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◆ · By damefox · Published 2023-07-05T22:00:15.652Z

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Thanks to Merriam-Webster's social media for inspiring this puzzle.
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  • damefox constructor · 2023-07-05T22:00:15.652Z
    Other examples (some of which are too long for a 15x15 grid): organic food, British English, bike pedal, brown rice, cloth diaper, handwritten, outdoor rock climbing, silent film, visible light, "Star Trek: The Original Series," "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope," etc. etc. etc.
    • benchen71 🤓7:31 · 2023-07-05T23:36:33.351Z
      Nice puzzle with a cool theme!
      • Brian Callahan 🤓4:29 · 2023-07-05T23:55:49.226Z
        That was fun - love the title, btw
        • ajk 🤓8:40 · 2023-07-05T23:54:05.099Z
          Fun, thanks. :) And lol @ the title as an example
          • kurtalert 🤓5:44 · 2023-07-06T01:18:36.911Z
            great puzzle!
            • BarbaraK 🤓8:42 · 2023-07-06T01:07:37.200Z
              Fun puzzle! A few more- dial phone, land line, hand made bread, pop-up toaster, conventional oven, acoustic guitar
              • damefox constructor · 2023-07-06T01:31:03.650Z
                Nice!!
              • Adam Doctoroff 🤓3:24 · 2023-07-06T00:58:25.242Z
                Agree that this was a fun one, didn't know the theme until I got to the bottom! Hope you are well Emma.
                • damefox constructor · 2023-07-06T01:31:45.547Z
                  Thanks Adam! (Btw I just emailed you a few hours ago.)
                  • Adam Doctoroff 🤓3:24 · 2023-07-07T12:14:55.107Z
                    You're welcome! I don't seem to have gotten your email, though - did you send it to my gmail or narrow gauge account? can always message me on the muggle board also. look forward to hearing from you!
                • Puzzled 🤓13:44 · 2023-07-11T19:21:09.155Z
                  Puzzles like this make me wish there were a like button on CrossHare.
                  • Julia 🤓11:34 · 2023-07-16T03:40:53.402Z
                    fun puzzle & cool theme!
                    • Philip Chow 🤓6:35 · 2023-07-27T04:31:23.323Z
                      very fun puzzle! loved learning about RETRONYM... took me a while to get the reference to the puzzle's title but i get it now :)... don't know if it was intentional or not but liked that there were two song references about rain on your wedding day
                      • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓4:02 · 2024-03-25T01:48:38.802Z
                        Fun, thank you!
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                        1. 1A
                          It can be read
                        2. 5A
                          Org. for athletes who hit lots of 6-Downs
                        3. 8A
                          Actress Birch of "Hocus Pocus"
                        4. 13A
                          "Dude, please???"
                        5. 15A
                          "___ Met You Yet" (Michael Bublé single)
                        6. 17A
                          *Europe, Asia, and Africa vis-à-vis the Americas
                        7. 18A
                          "Ironic" singer Morissette
                        8. 19A
                          Tennis great married to fellow tennis great Agassi
                        9. 20A
                          *Mostly obsolete light source
                        10. 21A
                          Wolf pack leader who helped raise 4-Down
                        11. 24A
                          Some German autos
                        12. 26A
                          "Live ___" (Taco Bell slogan)
                        13. 27A
                          *Letters and postcards
                        14. 29A
                          The first three letters of 20-Across, for a 20-Across
                        15. 31A
                          ___ favor (please)
                        16. 32A
                          English river
                        17. 33A
                          ___'easter (certain winter storm)
                        18. 34A
                          *Twizzlers product
                        19. 40A
                          Also
                        20. 41A
                          ___ belly (feature of many a 25-Down)
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                          Physicians' org.
                        22. 44A
                          Strong cleaners
                        23. 46A
                          *What's heard at concerts and cabarets
                        24. 49A
                          Abbr. in a help wanted ad
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                          Sitar tune
                        26. 51A
                          Like a noble gas
                        27. 52A
                          *Zest or Irish Spring, e.g.
                        28. 55A
                          Set of points, in math
                        29. 57A
                          Sagrada Família architect Gaudí
                        30. 58A
                          A new term created for an existing word, such as each of the starred entries and (depending on how into metas you are) the title of this puzzle
                        31. 62A
                          Secretary of the Treasury under Biden
                        32. 63A
                          Something to lay on thick on Lay's?
                        33. 64A
                          Gag ___ (outtakes)
                        34. 65A
                          Most members of the Green Lantern Corps: Abbr.
                        35. 66A
                          ___-froid (grace under pressure, from the French for "cold blood")
                        Down
                        1. 1D
                          Kung ___ chicken
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                          Boring thing?
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                          Type of TV
                        4. 4D
                          "Man cub" raised by 21-Across and his pack
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                          Spanish pear (which anagrams to pear)
                        6. 6D
                          A stray one may prompt "Fore!"
                        7. 7D
                          "___ another thing!" ("I'm not done yet!")
                        8. 8D
                          Cambodians' neighbors
                        9. 9D
                          Word after a generous donor's name, perhaps
                        10. 10D
                          Track shape
                        11. 11D
                          Create a 58-Across for, for example
                        12. 12D
                          Def Leppard or Neon Trees song title
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                          "The ___ of the story is..."
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                          Recipe amts.
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                          Word after night or barn
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                          Killer of Cleopatra
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                          Door opener
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                          Robert Crawley, 7th ___ of Grantham (Hugh Bonneville's "Downton Abbey" role)
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                          Tiny hog sometimes kept as a pet
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                          Ocean menace
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                          Pro
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                          Magician Geller
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                          Of ___ (meriting a Wikipedia entry, so to speak)
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                          Partook of
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                          Adj./hyp., mathematically
                        26. 37D
                          Like some bonds
                        27. 38D
                          "The ___-Book of Sherlock Holmes" (1927 short story collection)
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                          Arab ruler
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                          One of five in any Shakespeare play
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                          Temporary ride
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                          Seussian turtle
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                          Drink like a cat does
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                          SI prefix represented by the Greek letter mu
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                          Bargainers, sometimes
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                          Online marketplace
                        36. 50D
                          "I Hope It ___" (Jana Kramer song about wishing an ex ill on their wedding day)
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                          Fish that sounds lonely?
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                          Certain first year
                        39. 56D
                          Asa's "Sex Education" role
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                          Caviar
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                          Confidentiality doc.
                        42. 60D
                          Yang's counterpart
                        43. 61D
                          It's better on the hwy.
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