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#24 Cusp Words (Cover Your Hears)

· By Nate Clark · Published 2023-09-19T04:07:37.746Z

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Pardon my language, but I didn't say a thing! Enjoy, tell me what you think!
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  • kurtalert 🤓6:25 · 2023-09-19T18:04:01.329Z
    Lots of fun, thanks Nate! One clue note - 57A's answer would be MOAT. MOTE is a speck of dust or similar.
    • Nate Clark constructor · 2023-09-19T21:53:39.053Z
      Shoot! Thank you for pointing that out. The things I think I know, tsk tsk on me! Appreciate the correction and thanks for solving it.
    • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓6:41 · 2023-09-20T15:14:50.762Z
      Liked the theme a lot! (I felt like 43A was a bit of an odd entry out because the letter changes were a bit different.) Same note on 43A; also 25A feels a bit off. CEASE means "bring to an end"; the current clue seems like it would match EASES better.
      • Nate Clark constructor · 2023-09-20T21:37:34.672Z
        You are right, IM wondering what I could have said differently because those letters were different than the rest of the themed clues. Also, noted on 25A. I was looking up word definitions and loosens the strictness popped up and I thought it might work well, but I can see where it would completely seem like the 2nd word you mentioned. You are awesome, thank you!
      1A
      Pesto need
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      Across
      1. 1A
        Pesto need
      2. 6A
        Mineral dust in makeup foundation
      3. 10A
        Main money men of the co.
      4. 14A
        Reduce in intensity
      5. 15A
        "At the end of the rainbow, there's _____ of..."
      6. 16A
        Brown sauce established in 1831
      7. 17A
        Worn down basketball hoop characteristic
      8. 18A
        Getting dumped question: "_____ me?"
      9. 19A
        Athletic equipment company
      10. 20A
        America's largest govt. agency
      11. 21A
        Glinda's male child?
      12. 24A
        Thin laptop producer
      13. 25A
        Loosens the strictness
      14. 26A
        Mama with the bedtime blanket skills?
      15. 31A
        Come to terms
      16. 32A
        Nothing bread?
      17. 33A
        Alfred E. Neuman's humor magazine
      18. 36A
        Light train
      19. 37A
        Tear or ovary, e.g.
      20. 39A
        "Stay in your _____!"
      21. 40A
        Liver inflammation disease w/ multiple letter significations
      22. 41A
        Slime and tar
      23. 42A
        Copy follow up
      24. 43A
        Timepiece pickpocket?
      25. 46A
        United by agreement
      26. 49A
        Sound of a Duroc
      27. 50A
        Saliva portion?
      28. 53A
        The leader before JFK
      29. 56A
        Actress Faris
      30. 57A
        Castle obstacle
      31. 58A
        Poet Thomas Stearns
      32. 60A
        Forcefully separate
      33. 61A
        Rossum of 'Shameless'
      34. 62A
        Platonic companionship website: _____friend.com
      35. 63A
        Attempt the first letter?
      36. 64A
        Jot for future reference
      37. 65A
        Wise guys?
      Down
      1. 1D
        Kiss or Creed, e.g.
      2. 2D
        Peek-_____
      3. 3D
        Glass ingredient
      4. 4D
        End the favor?
      5. 5D
        "We should take a look"
      6. 6D
        Anytown, USA thoroughfare
      7. 7D
        _____ facto
      8. 8D
        Close fitting cap
      9. 9D
        Political TV insult
      10. 10D
        Expensive eggs
      11. 11D
        Settles (the bill)
      12. 12D
        Where some professional basketball courts are temporarily placed in arenas
      13. 13D
        Meyers and Green, e.g.
      14. 22D
        My and your
      15. 23D
        Rock band that inspired the creation of 'Spongebob Squarepants'
      16. 24D
        "I'm standing right here"
      17. 26D
        A universal language, so to speak
      18. 27D
        The donkey's pal in 'Shrek'
      19. 28D
        Hunter's tactic
      20. 29D
        Take back your question?
      21. 30D
        Fire, or request beginner
      22. 33D
        Magical item in a 1994 Jim Carrey film
      23. 34D
        Reverse Italian volcano?
      24. 35D
        The one in headlights, idiomatically
      25. 37D
        Shooting star or bird poop on your shoulder, e.g.
      26. 38D
        Rapper Tone
      27. 39D
        Inability or absence
      28. 41D
        Elated club?
      29. 42D
        Those who kick far balls
      30. 43D
        "Every seventeenth year" emerging insect
      31. 44D
        Bluto's archrival
      32. 45D
        Footballer Ray Lewis' jersey number, in Roman
      33. 46D
        Distanced
      34. 47D
        Pool designer aesthetic decision
      35. 48D
        Centerfielder Dykstra
      36. 51D
        Feeling of needing to be near the action, abbr.
      37. 52D
        Monthly acct. update
      38. 53D
        Dong's buddy?
      39. 54D
        Anti completion?
      40. 55D
        Seventh Greek letters
      41. 59D
        First openly gay comic to appear on American television in 1993: _____ DeLaria
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