Mini 92 - Seven (Letter) Cities Edition

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• David C 🤓3:20 · 2024-06-23T23:06:53.962Z

  Great work! Although I pick a small nit with "ageless" meaning "eternal" (I guess in a literary/metaphorical sense it's sometimes used that way). Love the Chicago and Chennai clues; a perfect construction around those two.

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  • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-06-24T15:55:12.739Z

    Thank you! (What would be an alternative cluing angle for AGELESS? Everything I could find was basically synonymous.)

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    • David C 🤓3:20 · 2024-06-24T23:34:56.309Z

      Mulling it, I think it's okay as is, and I'm certainly no expert. If I had to change it, I might clue it as "evergreen" or "unaffected by time" or maybe "forever young." But really, no need to change, as I look at it now. Thanks again for the nice puzzle!

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    • SamuRai 🤓8:38 · 2024-06-25T02:28:23.771Z

      FWIW, here is my Ageless clue: What Dorian Gray did?

      Though I suppose that would properly be Agedless. Oh well. Enjoyed the puzzle. I thought of at least 5 cities before beginning but none showed up. Somehow I got CHENNAI before CHICAGO.

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• Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-06-24T02:56:47.263Z

  According to ChatGPT (on the third or fourth try), these are the largest cities in the world with 7-letter English names:

  • Karachi: ~15 million
  • Jakarta: ~10.5 million
  • Chennai: ~7 million
  • Kolkata: ~4.5 million
  • Nairobi: ~4.4 million
  • Chicago: ~2.7 million
  • Houston: ~2.3 million
  • Phoenix: ~1.7 million
  • Tripoli: ~1.1 million
  • Memphis: ~0.6 million
  • Detroit: ~0.6 million

  (It does seem to be getting better at counting letters correctly.) Which other cities did it miss? Let me know!

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  • sss 🤓1:33 · 2024-06-24T22:28:32.652Z

    Beijing?

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    • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-06-25T00:58:51.234Z

      Good spot!

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  • AuLeaf 🤓50s · 2024-06-24T23:59:42.742Z

    New York comes to mind

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    • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-06-25T00:58:57.487Z

      Indeed!

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• ForeverJung 5:13 · 2024-06-24T12:28:44.542Z

  Good challenge!

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  • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-06-24T15:55:28.461Z

    Thanks for solving!

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• kurtalert 🤓51s · 2024-06-24T17:17:17.263Z

  Nice one. I really should look at header images before solving, it's impossible not to recognize my home skyline!

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  • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-06-24T20:10:31.652Z

    I didn't know you were from Chennai! jkjk I didn't know you were also from Chicago! Will you be at the Midwest Crossword Tournament in October?

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