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Themeless 2

◆ · By damefox · Published 2023-01-18T23:00:18.000Z

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  • Emma Oxford constructor · 2023-01-18T23:00:18.000Z
    Shout out to Peter Broda's Wordlist for most of the long entries and a lot of the fill in this puzzle: https://peterbroda.me/crosswords/wordlist/
    • Adam Doctoroff 🤓2:57 · 2023-01-19T03:29:57.124Z
      Thanks Emma. May have used Peter's Wordlist, but the clues were clearly all Emma!
      • damefox constructor · 2023-01-19T15:47:15.359Z
        Thanks Adam! And thanks for all your nice comments on my other puzzles as well - I do read and appreciate them even if I don't respond.
      • Abide 🤓9:19 · 2023-01-19T22:14:38.618Z
        Nice with just the right amount of “challenge”. What’s the deal with these long Moby Dick clues 😜
        • emmie 🤓4:16 · 2023-01-20T03:21:37.016Z
          Really good!
          • Brian Callahan 🤓4:39 · 2023-01-23T03:16:01.316Z
            Love the "Parks & Rec" reference. Good one!
            Play today's daily mini crossword
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            Bit of winterwear
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            Across
            1. 1A
              Bit of winterwear
            2. 6A
              Sarai's husband
            3. 11A
              "Piratas das Caraíbas: A Maldição do ___" (Portuguese title for the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" film)
            4. 13A
              Pessimist's sarcastic response to "It'll be fine"
            5. 14A
              Pleaded
            6. 15A
              Lightly char
            7. 17A
              What do you say after you burp during ___ brunch? Eggs-cuse me!
            8. 21A
              "Metaphors? I hate metaphors! That's why my favorite book is 'Moby Dick'! No froufrou symbolism, just a good, simple tale about a man who hates an animal" speaker in "Parks and Rec"
            9. 22A
              Each and every one
            10. 23A
              Word before bale or fever
            11. 24A
              Step on it!
            12. 26A
              Down to the ___ (cutting it real close)
            13. 27A
              Fashionable sunglasses brand
            14. 29A
              What the books and magazines on the floor at the beginning of "Glass Onion" suggest Benoit Blanc has been doing a lot of (no spoilers)
            15. 34A
              Alfredo and Carbonara, for two
            16. 35A
              See 32-Down
            17. 36A
              Go past the limit, in a way
            Down
            1. 1D
              2015 Melissa McCarthy comedy
            2. 2D
              Rosalind Brewer, to Walgreens: Abbr.
            3. 3D
              Caribbean islanders who are also Dutch citizens
            4. 4D
              Exercise machine also called an erg
            5. 5D
              According to a 2004 North American Vexillological Association survey, Washington D.C. has the best one of any United States' city
            6. 6D
              Temper, as metal
            7. 7D
              Bits of sweat
            8. 8D
              Former Supreme Court monogram (hint: a monogram is not the same as initials)
            9. 9D
              "___ you sure about this?"
            10. 10D
              It may be welcome
            11. 12D
              ABBA song that begins "Last night, I was taking a walk along the river"
            12. 15D
              ___ Lanka
            13. 16D
              Very long time
            14. 18D
              What you might be on if you've brought someone to the end of their rope
            15. 19D
              Body part you may "lend" (this clue sounded less grotesque in my head)
            16. 20D
              Drink rhymed with "pie," "dry," and "die" in "American Pie"
            17. 22D
              Rattles
            18. 25D
              14th-century sultan of the Ottoman Empire (alternative clue: "Who's your favorite 'Star Wars' character, Luke ___?")
            19. 26D
              Prepare to throw, as a piece of paper
            20. 28D
              Says hello to ewe?
            21. 29D
              15 March 44 ___ (death day of Julius Caesar)
            22. 30D
              How much your home could be worth... if you fix that leak in the roof and the crack in the foundation and the water in the basement and the holes in the wall: Abbr.
            23. 31D
              Oolong or pu-erh, for example
            24. 32D
              Lily Potter, ___ 35-Across
            25. 33D
              German Shepherd Dog, in dog-breeding circles (don't overthink it)
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