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Them's the breaks!

◆ · By Riley · Published 2024-02-04T11:00:12.603Z

Constructor's Note
My first jumbo puzzle! This one came out pretty difficult, so I've scheduled it for Sunday! And to any personally familiar with the theme: I'm not sorry
Spoilers for the theme and revealer! This puzzle started with me wanting to use the rebus, my first thought was to start simple and use some numbers. 38a was actually the first one I'd thought of which got me thinking that I should make this Vriska Serket themed! For those who don't know Vriska is an alien who's design is themed around the zodiac symbol Scorpio, an arachnid, which leads to a lot of spider motifs, one example being her tendency to sneak the number 8 into her text wherever possible. The main way this presents itself is 8y su8stituting it for the letter "b" and another is phonetically as in the word "gr8". The revealer alludes only to the second of these with each of the 8 aforementioned rebuses in the puzzle being a phonetic replacement, but for those of you who already know about vriska's typing quirk, this puzzle is actually set up to accept an "8" anywhere it would accept a "b"!
Riley xoxox
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  • Olive Bernhart 47:20 · 2024-02-04T11:00:12.603Z
    ::::)
    • Nate Clark 31:58 · 2024-02-04T16:32:29.507Z
      That was tough and fun! Great cluing.
      • Riley constructor · 2024-02-04T17:16:17.324Z
        thanks nate!
      Play today's daily mini crossword
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      Loses connection to a server, for short
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      1. 1A
        Loses connection to a server, for short
      2. 4A
        Band with members of indeterminate size
      3. 8A
        What a cat that's only died once has
      4. 14A
        Caterwauled
      5. 17A
        Frog's order
      6. 19A
        To ___, (not fully)
      7. 20A
        Mariners fan favorite from across the Pacific
      8. 21A
        Mulls over
      9. 22A
        More absorbent
      10. 23A
        Colombian cowboys
      11. 25A
        ___ & Chandon
      12. 26A
        Cuts, as with wood
      13. 27A
        A sailor's domain
      14. 28A
        A US president went by this, honest!
      15. 29A
        "No ___, I expect you to die!"
      16. 31A
        Southern US breakfast baked good
      17. 33A
        Goddess of rainbows
      18. 34A
        Lead-in to grate or zen
      19. 35A
        ___ Soi, Thai noodle soup
      20. 36A
        Mathematician Lovelace
      21. 37A
        The ___, a rather large curation
      22. 38A
        An ill advised source of advice
      23. 40A
        Mexican money
      24. 42A
        Commercial cargo
      25. 43A
        Clapton of Cream
      26. 44A
        Glass container: Abbr.
      27. 45A
        Poisonous pipe material
      28. 47A
        Tiny songbirds
      29. 48A
        2008 documentary about American debt
      30. 51A
        78d in Britain
      31. 52A
        Duke Atreides
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        Universal receiver
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        Big name in furniture
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        30 minutes to 9
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        Modern Bond director
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        Auld Lang ___
      37. 65A
        ___ De Corps
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        Bangladeshi STEM school
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        Little glance
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        Words on a check
      41. 70A
        Produces
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        Give one, take a mile
      43. 74A
        Kamasi Washington's area of expertise
      44. 75A
        Saxton, of Mann Co.
      45. 76A
        Little battery
      46. 79A
        Regretfully
      47. 81A
        Issued a mea culpa
      48. 84A
        Vinyl issue
      49. 85A
        Toronto's prov.
      50. 86A
        Data storing recursive acronym
      51. 87A
        Oil org.
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        Swiss slopes
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        Auction for the deceased
      54. 91A
        "___ the last drop"
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        Soviet space station
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        Freddy of football
      57. 95A
        "Doing just peachy"
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        Camper's pitch
      59. 97A
        Fez wearer, like Truman
      60. 100A
        Filing target, for a fanfic author facing a cease and desist
      61. 102A
        Turns to steam
      62. 104A
        Grace Kelly's realm
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        Unfinished Kafka novel
      64. 106A
        "You look like ___ in headlights"
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        Accusation of falsehood
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        Laminated confection
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        Exxon, formerly
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        Metamorphic rock used in roof tiles
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      1. 1D
        Bidder in a game of bridge
      2. 2D
        Share a home with one another
      3. 3D
        Hogs
      4. 4D
        Just a bit
      5. 5D
        Memorization tools
      6. 6D
        Ancient plague
      7. 7D
        How Parmesan cheese is often served
      8. 8D
        This clue
      9. 9D
        Camera cover
      10. 10D
        the most common type of antibody found in blood circulation
      11. 11D
        Scorpio themed alien of webcomic fame whose peculiar manner of typing is represented an apt number of times in this puzzle
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        tinnitus noise
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        Blood fluids
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        a G times a G
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        Before, poetically
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        College digs
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        Nova Scotia hrs.
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        Spirit in a spritz
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        A sandbar
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        "Truth ___"
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        Get started
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        Taco bell offering
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        Capital of South Australia
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        World currency org.
      25. 35D
        Predecessor to Toys R Us
      26. 38D
        One of the Pleiades of Greek myth
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        Byte-sized processor width
      28. 41D
        Rest stops in the desert
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        Narcs' org.
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        "For real?"
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        Theological school, Abbr.
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        Volley shot from a helicopter towards a plane, perhaps
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        Sources of traffic jams
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        Trunk beast
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        Scolded harshly
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        An animal that laughs
      37. 58D
        Venomous anagram of 59d
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        Relaxing anagram of 58d
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        "Have a taste!"
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        Consumed the whole thing!
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        Greek consonants
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        Wired comm. protocol
      43. 66D
        Lead-in to plasmosis or caridae
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        Fast food taqueria franchise locations
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        Destroyed
      46. 72D
        Votes in
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        Everything considered
      48. 77D
        Show your gratitude toward
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        51a in the USA
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        Place where you might find exceptional displays of agriculture
      51. 81D
        Pressley of The House of Representatives
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        Trendy "ancient" diet
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        Misfits in a Spielberg film
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        Just shy of perfect
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        Plant malady
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        Smooth and soft
      57. 91D
        Geologist Kinder eggs
      58. 92D
        "Good heavens!"
      59. 94D
        "On the double!"
      60. 96D
        Unscheduled for now
      61. 98D
        Hopping marsupial for short
      62. 99D
        Fishy filling for onigiri
      63. 101D
        NYC subway line
      64. 103D
        Feet-aching theater show
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