Puzzle #10 "What's brown and sticky?"
◆ · By Philip Chow · Published 2021-11-24T01:10:39.515Z
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- Great, smooth solve, very cute theme, liked the seemingly upped difficulty! Not too hard, not too easy. Some great clues too!
- Oh man, that clue for PETNAME13DLove handle?[-------]!
- Thanks - wish I thought of it myself, but I pulled it from crosswordtracker.com - the clue first appeared in Universal Crossword in 2002
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Trades blows
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Across
- 1ATrades blows
- 6AWho nobody puts in a corner, per Johnny Castle in "Dirty Dancing"
- 10APerched on
- 14ACallender in the frozen food aisle
- 15ACreature that's like an onion, per Shrek
- 16ASmall bay
- 17AThespian
- 18AGambling metaphor for a risky venture
- 20ACompletely drunk
- 22ADo the opposite of Gandalf's interaction with the Balrog in "The Fellowship of the Rings"
- 23A___ Dark Materials (Philip Pullman trilogy)
- 24A"What did I tell you?"
- 25AFancy schmancy or hoity-toity or artsy-fartsy
- 26ASpelling bee requests
- 29ABallroom dancing move
- 30A"Platoon" setting, for short
- 31ABattled a bout of homesickness, with "for," for example
- 32ATotally awesome
- 34AStare at like a perv
- 35AHoliday dish alluded to in this puzzle's cover pic [press pause to see image]
- 38ASock-in-the-gut responses, in comics
- 41ASqueal like a pig
- 42ALapis lazuli hue
- 46ATide competitor
- 47AWashington and Colorado were the first two states to legalize its recreational use back in 2012
- 48APossible hitch to getting hitched?
- 49AFiat or formal decree
- 51ALawn makeup
- 53A"The Mikado" costume sash
- 54APut in a mausoleum
- 55ARaw, unprocessed form of chocolate that have been touted as a superfood that Jacques Torres pulled out of his pocket to use illegally in an episode of "Chopped"
- 58AToo tired to do anything
- 60ATarget of Salk's vaccine
- 61AZoning unit, perhaps
- 62ABurmese export
- 63AKnock for a loop
- 64AReceive the booby prize, say
- 65AFeature of a piggy bank or a sexy skirt
- 66APapyrus plant, for one
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- 1DMulti-vehicle collision or a shuffle-building game in which you merge two factions like pirate-aliens, zombie-dinosaurs, or ninja-wizards to crush your opponents
- 2DClassic board game from India that inspired many commercial adaptations like Parcheesi, Sorry!, and Ludo
- 3DChocolatier or glassblower, for example
- 4D1886 Haymarket Square hullabaloo
- 5DLowly laborer of feudal times
- 6DGame played with eight large balls and one small one
- 7DSee eye to eye
- 8D"Whiskey Lullaby" singer Paisley
- 9D"Darn tootin'!"
- 10DSuffered from unaccustomed exercise, perhaps
- 11DBragging, with "one's own horn"
- 12DEgg-shaped
- 13DLove handle?
- 19D___ on the wrist
- 21DSancho Panza's mount in "Don Quixote"
- 25DJazz riff
- 27DUnderstands, as a joke
- 28DDomain name that UC Berkeley was among the first to adopt back in 1985
- 29D"Blade Runner" author Philip K.
- 32DPrepare for publication
- 33D"What's the best song to sing when preparing your Thanksgiving turkey? All About That Baste," for example
- 34DNumber between dix and douze
- 36DLeeway
- 37DCorn unit
- 38DLike a mama's boy?
- 39DSouth American river in an Enya song title that's home to the black spot piranha
- 40DExpresses in simpler terms, as a polynomial
- 43DLacking lubrication
- 44DKind of alcohol
- 45DSoap segment?
- 47DUncut, as heroin
- 48DAwkward thing to witness as a third wheel, for short
- 50DGreat Plains sight that comes from the Lakota word for "dwelling"
- 51DRiyadh resident, probably
- 52DSanta's reindeer, not counting Rudolph
- 55DSanta's "present" for a naughty child
- 56D___ Dei (organization cast as the villains in "The Da Vinci Code")
- 57D"Not gonna happen"
- 59DThey're booked to play music at weddings: Abbr.
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