassic game consoles with hits like Pac-Man, Asteroids, and Space Invaders (just pure fun that [KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS] unlike Santa with his stupid list... putting me on the naughty list year after year ugh!)
- 2DFills with fizzy bubbles, making soda [NOT] flat
- 3DFlower used in herbal teas (what a [DELIGHT]!)
- 4DMost merciless, as [IN EVIL] punishments
- 5DBeehive State residents, one often [REJOICES WITH THE] Jazz
- 6DYou need to put money in them when parking on some NYC streets (but [TRUTH] be told, I don't have to when driving my Parks vehicle... benefit of working for the city I guess?)
- 7DSwedish pop group with lots of songs that are [ALWAYS] bound to be crowd-pleasers at karaoke ("Take a Chance on Me" and "Dancing Queen," for example)
- 8DMaterial that [PROTECTS] canned food from going bad for a long time
- 9D___ Mulan (Chinese legend that the Disney film "Mulan" was based on... a brave girl who [ALWAYS TRUSTS] in herself and [ALWAYS HOPES] for the best when she took her ailing father's place in the army by disguising herself as a man)
- 10D"Sanford and Son" comedian, whom Jamie Foxx [ALWAYS PERSEVERES] in memory as he chose his surname to honor
- 12D2
- 17DMore than [NEVER], less than twice
- 18DRose who was caught in a gambling scandal and regarded as one of baseball's greatest [FAILS]
- 20D"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is ___"
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