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four-letter rebus contrivaganza

◆ · By yowzers · Published 2024-09-22T08:58:59.473Z

Constructor's Note
i have no idea how hard this is or if i over/undercorrected on hints! please reveal/google copiously
i wanted a rebus puzzle without differing font sizes :) here's one where every square is four letters (ok except for the two that are three letters, i circled those for you). please gimme feedback or even riff on this idea to do it better!
some squares are ambivalent and may make a word with either the preceding square or the following ones, like:
[ORAL] [EXAM] [PLES]
where the square "EXAM" makes the term ORALEXAM with the previous square vs the term EXAMPLES with the next. in this case a clue for the middle square could be like: "w/ prev: speech test, w/ next: comprehension aids". now due to how crosshare works this clue is also visible from the PLES square but pls only consider the prev/bext hints relative to the first square they're for
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  • enno constructor · 2024-09-28T19:49:51.496Z
    looking at the solve stats the multi-square runs have gotta go (and maybe three letters max...), the only one practically anybody solved was 12d
    Play today's daily mini crossword
    1A
    turnin' a /ɡ/ into a [k], for example (but not quite deletin' it entirely, which i may or may not have done here)
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    Across
    1. 1A
      turnin' a /ɡ/ into a [k], for example (but not quite deletin' it entirely, which i may or may not have done here)
    2. 3A
      mic attachment for those pesky s's
    3. 5A
      the state of being a shape bounded by straight edges. got the right suffix? good. now translate it to french
    4. 6A
      w/ prev and next: valleygirlism-ing ('likeee totally for real'), w/ next: assembling for a campaign
    5. 8A
      reminder from vegan bakers about egg substitutes (a complete sentence)
    6. 10A
      4d but make it skintight
    7. 13A
      w/ prev and next: (portmanteau) digestive organ tearing along at the speed that's between supersonic and hypersonic
    8. 15A
      w/ prev (DOWN): structure and outer shell of a car, w/ next (ACROSS): what the boss doesn't want you doing this crossword on
    9. 16A
      w/ prev: sisters from another mister (w/ prev two: cyborg sisters from another mister), w/ next: a nuclear "Accident With Local Consequences"
    Down
    1. 1D
      ci/cd-themed board game?
    2. 2D
      a cherry on top (indefinite article for the normal idiom's definite one)
    3. 3D
      muscles in charge of locking the knee during locomotion, pluralized illiterately
    4. 4D
      protective one-piece
    5. 7D
      ☯️, popularly (so this square rhymes w/ prev)
    6. 8D
      w/ prev: a group of mRNA translators (ribosomes), w/ next: no clue who
    7. 9D
      office telecopiers if you're putting linen through them? why are you doing that? stop doing that
    8. 11D
      class-action reimbursement, for short
    9. 12D
      more like a little teapot
    10. 14D
      start of a one-handed countdown
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