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◆ · By Wayne Mesard · Published 2023-06-16T03:19:31.687Z

I spent a ton of time trying to build a grid with a marquee entry of [Pride goeth BEFORE A FALL, because once I saw it was 11 letters, I couldn't unsee it. But I just couldn't get it to work. I was about to admit defeat, and just skip this month's contest entirely, when I tried a version without that entry, and everything else went in very smoothly. Then the fill was done in less than 20 minutes. (Obviously, since half the clues contain parentheticals trying to make the case that they aren't, in fact, crap fill.) And here we are.
Hope you like it.
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  • Brian Callahan 🤓4:08 · 2023-06-16T04:17:02.771Z
    Nice work! Glad that you were able to somewhat incorporate your marquee entry into the title. Don't think I dislike 14A as much as you do, though😂
    • Rosetta Stone 🤓4:54 · 2023-06-16T11:08:45.526Z
      Applauding 30A 👏
      • Maxish 🤓5:37 · 2023-06-16T16:23:43.165Z
        Really liked it! +1 for 30A! Good friction, with a nice "aha" when I got it!
        • Larry Edelstein 3:34 · 2023-06-16T23:55:38.361Z
          The clue in 30A refers to a thing, suggesting that the answer would be the thing - some noun, but, rather, the answer is part of an adjective phrase. What the clue points to and what the answer is should agree in part of speech.
          • kieranjboyd 3:26 · 2023-06-17T02:05:41.264Z
            Fun! I misread "Blow" as "Blown", and gave up on the NE section :/ As others have pointed out, 30A is so sneaky!
            Play today's daily mini crossword
            1A
            "Pride and ___" (one's child)
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            Across
            1. 1A
              "Pride and ___" (one's child)
            2. 4A
              "___ one's pride" (Eat humble pie)
            3. 11A
              Valuable rock
            4. 12A
              Most chic
            5. 13A
              ER workers
            6. 14A
              Any of the 80 species of the genus physcomitrium (I don't like it any more than you do. But the rest of the fill is clean. So just google it and let's move on, shall we.)
            7. 15A
              "Pride of ___" (Gary Cooper biopic title, pronounced with a local accent. (Oh yeah. This one too. But after this, the grid is clean. I promise.))
            8. 17A
              French clue: Yours in Tours...or...Nerd clue: C function for converting a string to a number
            9. 18A
              Cryptic clue: COVI?...or....Nerd clue: x86 instruction that turns 10100111 into 11010011
            10. 19A
              Surgeon's opening?
            11. 21A
              "Pride of ___" (family unit)
            12. 25A
              Genetic material
            13. 27A
              Nice night?
            14. 28A
              "Pride and ___" (book)
            15. 30A
              It's right in front of the nose on one's face
            16. 32A
              Former Biden Press Secretary Psaki
            17. 33A
              Mark seen on a farmer's arm, a biker's thigh, or a beach-bum's butt
            18. 34A
              Option on a PC (as Adam pointed out in the MGWCC Crossword Fiend comments this week)
            19. 35A
              "___ with pride" (kvelled)
            20. 36A
              The "S" in iOS or DOS (but not Windows)
            Down
            1. 1D
              River connecting the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea
            2. 2D
              Overly fancy
            3. 3D
              Response to "Who, me?"
            4. 4D
              Blow away
            5. 5D
              Does the job
            6. 6D
              Heat and then cool, as glass or steel
            7. 7D
              Bit of debris at the margarita bar
            8. 8D
              Most August babies
            9. 9D
              CIA forerunner
            10. 10D
              Lbs and ozs
            11. 16D
              Pneumatic tool for making holes
            12. 20D
              Low-scoring soccer game, but a win is a win
            13. 22D
              Childrens' board games for demonstrating ideomotor delusions
            14. 23D
              In a pleasant manner
            15. 24D
              Surgical implants
            16. 26D
              An average Joe's wife?
            17. 28D
              Lite in a window
            18. 29D
              New to me
            19. 30D
              Halves of qts.
            20. 31D
              The Espionage Act, e.g.
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