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Tale of the Seven Seas

◆ · By Elly Zupko · Published 2024-07-15T13:46:37.398Z

This puzzle has been rejected because it is "too much of a downer" lol. You'll see why that's funny if you solve it.
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  • kurtalert 🤓5:07 · 2024-07-16T00:20:39.302Z
    Humbug to them, this was great. Thanks!
    • Brandon Cathcart 19:46 · 2024-07-17T16:01:55.524Z
      Fun! Some tougher niche clues for me, but I'm working up my trivia knowledge. Favourite clues: Suite heart, "Strong waters", "2000 movie...". I can see why it was rejected but I'm glad you posted it here!
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      One wife or two husbands, briefly
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      Across
      1. 1A
        One wife or two husbands, briefly
      2. 4A
        "Able was I ere I saw ____"
      3. 8A
        Stockholm citizens
      4. 14A
        Org. that may tow your car
      5. 15A
        Close
      6. 16A
        Kaupapa
      7. 17A
        "Supposedly fun thing" to be doing, per David Foster Wallace
      8. 19A
        Amber Tamblyn's debut novel, with a title reminiscent of a 16th century morality play
      9. 20A
        Wednesday actress Christina
      10. 21A
        "Strong waters"
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        Emperor penguin's spring-time charge
      12. 25A
        Gets
      13. 26A
        Fuzzy surface of some fabrics, such as velvet
      14. 28A
        "Polyester" film accompaniment allowing audiences to smell the movie's action via scratch-and-sniff cards
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        Fertile Crescent native
      16. 37A
        Floofy toy breed that got 50% smaller during Queen Victoria's reign, briefly
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        The swoosh and the golden arches, e.g.
      18. 40A
        Perilous path, possibly
      19. 44A
        Faith of ~93% of people who identify as 33-across
      20. 45A
        "Black Sheep" nursery rhyme beginning
      21. 46A
        "Bye-bye!"
      22. 47A
        Frightful mental illusion while awake
      23. 50A
        Some senses of humor
      24. 52A
        Met fete, e.g.
      25. 54A
        Place a poodle procures her puffs
      26. 59A
        Going down
      27. 64A
        35mm film holders
      28. 65A
        Il Pacifico, per esempio
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        2000 movie featuring non-speaking character Wilson
      30. 68A
        Like chicken breast meat vis-a-vis thigh meat
      31. 69A
        Recoup some hit points, say
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        Aussie term for a vehicle with an open bed
      33. 71A
        Appraise
      34. 72A
        Ye ___ Shoppe
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        One chastised for calling the kettle black
      Down
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        Economics type
      2. 2D
        "___ to go!" (ready for action)
      3. 3D
        Nugget pairing
      4. 4D
        Kirk's first rank out of Starfleet
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        "May Day is ___ Day in Hawaii"
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        French bench
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        Eponymous builder of Jason's ship
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        Dusted, as a vamp
      9. 9D
        Made like George Michael in 1987
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        Mononymic new age musician
      11. 11D
        Lovato or Moore
      12. 12D
        List ender that indicates it's not the end
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        xxx-xx-xxxx's
      14. 18D
        Fed. agency that reached legal drinking age in 2024: abbrev.
      15. 22D
        Suite heart?
      16. 24D
        Things minded in tube stations
      17. 27D
        Dish informally classified in Hawaii as "one-finger," "two-finger," or "three-finger"
      18. 29D
        Drub
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        Taj Mahal site
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        More than more
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        Like one who is 17-across, say
      22. 33D
        <7 pH
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        Detective Diaz of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
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        United Kingdom in 1917, but not the United States
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        Sound of a punch from Batman
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        Flash ____
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        Ideates
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        "I reckon not"
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        Koi, generally
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        Occam's and Hanlon's, for two
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        Roth of horror
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        Seuss turtle
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        Dried poblano
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        Boston party fare
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        Stitch together
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        Ann ____, second Black woman to publish a book U.S. (1841)
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        Up to now
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        Soft drink named for a nut
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        King-slayers
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        Pod-mates
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        Compos mentis
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        ___ García Bernal of "Coco"
      43. 67D
        Winter doldrums, clinically: abbrev.
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