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themeless 20: difficult women

◆◆ · By (m|b)h · Published by Malaika Handa · Published 2022-09-15T04:01:17.025Z

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  • Norah 15:25 · 2022-09-15T04:01:17.025Z
    NICE
    • SporcleMirror 🤓23:09 · 2022-09-15T04:54:39.860Z
      AWESOME! Loved the clues for POLKADOT, ISTHISSEATTAKEN, and PRIMES. The NE corner was the toughest for me - but that’s because I massively overthought it. (Also it took me forever to see POLKADOT, even though I thought of “spot” in the clothing sense, because I had AAH (AHH?) for OHH and MINIS for MIDIS)
      You see, with ?A?EPI?? in place at 12D (the A was wrong but of course I didn’t know), I thought the clue was a devilish bit of misdirection (“like” used as a verb, so to like the dogs is to… HAVE PITY? TAKE PITY?). I was so wrong.
      • kieranjboyd 🤓11:21 · 2022-09-15T07:30:39.567Z
        Fun! I especially liked the clues for the long entries spanning the grid (spanners?).
        • sps dog lover 🤓4:07 · 2022-09-15T17:14:07.561Z
          Terrifically fun puzzle, as expected! Y'all are the best.
          • emmie 🤓14:05 · 2022-09-15T17:22:14.383Z
            Nice!
            • carter 🤓12:10 · 2022-09-15T19:04:42.264Z
              fun puzzle!
              • Frisco17 🤓9:53 · 2022-09-17T19:13:35.183Z
                what a dream team
                • Wally 🤓24:03 · 2022-09-17T22:23:27.945Z
                  Sweet puzzle
                  • Shae 🤓1:11:26 · 2022-09-18T12:38:12.606Z
                    Christ [complimentary]
                    • hbxwords 🤓6:24 · 2022-09-19T13:48:53.461Z
                      Oh, this is too good for me (thud).
                      • Aaron Riccio 🤓22:16 · 2022-09-20T05:49:04.624Z
                        So very good!
                        • William D 🤓15:14 · 2022-10-25T11:16:25.508Z
                          Good one!
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                          Snowballs in a snowball fight, e.g.
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                          1. 1A
                            Snowballs in a snowball fight, e.g.
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                            Suits
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                            "Jeanne d'Arc" console
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                            16-Across, e.g.
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                            Annual, statewide celebration in which a queen is crowned
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                            "That feels gooood"
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                            Hits
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                            "I'd be just like ___ in Saint Tropez" ("The Man" lyric)
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                            Standing question
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                            "Can't you see ___ no other man above you / what a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you"
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                            Vaquero's garment
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                            God in the Percy Jackson Universe who wears a leather jacket and wraparound sunglasses
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                            Winter activity that Brooke has and will never do because of her "no new sports" rule
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                            Lil AVC X offerings
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                            Making a mark, in a way
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                            Suggestion on the back of a THC chocolate bar
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                            Bit of snail mucin
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                            Blend
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                            🙏🙏🙏
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                            Send out, like vibes
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                            "No preference!"
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                            Retreated
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                            Abbr. that Malaika will put in bolded highlighted letters when she's scheduling meetings with her coworkers in San Francisco starting 10/31/22
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                            How both of us bought Avril Lavigne's "Let Go" (2003)
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                            Some are twins
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                            "Now it's clear"
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                            Clarifying statement?
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                            Port of entry?
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                            Beauty product often sold "raw"
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                            "How ___ Lola Came to (Visit) Stay" (Julia Alvarez book)
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                            Child who lives on the "tippy-top floor" of the Plaza Hotel
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                            Writes "Maliaka" instead of "Malaika," say
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                            Gummivore food
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                            Picked up
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                            Hello Kitty's is a yellow oval
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                            Scope
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                            Titular TV character who says "I don't look like Brandy! I'm cuter than her."
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                            The ___ Theorem (website with onetime weekly cyphers posted by "M")
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                            Shout from someone in time out?
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                            🙏🙏🙏
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                            Ursula's pets
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                            Smoother?
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                            Think of me!
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                            Shelled dishes?
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                            Way of doing it
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                            Fashionable spot
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                            Like the dogs on dogshaming.com
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                            Way of doing it
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                            Post-almuerzo nap
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                            Extremely dry
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                            Something to get into or out of
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                            Parts of some lacrosse uniforms
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                            Metal unit in Minecraft
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                            Renée Elise Goldsberry's alma mater
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                            "Difficult Women" author
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                            Lesser-known bars
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                            Food that demigods can eat in limited quantities and mortals can't eat at all, in the Percy Jackson Universe
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                            Dish often served with gochujang
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                            Dish often served with hoisin sauce
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                            One might only work for a bit
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                            Unlike the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast (forgive me)
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                            "See ya!"
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                            Area of Firenze where cars are heavily restricted
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                            Slap Chop®s, e.g.
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                            Played a knight card, in Catan
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                            Where to read with a flashlight
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                            Mad at you, maybe
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                            Social protection subj.
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                            Some pièces d'échecs
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                            Feature of a Thursday puzzle in the New Yorker
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