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The Greatest Gamer

◆◆ · By reub · Published 2024-03-14T23:09:42.574Z

Meta Prompt
For my fellow basketball fans: you might have noticed that something (or someone (or someone's something)) is missing here. The answer to the meta is indeed that something. This is my first attempt at constructing a real puzzle, so I hope you enjoy!
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  • kurtalert solved 2024-03-15T22:45:47.988Z

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  • reub constructor · 2024-03-14T23:28:36.872Z
    Please leave feedback so I know how to improve my puzzle game!
    • kurtalert 🤓5:37 · 2024-03-15T22:46:56.302Z
      LMAO. I've actually never heard that nickname for him before. I had to google it once I knew he was the most likely MVP candidate left out. That's awesome.
      • reub constructor · 2024-03-16T01:46:20.070Z
        yeah its a bit of a deep cut lol
      Play today's daily mini crossword
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      Passing and scoring savant hoping to get home to his horses ASAP
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      1. 1A
        Passing and scoring savant hoping to get home to his horses ASAP
      2. 6A
        Where LBJ (the King) fell to 1-A in 2023
      3. 9A
        Sometime's it's right and othertimes it's quite obtuse
      4. 10A
        Versatile defensive wing looking to make playoff berth
      5. 12A
        Fax, in slang. Fax is also slang, so good luck boomers.
      6. 13A
        Where you might find Magic or The Magic
      7. 15A
        The biggest individual award in basketball, and what 1-A, 10-A, 25-A, 18-D, 31-D, and 37-D are in tight contention for
      8. 17A
        Potter powder (sounds pretty sick)
      9. 18A
        Short shorts or long shorts in the NBA, for example
      10. 21A
        "The ___ boys and west end girls" (Pet Shop Boys lyric). No, the answer is not petshop.
      11. 23A
        Parisian street
      12. 24A
        "Heyo!"
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        Rising superstar and the epitome of consistency
      14. 26A
        To the tee
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        Door hoop, for one
      16. 29A
        An apt adjective for some pairs of Jordans?
      17. 30A
        Comic strip cry
      18. 32A
        Big apple baller. Also, a hint to the themed clues (when read aloud)?
      19. 34A
        Asea opposite
      20. 38A
        Lead-in to love
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        Overalled Italian
      22. 40A
        One of 2880 (usually) in an NBA game
      23. 41A
        Proust protagonist
      Down
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        ___ step (basketball move)
      2. 2D
        Words with roll or rampage
      3. 3D
        They're about 2.2 lbs each
      4. 4D
        K-5 Sch.
      5. 5D
        What a waiter might wear to best camouflage Merlot stains?
      6. 6D
        Infection attackers: abbr.
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        Lara, raider of tombs
      8. 8D
        "The ___ stench is in the air": Michael Jackson lyric
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        Incorrectamundo
      10. 14D
        Like, right now
      11. 16D
        Former American Idol judge Abdul
      12. 18D
        A force of nature who's found his footing with a new addition to the team
      13. 19D
        Those places where you hook up an audio jack to play music in your car. Most of us just use bluetooth.
      14. 20D
        How grandmother might address the group
      15. 22D
        They could be watching you and you might not even notice
      16. 27D
        Go by bike
      17. 31D
        Efficient, defensive genius and silent assassin
      18. 33D
        Colonel Sanders brand
      19. 35D
        Palindrome #1. This one is a constellation
      20. 36D
        Palindrome #2. This one is a band's name, in brief
      21. 37D
        The wonderkid whose nightly statistics are nearly incomprehensible
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