As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to create crossword puzzles. In addition to the four themed clues, there are ~20 other references / Easter eggs hidden within the puzzle. Some more obvious than others.
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What you might have to water and fertilize if you live in the suburbs like a schnook
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Across
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What you might have to water and fertilize if you live in the suburbs like a schnook
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____ buco (Italian veal dish you don't want to overpower with too many onions in the sauce)
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Site of a bloody Texas siege in 1993
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Twistable cookie
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Luger, Tommy, Beretta, and Kalashnikov, to name a few
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Rocky's mechanical birthday gift to Paulie in the fourth movie
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Descriptor of someone who probably thinks a song is about them
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Replacing, with "in"
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Scalpel-wielding Turk, on "Scrubs," for short
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Be human, proverbially
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Earns after taxes
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Spanish NBA brothers Marc and Pau
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Chill surfer or skateboarder type from the 90s
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Wedding jokester
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Place at the mall where you might buy a mink coat or jewelry for the wife
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Wear a jersey, say
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British ambient music pioneer Brian
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Female reproductive cells
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Name found twice in "cannoli alla siciliana"
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Tiny farm dwellers
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Classic 1990 biopic, featuring five characters laying low in the clues (plus a hint to 22A, 24A, 48A, and 50A, collectively speaking)
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Octagonal directive
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Each man's cut after the first recorded major heist in history, when four people robbed the Colosseum during a gladiator event, making away with 2,240 gold coins
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Type of insulting rap track
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Chicago airport with daily Lufthansa flights, on the luggage tag
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"____ yes!" -- common caption to an Instagram photo with an outstretched hand prominently displayed
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Scottish bodies of water
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"No more Mr. ____" -- warning when someone is about to drop pretenses and follow through on a threat
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Stellar lad from across the pond, in slang
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Mindless followers
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Condition for people who are easily distr- ooo look at the next clue!
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2006 successor to 7D with a special remote
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Six months in the joint, for instance
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Napoleon's island of exile
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Richard, Henry, or Lear title
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It involves dipping
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What you might jimmy with a crowbar
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Typical lunch time, ____'clock
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What's written on the bottom of Woody's shoe (before the Cleaner in "Toy Story 2" breaks out his shine box and paint, that is)
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Drugs, but from a doc
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Part of MIT
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Husband and wife or husband and mistress, for example
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Biblical mount in modern day east Turkey
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A clown or bizarre eccentric
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Decline more croissants or crêpes
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Stared at, lecherously
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Swanky hotel rooms
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"Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest" game console, briefly
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Home to Buckeyes, Cowboys, or Beavers
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First word of Comic Book Guy's catchphrase from "The Simpson's" (Crummiest. Clue. Ever.)
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Area between chest and pelvis
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Car-engine fluid
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Tylenol or Advil designation
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Comedic "honoring"
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New (Sp.)
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Arnold's athletic and animated best friend
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Sink gradually
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Key direction in a spaghetti recipe
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Button on many cars in the "Fast & Furious" franchise
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Prefix for "glas" that's actually shatter-proof plastic and a proprietary trademark (like Scotch tape or Kleenex)
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Makes sense, like a story to the cops
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Pro-basketball org. type
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Gender-neutral identifier that's frequently coupled with niece or nephew
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Remove the skin from (or an aptly name Iron Chef)
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Didn't feel well
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Mama's boy (literally) who might come over for a late dinner and to check out a painting
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Romeo inspiration or, if you're not familiar with 12th century romance, Khloe's on-off beau
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Bicycle company founded in the late 19th century and still sold today
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Excited question to a celebrity you run into on the street, "Can ____ selfie?!"
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Seth Rogan, Jason Segel, or pre-"Guardians of the Galaxy" Chris Pratt shared characteristic
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Lead singer Emily of Metric and Broken Social Scene
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Faucet, by another name, usually outdoors
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Alternative for "itsy" in some versions of the children's song about a drowning spider