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First Successful Basque Space Program Launch (1973)

◆◆ · By ariel haymarket · Published 2023-12-20T08:36:52.744Z

Tips appreciated to help this Texan keep taking estrogen! Warning - puzzles often crass, anarchic, and approaching NC-17 territory.
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  • Jen S 21:07 · 2023-12-20T12:02:48.155Z
    16A is my favourite motto
    • ariel haymarket constructor · 2023-12-21T19:18:44.653Z
      It's a great one to live by
    • kurtalert 🤓10:39 · 2023-12-20T20:34:01.390Z
      20A. LMAO. Never heard that term!
      • ariel haymarket constructor · 2023-12-21T19:18:54.763Z
        Oh there are so many good options.
      • maturin 🤓9:23 · 2023-12-21T15:26:13.887Z
        great one! That bottom left corner was tricky tricky tricky
        • ariel haymarket constructor · 2023-12-21T19:19:31.020Z
          Thank you! I'm working on making them chaotic tricky.
        • catachresis 38:36 · 2024-01-13T06:21:57.596Z
          Fun for the whole polycule! Loved seeing 20A mentioned, and a lot of clues that were fun to pencil in something completely wrong for.
        1A
        Grant
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        Across
        1. 1A
          Grant
        2. 6A
          Sweat it!
        3. 10A
          Prim pronoun
        4. 14A
          "Bombing for ___ is like fucking for virginity"
        5. 15A
          Femme title
        6. 16A
          "Do no ___, but take no shit"
        7. 17A
          Trails
        8. 18A
          Just the tiniest amount
        9. 19A
          Hawkeye player
        10. 20A
          Crass name for estradiol or progesterone
        11. 23A
          Orinoco y Grande
        12. 24A
          Total schlemiels
        13. 25A
          Wrap which is worn
        14. 28A
          Directs
        15. 30A
          Musical filler lyric
        16. 31A
          Hot spot for possible rarities
        17. 36A
          Saint of Kyiv
        18. 38A
          Ballpark fig.
        19. 39A
          Give (out)
        20. 40A
          Infamous "battle" site of 1890
        21. 45A
          "Treatment" for autism reportedly started as a failed dog-training regimen; abbr.
        22. 46A
          Taboos
        23. 47A
          Bit of beach attire
        24. 49A
          Snappy tool
        25. 52A
          Another: Sp.
        26. 53A
          Codename given by Basque separatists for the 1973 assassination of the Francoist politician Luis Carrero Blanco ... also referenced in the title
        27. 57A
          Carb option for chicken tikka masala
        28. 58A
          Recipe amt.
        29. 59A
          Entertainment appreciation club option for high school or college students
        30. 62A
          Co-star of Geena in "Beetlejuice"
        31. 63A
          Diminutive suffix
        32. 64A
          Ridiculous
        33. 65A
          Legend
        34. 66A
          Infamous command from Palpatine
        35. 67A
          Word of one on the fence
        Down
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          Friday's starter?
        2. 2D
          Three-letter buzzkills
        3. 3D
          Truncated Bible book
        4. 4D
          Mariner Suzuki
        5. 5D
          What students could be in the middle of, during Finals week
        6. 6D
          Occasions for cake, briefly
        7. 7D
          Annoys (at)
        8. 8D
          Wild
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          Filmmaker Cecil
        10. 10D
          "Such a damn shame ..."
        11. 11D
          Singer Bailey
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          Command
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          Boston campus
        14. 21D
          Wrap which is worn
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          Footwear company whose original concept was "Shoes for Tomorrow Project"
        16. 25D
          Deposit
        17. 26D
          Lead dino in "The Good Dinosaur"
        18. 27D
          The stuff in a jar for when you're too tired to make your own garlicky tomato sauce for your penne
        19. 28D
          Listens
        20. 29D
          "Our Lady of Chernobyl" author Greg
        21. 32D
          Fix
        22. 33D
          Burden
        23. 34D
          Idris who would make a great 007
        24. 35D
          Secure
        25. 37D
          "Cry to Heaven" author
        26. 41D
          First name in Nickelodeon
        27. 42D
          Passed on the Hill
        28. 43D
          This, referring to a dress in Avila
        29. 44D
          Possible result of listening to a banger
        30. 48D
          Realm of High King Peter the Magnificent
        31. 49D
          Nail polish hue
        32. 50D
          Speed skater Ohno
        33. 51D
          Measure
        34. 52D
          Opening
        35. 54D
          Analogy word pair
        36. 55D
          Quite a visual start?
        37. 56D
          ___ Josh (a more liberal and "lustrous" translation of Jesus Christ)
        38. 60D
          Grp. with Tigers, but no Lions or Bears
        39. 61D
          Prominent feature of Bill Cipher in "Gravity Falls"
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