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Exercise for the Reader

◆ · By kieranjboyd · Published 2022-09-16T06:15:38.717Z

Constructor's Note
My entry for the September 2022 midi contest, using the specified theme 'Back to School'
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  • SporcleMirror 🤓6:58 · 2022-09-16T06:54:40.819Z
    SPLINE! I studied those in one of my latest classes, surprised to see that answer. SARAN was a gimme... for me. A less mean constructor would have used SARAH and SHE instead of SARAN and SNO, but you know, the FILM-themed contest. BEATLEMANIA is a great bonus entry and I wish I could include some long bonuses in my contest submission but my themers are grid-spanners with the worst letter placement ever. My grid just doesn't want to fill itself nicely.
    The GNC/RENOS crossing gave me some trouble but I'm not the one who decided to stack three theme answers.
    Unrelated to this puzzle: If you want, you could give me your email address so that I can send you the COW candidates from last week. I sent them to @mike and they're probably in the spam folder, AGAIN.
    • kieranjboyd constructor · 2022-09-16T10:11:59.718Z
      Yeah when the autofiller suggested SARAN, I knew what I had to do. Cheers for the feedback - might tweak it a little in the middle.
      Re: COWs (not the bovines), @damefoxwords had the responsibility of writing the weekly email this week, if that was your intended forum. Otherwise, you could chuck 'em in the Discord - the folks there would probably appreciate them!
    • Mike D 🤓5:01 · 2022-09-16T23:21:31.843Z
      Great puzzle!
      • T. G. 7:46 · 2022-09-17T19:31:39.906Z
        Nice one!
        Play today's daily mini crossword
        1A
        Cruxes
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        Across
        1. 1A
          Cruxes
        2. 6A
          Calling someone out? *
        3. 10A
          Their all ins can't be matched
        4. 13A
          Word in an honorific that means "ocean" or "big" in Mongolic
        5. 14A
          It's used in some film production [hehehehe]
        6. 15A
          Updating a landing page, for example *
        7. 17A
          Artist who sings in 'Get Back'
        8. 18A
          Extensions and redecorations, in short *
        9. 21A
          Where to watch AGT, SNL, or SVU
        10. 24A
          Tasks often procrastinated *
        11. 28A
          'Bluebird', 'Freelancer', 'Phoenix', or 'Amy Tippin', for the character Sydney Bristow in the TV show 28A
        12. 31A
          Final hurdle for Brittany in 'Brittany Runs a Marathon'
        13. 32A
          1960s affliction that originated in the UK
        14. 34A
          Teacher's assignment, or a description for each starred entry
        15. 35A
          Hamlet and Giancarlo Esposito, by birth [but not Crown Princess Mary, she's Aussie!]
        Down
        1. 1D
          WoW group
        2. 2D
          Weaken
        3. 3D
          Curve created from fixed points, either with a piece of wood or in computer graphics
        4. 4D
          Sailor or ascot
        5. 5D
          Mamá Imelda and Mamá Coco, in 'Coco' (abbr.)
        6. 7D
          Name of a deadly hurricane that made landfall in Louisiana just over a year ago
        7. 8D
          Emperor who's famous for fiddling with fire?
        8. 9D
          Mother's mother, informally
        9. 10D
          Organisation that would respond to a theoretical zombie outbreak in the States (abbr.)
        10. 11D
          "Ni ___!" (greeting in Tianjin)
        11. 12D
          ___ Balls [look, an American treat that isn't OREO!]
        12. 16D
          Vitamin retailer based in Pittsburgh, PA that's now owned by a foreign corporation [and which appears literally in this clue]
        13. 19D
          "Ugh, for real‽"
        14. 20D
          (Video game in which players trade football cards that are) Extremely sparse
        15. 21D
          Catch, as a thief
        16. 22D
          Reaction somewhere between "yeesh" and "wowza"
        17. 23D
          "____!" (greeting in Turin)
        18. 25D
          Makes a tier list
        19. 26D
          ___ Studios, previous name for the building where 'Abbey Road' was recorded
        20. 27D
          Apt rhyme for "aah" and "poolside juice bar"
        21. 29D
          Green machine [in countries where money is green]
        22. 30D
          Go downhill quickly?
        23. 33D
          Town found on the waters of Hawaii [and literally within this clue]
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