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Gotta Catch Some Of 'Em

◆◆ · By Nick · Published 2023-08-14T15:15:04.875Z

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There are 16 creatures hidden in the tall grass of this massive puzzle. If you're lucky, you might even nab a mythical one . . . Good luck, trainers!
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  • Philip Chow 19:52 · 2023-08-14T22:36:23.835Z
    this was SO AWESOME!! loved the giant pokeball in the middle and appreciated all your creative clues to "hide" the pokemon... "grow lithe" made me chuckle (btw 123A should be #16)... very cool puzzle thanks :)
    • Nick constructor · 2023-08-15T01:41:30.893Z
      Thank you so much! That clue was prob my favorite as well. And great catch on the Pidgey typo. Fixed!
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    Slightly open, like a car door
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    Across
    1. 1A
      Slightly open, like a car door
    2. 5A
      Thrust of a knife (or for the battlers, an acronym that explains why you want a Sandshrew to know Dig)
    3. 9A
      Spherical body (or a Volt ender)
    4. 12A
      Scale amts.
    5. 15A
      Baseball card enthusiast's goal
    6. 18A
      June celebrant (and a relation of Ash Ketchum we never got to meet)
    7. 21A
      Fruit cup purveyor or '96 runner-up
    8. 22A
      Late Laker great
    9. 23A
      Negative conjunction
    10. 24A
      Vince's "Entourage" agent
    11. 25A
      First lady?
    12. 26A
      Lennon's paramour
    13. 27A
      Suspicious of
    14. 28A
      Super convenient airport ride
    15. 29A
      Words before result, when explaining consequences
    16. 30A
      Bit of ink
    17. 31A
      Feather go-with, in olden punishments
    18. 32A
      Banned pesticide
    19. 33A
      Verb in viral (and repetitive) HeadOn commercial from the mid 00s
    20. 35A
      M. Night Shyamalan signature
    21. 37A
      Chemical suffix
    22. 38A
      Nutritional Facts reviewer org.
    23. 39A
      End of undergrad test
    24. 40A
      Bilingual subj.
    25. 41A
      Well-cooked reptile portmanteau? -- 🔥🦎 (#6)
    26. 42A
      Corpse surname
    27. 43A
      "Fly Like an Eagle" artist typo? -- 🦭 (#86)
    28. 44A
      Reverse rattler? -- 🐍 (#23)
    29. 47A
      Bengal bread
    30. 48A
      Disparaging word
    31. 49A
      Passage that can get clogged
    32. 50A
      Cool, in the 90s
    33. 51A
      Rule of the land
    34. 52A
      Mainstream tastes, colloquially
    35. 57A
      Lucy's pal
    36. 59A
      Sen. Mitch McConnell's wife and Jerry Seinfeld's (fictional) ex-girlfriend
    37. 62A
      Illuminating dino? -- 🪷 🍃 (#1)
    38. 66A
      Grinder and sub, not Iron Man or Captain America
    39. 68A
      Expression of discomfort
    40. 69A
      Golfer and drink-mixing pioneer, to his buddies
    41. 71A
      Professor's equine helper? -- 🔥 🐴 (#77)
    42. 74A
      Inequitable
    43. 77A
      Caspian Sea's earthly claim to fame, technically
    44. 78A
      Spider-Man's aunt
    45. 79A
      One more than Sigma?
    46. 80A
      Phonetic Tesla with room to evolve? -- 💧 ⚡ 🔥 (#133)
    47. 81A
      Chris Hansen catchphrase, "Why don't you have ____ . . . "
    48. 83A
      Dutch DJ van Buuren
    49. 85A
      Provide weapons (or one of four for Machamp)
    50. 86A
      Urgent letters
    51. 87A
      Kitten's cry -- 🧬 🔮 (#151)
    52. 90A
      Olympian McLaughlin and actress Sweeney, briefly
    53. 91A
      "Auspicious" vowel distinction
    54. 92A
      "You are getting very slee-- zzzzzz" -- 🌀 😵‍💫 (#97)
    55. 94A
      Engineered crop (abbrev.)
