"Pinkish Goo" (cryptic mini #000000074)

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• Oliver Hardy 6:20 · 2024-01-10T22:53:00.091Z

  Thanks for a great puzzle.

  3D got me! NENES is Catalan for "girls"; I was expecting Spanish (niñas).

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  • bob weisz constructor · 2024-01-11T03:53:02.501Z

    Oh funny! Originally the clue was "Babes in Barcelona..." but then I didn't want solvers thinking they had to know Catalan. I guess it would've worked either way! Thanks for solving :)

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    • Oliver Hardy 6:20 · 2024-01-11T06:03:25.328Z

      Thanks for the reply. Could you parse 3D please; I don't get the wordplay. Do they speak Catalan in Buenos Aires?

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      • bob weisz constructor · 2024-01-25T04:00:34.584Z

        Whoops just saw this comment — In Spanish, "nene" is a colloquial term for "baby" (or "kid")

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  • Larry Edelstein 🤓2:17 · 2024-01-11T18:41:41.354Z

    I was thinking nena first, which is pretty much the same as nene, but has to be a girl

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• merlinnimue 🤓3:08 · 2024-01-10T22:30:44.477Z

  Nice, wish I was worthy of being around you geniuses

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• Aaron Riccio 🤓35s · 2024-01-11T01:17:42.075Z

  Obviously not my official time for this puzzle (I streamed it yesterday), but I couldn't help but notice you changed the wording of 5A. It's still great, but I did like it more the other way. Great stuff here, as usual.

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  • bob weisz constructor · 2024-01-11T03:50:58.797Z

    oh whoops! Seems like I uploaded an older draft on here. It's been edited now. Thank you for pointing it out, and sorry I missed the stream!

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• squicc 🤓4:06 · 2024-01-11T16:32:37.654Z

  Loved this puzzle ! I got stuck and took a break and then the answer to 1A popped into my head. I was stumped on 3D for a while...very clever misdirection with capital !! Thanks for the puzzle!

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• nate 🤓10:29 · 2024-01-12T04:28:00.237Z

  Some really great misdirection in these clues, nice work!

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• dooiemus 🤓43s · 2024-01-14T15:04:47.733Z

  Cool puzz. I'm not convinced by either "goo" or "revolution" as their respective indicators. "In revolution" or "revolutionized" might do it, but that would need a clue change of course.

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