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Training Montage

◆ · By acommonrose · Published 2024-10-03T18:58:20.146Z

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  • AYEM 🤓12:34 · 2024-10-04T00:02:36.371Z
    This was a hoot! Great puzzle
    • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓5:23 · 2024-10-04T22:15:12.081Z
      Fun, thank you! Loved the variety and density of Chicago references. (Hope you will be joining the tourney at UIC tomorrow!)
      • NDS 🤓10:13 · 2024-10-05T17:24:33.794Z
        Great references to the greatest city!
        • lisajay 🤓16:29 · 2024-10-11T04:57:30.837Z
          Excellent!
          Play today's daily mini crossword
          1A
          Dent starter?
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          Across
          1. 1A
            Dent starter?
          2. 4A
            Org. that once threatened to sue the Girl Scouts for singing campfire songs without paying licensing fees
          3. 9A
            Place to make a vow or a sacrifice, depending on the mood
          4. 14A
            Rare as ___'s teeth
          5. 15A
            Fingerprint identifier
          6. 16A
            Gets close to
          7. 17A
            Units I install earlier and uninstall later every year, which is Probably Fine and Normal
          8. 18A
            Chicago pizza mainstay that one of this puzzle's constructors still hasn't been to despite living in Chicago and the other of this puzzle's constructors thinks is pretty good but not as good as Giordano's
          9. 20A
            Those who have not yet had the chance to become 1337
          10. 22A
            "Wait, don't go yet!"
          11. 23A
            Traditional Scottish garment that's huge for supporters of men's calves
          12. 24A
            Strengthens
          13. 25A
            Breakfast spot that should pay me $5 every time I write a crossword clue for it
          14. 29A
            Something to do to a bed or an idea
          15. 31A
            What our time together is, once you finish this puzzle
          16. 33A
            Ironic homophone for Cupid's favorite projectile
          17. 34A
            Coding language I learned from neopets.com
          18. 35A
            Rule enforcer for da Bears
          19. 36A
            People working on an eras tour?
          20. 40A
            Dance partner for janitors and Cinderellas
          21. 41A
            Down in the dumps
          22. 42A
            Bounce
          23. 43A
            Cows, to a child who loves animal noises
          24. 45A
            Words signifying that it's going to be a while before someone actually agrees not to pick up the tab
          25. 49A
            Shoe retailer hidden in "piebald oxfords"
          26. 50A
            Hawai'ian family
          27. 52A
            54D, in Bologna
          28. 53A
            Second best many colored coat wearer (after Dolly Parton)
          29. 55A
            Feral sound
          30. 56A
            What can be found on Hulu, or in the Loop
          31. 60A
            Part of the Tupperware set that you'll inevitably have too many or too little of as soon as you look away
          32. 61A
            Buffy character who proves that "narrative foil" can and should mean "love interest"
          33. 62A
            "Well butter me up and call me a biscuit!"
          34. 63A
            Like Chicago's sidewalks for up to six months of the year
          35. 64A
            Simply not done
          36. 65A
            Maslow's hierarchy organizes them and yet he did not think to include 'being the hottest person at the grocery store'
          37. 66A
            Org. where you might start your journey on an elevated train, continue on a commuter train, and end on a bus, as shown in the circled letters
          Down
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            Email sign-off for the gracious
          2. 2D
            Kickback
          3. 3D
            It's underfoot!
          4. 4D
            Tools for bookmaking, cobbling, and murder if you're quick
          5. 5D
            HBO competitor, in short
          6. 6D
            Your aunt's daughter, or your aunt's daughter's son, or your aunt's mom's aunt's husband's niece, or some guy named Mike who's at your family reunion and you're not sure why, or...
          7. 7D
            Plate or plot follower
          8. 8D
            Fancy piece of tech to purchase, circa 2007
          9. 9D
            ___ mundi
          10. 10D
            What I whisper to myself when I'm about to be annoying on purpose so I remember that it's for feminism
          11. 11D
            Ink (up)
          12. 12D
            Musical nickname I learned via Nicki's verse in "Bang Bang"
          13. 13D
            Type of feed I have to figure out how to use every time I sign up for a new podcast Patreon
          14. 19D
            "The Mountain Eagle" or "Flappy Bird", e.g.
          15. 21D
            Second string
          16. 24D
            Song Kevin Bacon has to bribe wedding DJs not to play
          17. 26D
            "Mein ___" ("Cabaret" song)
          18. 27D
            "We should be on Hot ___" (something my friends say even though none of us are famous and most of them aren't that spice tolerant) (the constructors of this puzzle would like you know we're fine with spice, it's just our friends who are wimps)
          19. 28D
            One of many unread files in my downloads folder
          20. 30D
            One of the only pasta sauce brands that can help you get by in conversational Italian
          21. 32D
            Risky way to go?
          22. 34D
            "Fat ___" (2021 play inspired by Shakespeare)
          23. 36D
            "This is a surprise ___ that will help us later!"
          24. 37D
            Portable music player that all the coolest crossword puzzle creators are still using in 2024 💅
          25. 38D
            Runs into the room and starts fighting a monster without checking for traps first, e.g.
          26. 39D
            Brand that still has not solved the age old question "Can a printer actually work?"
          27. 40D
            UFC sport
          28. 44D
            Mint cocktail whose name is a Spanish diminuitive for 'wet', which I sure hope it is
          29. 45D
            Get some air
          30. 46D
            With a certain slant?
          31. 47D
            Like a dress code that won't let you have casual Friday
          32. 48D
            "See? SEE???"
          33. 51D
            Something picked by seemingly every New Englander on every fall weekend
          34. 54D
            52A, in Madrid
          35. 55D
            Has a look at
          36. 56D
            Cool (but definitely not new) word for frequent
          37. 57D
            Agency that keeps the airplanes from falling straight out of the sky, I assume (abbr.)
          38. 58D
            Little white lie, like when my transit app tells me my bus will arrive in zero minutes
          39. 59D
            Product in menu items at Wake N Bakery on Halsted
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