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NFL Kickoff: Not Jimmys & Joes

◆ · By Nick · Published 2023-09-05T17:23:36.303Z

Constructor's Note
Position yourself for success by completing this football field-shaped puzzle -- just in time for the start of the NFL season.
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  • Nick constructor · 2023-09-05T17:23:36.303Z
    Title comes from an old football quote, "It's not the X's and the O's but the Jimmys and the Joes," meaning the players on the field often trump even superior play calling / strategy / tactics.
    • Philip Chow 🤓11:20 · 2023-09-05T21:45:47.447Z
      thanks for making the puzzle accessible to someone with almost zero football knowledge :) this came out really good given the constraint
      • Nick constructor · 2023-09-06T00:13:24.199Z
        Thank you! Glad you enjoyed! Football stuff is definitely a little bonus / Easter egg.
      • Nelsor 🤓35:34 · 2023-09-06T01:29:21.829Z
        J - E - T - S - JETS JETS JETS!
        • Nick constructor · 2023-09-06T23:31:27.997Z
          👑
        • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓5:18 · 2023-09-06T19:00:03.588Z
          Nice! I really liked how it worked on both levels — a good clean solve without the theme, and then the theme positioning of the players!
          • Nick constructor · 2023-09-06T23:31:09.048Z
            Thanks so much!
          • Pat R 1:17:09 · 2023-09-06T21:10:47.245Z
            Great puzzle to start the football season.
            Play today's daily mini crossword
            1A
            Famous NYC punk venue that hosted early performances by The Ramones, Green Day, Pearl Jam, and many others
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            Across
            1. 1A
              Famous NYC punk venue that hosted early performances by The Ramones, Green Day, Pearl Jam, and many others
            2. 5A
              Hens, cows, and sows
            3. 9A
              Edges, like just outside the end zone or when you're super close to a winning a championship
            4. 14A
              MGM movie opening sound (or from the crowd after a TD)
            5. 15A
              Sunrise direction and name of two NFL divisions
            6. 16A
              Manicurist's board
            7. 17A
              Ukrainian actress Kurylenko from "Quantum of Solace" and "Black Widow"
            8. 18A
              Simple evening?
            9. 19A
              Clipper, Cav, or Celtic
            10. 20A
              ____ one's feet
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              Mountain ending in West Virginia
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              Where Tony Romo and Jim Nantz call games
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              JFK's VP
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              Weight plate nos.
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              Text response that's rarely literal
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              Sent in the troops
            17. 36A
              Disrespectful remark
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              Beginning or start
            19. 39A
              To the utmost (and undefined) degree
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              ____-__-France (region)
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              "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" singer Redding
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              Shake hands on
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              Blog feed letters
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              Commercial with a purpose
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              Team with the ball, as represented on locker room chalkboards
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              Dolly was a cloned one
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              Packed theater sign
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              Each
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              Coup d'____
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              Imaginary boundary separating the offense from the defense on the gridiron and more literally, in this puzzle
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              Egg-shaped (technically a football is a prolate spheroid)
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              Quaint contraction that's an anagram of another contraction
            33. 61A
              Hectic hospital areas
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              Moisten
            35. 63A
              Dudes
            36. 64A
              Vikings vs. Packers kickoff hrs. when they play in December
            37. 65A
              Convenience store convenience
            38. 68A
              Circular bacterial infection in potatoes
            39. 70A
              Delight (and a former Fox high school musical comedy-drama)
            40. 71A
              Indian yogurt sauce side dish
            41. 74A
              Quick laugh in triumph
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              Condemns to hell
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              Has a goal of, like winning the Super Bowl before the season starts
            44. 78A
              Count or record systemically, like a statistician
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              Dryly humorous
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              Toward the stern
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              Short (and sweet)-lived iMessage precursor for short
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              One of Pooh's pals
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              DOJ agency
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              Cube-hopping '80s arcade creature with a pronounced proboscis
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              Second former first lady Bush
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              Mufasa's murderer and something chicks allegedly dig
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              Doubly named Hawaiian fish
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              Farm units
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              Inca territory
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              "Stupid ____ stupid does."
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              She's Valkyrie in "Thor" and Bianca in "Creed" franchises
            58. 102A
              Tennis star Djokovic, by birth
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              Much less threatening and cutesy 14A
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              ____-Magnon
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              ____ weevil (cotton pest)
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              Lady with a good poker face?
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              Donkey's sound
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              On a mission for
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              Yes, to Yamato
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              15A in 99A
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              Pittsburgh product and team namesake
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              100 yrs.
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              School from "Charm City" in the "Old Line State" that was the first 16-seed to beat a 1-seed in the NCAA basketball tournament
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              Ocean-colored
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              Like reserved seats
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              Neighbor of Leb. (to the right)
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              Substantial
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              Diamond stat
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              Block tower game
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              Foul moods
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              Letters after 4G
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              It precedes dash or way
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              Tolkien tree creatures or tinnitus specialists
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              Trident-shaped Greek letters
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              Guitar innovator Paul
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              Modern acronym used for people in the early stages of dating to determine exclusivity (or not) -- or initials for recently-drafted Cleveland Browns QB from UCLA
            24. 37D
              ____-mo replay
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              Spell caster
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              Amateur baker's lament: "Why don't microwaves have ____ butter setting?"
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              Most strange or creepy
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              ____ Bowler (NFL all-star)
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              Flight info
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              Delighted dog motion
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              Summer in 41A
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              Table shaker contents in 41A
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              Some laptops
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              First responders
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              Flo Rida track touting apple-bottom jeans and boots with the fur (with the fur!)
            36. 55D
              "____ got my eye on you!"
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              "Unforgettable" and regal crooner Cole
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              Second most common surname in India
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              He's "A-Team" player
            40. 63D
              Sporty Mazda
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              Pre-marriage roommate, informally (taken from a verb)
            42. 65D
              ____ mater
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              Circus site
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              Month, in Milan
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              Twitter shares, briefly
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              Snitch
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              Four qts.
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              Sushi, usually
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              Competition in the sky
            50. 73D
              Laid back soft-rock / reggae #1 hit from Jason Mraz
            51. 75D
              Stereotypical jock label
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              Not on
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              Blend of spices for the smoker
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              Recipe amounts (abbrev.)
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              Mine extracts
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              Slurpee competitor
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              Muslim ruler title
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              Tabula ____ (clean slate)
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              Defrost
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              Back muscle
            61. 93D
              What comes between cool and cucumber or fit and fiddle
            62. 95D
              Board next to Dep. at DFW
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              Neighbor of Leb. (below)
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