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A Pessimistic Puzzle

◆ · By FiveCubed · Published 2023-07-07T02:35:26.193Z

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  • SporcleMirror 🤓3:04 · 2023-07-07T06:42:03.325Z
    How to tell if you've been doing too many crosswords lately: You see LLA- and put in LLANO out of instinct without even looking at the clue.
    • Larry Edelstein 🤓5:44 · 2023-07-07T23:24:32.951Z
      Llano what you mean
    • Pav 17:19 · 2023-07-07T16:17:57.598Z
      Pardon my ignorance.. 37D.. Busy = APIAN? I did not understand that
      • Ben Spiegel 🤓10:19 · 2023-07-07T16:43:31.083Z
        Apian means relating to bees—"busy as a bee"
        • Pav 17:19 · 2023-07-08T04:42:05.140Z
          Thank you
        • FiveCubed constructor · 2023-07-07T22:13:08.129Z
          The good news is you'll have a leg up on an upcoming Daily Mini ;)
        • Brian Callahan 🤓6:53 · 2023-07-07T16:53:12.844Z
          Clever idea!
          • kurtalert 🤓7:48 · 2023-07-07T21:23:19.710Z
            Great theme!
            • Kent 🤓8:41 · 2023-07-08T23:39:07.111Z
              Trying to parse out the can-can clue. I came up with this: “Can can-can can can-can?” - only six repetitions of the word. Would love to see the ten word version with an explanation. Enjoyed the puzzle!
              • FiveCubed constructor · 2023-07-09T01:54:47.404Z
                The ten word one goes "can can can can can can can can can can," and its explanation can be found in the clue. Hope that helps! 😁
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            Bloke
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              Bloke
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              "Little ____ of Horrors"
            3. 9A
              Scornful look
            4. 14A
              Like some streams
            5. 15A
              "Take a ____!"
            6. 16A
              City that's just OK?
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              Many, many
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              Is goofy
            9. 19A
              "Roger"
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              Where temperatures over 135F (57.22C) have been tracked
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              Way to row!
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              Takes for oneself, unethically
            13. 28A
              Method for squaring the circle
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              "Desperate Housewives" role
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              Bring home, as "bacon"
            16. 34A
              Ewe heard it here first?
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              In the zone, with "on"
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              Actress Long
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              They make up everything
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              Word that, when in a sentence ten consecutive times, means "Is it possible for examples of the dance that have been outshone to outshine others?"
            21. 40A
              Lightly-flavored water brand
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              Org. that advises replacing "kill two birds with one stone" with "feed two birds with one scone"
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              Where to buy hand sanitizers that kill 100% of bacteria
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              Country with the highest density of museums
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              Wolf or scarf
            26. 48A
              The third English word ending in "gry," besides "angry" and "hungry"
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              Emmy winner Ted?
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              Modern prefix with "correct" and "complete"
            29. 59A
              Range that straddles
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              Earth tone that I always forget the correct spelling of
            31. 61A
              Pants, slangily
            32. 62A
              Support (a Kickstarter)
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              Close up on a screen?
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              Black stuff found in stacks
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              When lowercase, they're confused with a different uppercase letter
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              Tribe unit
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              Hawaii airport location
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              Declare
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              Where your dog goes when you go
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              Shepherd of "Best Ever Trivia Show"
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              Start to employ
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              Vegetable that's gooey when cooked
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              Annoying one
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              They'll have you walking tall
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              They're in eukaryotic cells but not prokaryotic cells
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              Chess.com rating system
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              Supposed psychic power
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              Line with one end
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              Oil holder
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              Org.
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              "______ Elementary" (TV series)
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              Animal whose name comes from Quechua
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              Salty, wet septet
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              One decreasing?
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              "_____ Black" (film series)
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              Color Me Mine liquid
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              Talk big
            23. 32D
              Guy friends, slangily
            24. 35D
              Play opener
            25. 37D
              Busy?
            26. 38D
              Little glass vial
            27. 40D
              Green's depression
            28. 43D
              Chinese revolutionary Sun
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              Make less dangerous, as livestock
            30. 45D
              Strikes
            31. 49D
              "Gosh diddly darn it!"
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              Continental currency
            33. 51D
              Langston Hughes poem
            34. 52D
              Like the administration of lozenges
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              Compound found in barnacles?
            36. 54D
              Antlered animals
            37. 55D
              Math operation that inverses exponentiation: abbr.
            38. 56D
              Often-torn knee part, for short
            39. 57D
              That woman
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