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"Matter vs Chaos: Everyone is Irrelevant" (Cryptic Mini #000000106)

◆ · By bob weisz · Published 2024-10-17T10:31:49.717Z

Constructor's Note
This one's NSFW! Apologies ahead of time.
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  • bob weisz constructor · 2024-10-17T10:36:02.858Z
    Apologies for this one, folks.
    Parses:
    Across
    • 1A a double def: "I need help" is S.O.S. and "romantic partners" are SOs (significant others)
    • 3A def: "spirit". wordplay: DJ ("play music") + IN + N ("Neymar's face")
    • 6A def: "Stuffed toy on a string?" 😎. wordplay: BEAN SALAD anagrammed ("that's not how I ordered it")
    • 7A def: "conversation". word: ETETET ("Alien³" 😋) reversed ("is about") containing ("drinking") TEA
    • 8A def: "Fences lead". wordplay: DIS ("to trash talk") containing ("about") AV ("cleAVers, essentially")
    • 9A def: "to take a load off". wordplay: every other letter ("Venetian?") of "SaInT"
    Down
    • 1D def: "Accidentally initiated an evacuation" (so sorry). wordplay: THE DEATH STAR gets reversed-letter-banked ("letting the clones leave before destroying it")
    • 2D def: "how to stream". wordplay: MATTeR VS anagrammed ("chaos") but delete the E ("Everyone is irrelevant")
    • 3D def: "Squad from Chicago, jokingly". wordplay: reversal ("brings up") of BAD, then EARS ("places for buds to hang")
    • 4D def: "Bebe Rexha song". wordplay: IMAMS ("religious leaders") containing ("taking") E ("ecstasy"), then S ("starting to sing")
    • 5D def: "It's nothing." wordplay: WASTE NOT WANT NOT getting reverse-letter-banked ("throw out anything non-essential")
    • kieranjboyd 🤓4:09 · 2024-10-17T11:04:21.704Z
      Real spicy fill!
      • dilly 🤓8:52 · 2024-10-17T12:19:16.644Z
        Love 1A and 1D’s reverse letter bank indicator is perfect, as is the definition. Thanks!
        • bob weisz constructor · 2024-10-17T16:38:07.495Z
          Thank you! Would you believe 1D came together at 2:30am, right before I was set to publish? When it clicked, I shouted in delight and woke up the dog 🐶
        Play today's daily mini crossword
        1A
        I need help finding romantic partners (3)
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        5
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        Across
        1. 1A
          I need help finding romantic partners (3)
        2. 3A
          Play music in Neymar's face to show spirit (5)
        3. 6A
          Stuffed toy on a string bean salad? That's not how I ordered it (4,5)
        4. 7A
          Alien³ is about drinking tea, making conversation (4-1-4)
        5. 8A
          Fences lead to trash talk about Cleavers, essentially (5)
        6. 9A
          Venetian saint to take a load off? (3)
        Down
        1. 1D
          Accidentally initiated an evacuation of the Death Star, letting the clones leave before blowing it up (7)
        2. 2D
          How to stream "Matter vs Chaos: Everyone is Irrelevant" (5,2)
        3. 3D
          Squad from Chicago jokingly brings up bad places for buds to hang (2,5)
        4. 4D
          Religious leaders taking ecstasy start to sing Bebe Rexha song (2,1,4)
        5. 5D
          Waste not, want not. Throw out anything non-essential. It's nothing. (2,5)
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