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Themeless 505

◆ · By John Larsen · Published 2024-05-05T15:32:23.318Z

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  • John Larsen constructor · 2024-05-05T15:53:48.291Z
    66A Miniscule is the opposite of majascule, which is not a typically known fact! It's really just Uppercase and Lowercase in formal terminology.
    • AuLeaf 🤓5:29 · 2024-05-05T21:26:41.595Z
      It would be funny if the opposite of minuscule were called pluscule... :P
      • John Larsen constructor · 2024-05-05T23:41:09.713Z
        Nice! Maybe a fun play on words for a future themed puzzle! lol.
    • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓3:56 · 2024-05-05T18:26:34.879Z
      Fun, thank you!
      The DOT is also known as a tittle — a word I find useful mostly to get another 6 points on Spelling Bee.
      FYI tiny typos in the clues for 63A and 36D.
      Also on 63A I think it's conventional for the clue to indicate that the answer is an abbreviation (even though that's pretty likely from it being only 3 letters long). Maybe "Sgt.'s superiors" instead?
      • AuLeaf 🤓5:29 · 2024-05-05T21:41:37.955Z
        Yes, including an abbreviation in the clue is a good way to do it. The other way would be "Sergeant's superiors (abbr.)", but it feels a bit clunkier.
        Ah, I guess you need to hit enter/return twice to get a paragraph break, good to know :)
        • AuLeaf 🤓5:29 · 2024-05-05T21:51:13.300Z
          also [insert joke about your factoid being "titillating"]
          The dots on a die or domino have the same name as the little suit markers in the corners of playing cards: pips! [Perhaps there's a Smullyan-themed joke about Gladys Knight and the "knave" (jack)?]
          • John Larsen constructor · 2024-05-05T21:11:26.967Z
            Nice! Thanks for the info about the tittle. I totally forgot the abbreviation marker and have fixed the spelling. Thanks! And thanks for doing the puzzle!
          • Larry Edelstein 🤓4:19 · 2024-05-08T02:13:28.854Z
            Re: 49D - the Ram is no longer a Dodge brand; it’s its own thing for a while now
            • John Larsen constructor · 2024-05-08T12:05:25.955Z
              You're totally correct! Huge miss on my part, sorry about that. Thanks for letting me know. It's fixed :) Thanks for doing the puzzle!
            • dooiemus 🤓6:27 · 2024-05-14T14:54:30.490Z
              Fun, thanks. 5D seems to have a singular/plural issue.
              Play today's daily mini crossword
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              1. 1A
                Pack animal
              2. 4A
                "Nothing" in Spanish
              3. 8A
                Legal
              4. 14A
                Snitch
              5. 15A
                "Blue" in Spanish
              6. 16A
                Reveal
              7. 17A
                Orchestral section: Abbr.
              8. 18A
                Piece of glass
              9. 19A
                Prepped, with "up"
              10. 20A
                Old MacDonald sequence
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                Compulsive thief, for short
              12. 23A
                It usually comes before calc.
              13. 24A
                Diaper in the UK
              14. 26A
                Owns
              15. 27A
                Exclamation with "whiz"
              16. 28A
                Greek goddess of wisdom
              17. 29A
                Biological divisions
              18. 32A
                Lewd look
              19. 33A
                Arises
              20. 34A
                "More" in Spanish
              21. 37A
                "I can't believe it" in textspeak
              22. 38A
                Ignore intentionally
              23. 41A
                Lighten
              24. 45A
                Food supplier for a party
              25. 47A
                Spring sneezer
              26. 49A
                Truck make
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                Had breakfast
              28. 51A
                Made complacent
              29. 52A
                Actor Roth of Cabin Fever
              30. 53A
                Some pricey handbags
              31. 55A
                Actor Roth of Reservoir Dogs
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                Entered
              33. 59A
                Part of a three piece outfit
              34. 60A
                Musician Yoko
              35. 61A
                Make possible
              36. 62A
                Actor Rylan
              37. 63A
                Sergeant's superiors, Abbr:
              38. 64A
                "Costa __", sunny southern region of Spain
              39. 65A
                Katy Perry song with lyrics "I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter/Dancing through the fire"
              40. 66A
                Miniscule topper to I or J
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                Top ranking Premiere League team
              2. 2D
                Fill to gluttony
              3. 3D
                Chorus movement from right to left in a Greek play
              4. 4D
                Papery dabber at a picnic
              5. 5D
                Rhododendron-like flower
              6. 6D
                Denis Villeneuve hit
              7. 7D
                First letters of Hebrew or Arabic
              8. 8D
                Packages from a brick company in Denmark
              9. 9D
                Tree cutter
              10. 10D
                New Deal org.
              11. 11D
                Scrounged, as for food
              12. 12D
                Not utile
              13. 13D
                Edge of a cliff, perhaps
              14. 22D
                Touches lightly
              15. 25D
                Allow
              16. 30D
                _shaft, engine part
              17. 31D
                "I'll see you __!" threat
              18. 35D
                Just a number, some say
              19. 36D
                Fragments from a shell
              20. 38D
                Type of triangle with unequal sides
              21. 39D
                Like "sh" or "ch" sounds
              22. 40D
                Four: Prefix
              23. 42D
                Taken as a whole
              24. 43D
                Penetrate visually
              25. 44D
                Last
              26. 46D
                Marauder, old-style
              27. 47D
                Body fluid donation
              28. 48D
                Forcible removal
              29. 49D
                Said "I do" again
              30. 54D
                Show
              31. 57D
                March Madness network
              32. 58D
                s_, farmer's storage
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