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Puzzle #24 "To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival"

■ · By Philip Chow · Published 2021-04-05T21:25:53.207Z

Constructor's Note
The puzzle's title is a quote from poet Wendell Berry. Happy Earth Day! 🌎
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  • Mike D 🤓4:55 · 2021-04-05T21:25:53.207Z
    Amazing puzzle Philip! I loved the CAPTAINPLANET theme and the grid was so smooth to fill!
    • Philip Chow constructor · 2021-04-05T21:25:53.207Z
      Thanks! I wrote the puzzle for earth day (next month). Kind of wish the elements would be in grid order (with captain planet at the end), but that was too difficult to do when I was laying out the grid
      • Mike D 🤓4:55 · 2021-04-05T21:25:53.207Z
        Sorry I cheated and solved it early as I worked my way through the moderation queue :P
    • Jake A 🤓5:45 · 2021-04-06T15:41:28.884Z
      Great puzzle! Thanks, Philip!
      • Emma Oxford 🤓4:48 · 2021-04-07T22:20:31.507Z
        Nice one! Great clues!
        • JeffPrug 🤓5:28 · 2021-04-10T01:02:00.858Z
          Another great puzzle! You really do a great job of avoiding hard crossings.
          • Philip Chow constructor · 2021-04-10T03:02:41.845Z
            Thanks!! When I get stuck and have to use a more obscure word, I try to make the words that cross it easier. For example WABO and NAGE are pretty much nonsense-sounding words, so made sure the crossing clues are more fair and gettable...
          • Frisco17 🤓8:49 · 2021-07-01T15:07:07.583Z
            The XBOX/ATARI may have been my favorite part. Also my least favorite, though, since now F**k You is stuck in my head.
            Play today's daily mini crossword
            1A
            Hitchhiker's hope
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            Across
            1. 1A
              Hitchhiker's hope
            2. 5A
              Word with "road" or "roid"
            3. 9A
              "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" genre
            4. 14A
              "Your turn," on a walkie-talkie
            5. 15A
              "Dancing With Myself" singer Billy
            6. 16A
              Cutthroat, rainbow, steelhead, to name a few
            7. 17A
              *Olympic team sport where players do the eggbeater kick
            8. 19A
              Spiked wheel on a spur
            9. 20A
              Major screw-up
            10. 21A
              *Surfer's safeguard?
            11. 23A
              Witch's spell
            12. 26A
              "Under the ___" ("The Little Mermaid" song)
            13. 27A
              *Callous philanderers
            14. 34A
              King or queen
            15. 35A
              ___ loop (figure skating jump)
            16. 36A
              Kind of infection
            17. 38A
              "Metamorphoses" poet
            18. 39A
              Universally accepted truth
            19. 42A
              Stud poker variation, informally
            20. 43A
              "Hocus ___" (1993 Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy comedy)
            21. 45A
              Nickelodeon's trademark slime, for example
            22. 46A
              "Chop-chop!"
            23. 47A
              He is summoned by the powers combine of the starts of the answers to the starred clues (specifically in this order: 64, 21, 53, 17, 27-A)
            24. 51A
              Start (and end) of the Three Musketeers' motto
            25. 52A
              Chinese revolutionary Dr. Sun Yat-___
            26. 53A
              *Quixote adversary
            27. 58A
              "The Metamorphosis" author
            28. 63A
              One of two video game consoles mentioned in CeeLo Green's "F**k You" (the older one)
            29. 64A
              *Alien, to a Martian
            30. 67A
              Got the ball rolling
            31. 68A
              Terrier named for a Scottish isle
            32. 69A
              Cheese named for a historic French region
            33. 70A
              Luxury watch brand
            34. 71A
              Minor, often
            35. 72A
              Gets firm, like Jell-O
            Down
            1. 1D
              Unhappy times
            2. 2D
              Classical conditioning doctor Pavlov
            3. 3D
              Spanakopita ingredient
            4. 4D
              Unclean, by Jewish law
            5. 5D
              Letters on a tombstone
            6. 6D
              Hustle and bustle
            7. 7D
              Kind of ball Alan Shepard hit on the moon
            8. 8D
              Kay Thompson's Plaza Hotel girl
            9. 9D
              Runs naked
            10. 10D
              Black bird
            11. 11D
              If you cross the Missouri River from Omaha, you'll end up in Council Bluffs, in this state
            12. 12D
              Fill-up filler
            13. 13D
              "Sooner or later ___ all fall in line" (lyrics from Smokey Robinson's "One Heartbeat")
            14. 18D
              German industrial region
            15. 22D
              Stephen of "V for Vendetta"
            16. 24D
              "At last" singer James
            17. 25D
              One of two video game consoles mentioned in CeeLo Green's "F**k You" (the newer one)
            18. 27D
              Utter mayhem, typically following "wreak"
            19. 28D
              "Fear of Flying" author Jong
            20. 29D
              Make sense
            21. 30D
              Rule of a king or queen
            22. 31D
              ___ Allen (furniture company named for the Revolutionary leader of Vermont who headed the Green Mountain Boys)
            23. 32D
              You usually get one from working long and hard (my current job seems to be an exception as I have yet to get one after 3+ years... WTF)
            24. 33D
              Sound of a paintball or water balloon upon impact
            25. 34D
              Member of the popo
            26. 37D
              "___ on Pop" (Dr. Seuss book that a library considered banning - it might "encourage children to use violence against their fathers"
            27. 40D
              "My bad"
            28. 41D
              Mexican sauce flavored with chocolate
            29. 44D
              Tantric sex requirement
            30. 48D
              "Prince ___" ("Aladdin" song)
            31. 49D
              Coolest, in old school rap slang
            32. 50D
              Egyptian symbol of life
            33. 53D
              Cabo ___ (Sammy Hagar tequila brand)
            34. 54D
              Thing
            35. 55D
              Flavored liquid used for poaching seafood (from the French word for "swim")
            36. 56D
              Word with "race" or "queen"
            37. 57D
              Tahoe or Titicaca, for example
            38. 59D
              Priestly robes
            39. 60D
              Give the heave-ho
            40. 61D
              Like some sweaters
            41. 62D
              Seemingly forever
            42. 65D
              Pumpernickel ingredient
            43. 66D
              "I wouldn't touch it with a ___-foot pole!"
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