This was originally going to be a meta, but I figure the humor can be more visible if I make it a themed puzzle. Also I don't have to twist myself into knots turning these four jokes into a coded message that never fits right any way.
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KayW 🤓11:00 · 2023-02-14T01:10:26.162Z
haha. Some of the fill was tough but I loved the cluing. I think I found my new political party at 36A. And I occasionally still 1A. Well in theory anyway. There are tons of them still on my shelves gathering dust. Thanks for the puzzle!
The latest way to view movies at ho.... what's that?....oh, okay.... a totally obsolete way to view movies at home that only dinosaurs still use
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The latest way to view movies at ho.... what's that?....oh, okay.... a totally obsolete way to view movies at home that only dinosaurs still use
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112.5 degrees clockwise from 17A
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U.S. national security organization
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Louse egg
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Innate musical ability
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Before flippers were introduced in 1947, this was considered a game of chance and was illegal in many jurisdictions as a form of gambling. In 1976, Roger Sharpe demonstrated to the New York City council he could actually control the ball in order to overturn the ban in NYC.
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---- pro nobis: pray for us
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90 degrees counterclockwise from 65A
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Prime minister who fought in the Yom Kippur War
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Washing parsley, for example?
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The bear's goal in going over the mountain (in regards to what he could see)
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Henry James's "What ___ Knew"
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Kitschy cuneiforms, for example?
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"For women, the best aphrodisiacs are words. The ----- is in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time." --- Isabel Allende
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And others
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Unagi
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"Through", arch.
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"For shame"
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Beer Lovers Party
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Ocasek of The Cars
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Cries of pain
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What the bear does to the other side of the mountain
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To form into dreads
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Beliefs
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French beings
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Oenophile's outerwear?
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The ---- Oz: the book introducing Polychrome, Button-Bright, and the Shaggy Man. (What? If sports trivia, 80s pop songs, and 90s TV is considered common enough knowledge, I'm going to declare the Oz books are too)
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"I ---- differ!"
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Night-time musical wooing in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region?
San Francisco. (What? You thought only New Yorkers called their town that?)
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Altar declaration
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45 degrees counterclockwise from 4A
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Prescription shorthand for "thrice daily"
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--- Abner
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Corporate head
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Family room
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Moving truck
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Tailor specializing in women's clothing
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Barbecue morsel
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iPhone assistant
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Quite a mystery, it is
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Measuring instrument with two adjustable arms (alt. spelling)
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Bing, Koch and others. Bing (1899-1998) was an avant-garde and commercial photographer who should be better known. Koch (1906-1967) was a Nazi war criminal known as "The Witch of Buchenwald" who should be forgotten for all eternity. I would have included Rick's love from "Casablanca" but she spells her name differently.
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Reagan era Secretary of State who didn't have a firm grasp on the order of succession.
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Edible seaweed
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Metal with atomic number 26. (Hey! Combined with 10D, I have the makings of a new palindrome....)
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Tartness
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Turned into
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"What's that thing were that bird is hatching her eggs?" "That? That's ------"
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Fruit covering (or Avenger Emma)
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Sleeping sickness bug
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Beginning; get-go
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Any time of year, this is all you have to do and Carol King will be there, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Picture worthy
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Response to an ultimatum (from one who can't de-escalate)
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Throw in the direction of
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Post-birth, pre-death occurence
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Sugared, like a doughnut
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Pesticide (Naphthalen-1-yl methylcarbamate) that sells under the brand name "Sevin";
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Vaccine fluid
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Lemony
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Chilled with cubes
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Organic liquid detergent that would look like a form of poetry if one didn't know how to spell
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Taking the advice of one of the three monkeys, this is what the bear saw on the other side of the mountain