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Moonstruck

◆ · By damefox · Published 2021-05-19T21:00:39.952Z

Constructor's Note
39-Across's 75th birthday is tomorrow (May 20, 2021). Happy Birthday to an icon. The quote referenced in 21-Across is iconic enough that Taylor Swift referenced it in a music video. The title of this puzzle has nothing to do with anything except it's one of my favorite movies and, of course, stars 39-Across.
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  • Mike D 🤓8:24 · 2021-05-19T21:40:52.293Z
    Took me a while but this was really good!
    • Philip Chow 🤓4:46 · 2021-05-19T23:27:22.461Z
      Happy Bday! didn't realize 39-ACROSS is turning 75 wow! very nice puzzle... also the clue for NYT is hilarious - never knew about the history behind it
      • Jake A 🤓7:02 · 2021-05-19T23:09:39.860Z
        Awesome! I had CLEANCUT for a bit before I subbed the R for the N. Loved the clues here!
        • Chris 20:02 · 2021-05-20T01:17:19.862Z
          This was fun!!
          • Taylor Johnson 8:18 · 2021-05-20T03:46:44.842Z
            Really fun! Definitely didn’t know she was that age! I had never heard that quote before now, love it.
            • Adam Doctoroff 🤓2:28 · 2021-05-20T16:27:16.985Z
              Thanks as always Emma!
              • Cloth Stir 21:33 · 2021-05-21T14:57:35.718Z
                I like that 8:23 is “a while” for some :) fun puzzle! Some new things for me (like the quote)
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                Broadcast journalist Pauley who interviewed 39-Across in 1996
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                Across
                1. 1A
                  Broadcast journalist Pauley who interviewed 39-Across in 1996
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                  Sacred dung beetle
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                  Lure for a dung beetle
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                  Claim
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                  Swerve
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                  Muffle
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                  Your sister's wife, for example
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                  "Well ____ you clever!"
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                  Another term for mmHg, named in honor of the inventor of the barometer
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                  Tokyo, formerly
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                  "Mom, ____" (iconic 39-Across quote from a 1996 interview with 1-Across)
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                  ____ Sound (record label founded by Drake)
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                  Pouty face
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                  Value
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                  Dare's partner
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                  Director's direction
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                  Chiwere speakers
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                  Almost
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                  Metrical foot
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                  "On Every ____" (Dire Straits song)
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                  See 21-Across
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                  Bon ____
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                  Mideast port
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                  "The First ____" (Christmas carol)
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                  Second-edition feature, perhaps
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                  Word often said by Prince Merkimer in "Disenchantment" (usually as he's being thrown out a window or some such thing)
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                  Unambiguous
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                  Banned apple spray
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                  Cash in, as a coupon
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                  Word after hidden or before item
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                  Unlikely to be deterred from
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                  Sci-fi staple also called an Einsten-Rosen bridge (which seems to be the term Marvel prefers because they're just tOo CoOl, but it's not more scientifically correct just because you use a different name for it)
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                  Animated movie from 2011 about a macaw
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                  Clint Barton and James T. Kirk, for two
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                  Wading bird that's one letter different from the French word for "avocado" (which is also the French word for "lawyer"... somehow)
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                  Brick and ____
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                  Like Wonder Woman
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                  One of four on a car
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                  The Beehive State (despite being somewhere around 24th in the US for honey production)
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                  Hefty volume
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                  Semitic lang.
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                  Newspaper that resisted having a crossword puzzle for almost 30 years (it's true, look it up) and then pretended like they invented the damn thing and everyone must bow before their supremacy: Abbr.
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