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You Can Crack This!

◆ · By LarsCaine · Published 2024-08-13T23:03:03.916Z

Meta Prompt
The answer is a 2-word alliteration.
Hint: What might you say to someone who is about to go on stage?
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  • LarsCaine constructor · 2024-08-13T23:12:38.623Z
    Reveal: There are 7 broken bones (broken by black squares) in the grid: 1A & 5A = HUMERUS, 18A & 19A = PATELLA, 25A & 29A = RIB, 38A & 39A & 40A = PHALANGES, 44A & 46A =ULNA, 59A & 60A = STERNUM, 66A & 67A = CARPAL. The alliterative answer is BROKEN BONE(S).
    • Darth 10:54 · 2024-08-14T00:06:34.777Z
      Great idea and well executed! Thanks, Lars.
      • LarsCaine constructor · 2024-08-14T01:22:22.498Z
        Thanks Darth!
      Play today's daily mini crossword
      1A
      Cronyn of "Cocoon"
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      Across
      1. 1A
        Cronyn of "Cocoon"
      2. 5A
        Oxidize
      3. 9A
        None of the above
      4. 14A
        Rara ___
      5. 15A
        Ready for business
      6. 16A
        Mislead
      7. 17A
        Take a break
      8. 18A
        Minor quarrel
      9. 19A
        Singer Fitzgerald et al.
      10. 20A
        Army equipment (sounds like something you'd get at a fabric shop)
      11. 22A
        "Star Trek" intro adverb
      12. 23A
        Flummox
      13. 25A
        Ocean breeze
      14. 29A
        Pleader's comment
      15. 34A
        Midterms and finals
      16. 35A
        Sagan of "Cosmos"
      17. 37A
        50+ org.
      18. 38A
        Biblical bushel, alt. sp.
      19. 39A
        "Tootsie" Oscar winner
      20. 40A
        Give and take
      21. 41A
        Casual tops
      22. 42A
        "Peek-___!"
      23. 43A
        A sale, in Paris
      24. 44A
        King Cole was a merry one
      25. 46A
        Sadat's predecessor
      26. 47A
        Invent
      27. 50A
        Portugal's capital, to the locals
      28. 54A
        Not foreign
      29. 59A
        Mixer maker
      30. 60A
        Without feeling
      31. 61A
        Shoestring
      32. 62A
        Dish
      33. 63A
        Treater's words
      34. 64A
        Not much
      35. 65A
        Filled up
      36. 66A
        "The Lion King" villain
      37. 67A
        Drained of color
      Down
      1. 1D
        Do damage to
      2. 2D
        Eye layer
      3. 3D
        Light fog
      4. 4D
        Noble Italian name
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        More than 13D
      6. 6D
        Hiked
      7. 7D
        Black Panthers cofounder
      8. 8D
        Blasting material
      9. 9D
        Soccer chant
      10. 10D
        Work the land
      11. 11D
        Kept in custody
      12. 12D
        List ender
      13. 13D
        Promising
      14. 21D
        Sluggers' stats
      15. 22D
        The Good Book
      16. 24D
        Leo follower
      17. 25D
        Handle
      18. 26D
        Boot out
      19. 27D
        Sounded satisfied
      20. 28D
        Stockpile
      21. 30D
        Neon and nitrogen
      22. 31D
        Looks bored
      23. 32D
        Give a speech
      24. 33D
        Berth choice
      25. 35D
        Antenna alternative
      26. 36D
        "It's ___ -brainer!"
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        Rob Petrie's wife
      28. 43D
        Use an e-cig
      29. 45D
        Having a scent
      30. 46D
        "Sorry, Wrong ___"
      31. 48D
        Curved inward, as a parrot's beak
      32. 49D
        "Throw ___ From the Train" (1987 film)
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        Prunes
      34. 51D
        Actress Fisher
      35. 52D
        "Now!"
      36. 53D
        ___ noire
      37. 55D
        Open-handed hit
      38. 56D
        "Later!"
      39. 57D
        Myth ending?
      40. 58D
        Yield
      41. 60D
        Denials
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