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Contain Your Excitement

◆ · By Nick · Published 2023-09-12T14:18:37.846Z

Constructor's Note
You'll have to think outside the . . . usual confines here. After your sparring session with this puzzle, eight squares will end up looking similar. Be sure to package up your answers cleverly.
Quick hints if you're stuck:
Hint #1: This is a rebus puzzle, meaning some squares need more than one letter.
Hint #2: Unlike most puzzles, this one you want to be boxed in.
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  • kurtalert 🤓5:25 · 2023-09-13T00:04:14.354Z
    fantastic, great theme- thanks!
    • Nick constructor · 2023-09-13T01:35:24.932Z
      Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed.
    • Pat R 1:04:05 · 2023-09-14T16:19:58.950Z
      Challenging and really fun. Well done.
      • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓5:40 · 2023-09-15T05:34:32.406Z
        Nice!
        • Nick constructor · 2023-09-15T22:10:48.789Z
          Thank you!
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        Cardboard enthusiast?
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        1. 1A
          Cardboard enthusiast?
        2. 5A
          Where "Fragile," "Handle With Care," or a UPC is usually printed
        3. 9A
          Nissan Cube and Ford Bronco (or a 12 in Atlantic City)
        4. 14A
          Fanning from "The Great" and "Maleficent"
        5. 15A
          Standalone fútbol competition
        6. 16A
          First daughter in the '10s
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          Platinum record certifier
        8. 18A
          Spoon-bending Israeli illusionist Geller, genre-bending Israeli author Adelman, and convention-bending Israeli politician Avnery
        9. 19A
          Bygone anesthetic
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          Command to a dog who just munched on a foreign object or a long-winded storyteller
        11. 22A
          Kappa Alpha follower
        12. 23A
          Ottawa's prov.
        13. 24A
          Flowery month in France
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          NYC winter time
        15. 27A
          Remove a Mac Book from its confines
        16. 30A
          Sewn edge
        17. 32A
          Homer's goodily-two shoed neighborino
        18. 34A
          Count Chocula shelfmate
        19. 37A
          Moving van
        20. 41A
          Become accustomed (to)
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          Louis and Paul or Bourbon and Wall
        22. 44A
          Southeast Asia capital
        23. 45A
          Say again
        24. 47A
          Fear whenever a tech device is on the fritz
        25. 49A
          R-rated Eeyore?
        26. 50A
          Pot partner
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          Stockholm-based airline
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          Driller's deg.
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          German article found on collection of German articles
        30. 57A
          Part of the machine, metaphorically or literally
        31. 59A
          "____ is human . . ."
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          Semi-anthropomorphic illuminating mascot featured in Pixar intros
        33. 66A
          Ballerina stance, often
        34. 67A
          "____ all work out."
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          Kid's block brand with many movie tie-ins
        36. 69A
          "Get ____ of yourself!"
        37. 70A
          One option on a simple pop quiz
        38. 71A
          Like morning lawns
        39. 72A
          Hammer home?
        40. 73A
          Stolen corrugated carton?
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          Luxe stadium seating
        Down
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          Losing ones can end up in the second half of the answer
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          Simone Biles move, basically
        3. 3D
          Jai ____
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          Expression of joy, from someone like 32A, for instance
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          Handheld retractable razor blade apparatus
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          Barcelona bull
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          Poppy-derived narcotic
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          Carbonara carb
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          Best-of CD collection
        10. 10D
          Notre Dame, for one
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          Fire pit residues
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          Scarlett's "Gone With The Wind" beau
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          Singer-songwriter Bareilles
        14. 21D
          Adorning Louboutins or Manolo Blahniks
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          Outlook folder
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          App that's now a verb
        17. 28D
          Last word in a best-selling Agatha Christie title
        18. 29D
          Basketball rebounding fundamental
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          Title for Robinson, Maisel, and Doubtfire
        20. 33D
          Fuel made from corn
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          Famed Texas Roadhouse pre-meal offering
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          From Jan. 1, in accounting
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          Deep dish pizza chain, familiarly
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          La ____ Nostra
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          Face-painted rockers, collectively
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          Viscous tree fluid
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          Trip starter?
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          Buy with hook, line, and sinker
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          Hawaiian "Tiny Bubbles" crooner
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          2017 hashtag that spawned a social movement
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          French singer Piaf or Archie Bunker's wife on "All in the Family"
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          Descriptor for when something is hip again
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          Applies a thin layer of gold
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          Precise phrase
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          DVD rental kiosk
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          Type of double-standard shaming for young women
        37. 63D
          Best Buy squad
        38. 64D
          LA's 405, Rt. 66, or I-95 (abbrev.)
        39. 65D
          Barbie, Optimus Prime, or Mr. Potato Head home
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