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The Greatest Spectacle in Solving: An Indy 500 Puzzle

◆ · By Kelly · Published 2022-02-08T01:58:45.117Z

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A few months too early but wanted to try this theme... enjoy, and let me know if you think it works! :)
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  • Mike D 🤓7:16 · 2022-02-08T13:49:58.611Z
    Very nice! I love the theme. I figured it out and then totally forgot about it when I was working on the SW corner so took me a while to "get" BRICKYA 😂
    • Kelly constructor · 2022-02-08T15:44:02.116Z
      Heck yeah! Thanks for solving :)
    • Maxish 🤓19:24 · 2022-02-08T14:45:59.296Z
      I really enjoyed it! Was totally lost in the SW. One thing: Because of all the auto imagery, I imagined myself in a little car driving down the word; I had a hard time convincing myself it was not a right turn I was making when I got to the end of the column. Still loved it! Thanks for a great puzzle!
      • Kelly constructor · 2022-02-08T15:45:52.013Z
        Thanks so much! I went back and forth on that... I opted for the phonetic interpretation of "turn left" in the grid because I thought that might be a little more instinctive for a solver, but figured it had the potential to be confusing. If you have any tips on rewording the revealer to make that more clear, I'd love to hear! Still very much learning.
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      Lang. reference work first published in 1928 across 10 volumes
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      Across
      1. 1A
        Lang. reference work first published in 1928 across 10 volumes
      2. 4A
        More, in Madrid
      3. 7A
        Persian Gulf resident
      4. 13A
        Parisian street scene painter Maurice
      5. 15A
        Infielders
      6. 16A
        "_____ Me": Phantom of the Opera duet
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        Mononymous "Foolish" singer
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        Skating venue
      9. 19A
        URL predecessor
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        Forever, in verse
      11. 22A
        Cry of Cathy from comics
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        ___ Dhabi
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        "Take ___ song and make it better..."
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        Identifies
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        Globes
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        13, in ancient Rome
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        "Hogan's Heroes" colonel
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        Where you may want to stay when your alarm goes off
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        de Armas of "Knives Out"
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        EZ Pass payment
      21. 38A
        "Am I my brother's keeper?" speaker
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        Prime component of the Eurosystem, for short
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        One-eyed "Futurama" character
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        Doc
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        TV Alien
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        "The same," in footnotes
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        "His eye ___ every precious thing" (Job 28:10)
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        Tiger's ex-wife
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        Charge
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        180° from NNW
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        Indy 500 Participant
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        Keyboard key
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        "Highway to Hell" band
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        Like many middle-schoolers
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        "It's just a flesh wound"
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        Expose
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        Peppery Buffalo wing ingredient
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        Gmail category
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        Donkey
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        German article
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        Be superior to, in the military
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        A type of dilemma, say
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        ***What an Indy 500 winner is expected to do in Victory Lane
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        Jan. honoree
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        Honolulu greeting
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        Runny egg style
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        "___ in Quebec"
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        Tennis great Arthur
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        Impetus for a Boston "party"
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        Telenovela trope
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        Give new job skills
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        ***"Back Home Again _______": traditional tune before "Start your engines"
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        Squid excretion
      14. 15D
        Like Carter or Clinton, religiously (abbr.)
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        "Drive Fast, ______." With 44D, part two of this motorsports directive, and a hint to the starred clues (3D, 12D, 42D, 48D)
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        Tolkien tree creature
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        "___, Vikings": Minnesota fight song
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        Stateside airer of "Doctor Who" and "The Graham Norton Show"
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        Ocean
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        Lowers, as light
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        Luau garland
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        Maiden name lead-in
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        ____ City, home of the Wizard
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        One of many Coke vs. Pepsi battles of the 1970s
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        ***"The ______": nickname for Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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        See 20-D
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        Prepare to land
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        Cooks announcement at dinnertime
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        ***Like the flag waved on the final Indy 500 lap
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        Was familiar with
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        Fitzgerald, Yellich-O'Connor, and more
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        Engrossed
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        System of servers created for faster Internet use: Abbr.
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        Prez on a penny
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        Hi-___ image
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        Fleur-de-____
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