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· By An Ephemeral Collation · Published 2024-05-11T02:00:39.645Z

Constructor's Note
Don't treat the isolated square as a rebus - it's already serving its purpose.
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  • nate 🤓44s · 2024-05-11T05:53:30.356Z
    Aha, very clever!
    • An Ephemeral Collation constructor · 2024-05-11T17:05:02.329Z
      Thank you! I wish there was a cleaner way to execute the gimmick but I'm glad it reads solvably.
    • Eyþór Páll Ólafsson 1:39 · 2024-05-11T17:50:56.826Z
      It was a fun puzzle with fun clues
    • A738840496 2:17 · 2024-05-11T19:49:57.535Z
      Would this have made more sense with an alt answer (“schrodingers”) to have o and i both be correct?
      • An Ephemeral Collation constructor · 2024-05-11T20:25:14.336Z
        I was considering this when initially drafting the concept, but the intention is that the circle in the central square is substitutive for the O. I hope that the puzzle note as well as the cluing was readily demonstrative of this but I can try to make it more apparent if you think it's necessary!
        • elutionary 🤓56s · 2024-05-11T22:31:38.716Z
          Personally, I was able to catch your drift eventually (although I must admit I had to look up 5D...) Fun solve, thank you!
          • A738840496 2:17 · 2024-05-11T23:39:48.259Z
            No just me who didn’t get it! I def see what you meant now
        • Mike D 🤓52s · 2024-05-12T12:42:43.709Z
          Clever!
        • glegger 3:17 · 2024-05-12T21:31:38.209Z
          Love that all the clues require thought.
          • An Ephemeral Collation constructor · 2024-05-13T05:13:10.903Z
            Thank you! I thought that most of them read smoothly but I'm obviously informed by my own biases. Did any of them strike you as unfair or too difficult? I don't construct too often but when I do, I always want my puzzles to play as accessibly and fast as possible.
          1A
          Acronym decrying corruption in law enforcement
          1
          2
          3
          4
          5
          6
          7
          8
          Across
          1. 1A
            Acronym decrying corruption in law enforcement
          2. 5A
            Rude word or bad spell
          3. 6A
            With 2-D, intersecting (the circle does not belong to this clue)
          4. 7A
            Attorney's burden
          5. 8A
            Sibilant summons
          Down
          1. 1D
            New-age surroundings?
          2. 2D
            With 6-A, intersecting (the circle belongs to this clue)
          3. 3D
            Plus
          4. 4D
            Gershwin gal ("____, You Is My Woman Now")
          5. 5D
            USSR, domestically
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