KrishKross #9 (August 2023)
◆ · By KrishKross · Published 2023-09-02T19:42:04.512Z
Meta Prompt
Once you solve the puzzle, you'll be prompted to guess the theme. It's one word. You'll probably get it if you squint (and pay attention to the starred clues).
The August 2023 puzzle, my ninth, and my first meta puzzle.
Raja
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Bon __ (witty remark)
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- 1ABon __ (witty remark)
- 4AOrg. focused on marketplace trust
- 7AMount ____: Japan's largest active volcano
- 8ABuck's tail?
- 9AMost ostentatious, as a Hollywood party
- 16AVegetable recently described as "a big lump with knobs" that "has the juice" by a young superfan
- 17A"The results ____"
- 18A*President who both preceded and succeeded Harrison
- 20AIts first letter illustrates it, and the last four describe a part of it
- 21ASAG - ____: union on strike for much of 2023
- 22AModern corp. initiative
- 23A"The Bear" actress Edebiri
- 24ALBJ successor
- 26AWarhol canvas
- 28APermanent impulse buy, for some
- 30AWorld-famous Chinese pianist who played the 2008 Olympics opening ceremony and the May 2023 Coronation Concert
- 31A"à" bookender
- 34A*Italian subject of the most public monuments in the U.S. behind Lincoln and Washington
- 36ASinger Turner's autobiography
- 39AHalloween mo.
- 40APot growers?
- 43A"Hey Jude" syllables
- 45AInternet connectors
- 46A*Jerry Springer was once its mayor (yes, that Jerry Springer)
- 50A*Lake represented by the black squares at the top of this puzzle
- 51AHelium and argon, for two
- 52AQ, U separators
- 53ABark, grass dividers, often
- 54AJuicy fruit
- 55AGuesses: Abbr.
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- 1DSouth Asian spice
- 2DSea hawk and brand of backpack
- 3D*Multicultural city in central Spain
- 4DAirers of sports or news
- 5DLike some Pacific island orangutans
- 6DGetting closer
- 8DCritical knee part
- 10DInsurance giant whose stock symbol is its name
- 11DHägar the Horrible's cheeky pet dog
- 12D"Just watch me!"
- 13DDobby, for one
- 14DEmbarks (on an adventure)
- 15DSet-aside in many homes since the 1950s
- 19D___ de toilette: it means perfume, not toilet water
- 25DPC alternative
- 27DAs a verb, loot; as a noun, what's looted
- 29DR&R companion
- 31D"Vitruvian Man" artist da ____
- 32DWeezer hit "Say ___ So"
- 33DOne in a confessional
- 35D2018 Pixar short starring an anthropomorphized dumpling
- 37DPearl material
- 38D"I've seen them together a lot. Are they ____?"
- 41DGive off, as radioactive particles
- 42D3-Down to 34-Across dir., theme-wise
- 44D"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Lion" and "Life of Pi" director
- 45DCollege football squad Ole ___
- 47DHits on the head?
- 48D"So ____ to offend"
- 49DChilly as lows, even chillier as highs, and perhaps chilliest as people