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◆◆ · By Ben Shindel · Published almost 2 years ago

Hi. I'm Ben. You can find me @benshindel on twitter, or gmail, or basically any platform, if you hated one of my crosswords and want to tell me why.
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  • Mike D 13:59 · almost 2 years ago
    Nice one Ben - very clever theme! I almost got it but got stuck on FOERAL
    10D FOERAL*Clever military officer, wily commander, or cunning army leader
    - can you explain that one to me I'm still stuck on it? 😂
    FYI I moved the stars on your clues to the beginning instead of the end - that way Crosshare picks them up and highlights the connected entries.
    • Ben Shindel constructor · almost 2 years ago
      Thanks Mike! Ya, this was testing out the website (my first time trying to use it to share puzzles). I also found a couple other mistakes and made slight adjustments (particularly changed LLBS
      29A LLBSLaw degrees in the UK
      / BRED
      30D BREDSired
      to LLCS / CRED). FOERAL
      10D FOERAL*Clever military officer, wily commander, or cunning army leader
      is supposed to be "Foxy general" with "oxygen" --> "O"
      • Mike D 13:59 · almost 2 years ago
        Ah thank you! 🤦
        Feel free to get in touch (crosshareapp@gmail.com) if you have any issues/questions/suggestions!
    • Philip Chow 🤓31:54 · over 1 year ago
      wowza... that was hard... i got BORON and CARBON early on... so knew that elements were at play... never heard the expression "wooden nickel" before so Ni took me a long time - nice theme
    • Philip Chow 🤓31:54 · over 1 year ago
      ohhh FAR GONE... i missed that one too... really cute... one tiny quibble... is "proscuito" a spelling variant with one t? i've always seen it as two... foxy general hahaha that made me smile
      • Ben Shindel constructor · over 1 year ago
        This is a very reasonable quibble... prosciuto is not at all a normal spelling variant that I am aware of, but my crossword making software had it in the default library, and by the time I realized, it was too late, so I just rolled with it.
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      1AIt has threads
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      1. 1A
        It has threads
      2. 6A
        Formerly, formerly
      3. 10A
        *Hopeless, beyond repair
      4. 14A
        Third most populous city in Africa
      5. 15A
        First-choice
      6. 16A
        Start of the national anthem
      7. 17A
        "____ on, ____ forth"
      8. 18A
        Shoulder adornment in the foreign legion
      9. 20A
        A "fishy" Jane, from a landmark court case?
      10. 21A
        Dug up
      11. 23A
        Honed (one's craft)
      12. 25A
        It's the "way"
      13. 26A
        The loneliest number
      14. 27A
        Somewhat rare positions in American football, or alternatively, a particular group 15 chalcogenide (and a hint to the starred clues)
      15. 29A
        Law degrees in the UK
      16. 32A
        Unyielding
      17. 35A
        Tripping hazard
      18. 37A
        "Are you a man ___ mouse?"
      19. 38A
        Type of arrest
      20. 40A
        With a coarse surface, like 1 down
        A steep cliff, perhaps one that is 40 across[-----]
        might be
      21. 42A
        Can
      22. 43A
        Open, as an oyster
      23. 45A
        Famous criminal husband
      24. 46A
        Flaky mineral
      25. 48A
        Common type of 59 down
        Boozy preceder of garten, in Munich[----]
      26. 49A
        Focus of an interspecies romance film
      27. 50A
        Boom maker
      28. 52A
        Prescient
      29. 57A
        *What Quebec, Manitoba, Minnesota, New York, and Michigan all do
      30. 60A
        Where some war criminals are tried
      31. 61A
        Thinly sliced Italian delicacy
      32. 62A
        What a : often indicates
      33. 64A
        "You ____ or you won't?" (sassy reply)
      34. 65A
        Ms. Brockovich
      35. 66A
        Infection identified by saying ah
      36. 67A
        Bad sound from a tire
      37. 68A
        "The biggest little city in the world"
      38. 69A
        Abrasive board in a salon
      Down
      1. 1D
        A steep cliff, perhaps one that is 40 across
        With a coarse surface, like 1 down might be[-------]
      2. 2D
        It needs a good paddling
      3. 3D
        Equestrian
      4. 4D
        Ambulance destinations, for short
      5. 5D
        *"Don't take any" of these, per a common saying
      6. 6D
        Discharge from the body
      7. 7D
        Most like cord or string
      8. 8D
        "Don't get any closer!"
      9. 9D
        Talk up
      10. 10D
        *Clever military officer, wily commander, or cunning army leader
      11. 11D
        Hobby for people with no personality?
      12. 12D
        Assess
      13. 13D
        Gave the once-over
      14. 19D
        Redo for Williams
      15. 22D
        Diamonds, in pop music
      16. 24D
        ____ vs Ferrari
      17. 28D
        What you might call a knight or a lover
      18. 30D
        Sired
      19. 31D
        A marquis or a grammy winner
      20. 32D
        Artist that may "1 across
        It has threads[-----]
        " you over
      21. 33D
        Word shouted less often, thanks to disruptive app developers like Travis Kalanick
      22. 34D
        Buildings
      23. 35D
        3D
        Equestrian[-----]
        piece of art
      24. 36D
        A fast one would surely be "30 down
        Sired[----]
        "
      25. 39D
        Eureka!
      26. 41D
        Emotion that cannot be contained
      27. 44D
        Hoof or nail protein (alternate spelling)
      28. 47D
        Anxious teenage emotions
      29. 49D
        Unit to measure storage on a magnetic disc
      30. 51D
        CBD counterpart
      31. 53D
        College town in the Pine Tree state
      32. 54D
        Concentration of a solution (in the UK)
      33. 55D
        More slippery, often
      34. 56D
        *Exact duplicate
      35. 57D
        People you may talk to in a video game
      36. 58D
        Big band, and good feelings, for two
      37. 59D
        Boozy preceder of garten, in Munich
      38. 63D
        Right now, in textspeak
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