Wintry Mix
■ · By Zachary Hollback · Published 2021-01-27T22:22:45.655Z
First puzzle on Crosshare! This isn’t a stellar puzzle; more of a test of Crosshare’s platform. I made this for the Madison Arts Barn in CT and changed some clues here for a non-youth audience. I’m pleased with how it turned out. Hope you like it!
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Well done!1A
Throw a line...or people who deliver lines
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Across
- 1AThrow a line...or people who deliver lines
- 5ATiny bit, as of paint
- 9AWord with bubble or bomb
- 10ASpanish explorer with Boots
- 11AFlat or wedge
- 12AChange for a five
- 13A“___ Love” (1985 hit by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
- 15AAbu Dhabi’s land (abbr.)
- 16AControlled slide, in racing
- 18AParisian water
- 20AKermit’s greeting
- 22AThe von Trapp family’s range
- 24AMilitary stronghold
- 26A“Bye-bye!”
- 27AEnthusiasm
- 28AFalling flakes...or a word that can precede 11-, 16-, and 24-across
- 29ATarget of a shoulder workout, for short
Down
- 1D“The Amazing Race” network
- 2DSounds upon entering a 9-across
- 3DDefended oneself against, as a bully
- 4DGender-neutral possessive pronoun
- 5DHubbub
- 6DDunkin’ Munchkin?
- 7D“We be gettin’ stupid in your ___ / Causin’ all kinds of hysteria”: Beastie Boys
- 8DSomething that may be stolen around a diamond
- 14DMedical research org. in Bethesda, MD
- 17DPiped, as a Revolutionary soldier
- 18DChow
- 19DRickman who almost quit playing Snape in the Harry Potter movies
- 21DThermometer that tastes better than the “other” kind :P
- 23DMusical instrument played between the knees with a bow
- 25DIt’s dynamite!