“The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them”
■ · By Philip Chow · Published about 1 year ago
Constructor's Note
This is my submission for Crosshare's monthly midi contest #4 - I hope you enjoy 
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- Note: The theme for this puzzle was inspired by Emma's mini here: https://crosshare.org/crosswords/ScWSHEprQIbX3yPzIf2Q/mini-20-mini-women
- Love this! Great theme, accessible solve, and adorable cat!
- Thanks! That laser pointer was my favorite clue to write lol
- Loved this one!
- Thanks Mike!! and congrats on the baby if I deciphered the emoji correctly from your weekly email commentary
- Soooo good! Clever theme, great fill,great clues!
- Thanks!! "mostly" great fill... AWSL19DChinese Internet slang for 啊我死了 with the sentiment "(It's so cute) I'm going to die!" [hidden in puppy paw slippers][----]is super gibberish and even if i tried to clue it in a cutesy way, it totally feels like cheating... but i was desperate to try to make things fit lol
- Loved it!
- FrankieHeck 🤓7:48 · about 1 year agoSo much fun!
- so I almost had another IOWA reference in the puzzle and thought of you
… in the NW I had “Ames” crossing “resins” with Ames clued as “Home of Iowa State University”
- Very cute!
- Julia 🤓4:25 · about 1 year agoLoved the theme & rebuses!
- thanks! rebuses are fun - i was considering circling the squares to make it easier, but i think leaving them blank adds to the fun of having to discover them
- Caroline 🤓3:49 · about 1 year agoOh this was terrific!
- VERY good
- this might be my favorite puzzle ive seen on this site! i had so much fun with this one :)
- awww thanks - that means a lot to me :) [also love that your name is crosswordese, it must be exciting seeing it all the time]
- Coming late to these but wow, what a puzzle. A theme like this month's lends easily to commemorative puzzles, but I love that you took it one step further and added a really clever wordplay twist. And the fill was so clean that even AWSL19DChinese Internet slang for 啊我死了 with the sentiment "(It's so cute) I'm going to die!" [hidden in puppy paw slippers][----]was gettable.
- nice construction - so nice that it won the contest this month! keep an eye out for an email from me
- I got distracted by work, but this was a great puzzle with very clever construction!
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"Fine then, see if I care!"
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Across
- 1A"Fine then, see if I care!"
- 7ASpice in a Pumpkin Spice Latte
- 11AHuman organism formed during the early stages of pregnancy
- 12AOn a cruise, perhaps
- 13AViolin bow applications
- 14A___ Plus (shampoo and conditioner brand)
- 15AMina Kimes and Dianna Russini's network
- 16AOne end of a #2 pencil
- 18AHide and Seek, for example
- 20ATroupe that entertains troops: Abbr.
- 21ACarpet cleaner, for short
- 24AHit the jackpot
- 25AScathing review
- 26A"A Wrinkle in Time" director DuVernay
- 27ABeef bourguignon or bouillabaisse
- 29AWith 28-Down28DSee 29-Across[-----], Louisa May Alcott classic with the quote “Be worthy love, and love will come” (and a hint to four squares in this puzzle)
- 31ABritney's interjection when she "did it again"
- 35ABehind schedule
- 36AIt's all downhill from here?
- 38A___ mess (strawberries-and-cream dessert named after a British prep school)
- 39AWhen a baby might say her first words
- 40ABaby kangaroos and wallabies
- 41AFaithfulness to one and only one partner
Down
- 1D___ or be square ("Everyone who's anyone is attending!")
- 2D"Bouncing Off Clouds" singer Tori
- 3D1/8 of a standard stick of butter: Abbr.
- 4DSqueeze (out), as water from a wet towel
- 5DObjectivist philosopher Rand who said "Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness"
- 6DQuick-tempered, gun-totin', rabbit-hatin' "Looney Tunes" character
- 7DCalifornia wine region
- 8DExhausts, as a supply
- 9DMother ___ (Peace Nobelist missionary who often said "Do ordinary things with extraordinary love")
- 10DArchenemy of Optimus Prime in the "Transformers" movies
- 17DActress Russo who played Frigga in "Thor"
- 19DChinese Internet slang for 啊我死了 with the sentiment "(It's so cute) I'm going to die!" [hidden in puppy paw slippers]
- 21DCalifornia city where Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is located
- 22DEmulate Amelia Earhart or Jacqueline Cochran
- 23DLaser pointer, perhaps (ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ meow)
- 28DSee 29-Across29AWith 28-Down, Louisa May Alcott classic with the quote “Be worthy love, and love will come” (and a hint to four squares in this puzzle)[------]
- 30DThey're sought on "Dancing With the Stars"
- 32DNovel set on a whaling ship (whose title is 75% the same letter)
- 33DSignal sent from one computer to another to diagnose network speed
- 34DLike some romance novels
- 37D- Girl (Marvel superheroine and X-force member with the power of teleportation)
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