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Boomer Puzzle

◆ · By Aaron · Published 2022-03-28T18:21:05.363Z

Constructor's Note
In my years solving (and now constructing) I've heard (and even made) the claim a few times that certain puzzles were made "for Boomers", usually due to the use of outdated pop culture references. This puzzle is my tribute to those puzzles. Reposted to fix a grid error so sorry if you already solved. Medium difficulty.
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  • Capn Rick 🤓13:49 · 2022-03-28T20:49:21.221Z
    Nice job, Aaron. As a Boomer myself, I liked it a lot!
    • Aaron constructor · 2022-03-29T02:29:53.282Z
      Thanks for solving!
    • Jewel 23:26 · 2022-03-28T20:49:57.684Z
      .I liked this one a lot even though I needed some help. Male Kangaroo threw me!
      • Aaron constructor · 2022-03-29T02:29:23.001Z
        Agree MALEKANGAROO is a tough one! I actually learned that one from a Saturday NYT of all places. Thanks for solving!
      • kieranjboyd 11:23 · 2022-03-28T21:05:21.120Z
        Very fun!
        • Aaron constructor · 2022-03-29T02:29:47.401Z
          Thanks for solving!
        • Lobsterboys 🤓12:21 · 2022-03-28T21:13:55.334Z
          Great puzzle for "my demographic"! One nit - 62A clue should read "word AFTER…"
          • Aaron constructor · 2022-03-29T02:29:39.259Z
            Thanks! 62D is now fixed.
          • Alex E 8:58 · 2022-03-28T21:14:32.981Z
            Fun theme and a fun solve! I think 62D should say after instead of before, though.
            • Aaron constructor · 2022-03-29T02:28:31.371Z
              Thanks. 62D is now fixed.
            • William Wright 🤓31:08 · 2022-04-01T14:06:47.761Z
              Nice puzzle! I got stuck in a couple of places but picked it back up a few days later and it came together.
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              Across
              1. 1A
                Junk
              2. 6A
                Boston Brahmin, for one (abbr.)
              3. 10A
                Word before serif or after comic
              4. 14A
                NORAD Santa tracker
              5. 15A
                Tagline for Dodgeball (2004)'s ESPN8, with "the"
              6. 16A
                They have New England and West Coast variants
              7. 17A
                Goodnight _____ (folk standard popularized by Lead Belly)
              8. 18A
                Plains tribe
              9. 19A
                College student's acquisition
              10. 20A
                Boomer in Florida?
              11. 23A
                Indication a candidate might Gallup to victory?
              12. 24A
                Be wet, but not necessarily drunk
              13. 25A
                "Dijongate" president
              14. 29A
                Boomer at a concert?
              15. 33A
                Aswan public works project
              16. 34A
                Jordanian port that would make a good Scrabble play, at least if it were a valid Scrabble word
              17. 36A
                "So you're a fan? Well, ____ three albums!" (template for a gatekeeping meme)
              18. 37A
                One flying first-class, for short
              19. 38A
                "The camel, though it chews the ___, does not have a split hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you" (Lev. 11:4)
              20. 39A
                Label for N*SYNC
              21. 42A
                Army's domain?
              22. 43A
                Osaka-to-Tokyo dir.
              23. 44A
                Shirt that is, ironically enough, a faux pas to wear at the golf course
              24. 45A
                Animal on some deli menu boards
              25. 47A
                Sang "There's a bathroom on the right" on "Bad Moon Rising", perhaps
              26. 49A
                ___ Today (institution whose crossword is edited by 61D)
              27. 50A
                Retired boomers
              28. 53A
                Like some attractive opposites
              29. 55A
                Half a dance
              30. 56A
                Nonvegan alternative to oleomargarine
              31. 59A
                Boomer
              32. 63A
                Texas politician O'Rourke
              33. 66A
                Mars, to the Greeks
              34. 67A
                Postulate
              35. 68A
                Tournament type
              36. 69A
                "I haven't had a ____ in ages!" (lament of a Borscht Belt vampire comedian)
              37. 70A
                Avian hissers
              38. 71A
                Sound from a gun
              39. 72A
                "The ___ the limit!"
              40. 73A
                Admin. underlings
              Down
              1. 1D
                Like apples or dry cereal
              2. 2D
                Winfrey's production company
              3. 3D
                Reneging response
              4. 4D
                Zine publisher, sometimes
              5. 5D
                Gratis
              6. 6D
                "I'm going to Disneyland!"
              7. 7D
                Don't just sit back
              8. 8D
                Photograph
              9. 9D
                Homer, for one
              10. 10D
                "Beat it" location, on Thriller
              11. 11D
                Impersonate Elvis, for example
              12. 12D
                Catch red-handed
              13. 13D
                Ret. boomer?
              14. 21D
                Compass dir. that's one letter off from a Texas music festival
              15. 22D
                German siren?
              16. 26D
                Jedi and Sith, for example
              17. 27D
                Portland's state
              18. 28D
                Plugged in, like an electric guitar
              19. 30D
                Hanna-____ (Animation studio responsible for many shows beloved by Boomers)
              20. 31D
                Peeps
              21. 32D
                1977 Sex Pistols classic... or the label lampooned on it
              22. 34D
                Have a temper tantrum
              23. 35D
                Taco topper
              24. 40D
                Comcast alternative
              25. 41D
                "Nothing like a day lounging by the pool!"
              26. 46D
                Like some bridges over perilous chasms
              27. 48D
                Follows a Frankie Goes to Hollywood directive
              28. 51D
                Goth and emo, for some bygone teens
              29. 52D
                "Stonehenge! Where a man's a man/ And the children dance to the Pipes of ___" (Spinal Tap lyric)
              30. 54D
                _____ Us (hit social deduction game)
              31. 57D
                Aerie
              32. 58D
                Bald heads, metaphorically
              33. 60D
                Some computer rooms
              34. 61D
                Crossword constructor Agard
              35. 62D
                Word after Radio or Lady
              36. 63D
                Sway, like a buoy
              37. 64D
                Fuel economy org.
              38. 65D
                Pearl Jam album that, ironically enough, has eleven songs
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