Flip it and reverse it, or: Crosswordese
◆ · By Lloyd · Published 2021-05-15T11:27:25.916Z
This is a classic clue/answer switch theme on some common "crosswordese".
Certainly too 'inside baseball' for publication, I had some fun coming up with consistent and narrowly-defined theme entries.
This is certainly not the first puzzle to use this theme. Another nice example is “crosswordESE” by Lyle Broughton, published by Ria on gecxwords.
Enjoy!
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- Loved it, Lloyd! Very smooth solve. I don't think I've seen one of these clue/answer swap puzzles before so it's brand new to me!
- Thanks very much! It was news to me, too! As I understand it from test solvers, this theme type is passé and hasn't been seen for many years. Apparently due to a mix of theme entries that are often "not in the language" and as such are hard to discern due to their 'insider' style
- hbxwords 🤓3:59 · 2021-05-27T17:08:47.582ZCan you explain the crossing at 66A66APunch-Drunk Love writer/director, briefly[---] and 62D62DEnvelope letters[---]? I guessed but really didn't understand either there. Thanks!
- Happily! PTA66APunch-Drunk Love writer/director, briefly[---] is how fans often refer to Paul Thomas Anderson, writer/director of Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood, etc. ATN62DEnvelope letters[---] is abbreviating Attention (although I believe it may more-commonly be ATTN?).
- hbxwords 🤓3:59 · 2021-05-28T21:06:52.050ZThanks! ATN62DEnvelope letters[---] threw me because that's usually ATTN as you said :)
- Anonymous Crossharer 9:13 · 2021-05-29T22:03:25.169ZEnjoyed it. SE Natick. Attn.
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Tic-toe connector
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Across
- 1ATic-toe connector
- 4ABill providers
- 8ALockdown cause, 100 years ago
- 13ABrouhaha
- 14APoultry housing
- 15AMary, often credited with inventing the miniskirt and hotpants
- 16AONO (Oh, no! Not more crosswordese!)
- 19AAbate
- 20AHome extension?
- 22AApple oracle
- 25ASpace Force is its latest dept.
- 27AFlabbergast
- 28ANashville sch.
- 29AAHAB (Aha! I know this bit of crosswordese, as I read the book in school!)
- 34AAdversary of forty thieves
- 36A"To Live and Die ___" (2Pac song)
- 37ABeginning, especially for Phil Collins
- 38ADevoted
- 42AMunches
- 43AHemingway and Shackleton
- 44AODIE (O, dear! Nobody cares about this character in the comic, why is this crosswordese so popular?)
- 48ADiego or Jose
- 49ASomething a mansplainer likely has a big one of
- 50ACarnivale locale
- 51ACries from Homer Simpson
- 52AFlood protector
- 55AWhat a doctor should do first
- 59AENYA (An' yet more crosswordese!)
- 64AProm choice
- 65AStandard util.
- 66APunch-Drunk Love writer/director, briefly
- 67AProperty, e.g.
- 68ADinner or a movie
- 69APart of Q&A
Down
- 1D___ Mahal
- 2DCountess Lovelace, known as the first computer programmer
- 3DForce unit?
- 4DTeen woe
- 5DLow digits?
- 6DActress Carrie-Anne or Elisabeth
- 7DSwift
- 8DNO-ST connector
- 9DReveals the orientation of, against one's wishes
- 10DCafe au ___
- 11DClothing line
- 12DCanada's capital
- 17DHe who floats like a butterfly
- 18DCoated, like for metal pans
- 21D___ of iniquity
- 22DBuck
- 23DAt 822,700 square miles, Greenland is the biggest
- 24DDig site
- 26DBucks
- 29DSome Kenyans
- 30DEulogy writer?
- 31DDistinctive feature of the Seinfeld Theme
- 32DMetallic sound
- 33DGreen, leafy superfood
- 35DGrudge
- 39D___ bucco
- 40D2002 Winter Olympics locale
- 41DNine-digit IDs leaked for 143 million Americans in 2017 -- thanks Equifax!
- 44DHair application
- 45DItems for discussion
- 46DMars cars
- 47DCondemned
- 51DRun's hip-hop pal
- 53DFarm females
- 54DRelieve
- 56DDance of undulating hips
- 57DAt ___ time (prearranged)
- 58DPaella ingredient
- 60DPrime meridian std.
- 61DChoice for bar hops?
- 62DEnvelope letters
- 63DLil ___ X, author of the children's book, "C is for Country"
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