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● · By hutthutthutt · Published 2024-07-08T16:43:48.463Z

Constructor's Note
All the down entries should be entered encrypted using the same common cipher (down-only solvers in shambles rn), which is alluded to throughout the puzzle. Question marks in enumerations indicate my uncertainty for how to split the letters - there are no rebuses.
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    Jacob's wife (4)
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    Across
    1. 1A
      Jacob's wife (4)
    2. 5A
      Henchman (4)
    3. 9A
      It's this or nothing! (Note: this entry encrypts to the Greek god of war) (4)
    4. 10A
      "Do ___ others as you would have done ___ you" (4)
    5. 11A
      One member of the Wet Bandits in "Home Alone" (4)
    6. 12A
      Symbol used to indicate cardinal directions on a map, which confusingly does not resemble a flower (4)
    7. 13A
      Fourth month, in Spain (5)
    8. 16A
      The encryption method used on all down entries, specifically (3,8)
    9. 22A
      Follower or footlong (3)
    10. 23A
      Compass direction (Note: this entry encrypts to 20-Down's answer and is thus repeated in the grid) (1-2?)
    11. 24A
      A pest (Note: this entry encrypts to a word for "pester") (3)
    12. 25A
      The encryption method used on all down entries, vaguely (5,6)
    13. 28A
      How one should feel at Christmas (5)
    14. 29A
      Despite this acronym's meaning, it has nothing to do with the Dewey Decimal System (1,1,1,1)
    15. 31A
      Miles of "The Glass Onion", or a nickname for a Lakers star player (4)
    16. 35A
      One of the two countries that differ only by their last letter (Note: this entry encrypts to a word for "sell") (4)
    17. 36A
      Steve Martin title role (4)
    18. 37A
      Pirate's exclamation (4)
    19. 38A
      [From] some ways away (4)
    Down
    1. 1D
      Synth-pop duo behind "Upstairs at Eric's" (as I've seen them on American radio, which drops the oo from the original British name) (3)
    2. 2D
      Acronym for what flows past Winnipeg (that I put in the grid thinking it was a text for "A. S. A. P.") (1,1,1)
    3. 3D
      Formerly called (3)
    4. 4D
      With the assistance of (5)
    5. 5D
      Band known for their "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (3,5)
    6. 6D
      CASIO watch line that sounds like someone's rapper name (4-1)
    7. 7D
      Date of unidentified gender (1-/2?)
    8. 8D
      Abridged, abridged (3)
    9. 14D
      "Raise ___" (Minnesota infrastructure initiative that sounds like it would be chanted by a classroom after a brutal quiz) (3,5)
    10. 15D
      Company getting teens addicted to smoking (1-4?)
    11. 16D
      The letter that S consistently encrypts into (3)
    12. 17D
      Acronym for the largest residential university in Asia, which aptly anagrams to a word for "nexus" (1,1,1)
    13. 18D
      healthcare.___ (3)
    14. 19D
      Acronym for the branch of medicine that would probably include the Hulk treatment (1,2?)
    15. 20D
      .zip alternative (3)
    16. 21D
      "Take your ___. Add one. Subtract one. That's your ___." (3)
    17. 26D
      Beaver Stadium area that shares its name with a tote bag company (1,4)
    18. 27D
      Absolute buffoon (5)
    19. 29D
      Acronym for a type of engine, or an improper way of writing 40 in Roman numerals (1,1,1)
    20. 30D
      Peaty marsh (Note: this entry encrypts again to "Mrs." in Spanish) (3)
    21. 32D
      Places where patients get rushed in (Note: this entry encrypts again to an official) (1,2)
    22. 33D
      "Big" clock (3)
    23. 34D
      Lumberjack's tool (3)
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