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■ · By Hydrologist Guy · Published 2024-04-18T23:38:51.785Z

Constructor's Note
2-Down is based upon a true story!
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  • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓38s · 2024-04-19T00:46:07.820Z
    (Very) belated congratulations! 🐣
    • Hydrologist Guy constructor · 2024-04-19T10:39:26.479Z
      Thanks! In some ways, the early 90's seems a little like the Stone Age!
    • Sara 🤓53s · 2024-04-19T17:17:52.579Z
      fun, thank you!
      Play today's daily mini crossword
      1A
      It's that bloomin' time of year / When baseballers first appear. / Meteorologists call it MAM in the Northern Hemisphere.
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      1. 1A
        It's that bloomin' time of year / When baseballers first appear. / Meteorologists call it MAM in the Northern Hemisphere.
      2. 6A
        Joplinesque music, sometimes mixed with the blues, / Or the hour of the day for a bad newspaper's news?
      3. 7A
        I asked the Russian to write up this clue. He wrote, "Fifteen years old when it fell from the sky!" / I shook my head and devised my own: "A refraction in the desert that hoodwinks the eye."
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      1. 2D
        I wore one of these when my wife was expecting; cell phones weren't that common, back in the day. / It was a beeping noise, then, that would cause me to panic -- not a text that said, "Hey! The baby's on its way!"
      2. 3D
        Slicing and dicing are jobs in the kitchen, depending on what kind of dish you might make. / This, in turn, is part of both jobs -- and a nice way to finish a baked birthday cake!
      3. 4D
        If you join this club in high school, you're gonna find out (soon!) / That they'll throw you out if you're not a good fit, if you sing a different tune.
      4. 5D
        "The promo shows promise, and I promise to be prompt in prominently promoting the promo today!" / The speaker's subconscious seemed strangely fixated on this formal dance. (As to why, I can't say...)
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