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Themeless 35

◆◆ · By JeffsPuzzles · Published 2022-08-06T13:00:11.069Z

Constructor's Note
This one's hard but hopefully not frustratingly so ... 2 grid-spanners from well-known, devastatingly powerful poems, lots of Greek mythology, a great neologism from crossword fave Brian Eno (12A), and a clue I won't apologize for, no matter how much I should (26A)
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  • jareed 12:16 · 2022-08-06T23:33:18.625Z
    2 coined terms crossing is a toughie, gotta say, but good puzzle! nice :)
    • JeffsPuzzles constructor · 2022-08-07T12:52:52.464Z
      That's a fair point - didn't even occur to me. Thanks for pointing it out.
    • spikeydlux 10:15 · 2022-08-07T00:01:29.300Z
      Toughie!
      • Lobsterboys 22:36 · 2022-08-08T20:00:21.379Z
        Good puzzle, tho the NW corner got me in the end
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        1A
        Repugnance
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        Across
        1. 1A
          Repugnance
        2. 6A
          Dec.:10::___:100
        3. 9A
          What 9 Down like to do
        4. 12A
          Word coined by crossword fave Brian Eno to describe the collective intelligence of a group of highly creative people
        5. 14A
          Mexican salamander with a name that's fun to say
        6. 16A
          Silk fabric in the lyric "There's oil in the puddles in ___ patterns/That run down the drain/In colored arrangements" (Joni Mitchell, "Michael from Mountains")
        7. 17A
          Ups one's game (with "the occasion")
        8. 18A
          "What happens to a dream deferred//Does it dry up like ____" (Langston Hughes, "Harlem," later used as the title of a famous Lorraine Hansberry play)
        9. 20A
          Performer that's one letter off from something shared on the Internet
        10. 21A
          Tool for people who believe in lawn order?
        11. 22A
          Jenny ___, singer known as the "Swedish Nightingale"
        12. 23A
          Civ pro students
        13. 25A
          Practice where grown-ups imitate dogs, cats, and pigeons while being told how to breathe
        14. 26A
          "An Olympic ___ist just moved next door to me." "Tell me more, Mr. Frost - do good fencers make good neighbors?"
        15. 27A
          More like Eeyore
        16. 29A
          Like some spectacles
        17. 31A
          Ancient Greek goddess of dawn and Canon SLRs (Ancient Greek Clue (AGC) #1)
        18. 33A
          AQI monitor
        19. 34A
          It's used with paper and sometimes jams
        20. 38A
          Tap
        21. 43A
          Expression meant to ape a lion
        22. 44A
          Cowardly Lion portrayer
        23. 46A
          Trap, or part of a trap set
        24. 47A
          Give ___ (care)
        25. 48A
          ___ equity
        26. 50A
          Likely abode for most members of the London Symphony Orchestra, ironically
        27. 51A
          "Do I _____?/I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach ..." (T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock)
        28. 54A
          Flip, reassuring response to "Are you OK?"
        29. 55A
          "Not ___" (i.e., "Clearly you have no idea")
        30. 56A
          Stops or storms
        31. 57A
          Divans with backs and arms
        32. 58A
          Gabi Wilson, professionally
        33. 59A
          MD workplaces
        34. 60A
          Indian crepes, basically
        Down
        1. 1D
          Instrument dating back more than 12,000 years
        2. 2D
          Smeared
        3. 3D
          It covers all the bases
        4. 4D
          You might pull them in a car
        5. 5D
          Term coined by Robert A. Heinlein in his story "Universe" to refer to crew members on a "generational spaceship" who are born with variant physical forms
        6. 6D
          Hall of fame?
        7. 7D
          You might pull onto them in a car
        8. 8D
          Have a bagel, maybe
        9. 9D
          "Did you hear" types
        10. 10D
          Harmonizes
        11. 11D
          Concrete ___ or 4 Non ___s
        12. 12D
          John who played Jesse in "Full House"
        13. 13D
          Olivia's "Grease" character
        14. 15D
          Artist/retired actress Sobieski ("Eyes Wide Shut," "The Glass House")
        15. 19D
          Marty Feldman's character in "Young Frankenstein"
        16. 24D
          Ooze
        17. 28D
          Turns a trick?
        18. 30D
          To run them you have to lose them
        19. 32D
          Nori and kombu, e.g.
        20. 34D
          Brand "nobody doesn't like"
        21. 35D
          One showing off a new dress, perhaps
        22. 36D
          Van Cleef & ___ (French jewelry company)
        23. 37D
          AGC#2: Mother of the Olympian gods/godesses, whose namesake is married to Danny DeVito
        24. 39D
          Colonizes, in a way
        25. 40D
          AGC#3: Statue created by Pygmalion of Crete, which subsequently came to life; the story is a basis for "My Fair Lady" as well as Richard Powers's novel "___ 2.2")
        26. 41D
          AGC#4: Spokespeople for the gods
        27. 42D
          AGC#5: Titan goddess of water (and sister of 37 Down; her name has been given to an ancient ocean between the super-continents Gondwana and Laurasia)
        28. 43D
          Daikon, e.g.
        29. 45D
          Speed limits, e.g.
        30. 49D
          Like a paycheck or (sometimes) patience
        31. 52D
          Fatigue
        32. 53D
          Argentina's national game, which used to involve gauchos and a duck (since replaced by a ball), as evidenced by its name
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