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◆◆ · By kieranjboyd · Published 2023-09-02T01:10:25.746Z

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  • Philip Chow 🤓9:51 · 2023-09-02T01:31:51.995Z
    what a cute fish!! the revelation came pretty late as i was looking for bowling balls or anything thematically related to bowling
    • kieranjboyd constructor · 2023-09-02T02:10:00.886Z
      I'm glad you found it in the end!
    • Nick 7:38 · 2023-09-02T03:28:49.148Z
      Ha very fun! I should have paid a bit more attention to the tag and title (also slight typo in the 9D clue, I think)
      • kieranjboyd constructor · 2023-09-02T04:47:54.635Z
        Fixed, thanks!
      • Velocipedist 14:07 · 2023-09-02T05:22:21.111Z
        Oh, now I get it. 😂 Nicely done!
        • Rosetta Stone 🤓4:53 · 2023-09-02T12:19:55.712Z
          Marry me
          • Puzzled 18:06 · 2023-09-02T12:27:22.638Z
            I got confused by 17A. AFAICT, Purdue Airport is indeed the second busiest airport, but Lafayette is nowhere close to the second biggest city in Indiana. It really threw me off because I knew Fort Wayne is the second largest city.
            • kieranjboyd constructor · 2023-09-02T20:52:18.101Z
              Teaches me to trust Wikipedia without verifying! Sorry it made you … puzzled. Given your Indiana experience, would you be able to suggest an alternative clue? "IATA code for Purdue University Airport in Indiana, named for another Indiana city"?
              • Puzzled 18:06 · 2023-09-03T02:34:36.151Z
                Purdue University is in West Lafayette, so you I think you can probably end it with "named for its city", I think. And FWIW, there's got to be someone around here who knows Indiana better than I do. I haven't lived there since I was a toddler! 🙂
                • kieranjboyd constructor · 2023-09-03T04:04:29.455Z
                  Nope, you're my correspondent now. I've updated the clue to at least be factual. Thanks for the help, Hoosier!
                  • Puzzled 18:06 · 2023-09-03T21:07:19.672Z
                    Ha. I'm glad I could help!
            • Brian Callahan 9:08 · 2023-09-03T01:46:17.514Z
              Lovely puzzle! However, as somebody that grew up in the city referenced in 17A, you may want to correct the clue. Lafayette isn't quite that big.😂
              • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓3:15 · 2023-09-03T14:43:21.751Z
                Nice one! Loved the art. Found it surprisingly tricky, but fair!
                • lisajay 🤓20:26 · 2023-09-04T00:13:37.074Z
                  Good one!
                  • michaelm 11:39 · 2023-09-06T15:55:26.679Z
                    Tough but very good! You probably know this, but the only reference to LAF as an answer in NYT is from 1987 Sunday puzzle with clue "The "We are here" gen." Better story behind it, but not much better than an IATA code for a crossword, right?
                    • kieranjboyd constructor · 2023-09-06T22:41:45.879Z
                      I did see that, but figured this angle might have been a bit more accessible. In retrospect, something like "Ingredient in both pi___ and fa___el?" would have been better still. The grid was very constrained, and this is the glue I accepted!
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                      Unfamiliar with
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                      It began during the events of 'Oppenheimer'
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                      Crustacean more likely to be found in salty waters than in a fishbowl
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                      State
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                      James ___, American author of the autobiographical novel 'A Death in the Family'
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                      Vitriol
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                      Scrap
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                      Blew hot air, briefly
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                      IATA code for Purdue University Airport in Indiana
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                      Gamer's bane
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                      He loved Lucy
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                      6, in Malay [okay fine, it's the word for lion's hair but backwards]
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                      Richard ___, British screenwriter of 'Four Weddings and a Funeral,' 'Notting Hill,' and 'Bridget Jones's Diary'
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                      Indonesian sauce featuring shallots, bird's eye chilli, lemongrass, and only one of the vowels
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                      Coercing, or using as a cane
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                      Depictions of Reddit's alien mascot, whose name comes from the question "What’s new?"
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                      "I'm all good"
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                      The E of EMT (abbr.)
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                      Abbreviation for the D&D ability that measures "perception and insight"
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                      "Bah!" in Berlin
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                      Byte prefix
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                      Hand-made, probably
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                      Championship match
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                      Verdi's sixteenth opera
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                      One born on the largest continent to a local mother a US military father
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                      Good name for a 11D
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                      Feature of this grid
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                      Lugs
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                      They're held by many CEOs
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                      Award won by the Corona Plastic Fishing Tournament advertising campaign in 2022
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                      "Yeah, that's wrong"
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                      Raggedy doll
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