It's not what you said ...

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• Roger Harry Taylor constructor · 2024-04-18T23:18:28.039Z

  I see that 9d and 18d aren't crossed enough -- I saw that only after I had it mostly done; I could reduce those by 1 letter and still have a fine puzzle, but I left it.

  And a little later I see that 18A and 20A aren't crossed enough, too. Sorry, I'm outta practice.

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• Arty constructor · 2024-06-03T21:52:51.978Z

  Still learning this website, so it took me a while to get back to this. Here's my brief explanations of the word play:

  1A DIS+TRIBUTE Charade 6A opus (anag.) Anagram 10A RO(pe to)W (poet anag.) Mixed 11A 2 defs. 2 meanings 12A AUR(OR)A Charade 13A 2 defs. 2 meanings 15A 2 defs. 2 meanings 16A nag rascal (anag.) Anagram 20A as mom says (anag.) Anagram 21A 2 defs. 2 meanings 22A 2 defs. 2 meanings 26A MA+HALO Charade 28A drew aid (anag.) Anagram 29A chart (anag.) + EA Mixed 30A TY RO (hid.) Hidden 31A 2 defs. 2 meanings

  1D my candor (anag.) Anagram 2D pan us over (anag.) Anagram 3D 2 defs. 2 meanings 4D 2 defs. 2 meanings 5D elect kiss (anag.) Anagram 7D O(MEG)A (gem<) Charade 8D 2 defs. 2 meanings 9D teen art (anag.) Anagram 14D spat nicely (anag.) Anagram 17D ARI(MATH)EA Charade 18D IMP AIRS Charade 19D 2 defs. 2 meanings 22D 2 defs. 2 meanings 23D C+AN+APE Charade 24D 2 defs. 2 meanings 27D P+T+U+I Initials

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• Arty constructor · 2024-06-03T21:57:36.507Z

  "It's not what you said, it's how you said it" to finish the title. Inspired by NYT crossword clue from early in Will Shortz's run. I read an article about his editorship, how he upped the game there a bit, giving an example of a clue for a 3 letter answer: "Notable tower"; the answer: AAA. I fit some answers in here that have multiple pronunciations giving different meanings, which led to a bunch of "2 def." clues! In the end, some of them 2 defs don't have different pronunciations, but on the other hand, one of the clues contains that ambiguity!

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