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If at First You Don't Succeed...

· By Kjersti Chippindale · Published 2021-04-25T20:00:59.917Z

Constructor's Note
This shares some similarities to today's NYT crossword gimmick, but I promise I started working on this before that was published! :)
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  • Mike D 6:47 · 2021-04-25T22:59:39.717Z
    Nice one Kjersti!
    • David Turner 🤓15:30 · 2021-04-26T13:33:59.920Z
      Bravo, Kjersti. I love when the personality of the constructor comes through and yours really does.
      • Mateo Cruzas 🤓9:41 · 2022-02-17T05:22:02.439Z
        Fun fun
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        Feed where you may find your podcasts
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        Across
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          Feed where you may find your podcasts
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          Mischievous tyke
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          Could be high or low, depending on the card game
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          Behaves
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          One who casts judgement
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          Could be White or Red, depending on the metro area
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          "___ Nelly!"
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          Referee at a 15A15ACould be White or Red, depending on the metro area[---] game
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          Abb. for popular YG and Nipsey Hussle song (the unabbreviated version would be inappropriate for the NYT)
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          Hearing
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          "Book of __", 2010 film with Denzel Washington
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          Fly freely
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          What many conservatives thing libs are, constantly
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          Could be major or minor, depending on the constellation
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          "Dude, just take ___", slangy word of advice to someone is definitely not going to win
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          Mischievous tyke
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          Arthur, of tennis fame
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          Immigration papers
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          Vietnamese soup that is pronounced as if it had a different vowel at the end
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          With 39A39ASee 38A[-------], 1980 Stephen King film adaptation
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          See 38A38AWith 39A, 1980 Stephen King film adaptation[---]
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          I am once again asking for a 3 letter word for paddle
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          "Lend me your __!"
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          "It still ___ sunk in..."
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          When repeated, New York prison oft referenced in Law and Order
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          Could be A, B or C, depending on the strain of virus
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          Captain whose arch nemesis is an unaging teenager who can fly
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          A rhinoplasty changes it's shape
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          Snazzy suit style
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          Like a style for an iPad, perhaps
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          Actress Longoria
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          Wind instrument technique that requires fast fingers, and sounds harder than it is
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          Through
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          "Just five more minutes!" button
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          Close at hand
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          Tolkien tree herder
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          Lightner who is widely regarded as the father of clinical psychology
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          Could be a suffix for deflate or Water, depending on the scandal
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          Could be low- or hi-, depending on the TV definition
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          "___ a million", as in special
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          Who may be 23A23A*What many conservatives thing libs are, constantly*[---------], according to a Rep.
        Down
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          How Gollum likes his fish, with wriggling
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          Orson __ Card, author of the Enders Game books
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          Band mate of Lennon, Harrison, and McCartney
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          Official corporate name for Sallie Mae
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          Escapade involving a heist, perhaps
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          "Hush! I could have heard you from ____ away!"
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          The Prime one passes through Greenwich, England
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          Before
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          "And ___ you, your punishment will be worse!
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          Musical indications to jump to a special marked section, usually an ending
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          Over the top
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          One follower of a major denomination of Islam
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          "Battle of the ___", a real conflict that sounds like a post-Thanksgiving effort not to unbutton too-tight pants
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          Cry of exasperation
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          How a very cool person might ask how you are doing
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          You might find his impersonators in Las Vegas or at conventions
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          Asian flavoring that has no negative health side effects
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          Consumed
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          "__-na na-na-na live for today!"
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          2013 Spike Jonze sci-fi film
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          "We at the hotel, motel, Holiday __", fun Pitbull lyric
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          Star Wars characters with the title Darth are likely to be these
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          Performance with weighted balls, sometimes on fire, you might see at a luau
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          Partner of Chewy, who begrudgingly joinces the fight against 34D34DStar Wars characters with the title Darth are likely to be these[-----]
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          Adress ender for a non-profit
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          "Isn't __ Lovely", Stevie Wonder hit
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          Slangy way to describe a function that is popping off
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          Could be water- or jet-, depending on whether you are sitting or standing
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          Mother ___
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          Monteray Bay Aquarium's punny mascot, a sea mammal wearing glasses and a scar
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          Protagonist in Ursula K Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven
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          "__ give up, __ surrender!" quote from Galaxy Quest; or, sentiment expressed in this puzzles theme
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          Offer an opinion
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          Could be nose-bleed or box, depending on the cost of the ticket
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          "_____ yes!", as casting a ballot in favor
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          Actress Watts
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          What the defendent does in a 19A19A*Hearing*[-----]
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          Bring joy
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          Abb. for SeaWorld in Florida
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          Japanese __ Garden
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          "Losing my Religion" band
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