Weekly Words Week 73

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• JeffPrug 🤓6:51 · 2021-08-21T20:52:54.447Z

  This was a big'un! Loved the clue for ITALICISE, though I put ITALICIZE first which threw me off for a bit. ROCHESTER's clue was great as well. Really impressive fitting 8 9-letter entries so smoothly.

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  • Cobb County Public Library constructor · 2021-08-23T11:22:47.481Z

    Glad you liked the whole concept! We used the same grid (well, a flipped version) for Weekly Words Week 30 if you haven't tried that one yet and want another dose of the fun.

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• Mike D 5:08 · 2021-08-22T01:08:28.373Z

  Awesome grid!

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  • Cobb County Public Library constructor · 2021-08-23T11:21:08.553Z

    Thanks Mike!

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• Joah 7:35 · 2021-08-22T04:30:29.606Z

  Nice cluing. Got caught up on the DONNA/ARS crossing (I put a Y instead), but I loved the clue for EPICENTER!

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  • Cobb County Public Library constructor · 2021-08-23T11:24:01.217Z

    The clues really make or break a puzzle like this, I think! Good to hear we nailed it :P

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• Ajay 6:05 · 2021-08-22T06:55:42.201Z

  Tricky and tough for me. Thanks for posting!!!

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  • Cobb County Public Library constructor · 2021-08-23T11:20:03.955Z

    "Tricky and tough" was the goal so that's the highest praise you could give :D

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• Dstr 5:52 · 2021-08-22T18:54:21.161Z

  botched BOSCH

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  • Cobb County Public Library constructor · 2021-08-23T11:20:39.314Z

    Oh my Bosch!!

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• Jon 🤓5:12 · 2021-08-26T16:41:13.683Z

  Very nice cluing.

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  • Cobb County Public Library constructor · 2021-08-27T11:01:37.360Z

    Thank you!

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• brucery 🤓2:56 · 2021-08-26T21:02:56.098Z

  Enjoyed the puzzle, though I made the same initial error as Jeff and had “italiciZe”. Happy that the Crosshare newsletter brought your puzzle to my attention. It’s awesome to see a library’s staff creating crosswords.

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  • Cobb County Public Library constructor · 2021-08-27T11:01:28.457Z

    COVID had many unfortunate effects on our library, but one of the positive effects was giving us the chance to branch out into more experimental virtual offerings like crosswords!

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• Tonearm 🤓1:19 · 2021-08-27T18:57:10.736Z

  Love the long themers!

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  • Cobb County Public Library constructor · 2021-08-30T11:01:02.634Z

    Thanks! I wouldn't really call them "themers" but they do make the puzzle what it is :D

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• Daz 45:05 · 2021-09-09T20:53:29.994Z

  Took me a while but I got there. Can you explain the italicise clue? Google didn't help me!

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  • Cobb County Public Library constructor · 2021-09-10T14:10:05.605Z

    Italicizing a word in writing stresses that word. In Britain they spell it ITALICISE, not ITALICIZE, so to hint that we wanted the British spelling, the clue uses the British spelling of neighbor as well. So if you wanted to stress the word "neighbour" you would ITALICISE it!

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    • Daz 45:05 · 2021-09-10T15:35:35.468Z

      Ah, fantastic! Thanks!

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    • Phil The 16:40 · 2022-07-16T08:26:52.961Z

      As a Brit, of course I never noticed that you spelled neighbour correctly LOL

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