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Bonding Event

■ · By pufferfish · Published 2024-09-19T00:44:21.385Z

Constructor's Note
It's bonding time! Get your 40A and scour the grid for bonded, cross-referential clues in order to unearth this puzzle's theme!
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  • pufferfish constructor · 2024-09-19T00:53:26.992Z
    explanation: the periodic table of elements is divided into four sections known as blocks— named s, p, d, and f— based on the atoms' electron configuration. and what do atoms do? they bond!
    • Puzzled in CNY 🤓5:18 · 2024-09-19T01:10:14.178Z
      Definitely a cross-referentialooza!
      • pufferfish constructor · 2024-09-19T04:02:26.930Z
        true, haha, thanks!
      • Capn Rick 🤓4:06 · 2024-09-19T01:18:56.358Z
        Fun one, pufferfish!
        • pufferfish constructor · 2024-09-19T04:02:46.249Z
          thank you, captain 🫡
        • Parker 🤓9:04 · 2024-09-19T04:10:30.103Z
          That was lovely puffer!!
          • pufferfish constructor · 2024-09-19T06:50:06.073Z
            thank you, parker !!
          • John S 🤓6:10 · 2024-09-19T12:26:37.486Z
            Really great stuff! I enjoy the chemistry theme and the block clues helped me solve it
            • pufferfish constructor · 2024-09-19T17:31:52.848Z
              thank you, john!
            • kurtalert 🤓1:38 · 2024-09-19T15:11:46.870Z
              Fantastic - thank you for a good theme!
              • pufferfish constructor · 2024-09-19T17:42:27.891Z
                thanks for playing!
              • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓1:37 · 2024-09-19T16:17:12.348Z
                Loved it! Haven't thought about electron orbital structure for too long.
                • pufferfish constructor · 2024-09-19T17:42:38.246Z
                  thank you so much!
                • sabrina 🤓3:23 · 2024-09-20T22:23:12.633Z
                  This is such an excellent theme as usual, thanks :)
                  • pufferfish constructor · 2024-09-21T00:30:56.909Z
                    thanks for playing, sabrina!
                  • quatrevingtneuf 🤓2:27 · 2024-09-23T16:28:06.721Z
                    until we find enough elements to enter the g-block...
                    • pufferfish constructor · 2024-09-23T20:10:52.779Z
                      .....
                    Play today's daily mini crossword
                    1A
                    U-turn from 19A (or 202.5° on a compass)
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                    Across
                    1. 1A
                      U-turn from 19A (or 202.5° on a compass)
                    2. 4A
                      Hand-cleaning bar
                    3. 8A
                      Tennis legend Andre
                    4. 11A
                      Actor Omar of "House M.D."
                    5. 12A
                      Send back to a lower court
                    6. 13A
                      Smartphone downloads
                    7. 14A
                      The arrow in the Amazon logo implies that they have everything from _ __ Z!
                    8. 15A
                      Nautical vessel (that sinks to 4D when wrecked)
                    9. 17A
                      Pat baby on the back
                    10. 19A
                      U-turn from 1A (or 22.5° on a compass)
                    11. 20A
                      Greek prefix for "around" ...but with 22A, it's a certain table used in chemistry that features four blocks— kind of like this puzzle
                    12. 22A
                      Lyrical, like a poem ...or see 20A
                    13. 25A
                      Tolkien monster
                    14. 27A
                      Powdery precipitation
                    15. 29A
                      Goes for enthusiastically (two words)
                    16. 33A
                      Words between "cool" and "cucumber"
                    17. 34A
                      "__ __ anything for you!"
                    18. 35A
                      Richie or Messi
                    19. 37A
                      Likelihood
                    20. 38A
                      Result
                    21. 39A
                      Wall Street's Big Board: Abbr.
                    22. 40A
                      Number one pal, in texts
                    Down
                    1. 1D
                      Government fund org. that issues 2D
                    2. 2D
                      Nine-digit IDs issued by 1D
                    3. 3D
                      Make broader
                    4. 4D
                      Ocean floors where many a wrecked 15A lie
                    5. 5D
                      Synonym for antonym, briefly
                    6. 6D
                      Flying arrowheaded bison in Avatar: The Last Airbender
                    7. 7D
                      Sibilant attention-grabber
                    8. 8D
                      Middle Easterner
                    9. 9D
                      Arise (two words)
                    10. 10D
                      Love : English :: _____ : Italian
                    11. 16D
                      "Come on, it's _ __-brainer!"
                    12. 18D
                      Pop the question
                    13. 21D
                      Tax-collecting org.
                    14. 23D
                      Totally ludicrous
                    15. 24D
                      Reciprocal of sine, briefly
                    16. 26D
                      Biblical spy
                    17. 28D
                      Animator Disney, whose media company made "The 29D King"
                    18. 29D
                      Ferocious, furry cat who can be found in 35A
                    19. 30D
                      Small whirlpool
                    20. 31D
                      Puts two and two together
                    21. 32D
                      Spat, scrap, or squabble
                    22. 36D
                      Unplugged
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