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· By kieranjboyd · Published 2022-01-16T21:26:03.203Z

Constructor's Note
This is my entry for the Crosshare Midi Contest for January 2022!
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  • Mike D 🤓8:17 · 2022-01-16T21:36:05.242Z
    This was really great! Loved the fun grid shape and trying to figure out what was going on with the themers. I think the thing that took the longest for me was figuring out ROOTCAUSE
    • Emma Oxford 🤓4:19 · 2022-01-16T22:27:29.392Z
      Nice!
      • Joah 8:34 · 2022-01-16T23:11:05.793Z
        Such a great theme! Love that you were able to progress through six different roots!
        • Duncan Lyle 🤓9:18 · 2022-01-21T15:54:56.372Z
          Fantastic theme idea! It's not often I reach for my calculator to solve a crossword. Very well done!
          • Hraf 🤓8:33 · 2022-02-16T22:59:47.247Z
            Lovely theme and execution! Once I worked out what was at the...BASE...of my confusion with the clues, it was a delight to solve! :D
            • Rhubarb 🤓34:48 · 2023-03-03T03:29:19.525Z
              ...and ...ONE FIN!! Phew! Fantastic puzzle!
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              * Lumber for construction with a rectangular cross-section [1, 2]
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              1. 1A
                * Lumber for construction with a rectangular cross-section [1, 2]
              2. 10A
                Hairdresser, often
              3. 11A
                Tool for piercing holes
              4. 12A
                * An infinite curve that might be seen in ice skating [3]
              5. 13A
                Boopable pupper parts
              6. 16A
                Feminine suffix
              7. 18A
                * 1984 coming-of-age comedy from the director and two stars of 'The Breakfast Club' [4]
              8. 23A
                Not the main options
              9. 25A
                * Point at which water changes state, in the States [5]
              10. 27A
                Capital that was once called Christiania
              11. 29A
                Chinese cinnamon used in curries
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                * Song in which Paul McCartney asks "Will you still need me? Will you still feed me?" [6]
              13. 36A
                Sooooo long
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                Something that might scare you coming out of the water?
              15. 38A
                Fundamental reason, such as the numbers in the starred clues
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              1. 1D
                How Tigger says goodbye to Pooh, briefly
              2. 2D
                Nintendo console that was released after 24D
              3. 3D
                "I'll count us down from three." "Sure. Wait, do we start on 'one', or after?" "We start __ __."
              4. 4D
                Unit of heat used for air conditioning (abbr.)
              5. 5D
                Letters after "la" or "law"
              6. 6D
                Like a shady path through a forest
              7. 7D
                Powerful figure?
              8. 8D
                "That hurt!"
              9. 9D
                Small bluish-black fruit of the blackthorn
              10. 13D
                Puts away safely, perhaps on a ship
              11. 14D
                Sound of amazement
              12. 15D
                Porsche 911 model, named after its semi-convertible car body style
              13. 17D
                _____ Thompson, actress of 'Thor: Ragnarok' and 'Passing'
              14. 19D
                International commerce group based in Switzerland (abbr.)
              15. 20D
                It might follow a bee?
              16. 21D
                It's between here and there, sometimes
              17. 22D
                Family name for Harper, Spike, and Bruce (though they're not related)
              18. 24D
                Nintendo console that was released before 2D
              19. 25D
                Orthanc or Minas Morgul, in a Tolkein tale
              20. 26D
                First words of a Monopoly instruction
              21. 28D
                Jay ____, once a TV host, now a car collector
              22. 29D
                POTUS, to the military (abbr.)
              23. 30D
                "Be quiet!", briefly (and rudely!)
              24. 31D
                One of the Nereids of Greek mythology
              25. 33D
                Slang ending for "any"
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                "___ culpa!"
              27. 35D
                Important ability score for clerics, druids, and rangers in D&D (abbr.)
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