Mini 38

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• Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-04-10T22:53:02.433Z

  Surprise! This grid was made entirely with the Crosshare autofiller (I was really tempted to put my thumb on the scale, especially with 8A) and clued totally using the first clue listed by the Crosshare clue suggestion function (which I believe draws from the NYT puzzle database). Thus the cover photo, which was generated by Microsoft Copilot/Designer in Bing. Thoughts? I'd like to believe that it is not as good as my human-constructed puzzles, but you be the judge!

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• heron 1:52 · 2024-04-11T00:25:58.233Z

  wow, i had the craziest red herring. with TYSON, CIANO, ULNAS in place and ___ON for 9A i thought that the twist was that each word would be phonetically the same as its diagonal symmetrical partner (so i thought 9A was "ties on," which sounds like TYSON, its diagonal symmetrical counterpart.) i thought there was a crazy rebus thing going on, but then when this went nowhere, i ended up checking puzzle. what a journey haha

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  • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-04-14T17:31:10.776Z

    That would be an amazing theme/mechanism… though I’m pretty sure it’s both beyond the capacity of any auto-filler, and my own!

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• Jeanne Breen 🤓30s · 2024-04-11T11:44:28.742Z

  Definitely not as good as your own puzzles, Sendhil!

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  • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-04-11T13:14:36.100Z

    Thanks

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• Maxish 🤓2:14 · 2024-04-14T03:40:29.336Z

  Not as good as your puzzles. Better than some humans, me for instance.

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  • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-04-14T17:31:25.178Z

    You are too kind!

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