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Themeless #6

◆ · By SporcleMirror · Published 2022-11-06T16:55:42.905Z

A bunch of unusual entries in this one. Turns out that corners with crossing 6s/7s are hard, especially when paired with the middle triple stack. Hopefully the crossings are all fair.
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  • SporcleMirror constructor · 2022-11-06T17:10:39.545Z
    This grid just so happens to have MOBRULE in the exact same spot as the NYT themeless from yesterday. I swear I only looked at the NYT puzzle after I finished building this.
    • SporcleMirror constructor · 2022-11-06T17:13:59.999Z
      ALSO: "Pique-nique" is just "picnic", and it's where the word comes from. I had no idea that it was a French word until I saw it in a clue from Friday's LAT crossword.
      • kieranjboyd 🤓7:35 · 2022-11-07T07:56:27.697Z
        Nice! The symmetrical onomatopoeia entries are fun, and the middle stack is modern. I think it would've been more unlikely if you'd've seen the NYT MOBRULE and decided to build a whole crossword around that!
        • SporcleMirror constructor · 2022-11-07T08:55:01.896Z
          The TEEHEES/BOOHOOS pair is actually just a coincidence. My seed entry was FRIENDZONED.
        • JeffsPuzzles 🤓5:55 · 2022-11-07T14:50:36.232Z
          Really smooth and enjoyable grid, though I'm feeling just a bit uneasy after HEAT DEATH, MOB RULE (esp. given what tomorrow is), AND FIREARMS (ditto). BOO HOO!
          • Larry Edelstein 🤓5:43 · 2022-11-08T05:31:34.889Z
            Hey, I think that the proper analog for the ARPANET is the Internet, rather than the WWW. While the definitions of what is exactly each is and isn’t might be a little ambiguous, both ARPANET and the Internet are (forgive me if I’m covering ground you’re familiar with) systems that let you send data from computer to computer, and don’t themselves specify the format or meaning of the data. The WWW is an application built on top of the Internet, consisting of a bunch of technologies, like browsers, HTML, web servers, etc, that’s there so people can see and do stuff on their browsers. It’s higher level than the Internet. So I think Internet is the right analog.
            Play today's daily mini crossword
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            Across
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              Backtrack to
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              Hotel room amenity
            3. 14A
              Dubai or Abu Dhabi, e. g.
            4. 15A
              Joseph who co-produced the Scooby-Doo and Yogi Bear series, among others
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              Area with several 14-Acrosses
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              Phone software adapted for the big screen?
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              It's offered to kids on Pleasure Island in the Pinocchio 1940 movie (...but not the 2022 remake, because Disney has to be "kid-friendly", am I right?)
            8. 19A
              Rhyming onomatopoeias for cries
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              Vessel of the gods, according to ancient Egyptian beliefs
            10. 22A
              "LOL XD" elicitor
            11. 24A
              Dublin to Belfast dir.
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              Prefix meaning "culture"
            13. 27A
              Porridge grain hidden within "EEK, A SHARK!"
            14. 29A
              Subject paired with literature in a Trivial Pursuit category
            15. 32A
              ____ driver
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              Phrase accompanying some clickable checkboxes
            17. 37A
              Rejected by a crush, perhaps
            18. 38A
              One chosen for appealing to the judges?
            19. 39A
              One may be parallel
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              Potted plant product
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              Word before "address" or "blast"
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              Listens to, say
            23. 47A
              Lions' pride, for short?
            24. 50A
              ____ de gallo (kind of salsa whose name means "rooster's beak", though it has nothing to do with birds)
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              Mrs. south of the border
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              Rhyming onomatopoeias for giggles
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              Bylaw, for short
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              Ted and Tina
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              Soft spot for a binge watcher, maybe
            30. 61A
              Book for astronomers
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              Have an effect (on)
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              Island from which part of LGBT is derived
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              Proving ground
            Down
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              Stated opinion
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              Iago's wife in "Othello"
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              Demonetization targets
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              Feeling emphasized by vein-like red marks in anime
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              Former Swedish automaker (or, when reversed, flock calls)
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              "Challenge accepted!"
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              French for "breast" (...seriously, that's what the national park's name means)
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              D.C. daily paper, for short
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              Drop a line, in a way?
            10. 10D
              Still up in the air, briefly
            11. 11D
              Hot summer sight, slangily?
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              Forerunner of the modern World Wide Web
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              Speedy dino
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              Mass introduction?
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              The fate of the universe, according to the "Big Freeze" hypothesis
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              Unlike fish, at all times
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              Cylindrical guitar booster, briefly
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              Ones you may invite to a pique-nique
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              Motorola phone (that's a misspelling of a shaving tool for some reason)
            20. 31D
              Captain Picard's counselor
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              Not cubed?
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              Words after "shame" in a saying
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              Stat, with "at"
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              What the Human Torch can use without running out of ammo?
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              The bad form of democracy, basically
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              Part of USPS, but not UPS
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              booking.com alternative
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              Time of mammoth-friendly climate
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              Taken into account, with "in"?
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              Writer with a high WPM count
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              Kind of card
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              Note next to a low grade
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              Groups of periods
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              Key for closing but not opening
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              Poor ____ (gullible ones, or sources of low-quality syrup?)
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              Capture
            37. 60D
              Head egg
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