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Progressively Lipogrammatic Pangrams

◆ · By dilly · Published 2024-09-10T10:13:09.560Z

Constructor's Note
Inspired by Mark Dunn's classic book Ella Minnow Pea. Each clue in this puzzled (Acrosses, then Downs) is a progressively lipogrammatic pangram, i.e. each clue uses every letter from the alphabet, but after each clue, one letter is removed from the alphabet. This was a ton of fun to make, would love to see someone else's take on it. & please forgive some awkwardly worded or overly verbose clues.
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  • Account 🤓8:35 · 2024-09-10T13:41:02.193Z
    Quite extraordinary! In the end, this is likely just as much of a great puzzle to set as it is to solve, I bet. Wow!
    • dilly constructor · 2024-09-10T14:39:43.231Z
      Ooh, very well put! I always find hiding some of the letters to be rather difficult, and I love Quiznos and Jack-in-the-Box.
    • SamuRai 12:33 · 2024-09-11T03:48:45.161Z
      Huzzah on your very kooky, quixotic, but flawless accomplishment by my judgement. (Now 25 more comments to leave!)
      • Jessica 5:23 · 2024-09-16T17:22:47.898Z
        Great theme! I liked 11A.
        • RLSK 🤓7:21 · 2024-12-22T11:42:00.488Z
          Wow incredible!
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          1A
          Kudzu-esque climbing “invasive exotic” with a variety from Japan [all letters]
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          Across
          1. 1A
            Kudzu-esque climbing “invasive exotic” with a variety from Japan [all letters]
          2. 4A
            Book jacket or pizza box feature, or, move how a flag does when it’s windy [-q]
          3. 8A
            Jemison who appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation (by LeVar Burton’s invitation) and was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame [-z]
          4. 9A
            City of Uttar Pradesh, view the Taj Mahal in the background [-x]
          5. 10A
            Country with “purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain,” in a song [-k]
          6. 11A
            “Rides,” as of "some ridden things", but also “rides” as in "complains unwaveringly" [-j]
          7. 12A
            Fluster or confound (there’s a similarly-ended verb, opening “dis-“) [-w]
          8. 16A
            Olive tree genus (had to do fancy plant name trivia, sorry) [-b]
          9. 19A
            Product having the feel of slime [-y]
          10. 20A
            Feigned people for chats or video games [-u]
          11. 21A
            "Light" in Spanish (descended from the Proto-Italic) [-v]
          12. 22A
            "As _ ___ Dieing" (apologies for the incorrect spelling) [-m]
          13. 23A
            Spanish coda for "little" [-g]
          Down
          1. 1D
            "No need for the call. Not asleep." [-i]
          2. 2D
            Place for heather, red roses, etc. [-n]
          3. 3D
            That's part of a decade [-l]
          4. 4D
            Pratchett's sort of craft [-d]
          5. 5D
            East coast area for aerocrafts, for short [-p]
          6. 6D
            sort(set,a)'s set or a, for short [-c]
          7. 7D
            Fathers [-o]
          8. 13D
            Treat that's harsh t' see & tart t' taste [-f]
          9. 14D
            Thrash [-e]
          10. 15D
            Asshat [-r]
          11. 16D
            Sash [-t]
          12. 17D
            Haha [-s]
          13. 18D
            H [-a]
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