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Wraparound Puzzle #2 [Proof of concept]

· By john reed · Published 2024-07-30T19:03:54.167Z

You should read this, otherwise this puzzle won't make any sense, fair warning
The idea of these "wraparound" puzzles is to play with 3D space in a 2D puzzle. I like think about taking the grid printed out on paper and curling it into a tube, so the left edge of the grid meets the right edge. The acrosses are broken up into 3-letter answer "fragments". Each fragment makes the start of one word, and can also be the end of another word. In this puzzle, the fragment that starts the word is given the clue, and I've highlighted the fragment that ends the word for convenience. The downs act completely normally. Or do they? (They do). If that makes sense to you, go solve it now, I apologize in advance for some of the grid jank. If you don't get it, here's an example.
Let's say a row reads:
MER | LIN | DOR
You can probably immediately see MERLIN (Arthur's pal) and LINDOR (Mets SS Francisco), but with the wrap-around you also get DORMER (Upstairs window). That's a less elegant one, but, then, there's a reason it didn't make the puzzle.
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  • Puzzled in CNY 🤓6:54 · 2024-07-31T15:02:45.082Z
    Took a second to get comfortable with, but a cool concept and a fun puzzle! Thanks for putting in the work (I imagine that took a while!)
    • Brennen Blotner 🤓2:10 · 2024-08-01T05:12:59.853Z
      This was cool! I would love to see this actually in 3D somehow, maybe even like computer versions of Rubik's Cubes. This was very fun, and I hope to see more of them!
      • Jess 🤓2:48 · 2024-08-01T07:06:42.266Z
        Loved it! Thanks.
        • kurtalert 🤓2:55 · 2024-08-01T19:31:10.111Z
          Ahhhh, I'm starting to get the hang of these now. cool. Thanks!
          • dilly 🤓2:54 · 2024-08-01T22:16:56.091Z
            Impressive, I tried to my hand at one after the first one you published and it did not go well lol. And this version seems to be doing even more than the first so kudos!
            1D
            Intense loathing
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            2
            3
            4
            5
            6
            7
            8
            9
            10
            11
            12
            13
            14
            15
            16
            17
            18
            19
            20
            Across
            1. 2A
              Yes, in Yekaterinburg
            2. 3A
              British term for a rented room (6A)
            3. 6A
              Seinfeld genre (7A)
            4. 7A
              Like a greaser's hair (3A)
            5. 10A
              Court figure (11A)
            6. 11A
              Cry on a diamond (12A)
            7. 12A
              Prohibit (10A)
            8. 13A
              One little bite (14A)
            9. 14A
              Intervene (15A)
            10. 15A
              It's hit with un palo (13A)
            11. 16A
              Implied (17A)
            12. 17A
              "Ideas worth spreading" non-profit
            13. 18A
              Maneuver (19A)
            14. 19A
              Locale for an RN
            15. 20A
              Texting protocol (With the square to the left) (I know, I'm sorry, I'm not allowed to make clues for 1-letter words)
            Down
            1. 1D
              Intense loathing
            2. 2D
              Ones who do keto
            3. 3D
              Boring things
            4. 4D
              Weird Al song parodying Michael Jackson
            5. 5D
              Former Raptors coach Casey (Can you tell I thought this was a more common spelling of this name when i made this grid?)
            6. 6D
              ___ of a Down ("Chop Suey")
            7. 7D
              Word with mall
            8. 8D
              Yes, from a French person in Yekaterinburg
            9. 9D
              ___ Dew
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