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#70 "_____ Is Of The Essence"

鈼嗏梿 路 By Nate Clark 路 Published 2024-01-20T15:53:13.461Z

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Sorry ahead of time, It's an odd one, but I think you can do it!
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  • kurtalert 馃11:57聽路聽2024-01-20T17:35:51.315Z
    Wow... this was really something. LOL. It took me an embarrassingly long time to pay attention to the circles. Probably would have eased the solve a bit if I noticed those. After solving a few of the first clues I thought maybe the entire first column was all Ts... so that had me sidetracked for a while. Lots of fun once I realized what I was SUPPOSED to be doing!
    • Nate Clark constructor聽路聽2024-01-20T22:11:57.342Z
      Haha awesome. I started just writing all of the across answers as I was brainstorming ideas. Then I was like, you know what? Let's make a weird puzzle. Thanks solving it!
    • Hector 8:20聽路聽2024-01-20T17:57:08.424Z
      Managed to get all but 18A. Fun!
      • Nate Clark constructor聽路聽2024-01-20T22:14:31.731Z
        Great! I thought that might have been a difficult one to get. Thanks for trying it out :)
        • Hector 8:20聽路聽2024-01-20T23:43:30.392Z
          Oops, I hadn't realized that any of the down clues were helpful -- until now. Those entries I missed would have been very gettable.
          • Nate Clark constructor聽路聽2024-01-21T02:57:15.917Z
            Yeah I made the 1st half gibberish then I thought I could make something work with the shorter clues.
      • Hector 8:20聽路聽2024-01-20T17:58:06.153Z
        Sorry, I also got 28A wrong (MELODIES instead of MESSAGE)
        Play today's daily mini crossword
        1A
        Most popular holiday Muppet toy in 1996
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        Across
        1. 1A
          Most popular holiday Muppet toy in 1996
        2. 11A
          Reduce unnecessary costs in business, colloquially
        3. 12A
          "Right now!"
        4. 13A
          Batter's reason for celebration
        5. 17A
          What actor Hanks' wife might say after being three months late, cyclically speaking
        6. 18A
          What one may think while realizing they are dying?
        7. 19A
          Tiny kids with sprained ankles
        8. 20A
          Goodyear promoters?
        9. 21A
          Ciudad south of San Diego
        10. 28A
          "If I Only Had a Heart" from 'The Wizard of Oz,' e.g.
        11. 30A
          Seller of sewing needle skin stabbing stoppers?
        12. 31A
          Zillow.com hypothetical price
        13. 32A
          " _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ problem..." from Taylor Swift's "Anti-Hero" (2022)
        14. 37A
          Remembrance service for agaves and Saguaros?
        15. 39A
          What you might be told if you spill the milk
        Down
        1. 1D
          You'll never guess this answer
        2. 2D
          Try solving this with your eyes closed, it might work
        3. 3D
          Slap your hands on the keyboard
        4. 4D
          It's all jumbled letters!
        5. 5D
          Take a wild stab at it, maybe
        6. 6D
          Odds are not in your favor to solve this clue
        7. 7D
          Random column of letters
        8. 8D
          Good luck getting the eccentric set
        9. 9D
          Don't stop trying nonsense attempts
        10. 10D
          4G letters + the number below two + what's after O
        11. 14D
          Pa opposite + you opposite
        12. 15D
          Tight suffix + ate prefix?
        13. 16D
          State-controlled news agcy. in Moscow + player between third and second base, for short
        14. 22D
          "Yum" + start of the "Old Macdonald" chorus + peak, abbr.
        15. 23D
          Wide shoe size
        16. 24D
          Formerly Twitter co. + Jr's upperclassman
        17. 25D
          Currently was? + avg. grade
        18. 26D
          State below Or. + a part of water, periodically speaking
        19. 27D
          "_____ Canada!" + Atl. home state
        20. 29D
          Title prefix
        21. 33D
          Video game rating letter (no kids allowed) + "I see"
        22. 34D
          Start the fecta?
        23. 35D
          Not theirs, not hers
        24. 36D
          NBA2K company (with Sports) + Caesar's 1000
        25. 38D
          Fancy French cuisine New York City restaurant _____ Bernardin
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