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◆ · By Pandora's Blocks Meta Crosswords · Published 2021-09-12T12:00:05.820Z

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  • Meg 3s · 2021-09-12T13:44:02.593Z
    Fun! Thanks, Will.
    • DIS 🤓7:21 · 2021-09-12T15:37:42.859Z
      Impressive!
      • FrankieHeck 🤓8:34 · 2021-09-12T15:28:28.547Z
        Very nice! I was slowed down at first by finding exactly half of what I needed the first go-round.
        • Mike D 🤓8:36 · 2021-09-12T19:19:10.174Z
          Same with me! Will gave me a nudge in the right direction. Nice puzzle!
        • Capn Rick 22s · 2021-09-12T15:44:56.629Z
          Enjoyed it Will!
          • boharr 4s · 2021-09-12T16:22:57.803Z
            Very clever, Will. Thank you.
            • JeffPrug 11:53 · 2021-09-12T20:41:12.763Z
              Really impressive construction, squeezing all of those in there!
              • bodhipepper 🤓9:46 · 2021-09-12T21:34:07.133Z
                The existence of whql oybbz (rot13) distracted me for a bit - and anagramming the resulting letters reveals a different kind of author bias. Thanks for the puzzle Will!
                • William D 7s · 2021-09-13T01:31:22.118Z
                  Nice one, thanks!
                  • shalmanezer 16:46 · 2021-09-16T18:04:29.155Z
                    Enjoyed the puzzle, but don't think 37A is a "predecessor" to the NFL. For that matter 23A has played nearly all his Dodger games somewhere besides shortstop.
                    • Bob Jasinski 🤓11:37 · 2021-09-17T11:12:07.485Z
                      great puzzle. took several nights to work through each step.... looking for something on the diagonals... finding authors but not knowing what to do with them... and finally spotting the intersections. If I'd printed and circled the authors I would have saved a lot of time!
                      • Byron 🤓13:07 · 2021-10-30T16:59:48.064Z
                        I gave up on the meta too soon. I had the right idea, but not enough patience. Very clever!
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                        1. 1A
                          One of 192 in a qt.
                        2. 4A
                          Actor Morales of "Ozark"
                        3. 8A
                          Draws out, with axes
                        4. 14A
                          Property agents
                        5. 16A
                          Concluding bits of audio
                        6. 17A
                          Like some undemocratic political systems
                        7. 18A
                          "Let's ___ thing perfectly clear..."
                        8. 19A
                          Duke Ellington let one of these go out of his heart
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                          2011 15-Down Tour winner Yani
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                          Perfectionist's diagnosis: Abbr.
                        11. 23A
                          Dodgers' shortstop Turner, and others
                        12. 25A
                          Scrabble 4-pointer used in "HELLO"
                        13. 27A
                          ___ Vegas
                        14. 29A
                          Gloomy
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                          Scrabble 10-pointer, phonetically
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                          Middle-ness
                        17. 34A
                          Supermarket subsection
                        18. 36A
                          Odd
                        19. 37A
                          NFL predecessor that's trying to relaunch in 2022
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                          Author's bias
                        21. 43A
                          Dreaded locations where sloths work in "Zootopia", for short
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                          Losing streaks
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                          Crocodile ___ (fake sympathy)
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                          Punctures repeatedly, as a lawn
                        25. 51A
                          Nintendo console with golf and boxing
                        26. 52A
                          Nightwear, for short
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                          The A of IPA
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                          Goldman ___
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                          Flower
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                          The results page of this heart test looks suspiciously like that of a polygraph, if you ask me: Abbr.
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                          "Die a Happy Man" singer Thomas
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                          Hodgepodge
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                          Seats at a bar
                        34. 67A
                          Product ID usually found near a barcode
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                          Up until now
                        36. 70A
                          Accessories for chefs
                        37. 71A
                          Default selection
                        38. 72A
                          Palindromic model who beat cancer
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                          Phonetic alphabet letter that looks a lot like an integral symbol
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                          Has faith in
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                          Madam, in Barcelona
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                          Caused discomfort to
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                          JFK board info.
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                          Place into categories
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                          Raiders' Hall-of-Famer (whose name sounds like a decorative beach item)
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                          "The best ___ to come"
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                          Apt anagram of "ogle" (if you repeat letters)
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                          Regret
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                          Prefix even smaller than femto-
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                          Extol
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                          Car that's a bit bigger than the Civic
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                          Dallas to Houston dir.
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                          Org. for 20-Across
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                          ___rod (idiot)
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                          Something to do in Interlaken or Park City
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                          Prince after whom a Canadian province is named: Abbr.
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                          Pink Floyd co-founder Barrett, and others
                        19. 31D
                          ___ Resolute (Union Navy ship)
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                          Warzone dangers, for short
                        21. 34D
                          "MAS*H" actor Alan
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                          Corrode
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                          "What You're Made of, We're Made For" grp.
                        24. 38D
                          He-Man nemesis
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                          Plugging a surge protector into another surge protector might be a violation of this
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                          Channel 4 ___ ("Anchorman" assemblage)
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                          Mai ___ (tropical cocktail)
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                          Relatives of Blvds.
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                          One of many on a barbequed rack
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                          Common accessory for a call center employee
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                          Univ.
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                          One filling out a questionaire
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                          Welded connections
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                          Mash
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                          Two most common singular pronouns
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                          Bank's offering
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                          Dress like, for Halloween
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                          Minor haircut
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                          NASCAR sponsor
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                          4G ___
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                          Indignation
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