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Is This Your Card?

◆ · By Tuffy · Published 2022-12-14T21:05:34.906Z

Meta Prompt
This crossword doubles as a magic playing card! In order to achieve the meta, you must locate the hidden symbols (the card's value and its suit) which are drawn out by a chain of squares that spell out two sets of magic phrases. These squares can connect orthogonally or diagonally and are all used only once in the path. The meta to enter will be the magic words that form these designs in the grid (ex: first magic word(s) / second word(s) ). Good luck!
This is no doubt the hardest I've worked balancing between a good theme and a good fill. Hopefully the efforts have been worth it for this one!
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  • kieranjboyd 🤓4:55 · 2022-12-14T21:46:23.137Z
    Really impressive construction! I was pleasantly surprised to find the shapes hidden in the grid. The clues were a nice meaty difficulty for me, and I especially liked the alternative definition for 22A.
    • Account 🤓9:02 · 2022-12-16T02:40:28.300Z
      I'm mad. I specifically looked where the HEART is, but read it the wrong way around and didn't see it.
      • E Anders 8:07 · 2022-12-18T22:33:54.337Z
        Wonderful, thank you!
        • quatrevingtneuf 🤓5:06 · 2022-12-24T07:48:22.949Z
          oof, probably could've figured that out if i looked a little longer. very nicely done!
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          1A
          They dive to bars
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          Across
          1. 1A
            They dive to bars
          2. 5A
            The value of this grid's playing card
          3. 10A
            It's taken to symbolize a stance, perhaps
          4. 11A
            Of value
          5. 12A
            Former Houston team with a bomber as its logo
          6. 14A
            Cue supports
          7. 15A
            Decorates a house for Halloween?
          8. 16A
            Brew outlet
          9. 18A
            Short survey?
          10. 19A
            Retired women professors
          11. 22A
            Makes a decision about in court...or continues a reign
          12. 24A
            Head shots
          13. 27A
            Most reliable pal, for short
          14. 30A
            Statistically, the most likely tile to retrieve from a full Scrabble bag
          15. 31A
            Short rest
          16. 32A
            Straight and tall
          17. 34A
            Handle
          18. 36A
            Speeds, in music
          19. 37A
            One who impersonates
          20. 38A
            The suit of this grid's playing card
          21. 39A
            2007 animated film about a quartet of crime-fighting reptiles
          Down
          1. 1D
            Video game series with a "flick-it" control style to differentiate between the Tony Hawk series
          2. 2D
            8 hours before 23D
          3. 3D
            Less like this elaborate, wordy, not-concise-at-all clue
          4. 4D
            Technique to get more website visitors, briefly
          5. 5D
            Goes above and beyond
          6. 6D
            Homer's H
          7. 7D
            Smoking, e.g., to some
          8. 8D
            Reindeer relatives
          9. 9D
            Fit in
          10. 13D
            Not over yet
          11. 17D
            25D, using an item as a surface
          12. 20D
            What might be lurking under your bed?
          13. 21D
            Dawn deity
          14. 23D
            8 hours after 2D
          15. 25D
            35D in the past
          16. 26D
            Football or futbol
          17. 27D
            "Little Women" character
          18. 28D
            Remove, like from a curse
          19. 29D
            Disaster aid org.
          20. 33D
            Lifesaving procedure, for short
          21. 35D
            Consume edibles?
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