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· By Sendhil Revuluri · Published 2024-04-19T12:13:43.210Z · Crosshare's Daily Mini for 5/6/2024

Constructor's Note
Enjoy! Feedback welcome as always. Cover photo from this video by the excellent channel 3Blue1Brown; don't watch until later unless you want a spoiler.
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  • Mike D 🤓25s · 2024-04-19T13:51:29.532Z
    Loved it (and that video!)
    • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-04-19T16:04:07.915Z
      Thanks so much!
    • Hydrologist Guy 🤓1:52 · 2024-04-19T23:23:00.258Z
      Great puzzle! Thanks!
      • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-04-20T03:22:58.492Z
        Thanks for solving and for your kind words!
      • mbensley 🤓1:06 · 2024-04-20T11:13:16.623Z
        Really fun cluing! Quite a mix of pop culture eras
      • LasersharpAurora 👇33s · 2024-05-06T01:26:01.003Z
        This is a PRIME quality quiz!
      • heron 🤓50s · 2024-05-06T02:45:49.200Z
        love the theme--impressive that you got three 5-letter theme entries to work!
      • ForeverJung 2:37 · 2024-05-06T11:00:11.414Z
        Good challenge!
        • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-05-06T12:51:30.049Z
          Thanks for solving!
        • Kaiwen S 🤓1:36 · 2024-05-06T12:35:57.008Z
          Super fun! I'm a fan of both 3Blue1Brown and Ming-Na Wen so this was a treat :)
          • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-05-06T14:38:57.383Z
            Glad you enjoyed!
          • JR 1:36 · 2024-05-06T16:39:07.718Z
            Not sure how 3D is a factorial! Am I misinterpreting the clue?
            • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-05-06T18:23:28.617Z
              It is a factorial prime — one more or less than a factorial. In this case, 7 = 3! + 1.
              I struggled to write it for correct parsing (especially with the cross-reference); any revision suggestions welcome!
              • JR 1:36 · 2024-05-06T23:32:06.146Z
                Ahh, it was not obvious to me that the “prime” distributed over all of the qualifiers, but it makes sense in retrospect, because there’s no noun otherwise!
            1A
            Infamous Office Space reports
            1
            2
            3
            4
            5
            6
            7
            8
            Across
            1. 1A
              Infamous Office Space reports
            2. 4A
              First odd 2D
            3. 6A
              Star Cynthia of Widows and Harriet
            4. 7A
              Rounded roofs
            5. 8A
              Actress Ming-Na of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", "ER", The Joy Luck Club, and Mulan
            Down
            1. 1D
              Yeet
            2. 2D
              Like 4A or 3D
            3. 3D
              Factorial, happy, safe, and double Mersenne 2D
            4. 4D
              Talks with "Ideas Worth Spreading"
            5. 5D
              Greek goddess of lip balm cameras the dawn
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