Herbicide: To Scrap A Volkswagen Beetle
◆◆ · By Resident Mutt · Published 2020-12-08T18:57:21.467Z
Fair warning: This was a daft idea - and probably a bit on the difficult side (This puzzle exists to get the idea Out Of My System). My reference basis also means that I had free reign to be... well, let's just say that I wouldn't usually include some of these fill answers! I apologise in particular for 1D.
This is the first puzzle where I've made use of the "Suggest" feature on clues! It certainly made a fair bit of the construction work easier - especially since this grid isn't my cleanest (This is your warning now!), so has a fair few acronyms/"common" crosswordese options where there's limited room to reinvent the wheel. Perhaps I should have been more willing to kill my darlings (Much as I did on my first Themeless, given the numer of drafts that had was... yeah...), or reduce my theme entry count to free up space... but alas! So yes, you have been warned!
Oh, and yes, not adding "Boris can keep his stinking mitts off it" to 36D was painful.
Finally: I have a 13x13 Cryptic Grid in process! Which means "I've done the relatively easy bit - gridding the thing - and I've now got 28 cryptic clues to write up". Hopefully it'll be with y'all soon :D
Checking for previous play data...
. Oh and I'm glad you found the clue suggestions helpful!1A
Ramsay, for instance
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Across
- 1ARamsay, for instance
- 5ABase where 7 + 7 = 16
- 10ATherapists' org.
- 13ASystem of a Down lead vocals
- 14AGypsum who's name may have came from a cat goddess
- 16ATake on overtime for someone?
- 17A* Intimate deodorant
- 18ACute, slangily
- 20AUpper lines?
- 21AWith 24A, a result of opposites attracting?
- 22A* The angle at which a thermometer should be inserted
- 24ASee 21A
- 25A___ Kapital
- 26AWorshiper of Quetzalcoatl
- 30AGoogler's concern, briefly
- 33ACake By The Ocean band
- 35AToil at
- 37A___________________ Dictionary, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue round which provided the comical definitions for the starred answers
- 40ADefect also known as a static bone cyst
- 41AThree holes in London?
- 42ASkid row woe
- 43AAsylum seeker, perhaps
- 45ACopy
- 46ASingle-stranded genetic molecule
- 47A* Diagram explainng bladder weakness
- 53AUS Org. for educational psychologists
- 55A"Hello" in Luanda
- 56A"How.... interesting"
- 57A* Political skill
- 60ADispersed in Paris... which is conveniently one letter off being an anagram of Paris!
- 61ADepicted
- 62AData table that would be explained in CS101
- 63AMalaysian oboe which is just as good at filling grids!
- 64ALily's maiden name in the Harry Potter series
- 65ACounterpart to dashes
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- 1DA member that is wider than it is longer?
- 2DMayhem (Or a Fullmetal Alchemist character)
- 3DTurn inside out
- 4D* An auction room
- 5DSenior citizen in London
- 6DWrote what you're reading right now!
- 7DFire or iPad
- 8DFivers
- 9D____ Vegas
- 10D"Relax, junior!"
- 11D* The price of posh underwear
- 12DBumpy ceiling coating
- 13DLeave a mark
- 15DUniv., e.g.
- 19DOne who got onto a full bus?
- 23DMarine rescue grp.
- 27DAdmit, slangily
- 28D* Person who is addicted to sniffing lumberjacks
- 29DNASA scale from "Basic principles" to "Flight proven"
- 30DAmong Us accusation
- 31D* Bumping into an old flame with your current partner
- 32DAttempts to repeal this 2010 legislation have been constant since 2011
- 34DAudible surprise
- 36DUK healthcare system
- 38DElectromagnetic disruption to comms.
- 39DDistinctive flair
- 44D_____ Çelebi, Turkish explorer who wrote Seyahatname
- 46D"I'm in danger" sayer
- 48DUnwasted food?
- 49DOne who tackles a blue screen, informally
- 50DPie or Bar
- 51DPulver and Croft, for two
- 52DOnline crafts merchant
- 54DRegards, in a text
- 55DNorwegian king
- 58DAnger (at the amount this word is used in crosswords?)
- 59DFabric amts.