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🥜 "The **** is a Boiled Peanut?" (Semi-Freestyle)

◆ · By Adam · Published 2025-02-10T14:00:00.334Z

Constructor's Note
30​A is possibly the worst clue I've ever written
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  • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓4:45 · 2025-02-10T16:21:51.371Z
    Very interesting grid shape and so many novel long entries! Some challenging clues (e.g., 56A was totally new to me) but I got there. And I actually liked 30A (though I might say "complement" rather than "opposite"). Thanks!
    • Adam constructor · 2025-02-10T18:45:47.092Z
      Thank you! I always appreciate your comments and suggestions :)
    Play today's daily mini crossword
    1A
    Dog's worst friend, stereotypically
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    Across
    1. 1A
      Dog's worst friend, stereotypically
    2. 4A
      Like Doechii's hair
    3. 11A
      Market, as wares
    4. 14A
      German "Oh!"
    5. 15A
      Things thrown by obsessed fans at boy bands
    6. 16A
      Opposition to Wade in a vital Supreme Court case about bodily autonomy
    7. 17A
      See 7D
    8. 20A
      2024 WTA Finals winner Gauff
    9. 21A
      Green-winged ducks (or are they blue-winged?)
    10. 22A
      "Never tell me the ___!"
    11. 23A
      Head covers (unfairly) seen as suspicious
    12. 25A
      Atom alternative on the web
    13. 26A
      Nintendo fighting game franchise, colloquially
    14. 27A
      Hiking goods co-op with a mountain logo
    15. 28A
      Merlot unit container contained in this clue
    16. 29A
      Weekly retro hashtag
    17. 30A
      The opposite of a Greek column???
    18. 34A
      Dribbled or ran
    19. 35A
      White who showed letters
    20. 36A
      Lake which [the rest of this clue has been omitted for brevity]
    21. 38A
      Nickname for the youngest Latina congressmember
    22. 39A
      Millenials
    23. 41A
      "Dimension 20" game, for short
    24. 42A
      Sizzling wedding reception fare
    25. 45A
      Font which is metrically compatible with Helvetica (i.e. you can swap it out without worrying about the layout changing)
    26. 46A
      Type of party where you might play deathmatch
    27. 47A
      Write "QED" under, presumably
    28. 48A
      Architect ___ Ming Pei whose name has 3 unique vowels
    29. 49A
      ___ Theorem (foundational formula in statistics)
    30. 51A
      Traditional sex type
    31. 52A
      Swabs for genes, perhaps
    32. 54A
      "Yeah, sounds likely!"
    33. 56A
      Military hat with a feather or pompom
    34. 57A
      OnlyFans content, usually
    35. 58A
      British philosopher A.J.
    36. 59A
      Adam ___ (hypothetical citation for a crossword collab with me)
    Down
    1. 1D
      Get, as a cold
    2. 2D
      Sound of a cold
    3. 3D
      Jonathan Franzen novel about a Midwestern family dealing with their mistakes
    4. 4D
      ___-free (water bottle label)
    5. 5D
      Long, poorly punctuated social media post, usually
    6. 6D
      Emotional aid to Obama in a Key & Peele sketch
    7. 7D
      With 17A, the first two lines of "Boiled Peanuts" by Doechii
    8. 8D
      Calls for an American ambulance, say
    9. 9D
      Marine creatures which scientists only recently discovered the reproductive cycle of
    10. 10D
      ISP option
    11. 11D
      Bombing weapons used by Obama
    12. 12D
      Holds (over)
    13. 13D
      "Good gosh!"
    14. 18D
      Get cut, as a line
    15. 19D
      Man of a certain type
    16. 24D
      Go cross-legged, e.g.
    17. 26D
      "See how they smile like pigs in a ___" ("I Am The Walrus" line)
    18. 30D
      Made gape
    19. 31D
      "In ANY circumstance!"
    20. 32D
      Reset button label on a scale
    21. 33D
      Tank used for vinification
    22. 34D
      Faith with an apostrophe in its name
    23. 37D
      Ford flop named after a guy
    24. 39D
      Fútbol announcer shout
    25. 40D
      "How's it hangin'?"
    26. 43D
      "Very. Very. Funny."
    27. 44D
      New England Patriots head coach Mike
    28. 49D
      "Christ on a ___!"
    29. 50D
      Abbreviated way to tell someone to zip it
    30. 53D
      "Every kiss begins with ___" (Jewelry brand slogan)
    31. 55D
      NAACP co-founder ___ B. Wells
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