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◆◆ · By Resident Mutt · Published 2021-01-04T17:23:57.781Z

Happy New Year, folks!
... what do you mean I'm late? R u d e.
Something I'm hoping to get better at in the new year is finding good fill! Let's just say it's a work in progress - but practice here does make... well, not perfect, but at very least better. I was going to clue the starred clues with "?" clues at first, but everything I could come up with for 16A was either "bleh" or "Yikes", so y'all get this. Hope y'all enjoy!
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  • Mike D 12:12 · 2021-01-04T17:48:21.607Z
    Fun one RM! URE was a devilish clue 😂. I got stuck at ELOGE/AGNI
    • Resident Mutt constructor · 2021-01-05T16:53:11.304Z
      URE is either wordplay... or a river in Yorkshire. Which, as a Lancastrian, I'm Contractually Obligated To Not Use.
      ELOGE/AGNI seems to be a sore spot - I thought it might be grokkable from ELOGY (which is the substantially more common word), but alas. Leaning, ahoy!
    • Aaron 8:13 · 2021-01-04T18:54:40.795Z
      Fun puzzle with some tricky pop culture references and lots of fun puns/wordplay. There was definitely some hard fill to clue here (ENOW, ALIN) so I think you did a good job overall. Never heard of a 16A which also set me back.
      • Resident Mutt constructor · 2021-01-05T16:54:31.658Z
        Glad you enoyed! Yeah, WHITEPARTY is surprisingly uncommon - I know it from Season 9 of Rupaul's Drag Race so I figured it was in the known vocab of culture, though apparently the xword dictionaries don't have it. Weird!
      • Kent D 🤓13:03 · 2021-01-04T19:07:20.732Z
        Great one! Never heard of eloge before, a learning experience.
        • Resident Mutt constructor · 2021-01-05T16:55:09.331Z
          Oh, you did it without any checks or reveals - I'm just gonna do a happy dance now :D
          Thank you for taking the time to enjoy my madness ^_^
        Play today's daily mini crossword
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        Star Wars scavenger
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        1. 1A
          Star Wars scavenger
        2. 5A
          2019 Horror flick
        3. 8A
          Lollipop singer
        4. 12A
          Getting that 💯
        5. 14A
          Hype man Flavor ____
        6. 15A
          Sufficient, old-style
        7. 16A
          * Do with a dress code
        8. 18A
          Additional, in adspeak
        9. 19A
          "... never mind, then"
        10. 20A
          Food Network host Guy
        11. 21A
          * Perennial compromiser
        12. 26A
          _______ CrankBait
        13. 27A
          Vice President Burr (Sir?)
        14. 28A
          If's partner
        15. 29A
          Formerly, formerly
        16. 30A
          Sci-fi device disabler
        17. 33A
          * Simple performance stage
        18. 38A
          Rep.'s counterpart
        19. 39A
          Roadside bombs, for short
        20. 40A
          Final Four game
        21. 41A
          Pokémon's cloner
        22. 43A
          Headwaiter
        23. 46A
          * Serbian team
        24. 49A
          Soothing succulents
        25. 50A
          Shakespearean compilation
        26. 51A
          "____ have a problem?"
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          * Natural talent, of sorts
        28. 57A
          Avatar's "____ Kai"
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          Insignificant
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          Main artery
        31. 60A
          Take a breather
        32. 61A
          Teacher's magazine (Or: Parisian 'your')
        33. 62A
          Simon of "Hot Fuzz"
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          Uppercut target
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          German cry
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          Nintendo game console
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          Colony member
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          Hendricks in the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame
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          Foam figure?
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          Climbing vine
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          Country who's national flower is the dahlia
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          The Information Age
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          Animated partner for Asami
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          Anticipate
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          Crystal-lined rock
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          Vampire's assets
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          Old hands
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          Piano's opposite
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          Small blisters
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          Hauts-de-France capital
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          Roller coaster parts?
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          Basic util.
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          Banger's partner
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          "___ & Oh's"
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          Joked, especially online
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          Group of lions
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          Saint _____ and Nevis
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          Minecraft edition released 2010
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          Selling point for cat litter
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          Fashion label that's an anagram of TARS (As in: The crosswordese TARS the grid)
        28. 42D
          "Ah, gotcha!"
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          Free-for-all
        30. 44D
          Taiwanese singer Lisang Pacidal Koyouan
        31. 45D
          "Have ___ deal for you!"
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          Kind of gun
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          Funeral delivery of old
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          Transvaal settlers
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          London hrs.
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          Partner of skip and jump
        37. 54D
          Cult's potential ending?
        38. 55D
          Card game with a mana sys. that hints the start of the starred clues?
        39. 56D
          Sack
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