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"Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, that's a good curve ball"

■ · By Philip Chow · Published 2022-01-16T00:17:35.586Z

Constructor's Note
This is my submission for Crosshare's monthly midi contest January 2022 (theme: 2) - I hope you enjoy ✌️
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  • Mike D 🤓4:44 · 2022-01-16T03:05:18.591Z
    This was so good! Not sure if it was intentional or not but I liked how CONTINENTS called back to last month's contest, too.
    • Frisco17 🤓5:59 · 2022-01-19T18:43:53.477Z
      I noticed that as well!
    • FNCLL 🤓7:28 · 2022-01-16T03:30:07.626Z
      Excellent!
      • Joah 🤓4:18 · 2022-01-16T03:46:47.353Z
        Great grid art!
        • Emma Oxford 🤓4:40 · 2022-01-16T04:38:31.104Z
          Nice one!
          • Duncan Lyle 🤓10:07 · 2022-01-22T01:07:26.929Z
            Fun puzzle! Not at all related to the theme, but something about SQUAREPEG was just really satisfying. And I always enjoy a good pair of repetitive clues, so 8A and 15A were very clever.
            • Philip Chow constructor · 2022-01-22T23:55:22.002Z
              thanks! i really liked square peg too... first version of the puzzle had "courtesan" in that spot... then "square rod" but i deemed them too obscure/kinda boring... a shame that LEWES is pretty obscure too but hopefully not a natick in that spot... i planted the LOAN/LIEN trap with "mortgage" just to be extra evil 😈
            • capybara 🤓7:55 · 2022-01-28T19:11:51.617Z
              Very satisfying solve
              Play today's daily mini crossword
              1A
              Latin phrase that describes something created for a specific purpose (like this puzzle for the monthly midi challenge)
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              Across
              1. 1A
                Latin phrase that describes something created for a specific purpose (like this puzzle for the monthly midi challenge)
              2. 6A
                New kid on the block, for example
              3. 8A
                Poor match for a round hole
              4. 10A
                Second in command
              5. 11A
                "Viva ___ Vegas"
              6. 12A
                Mortgage, for example
              7. 13A
                Does a 10-Across
              8. 14A
                Coffee or vanilla
              9. 15A
                New Kids on the Block, for example
              10. 16A
                What Minnesota's baseball team is named after
              11. 22A
                Antarctica and others
              12. 23A
                Decadent chocolate cake, for example
              Down
              1. 1D
                Cuckoopints and calla lilies, taxonomically
              2. 2D
                Very blah
              3. 3D
                Bring on board
              4. 4D
                Cause of a blackout, perhaps
              5. 5D
                Photo ID?
              6. 6D
                Color similar to turquoise
              7. 7D
                Earliest settlement in Delaware with the nickname "The First Town in The First State"
              8. 8D
                Show with "The Ambiguously Gay Duo," for short
              9. 9D
                Ending with poly-
              10. 13D
                10-Across is a specific one needed for certain tests
              11. 14D
                ___ knots (hairstyle originated from the Zulu people)
              12. 15D
                Sticky situation
              13. 16D
                Cable company acquired by AT&T in 1999
              14. 17D
                Took all the marbles
              15. 18D
                Wooden golf peg
              16. 19D
                The Crossed Harpoons, in "Moby-Dick"
              17. 20D
                Series finale?
              18. 21D
                Compass direction that is 157.5 degrees from N
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