Check mate!
■ · By Wally Oman · Published 2024-05-27T01:25:51.170Z
New to the construction game, solvers and their constructive feedback are welcome!
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"I wouldn't do that ___ were you"
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- 1A"I wouldn't do that ___ were you"
- 4AThieves, cheats, and such
- 10ANaughty action
- 12AGot educated, spelt the British way
- 13ASalad with chicken breast and eggs
- 14ARigged
- 15A"Hello" singer
- 17AUS org. specializing in surveillance
- 18AOpposite of a bright morning
- 22A"Are you really going to ___ this hill?"
- 23AWhere cookie dough is placed before entering the oven
- 27A"Give __ rest!"
- 28AWhat one end of a pencil can do
- 31AFleece frog
- 35ALike most items for sale on Facebook Marketplace
- 36AFuneral speech
- 37A1970s sitcom starring Danny DeVito and Andy Kaufman
- 38AComes into being, in a video game
- 39A4G ___
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- 1DPre-colonial Peruvian
- 2DSustenance
- 3DHow Mom takes her breakfast on Mother's Day, maybe
- 4DActor Gulager (sounds like a synonym for "hint")
- 5DStimpy's titular pal
- 6DLunkhead
- 7DLong-armed ape, briefly (one of whom was recently observed treating his own injury with a medicinal plant!)
- 8DTraditional Jewish snack pastry
- 9DKind of guitar used by Jimi Hendrix, informally
- 11DBeginning of a Beatles chorus that ends with, "la la how the life goes on"
- 16DReceptionist in "The Office"
- 19DFeature at most frat parties
- 20DJordan Peele's third directorial feature
- 21DDoing the same thing each day, perhaps
- 23DSchwinn, Trek, Cannondale, and others
- 24DLeft no crumbs, perhaps
- 25D"The Quest for ___" (John le Carré trilogy)
- 26DLike a young Bob Dylan's voice
- 29DNSFW message
- 30D___ Falco of "Nurse Jackie"
- 32DCut the grass
- 33DVideo game news outlet
- 34DExpressions of gratitude, in text lingo