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"Love is..."

■ · By Philip Chow · Published 2022-02-19T06:02:02.488Z

Constructor's Note
This is my submission for Crosshare's monthly midi contest February 2022 (theme: love) - I hope you enjoy ❤️
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  • Philip Chow constructor · 2022-02-19T06:04:45.000Z
    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]
    • Philip Chow constructor · 2022-02-19T06:08:37.295Z
      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 🙏
      • Mike D 🤓3:16 · 2022-02-19T14:59:20.247Z
        Wow this is very impressive! Getting the grid so clean w/ that shape is tricky, and adding the cluing constraint on top of it 🤯
        • Maxish 🤓3:11 · 2022-02-19T17:01:19.290Z
          Wow! That's an amazing grid!
          • quatrevingtneuf 🤓3:06 · 2022-02-20T03:16:25.777Z
            pretty clean fill all things considered; defs gave me sunday school flashbacks lol
            • M Forest 🤓6:28 · 2022-02-22T16:32:30.063Z
              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 20D.
              • Andrea 🤓4:36 · 2022-09-03T08:07:47.454Z
                ♥️
                Play today's daily mini crossword
                1A
                What a doctor might order a patient to say
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                Across
                1. 1A
                  What a doctor might order a patient to say
                2. 4A
                  Ho-___ (kind of reaction to a really boring movie)
                3. 7A
                  ___ ___ up (enjoyed something not a little, but a lot!)
                4. 9A
                  Critic that is full of envy about you just enjoying your life
                5. 11A
                  Sedative-hypnotic drug that you should not boast about abusing
                6. 13A
                  Tricked into being not proud of your own country as a prisoner of war, perhaps
                7. 14A
                  Small British islands that sound like 8 8 8 8 (this is not a good clue sorry, I've brought dishonor to myself)
                8. 15A
                  Like challenging puzzles, riddles, and others that are tough to crack
                9. 16A
                  Like Spanish wine that is not sweet
                10. 18A
                  Instruments useful for jotting down a note to self
                11. 19A
                  Like 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?)
                12. 21A
                  Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon ___ (Hope you're not easily annoyed by a second callback clue... just in case you want a different clue: toilet paper brand)
                13. 22A
                  She and Adam ate the forbidden fruit and angered God
                Down
                1. 1D
                  Classic 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!)
                2. 2D
                  Fills with fizzy bubbles, making soda not flat
                3. 3D
                  Flower used in herbal teas (what a delight)
                4. 4D
                  Most merciless, as in evil punishments
                5. 5D
                  Beehive State residents, one often rejoices with the Jazz
                6. 6D
                  You 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?)
                7. 7D
                  Swedish 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)
                8. 8D
                  Material that protects canned food from going bad for a long time
                9. 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)
                10. 10D
                  "Sanford and Son" comedian, whom Jamie Foxx always perseveres in memory as he chose his surname to honor
                11. 12D
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                12. 17D
                  More than never, less than twice
                13. 18D
                  Rose who was caught in a gambling scandal and regarded as one of baseball's greatest fails
                14. 20D
                  "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is ___"
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