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The Big 5-0

· By Sommersmith · Published 2021-09-14T10:00:26.079Z

Wow, I've posted kind of a lot of crosswords, haven't I? I knew I wanted this one to be a commemorative one, especially after solving my fellow Crosshare constructor Joah's own similarly-themed puzzle a few weeks ago. (Check out Joah's excellent puzzle here - https://crosshare.org/crosswords/vopZNBFuTb5nQOWl4OJA )
Thank you to everyone who has been solving my crosswords, and thanks for all the comments, feedback and encouragement I've gotten. Thanks especially to Mike D for creating this platform, Clairellyn Sommersmith for supporting this new obsession of mine (and doing my crosswords with her staff at work!), and Huan-Hua Chye for test-solving some of my more involved grids, including this one!
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  • Mike D 🤓4:13 · 2021-09-14T10:00:26.079Z
    Amazing feat! Thank you for sharing all of these wonderful grids with us - I can't wait until number 261 😉
    • Alex T 🤓16:53 · 2021-09-14T13:54:32.088Z
      The last thing to correct was 8A8A"Wow, 13A 16A in ten weeks? You're _______!"[-------], which I'd decided must be 'onarous'!
      • Peter L 🤓4:37 · 2021-09-14T15:40:30.910Z
        Awesome grid, fill, and clues! I'm going to count 19D19D_____-faire: Confidence in any social situation[------] as a TMBG reference ;)
        • Sommersmith constructor · 2021-09-14T16:07:45.042Z
          That's where I first learned the phrase! :D
          • Frisco17 5:08 · 2021-09-14T16:30:06.976Z
            hell yeah
            • Crumpart 14:50 · 2021-09-14T19:07:28.152Z
              I didn't know this was a TMBG reference! I knew this one as the name of a French art supply wholesaler...
              • Sommersmith constructor · 2021-09-14T20:28:11.874Z
                It's not intrinsically, but they have a song called "Extra Savoir-Faire"
          • Frisco17 5:08 · 2021-09-14T16:29:45.688Z
            Great puzzle, great theme and fill, and most importantly, congratulations!
            • Sommersmith constructor · 2021-09-14T17:48:20.654Z
              Thank you!
            • JeffPrug 🤓5:57 · 2021-09-15T02:50:35.170Z
              Congrats on 50! I always enjoy doing your puzzles and am looking forward to more.
              • Sommersmith constructor · 2021-09-15T11:35:04.478Z
                Thanks! More are definitely coming! :D
              • Lisa Talya 🤓5:23 · 2021-09-15T04:02:43.796Z
                Nice one! Very much relate to 11-Down11D"Try constructing crossword 16A," they said. "_________," they said. "Won't consume your entire life," they said.[---------]
                • Sommersmith constructor · 2021-09-15T11:35:14.916Z
                  You know it! :)
                • MIchiganM 22:37 · 2021-09-15T04:11:58.638Z
                  nice, there were 2 I just couldn't get the right idiom
                  • Sommersmith constructor · 2021-09-15T11:50:27.184Z
                    Thanks! Sorry for the tough solve!
                  • LCL 👇15:07 · 2021-09-15T20:25:51.561Z
                    Congratulations! A new career awaits - oh, wait, you want to make a living. Never mind. Be that as it may, thanks for the puzzles, and stay sane! (At least no less sane than usual.)
                    • Sommersmith constructor · 2021-09-23T00:14:27.109Z
                      Thank you, and you're welcome! And I think I've got a reasonable hold on my sanity, though that may be slipping as I do more and more full-sized puzzles... :)
                    • Orfington 🤓4:17 · 2021-09-22T23:07:43.421Z
                      Congratulations on the milestone! Your puzzles are always a fun solve.
                      • Sommersmith constructor · 2021-09-23T00:13:38.856Z
                        Thanks very much!
                      1A
                      Originally a biblically-mandated period every 13A13AWith 16A, what I've posted on Crosshare between July 7th and September 14th[-----] years for the forgiveness of debts; now any major anniversary celebration
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                      1. 1A
                        Originally a biblically-mandated period every 13A13AWith 16A, what I've posted on Crosshare between July 7th and September 14th[-----] years for the forgiveness of debts; now any major anniversary celebration
                      2. 8A
                        "Wow, 13A13AWith 16A, what I've posted on Crosshare between July 7th and September 14th[-----] 16A16ASee 13A[-------] in ten weeks? You're _______!"
                      3. 9A
                        Pressure measurement, for short
                      4. 12A
                        Gateway Arch city
                      5. 13A
                        With 16A16ASee 13A[-------], what I've posted on Crosshare between July 7th and September 14th
                      6. 15A
                        Bring home
                      7. 16A
                        See 13A13AWith 16A, what I've posted on Crosshare between July 7th and September 14th[-----]
                      8. 18A
                        Sounds from a crib
                      9. 20A
                        Tribal land, informally
                      10. 21A
                        Letters after a business name
                      11. 22A
                        President on the 13A13AWith 16A, what I've posted on Crosshare between July 7th and September 14th[-----] dollar bill
                      12. 25A
                        Pintful, often
                      13. 26A
                        Slo-___ fuse
                      14. 27A
                        Like 13A13AWith 16A, what I've posted on Crosshare between July 7th and September 14th[-----]-13A odds
                      15. 28A
                        Russian space station whose name meant "peace"
                      16. 29A
                        Superlative suffix
                      17. 30A
                        Muesli morsel
                      18. 31A
                        "13A 16A16ASee 13A[-------] in ten weeks? That's nothing to _______!"
                      19. 33A
                        This crossword, for a publication requiring 15x15 grids, rotational symmetry and all-over interlock
                      20. 37A
                        Full range
                      21. 38A
                        At a rate of five per week, how long it should take me to post two hundred sixty-one 16A16ASee 13A[-------]
                      22. 39A
                        ID on many financial documents
                      23. 40A
                        Traditional gift to celebrate 13A13AWith 16A, what I've posted on Crosshare between July 7th and September 14th[-----] years of marriage
                      Down
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                        Esposo de María
                      2. 2D
                        "I look terrible in that photo - _____ me!"
                      3. 3D
                        Gandalf's opponent in the mines of Moria
                      4. 4D
                        Smelter's raw material
                      5. 5D
                        Music's Reed or Rawls
                      6. 6D
                        Wallach of stage and screen
                      7. 7D
                        Letter shapes with which the Romans wrote the number 13A13AWith 16A, what I've posted on Crosshare between July 7th and September 14th[-----]
                      8. 9D
                        Places to get a New York slice
                      9. 10D
                        Sheet music letters indicating a strong accent
                      10. 11D
                        "Try constructing crossword 16A16ASee 13A[-------]," they said. "_________," they said. "Won't consume your entire life," they said.
                      11. 13D
                        Filling up, at Kwik Trip
                      12. 14D
                        Chews out
                      13. 16D
                        British baby buggies
                      14. 17D
                        Actor Adam or cartoonist Adams
                      15. 19D
                        _____-faire: Confidence in any social situation
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                        Without ice
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                        Explosive letters
                      18. 32D
                        Some radios
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                        Sack
                      20. 34D
                        2015 hit for Chris Brown and Tyga, with some problematic-at-best gender politics
                      21. 35D
                        Singer ___ Shannon or restaurant ___ Taco
                      22. 36D
                        Passing craze
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