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Shoot 'Em Up

◆ · By kieranjboyd · Published 2022-07-14T04:25:21.754Z

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  • Didderd 8:33 · 2022-07-14T12:39:50.466Z
    Nice one!
    • spikeydlux 🤓2:35 · 2022-07-14T15:18:25.301Z
      Nice!
      • Emma Oxford 🤓3:55 · 2022-07-14T16:07:09.939Z
        Fun idea! What are the four other video games? I see RuneScape but I confess this is a subject area I know almost nothing about. PS - 14D should probably begin with "With 18A, ..."
        • SporcleMirror 🤓3:04 · 2022-07-14T17:09:10.944Z
          The themers are placed symmetrically: BIOS HOCK (Bioshock), RUN ESCAPE (RuneScape), BOMBER MAN (Bomberman), and CANA BALT (Canabalt, which I didn't know about until I was today years old).
          • kieranjboyd constructor · 2022-07-14T23:18:00.596Z
            SM's got it! Canabalt popularised the endless runner genre, and is even part of the permanent collection of video games at the Museum of Modern Art. PS - fixed, thanks!
          • Mike D 🤓2:27 · 2022-07-14T17:21:40.953Z
            Very well done!
            • M Forest 🤓6:21 · 2022-07-14T21:42:02.606Z
              Had to read the comments to get the aha, but now that I see it... well played!
              • FNCLL 7:57 · 2022-07-21T19:13:35.450Z
                My lack of video game knowledge strikes again. I loved the Tolkien Tree clue -- is that a known piece of lore or your invention?
                • kieranjboyd constructor · 2022-07-23T23:01:39.257Z
                  Thanks! Im not sure - I'm also always on the lookout for opportunities to clue things in this way, eg: lore would be "cultural or ethnic traditions". I'm going to say I read it somewhere else just in case :)
                • Duncan Lyle 🤓5:11 · 2022-07-21T23:14:34.888Z
                  Very fun take on the theme, and well-executed, too! I got the revealer early, but didn't actually figure out where the theme answers themselves were until I'd finished; they were integrated into the grid very smoothly. Who can forget those classic video games like ROCANOMIA and ROMPRAMBLE? 😜 Favorite non-theme clues were the mirroring of 4D and 35A, and it's always fun to get a few bonus space-themed entries with 30A and 34A!
                  • Hoyt Arcane 🤓4:21 · 2022-07-23T21:38:52.550Z
                    When I realized the theme.... holy shit
                    • quatrevingtneuf 🤓4:32 · 2022-07-26T02:30:35.535Z
                      nice! managed to pack lots of theme material in there!
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                      1A
                      City where the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built a tomb for his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal
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                      1. 1A
                        City where the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built a tomb for his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal
                      2. 5A
                        City where the 2016 Olympic Games took place, familiarly
                      3. 8A
                        Brief intros that accompany headshots
                      4. 9A
                        Pork portion
                      5. 10A
                        Verb in a recipe for eggs Benedict
                      6. 11A
                        "It’s Morbin' time" and Bad Luck Brian, to name but two
                      7. 12A
                        Operate
                      8. 13A
                        Get out
                      9. 15A
                        Sicilian hotspot?
                      10. 17A
                        Hamster or iguana, perhaps
                      11. 18A
                        See 14D
                      12. 21A
                        "k got it"
                      13. 22A
                        Like a four-leaf clover
                      14. 25A
                        Type of jacket that Kanye popularised as a hip-hop fashion item
                      15. 28A
                        "Dang!"
                      16. 29A
                        David who sang 'Heroes'
                      17. 30A
                        Elliptical path around a celestial body
                      18. 32A
                        City where Jesus turned water into wine
                      19. 33A
                        Estonian or Lithuanian, e.g.
                      20. 34A
                        Martians or Jovians, e.g.
                      21. 35A
                        Namesake of a NYC stadium [and anagram of 4D]
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                        Approximately
                      2. 2D
                        Fashion designer in 'House of Versace'
                      3. 3D
                        Mythical bird that is not, despite its name, made of stone
                      4. 4D
                        Namesake of a NYC stadium [and anagram of 35A]
                      5. 5D
                        Frolic
                      6. 6D
                        Alternative to a Slurpee or Slush Puppy
                      7. 7D
                        Greenlights
                      8. 9D
                        Requirement during a cold Melbourne winter
                      9. 10D
                        Pack opening?
                      10. 11D
                        Hosted a stand-up event
                      11. 14D
                        With 18A, enemy in a classic shoot 'em up video game … or what has affected four other video games in this grid
                      12. 16D
                        Card game named after the inability to remember names
                      13. 19D
                        General feeling
                      14. 20D
                        Go on and on without a real aim
                      15. 23D
                        Yoghurt dip served with vindaloo
                      16. 24D
                        Creature whose name is fittingly hidden in "Tolkien tree"
                      17. 25D
                        Vehicle for The Lonely Island and T-Pain in a 2009 single
                      18. 26D
                        Has
                      19. 27D
                        Takes
                      20. 29D
                        Abbr. used in dates at least two thousand years ago
                      21. 31D
                        Encouraging exclamation
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