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Puzzle #70 "10s! 10s! 10s across the board!"

■ · By Philip Chow · Published 2023-08-18T20:33:50.414Z

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  • Philip Chow constructor · 2023-08-18T20:42:21.888Z
    The most unfamiliar one is RAS, which stands for "Relative Athletic Score"... also, these are the max scores for the tests at time of publication (as grading metrics change all the time)... When I took the SATS, it was out of 1600, then they changed it to 2400, then they changed it back to 1600... I can't keep track of it all!... I tried to fit HEARTS into the puzzle as well with the clue (0, and everyone else gets 26)... "Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land in last place with 25 points bwahaha"
    • kieranjboyd 🤓5:13 · 2023-08-18T21:48:44.575Z
      Such dense theming, and symmetric too!
      • FrankieHeck 🤓11:35 · 2023-08-18T23:16:07.032Z
        Love it! Also happy to see you on Team Whoa instead of Team Woah. I thought only we square old people did that.
        • Philip Chow constructor · 2023-08-19T15:35:03.462Z
          Thanks - I've never seen "woah" before but I googled it and it's a spelling variant seen in memes, texts, social media posts, and the title of a 2020 Lil Baby song... I guess i'm a square too 😭
        • JeffsPuzzles 🤓5:49 · 2023-08-19T00:21:14.760Z
          Really nice! Great theme idea, layout, cluing. Thanks for sharing!
          • Philip Chow constructor · 2023-08-19T15:28:12.694Z
            thank you for solving and for your kind words :)... the NYTimes said no to this puzzle so I was pretty bummed :(
          • fatbearweek 15:51 · 2023-08-19T14:20:28.622Z
            super fun, i loved this theme!
            • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓5:25 · 2023-08-19T17:59:49.496Z
              Fun! I would have been tickled to solve this in the NYT. (Wonder why they didn't want it?!)
              Play today's daily mini crossword
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              Shade of purple
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              Across
              1. 1A
                Shade of purple
              2. 6A
                Dallas hoopsters, for short
              3. 10A
                *528, for an aspiring MD
              4. 14A
                Beatles drummer Ringo
              5. 15A
                "The Hurt Locker" setting
              6. 16A
                St. Louis landmark
              7. 17A
                When the Sugar Plum Fairy appears in "The Nutcracker"
              8. 18A
                Bridge or building
              9. 20A
                Kindergarten recitation
              10. 22A
                *1575, with 13 successive 22A's
              11. 23A
                Wild hog
              12. 25A
                *10.0, for an NFL Draft pick
              13. 26A
                *3,333,360, eating every dot, fruit, and ghost in every level
              14. 30A
                Neck and neck
              15. 32A
                Bosom buddy, for short
              16. 35A
                "What ___" ("So boring")
              17. 36A
                Hertz competitor
              18. 37A
                Shrinking sea in Central Asia
              19. 38A
                Movie with the tagline "The SAT is hard to take. It's even harder to steal" and what the numbers in the starred clues represent
              20. 41A
                Tater ___
              21. 42A
                The Emerald Isle
              22. 43A
                What TLC urged us not to do to waterfalls, in song
              23. 44A
                ___ cream
              24. 45A
                Some deli orders, briefly
              25. 46A
                *850, per most FICO models
              26. 47A
                *346, for a PHD hopeful
              27. 48A
                Miniscule amount, or the Greek letter before kappa
              28. 50A
                *300, with 12 strikes in a row
              29. 54A
                Boho-chic accessory that resembles a bindle
              30. 59A
                It includes Washington crossing the Delaware
              31. 61A
                Open, as a flower
              32. 62A
                Celestial body associated with werewolves
              33. 63A
                Buffalo-to-Albany canal
              34. 64A
                "Bleeding Love" singer Lewis
              35. 65A
                *1520, for a collegiate hopeful
              36. 66A
                Politicians with a donkey symbol: Abbr.
              37. 67A
                White heron
              Down
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                *180, for an aspiring JD
              2. 2D
                Urge to scratch
              3. 3D
                It's better than never, so they say
              4. 4D
                Puccini's "Nessun dorma," for one
              5. 5D
                *29, with the jack and all four fives
              6. 6D
                Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to ___ Thing"
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                Creative talent
              8. 8D
                What your mileage may do
              9. 9D
                Least hip
              10. 10D
                Actors Damon and Dillon
              11. 11D
                "Vanilla Sky" actress Penelope
              12. 12D
                Farmland measure
              13. 13D
                "Shall I compare ___ to a summer's day?"
              14. 19D
                Actor and stuntman Jackie of the "Rush Hour" movies
              15. 21D
                Comic-___
              16. 24D
                *64-0, completely covering the 8x8 board
              17. 26D
                "Lady Marmalade" singer LaBelle
              18. 27D
                Temporary, as a committee
              19. 28D
                Minotaur's labyrinth locale
              20. 29D
                Plans, with "out"
              21. 31D
                Guilty pleasure
              22. 32D
                Widespread
              23. 33D
                Original language of Omar Khayyam's "Rubaiyat"
              24. 34D
                Naval force
              25. 36D
                Throw ___ (flip out)
              26. 37D
                Have a hankering (for)
              27. 39D
                Gave in
              28. 40D
                *128, opening with MUZJIKS
              29. 45D
                Ceremony performed by a mohel
              30. 46D
                Silicon Valley exec
              31. 47D
                Flicker of light
              32. 49D
                "Absolutely!"
              33. 50D
                Road warning sign
              34. 51D
                Los ___, town near San Luis Obispo, CA
              35. 52D
                "Holy smokes!"
              36. 53D
                Reason for an R rating, perhaps
              37. 55D
                Fashion designer Cassini
              38. 56D
                Uncouth sort
              39. 57D
                Best of the best
              40. 58D
                *800, for an aspiring MBA
              41. 60D
                Salted part of a margarita glass
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