Puzzle #52 "Plucking the moon from the bottom of the sea"
◆ · By Philip Chow · Published 2021-08-19T06:14:25.436Z
Constructor's Note
The theme of this puzzle is a little bit niche (but is still solvable as a themeless). The theme pays tribute to my grandma's favorite game, which she makes me and my brothers and cousins play with her for hours on end. Happy 86th birthday paw paw!!
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- Very nice! Happy birthday to your Paw-Paw, I'm sure he'll appreciate this puzzle!
- Definitely solvable as a themeless, nicely done and happy birthday!
- hbd paw paw!! this was very cute, i liked 64A64A*Here's a tip courtesy of Lily from AT&T: You can put these on your stuff to keep you company [a pair of identical tiles, needed in a winning hand][----------] a lot
- Happy birthday to your Paw-Paw! I suggest you set up a recorder to run as you enjoy playing mahjong together. Likely you'll quickly forget about the recording and will act naturally. It was fun to think of and honor your Paw-Paw as I played your puzzle. It made it special.
- Marissa Y 13:48 · 2021-08-21T05:58:33.625ZHappy birthday to your paw paw!
- Great puzzle! The only version of MAHJONG40AMy grandma's favorite game (whose melds are found at the end of the starred clues)[-------] I've played is the iPhone App version, and I did not know that's what the melds were called! Very cool! (Not to be a nitpicker looking for a FLAW5ASomething a nitpicker might point out[----], but you do have "on" in both the clue and answer for SPOTON23AExactly right[------]...)
- thanks for pointing that out - didn't even realize it... clue has been updated
- Although I've only played riichi mahjong, as soon as the theme clues started coming together I got it. What a lovely set of clues. And a belated happy birthday to your paw paw!
- thanks! riichi mahjong looks really interesting - i learned about it from an anime, and i was wondering why are they flipping a face up tile on the wall? what the heck is a dora? why are they throwing a stick in the middle - but i eventually picked up what was going on
- I'd paste the FFXIV meme but it's too long. But apparently it's a popular way to have a free riichi mahjong client now, lmao.
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Across
- 1ASomething a kid is taught not to pick
- 5ASomething a nitpicker might point out
- 9APretends
- 13ASinging range between soprano and tenor
- 14AKind of silence
- 16ABangkok native
- 17A*Nintendo's barrel-throwing gorilla [four identical tiles, remember to draw an extra tile from the back end of the wall]
- 19ATraffic jam sound
- 20AStock market debut: Abbr.
- 21AVin who portrays Dom in the "Fast & Furious" franchise
- 22AFurry inhabitant of the forest moon of Endor
- 23AExactly right
- 25AArchaeological find
- 27AMimicking bird of the starling family
- 28APoet Thomas who penned "where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise"
- 31ATheater escort
- 34AFirst country to host the Olympics in Asia (back in 1964)
- 36AVisiting the area
- 37ACry out loud
- 40AMy grandma's favorite game (whose melds are found at the end of the starred clues)
- 42A"Scream" director Craven
- 43ASimple Simon met one (going to the fair)
- 45AFirst occurrence, as of symptoms
- 47ARuns away
- 48ANonnegotiable requirement
- 49ABlueprint details, for short
- 53AMember of a religious movement founded in Jamaica
- 55AHistoric Harlem theater
- 57AYour hands go on them in the "Time Warp" dance
- 59AShock
- 62AComputer programming pioneer Lovelace nicknamed the "Enchantress of Numbers"
- 63ASymbol of immunity on "Survivor"
- 64A*Here's a tip courtesy of Lily from AT&T: You can put these on your stuff to keep you company [a pair of identical tiles, needed in a winning hand]
- 66AHeredity unit
- 67ACapital of Bolivia (not La Paz, the other one)
- 68AA strong one may invert an umbrella
- 69A"Macbeth" trio who say "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble"
- 70APrincess Peach uses him as a shield in "Super Smash Brothers"
- 71AMakes a choice
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- 1DPleasure from inflicting pain on others
- 2DName of the depressed horse on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien"
- 3DWhen there's "darkness" in a classic Arthur Koestler novel
- 4D___ choy (Chinese cabbage)
- 5DIt can be used to cook eggs
- 6DTahoe, for one
- 7DKerfuffles
- 8DNapa Valley's Castello di Amorosa, for one
- 9DNonbeliever
- 10D*Dog breed known as "puffy lion dog" in Chinese [three in a row of the same suit, can only take from the player before you]
- 11DPurple bubble tea flavor
- 12DEverything but the kitchen ___
- 15DImpolite look
- 18DJapanese period that popularized nigiri sushi
- 24D___ Mahal (memorial found in 61-Down61DTourist city between Jaipur and Lucknow[----])
- 26DSudden thrust
- 29DCheerleader's cry
- 30DKind of pear
- 32DFemale sheep
- 33DHospital workers: Abbr.
- 35DBuild up, as a fortune
- 36DSet up, as software
- 37DLetters preceding 15, 30, or 50 on a bottle of sunscreen
- 38DType of painting
- 39D*Party game that originated in Dartmouth College [three identical tiles, can take from anyone]
- 41DCome-___ (pick-up lines, such as "Is your dad a baker? Because you have nice buns")
- 44DThe first "M" in the MMR vaccine
- 46D"The Search for General ___" (2014 Documentary about a Chinese-American dish)
- 48DPlan, as an itinerary
- 50DGreatly exaggerate for effect
- 51DLike Liesl (who sang "I am 16 going on 17"), among the von Trapp children
- 52DRests on one's laurels
- 54DIdentifies, as in a Facebook photo
- 56DToilet paper layer
- 57DIn the clouds
- 58DIt might be half-baked
- 60DMusical direction meaning "a little"
- 61DTourist city between Jaipur and Lucknow
- 65DAlter ___
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