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Filling Time

· By juff · Published 2022-02-09T23:34:49.049Z

Constructor's Note
Here's a momentary diversion to help you fill the time. Nine response in this puzzle are too long for their space in the grid, and must have multiple letters place in one overfilled cell. These cells, as well as three others, have the additional difficulty that the correct entry does not match the letter of the crossing entry, which should be set aside unused. When read clockwise starting in the northwest area of the grid, these unused letters will spell out a certain set of tasks. An additional ten-letter entry which reveals when and why these tasks will occur begins at the circled square and meanders through the grid, ignoring heavy bars as it moves up, down, left, or right but not diagonally. As a hint, the path moves generally toward the location where the ninth unused letter would have been entered. Circling the mismatched cells and shading the cells of the meandering path may be illustrative.
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  • juff constructor · 2022-02-10T00:33:38.619Z
    This was originally created in 2008 for paper, with the instructions to circle the mismatched cells and to shade in the meandering path, which would look a little better in the finale.
    • Mike D 1:17 · 2022-02-10T14:28:07.629Z
      This is so cool! Way too advanced for me - I'm a novice at best even at regular cryptics - but I enjoyed going through the clues and trying to see how it all works
      • andeux 🤓18:41 · 2022-02-10T21:54:35.248Z
        Ouch.
        • jasonwestley 🤓21:54 · 2022-02-11T14:25:34.629Z
          Teehee, that was fun! Classic kids gag in there. Reminds me that I haven't booked a check-up myself in quite a while.
          • Hraf 46:28 · 2022-02-18T04:30:30.047Z
            Extremely fun! It took me donkey's ages to figure out what the heck I was doing, but I got there in the end! Lovely!
            1A
            Pale carnival. (4)
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            Across
            1. 1A
              Pale carnival. (4)
            2. 4A
              Collecting tariffs, picking one up on the way to the runway. (7)
            3. 8A
              Ribbon, as in quiet. (4)
            4. 12A
              Compromising pose, I bleach halfway. (8)
            5. 14A
              White custom pen. (5)
            6. 15A
              Plead: wild about university introduction. (4-2)
            7. 16A
              Without introduction, utter "Eating little short-form writer." (7)
            8. 17A
              Angela's head obstructs either of two presidents. (5)
            9. 19A
              Funny Wii holds a state. (6)
            10. 22A
              Ran into, returning Oregon city. (5)
            11. 23A
              It acts crazy in storage areas. (6)
            12. 24A
              Plunge silver into hound following gym teacher. (7)
            13. 26A
              Someone like Bart Simpson's excessively mean at the end. (4)
            14. 27A
              Pull back lots of mucus. (4)
            15. 29A
              When Polonius and Tybalt die, half of Ace's time is in. (3,3)
            16. 30A
              Pump her full of oxygen. (4)
            17. 31A
              Let us in, awful tool. (7)
            18. 32A
              My clue, badly written: "Lecture Hall" (6)
            19. 33A
              Note one good-night rule. (5)
            20. 36A
              Paints after shirt and sweats. (5)
            21. 39A
              Work out energy in travel. (6)
            22. 41A
              Resetting fire, try to frighten. (7)
            23. 44A
              Badly filled! (3-3)
            24. 45A
              Ladybug's first hive is torn, like some jeans? (7)
            25. 46A
              Lift, energy, and volume enter to bring joy. (7)
            26. 47A
              I need help holding five hundred turfs. (4)
            27. 48A
              With bisection aloud. (6)
            28. 49A
              It's dirt, dummy. (4)
            Down
            1. 1D
              First floor, apartment E. (1,4)
            2. 2D
              Beer times, mister Trebek. (4)
            3. 3D
              Concerning poor me, by cows and sheep. (3,4)
            4. 5D
              Albert, by the way, is the top of Europe. (4)
            5. 6D
              Total catch. (3)
            6. 7D
              Wayne Gretsky's agent or confused goalie's end. (5,3)
            7. 8D
              Adds water back to chunky soup. (4)
            8. 9D
              Get at, in following farewell, (6)
            9. 10D
              Look at and listen to the ocean. (3)
            10. 11D
              Aggressive negotiation tactics from confused reds in passageway. (4,4)
            11. 13D
              Transport? Time for a drug raid. (4)
            12. 18D
              Horribly rough time after start of year for a treat, if frozen. (7)
            13. 19D
              Top hot has olden-style. (4)
            14. 20D
              Vinegary ice: act strangely. (6)
            15. 21D
              Hello, holding catastrophic vinery, one for Anne and Catherine's husband. (5,4)
            16. 24D
              Blurs out, confused, exiles Pat. (9)
            17. 25D
              Monstrous and horrible soul high. (8)
            18. 28D
              A couple of gearheads miss stones. (4)
            19. 29D
              Heavenly article, set one hundred. (7)
            20. 30D
              Notched heart in South Dakota. (6)
            21. 34D
              Eric's not doing anything. (4)
            22. 35D
              A hundred and two Edwards gave it up. (5)
            23. 37D
              One in tax agency flower. (4)
            24. 38D
              Oven knob, half-way holding the Italian. (4)
            25. 40D
              No love, Tony Holding. (4)
            26. 42D
              They played Mr. Blue Sky endlessly, below. (3)
            27. 43D
              At first you eat shrimp, for sure. (3)
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