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Big Box Populi - 2/6/22

◆◆ · By Clayton Tyler Henry · Published 2022-02-06T15:00:06.093Z

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  • carter 🤓15:44 · 2022-02-06T17:01:31.642Z
    this was great! nice theme and lots of fun clues, i especially liked 15A and 59A
    • Clayton Tyler Henry constructor · 2022-02-06T17:48:40.451Z
      Thanks for the feedback, Carter. Glad you enjoyed it!
    • Mike D 9:10 · 2022-02-06T17:08:02.123Z
      Nice one! Pretty tough grid I thought but the theme made it worth it
      • Clayton Tyler Henry constructor · 2022-02-06T17:48:20.087Z
        Thanks, Mike. Still striving to strike that fine balance of "precise, but not pedantic" with my entries. (And yes, I see the irony of quoting a long dead poet to say I should make my clues more accessible...)
      • Hoyt Arcane 10:11 · 2022-02-06T18:30:38.831Z
        Very nice choice of theme answers!
        • Clayton Tyler Henry constructor · 2022-02-06T20:38:23.770Z
          Thanks, Hoyt! The only one I was iffy on was 12D - I was surprised to learn that they more regional than I thought. Here in SoCal they are quite ubiquitous.
        • Mateo Cruzas 20:26 · 2022-02-07T04:29:07.007Z
          This was great. Good clues. Great wordplay
          • Mateo Cruzas 20:26 · 2022-02-07T04:59:27.613Z
            6-across was a great tricky clue
            • Clayton Tyler Henry constructor · 2022-02-07T15:06:20.543Z
              Thanks, Mateo! Glad you enjoyed it.
            • Sommersmith 12:17 · 2022-02-11T17:03:25.989Z
              Nice puzzle! Delightful theme and some wonderful clues - ABBEYROAD and MARIONETTES were fun, and the clue for UTOPIA is just brilliant! I got undone by the AGAZE/ZONE crossing - I had AGAPE and I suspected that PONE was wrong, but the correct fill just didn't come to me.
              • Clayton Tyler Henry constructor · 2022-02-11T18:25:27.800Z
                Thanks for taking this one on. AGAZE was definitely my last fill and I wasn't too happy with it. In retrospect, I probably should have made the cross for the "Z" less sports-centric but with NBA trade deadline approaching, athletics was on the brain. Regardless, I appreciate the feedback.
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              Guitar enhancers
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              Across
              1. 1A
                Guitar enhancers
              2. 5A
                Apple TV series, with "Truth"
              3. 11A
                Original Ant-Man alias
              4. 14A
                Castle protector
              5. 15A
                More work
              6. 16A
                Comic reaction to a punch in the face
              7. 17A
                House power?*
              8. 19A
                Nine-digit issuer
              9. 20A
                Bath & Body Works specialty
              10. 21A
                Expanses
              11. 23A
                Sadie of dance fame
              12. 26A
                Suit maker
              13. 27A
                Mobile purchase location
              14. 29A
                Absurd
              15. 31A
                Small bit
              16. 34A
                Plan B when Zoom lags?
              17. 37A
                Phillipa from "Hamilton"
              18. 38A
                Potential pre-cursor to an alley-oop
              19. 39A
                Werewolf adjective
              20. 40A
                Objectivism creator Rand
              21. 41A
                Brylcreem slogan amount
              22. 42A
                Arousing
              23. 43A
                "____, poor Yorick!"
              24. 44A
                Doe describer in a scale song
              25. 46A
                Staring intently
              26. 48A
                Optometrist, colloquially
              27. 51A
                Books arranged A-Z, for example
              28. 55A
                Ways to leave
              29. 57A
                Easily duped, maybe
              30. 58A
                Initials seen when no seats are left
              31. 59A
                Wired entertainment?*
              32. 62A
                Aegean or Bering
              33. 63A
                Meeting to-do list
              34. 64A
                Poet Pound
              35. 65A
                Defining work
              36. 66A
                Underwater cryptid
              37. 67A
                Method: Abbr.
              Down
              1. 1D
                Religion where Gelassenheit is a core virtue
              2. 2D
                Drogo portrayer
              3. 3D
                Meemaw's husband, perahps (var.)
              4. 4D
                Child by marriage
              5. 5D
                Brady, pre-retirement
              6. 6D
                Popular cryptocurrency abbreviation
              7. 7D
                Lara Croft raiding target
              8. 8D
                Phantom haunt
              9. 9D
                Large seafaring vessel
              10. 10D
                AI treasure hunt, perhaps
              11. 11D
                Drip variety
              12. 12D
                Fast food noodle chain in Japan and California*
              13. 13D
                AFI awards them to future directors
              14. 18D
                Phonetic comparison phrase
              15. 22D
                "The Da Vinci Code" author Brown
              16. 24D
                Lowest point
              17. 25D
                One of Nixon's vices?
              18. 28D
                Chef Boyardee's forte
              19. 30D
                Long times
              20. 31D
                Hawkeye actor
              21. 32D
                Precision indicator?*
              22. 33D
                It starts to "Come Together"
              23. 35D
                The taller plumber... who has four friends hidden throughout this puzzle!
              24. 36D
                AT&T anti-texting campaign "______ wait"
              25. 39D
                Bovine wrangler
              26. 43D
                Makes fizzy
              27. 45D
                Wide shoe size
              28. 47D
                Man alternative
              29. 49D
                Missouri river
              30. 50D
                Demeter's Roman counterpart
              31. 52D
                A himbo, perhaps?
              32. 53D
                Civil rights activist Medgar
              33. 54D
                Opted for a new chair
              34. 55D
                Early "Green Book" endorser
              35. 56D
                Sinister septet
              36. 60D
                I hate, in Latin
              37. 61D
                When doubled, a 2010s dance craze based on a Martin Lawrence character
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