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◆◆ · By Ben Shindel · Published 2021-02-02T07:40:24.040Z

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 · 2021-02-02T14:03:37.009Z
    Nice one Ben - very clever theme! I almost got it but got stuck on FOERAL - 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 · 2021-02-03T02:05:13.371Z
      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 / BRED to LLCS / CRED). FOERAL is supposed to be "Foxy general" with "oxygen" --> "O"
      • Mike D 13:59 · 2021-02-03T13:13:53.879Z
        Ah thank you! 🤦
        Feel free to get in touch (crosshareapp@gmail.com) if you have any issues/questions/suggestions!
    • Philip Chow 🤓31:54 · 2021-03-20T08:41:11.042Z
      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
      • Ben Shindel constructor · 2021-03-20T22:13:05.194Z
        thanks!
      • Philip Chow 🤓31:54 · 2021-03-20T08:43:26.133Z
        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 · 2021-03-20T22:12:50.114Z
          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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        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
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          Honed (one's craft)
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          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 might be
        21. 42A
          Can
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          Open, as an oyster
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          Famous criminal husband
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          Flaky mineral
        25. 48A
          Common type of 59 down
        26. 49A
          Focus of an interspecies romance film
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          Boom maker
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          Prescient
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          *What Quebec, Manitoba, Minnesota, New York, and Michigan all do
        30. 60A
          Where some war criminals are tried
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          Thinly sliced Italian delicacy
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          What a : often indicates
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          "You ____ or you won't?" (sassy reply)
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          Ms. Brockovich
        35. 66A
          Infection identified by saying ah
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          Bad sound from a tire
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          "The biggest little city in the world"
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          Abrasive board in a salon
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          A steep cliff, perhaps one that is 40 across
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          It needs a good paddling
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          Equestrian
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          Ambulance destinations, for short
        5. 5D
          *"Don't take any" of these, per a common saying
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          Discharge from the body
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          Most like cord or string
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          "Don't get any closer!"
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          Talk up
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          *Clever military officer, wily commander, or cunning army leader
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          Hobby for people with no personality?
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          Assess
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          Gave the once-over
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          Redo for Williams
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          Diamonds, in pop music
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          ____ vs Ferrari
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          What you might call a knight or a lover
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          Sired
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          A marquis or a grammy winner
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          Artist that may "1 across" you over
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          Word shouted less often, thanks to disruptive app developers like Travis Kalanick
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          Buildings
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          3D piece of art
        24. 36D
          A fast one would surely be "30 down"
        25. 39D
          Eureka!
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          Emotion that cannot be contained
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          Hoof or nail protein (alternate spelling)
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          Anxious teenage emotions
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          Unit to measure storage on a magnetic disc
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          CBD counterpart
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          College town in the Pine Tree state
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          Concentration of a solution (in the UK)
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          More slippery, often
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          *Exact duplicate
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          People you may talk to in a video game
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          Big band, and good feelings, for two
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          Boozy preceder of garten, in Munich
        38. 63D
          Right now, in textspeak
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