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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.
        Play today's daily mini crossword
        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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