    56. 95A
      "Samesies!" -- 🫠 🟣 (#132)
    57. 98A
      Arced return on the court when your opponent is at the net
    58. 99A
      Mosque leader
    59. 103A
      Rubbish you can un-"c"? -- ☠️ 🗑️ (#89)
    60. 104A
      Reason beaches in the summer of 1975 were empty?
    61. 108A
      Irish actor Stephen (whose name is a homophone for a unit of sunshine)
    62. 109A
      Couples in the tabloids
    63. 111A
      Deck with a Fool instead of a Joker and an Emperor instead of a King
    64. 113A
      Carry out "Ebony and Ivory" at karaoke? -- 🦤 👬 (#84)
    65. 114A
      Hairy cousin of Gomez
    66. 115A
      Rousey and McGregor sport
    67. 117A
      Positioned weapons on some pirate flags
    68. 121A
      Comedienne Ullman whose show launched "The Simpsons"
    69. 123A
      Sorta kinda like a NYC avian pest? -- 🐦 (#16)
    70. 126A
      Daytime energy converters
    71. 127A
      Drake genre
    72. 128A
      Recoils, with "away"
    73. 130A
      Battle-ready snapper? -- 🐢 💦 (#8)
    74. 131A
      Something with a high pH value, generally
    75. 135A
      Attention-drawing prank or caper
    76. 137A
      Fills, like a hearty meal
    77. 138A
      Parody magazine
    78. 139A
      "____ Barbie girl . . . " (Aqua dance-pop track)
    79. 140A
      143A, 150A, and 157A, for instance
    80. 143A
      Map-wielding, backpack-wearing explorer
    81. 145A
      Say grace
    82. 147A
      Malaise -- 🤤 🍄 (#44)
    83. 149A
      Start of a spell -- 🪄 🔮 (#63)
    84. 150A
      Stimpy's friend
    85. 151A
      Become thin? -- 🔥 🐕 (#58)
    86. 156A
      Start of many Brazilian cities
    87. 157A
      Homer's neighbor
    88. 158A
      Cry noisily
    89. 159A
      "Harold and Kumar" actor John
    90. 160A
      Revlon cosmetics subsidiary for sensitive skin
    91. 161A
      Ancient Mexican
    92. 163A
      Well-known Science Guy
    93. 164A
      Cheer for a toreador
    94. 165A
      F-150 and Silverado competitor
    95. 166A
      Underlying order of the universe, in the Far East
    96. 167A
      Calc prerequisite
    97. 169A
      Celebration (or a popular Wawa sale) suffix
    98. 172A
      Specialized occupation suffix
    99. 173A
      Tennis redo
    100. 174A
      Telepathy or clairvoyance, broadly
    101. 175A
      Org. recognizing Luke Combs, Eric Church, and Keith Urban
    102. 176A
      Outdoor trek
    103. 177A
      Qatari ruler
    104. 178A
      Dentist's deg.
    105. 179A
      Feminizing suffix
    106. 180A
      MiB agent's purview
    107. 181A
      Leia's beau
    108. 182A
      Fast casual Qdoba and Chiptole competitor
    109. 183A
      Post-shower hotel garb
    Down
    1. 1D
      "Much ____ About Nothing"
    2. 2D
      "Iron Man" director Favreau or "Pod Save America" host Favreau
    3. 3D
      On heroína, to Henriqua
    4. 4D
      Recover from a restaurant fire, eventually
    5. 5D
      What's usually above 117A (or what Marowak wears on its head)
    6. 6D
      Singer Keith who could also be added to the clue for 175A
    7. 7D
      Recently assassinated Japanese former PM
    8. 8D
      WW1 gun or Calloway clubs product name
    9. 9D
      Lit radio studio sign
    10. 10D
      DeGeneres' spouse (with her own "de")
    11. 11D
      Makeup-laden, ill-mannered doll line
    12. 12D
      Not now
    13. 13D
      Sears beef?
    14. 14D
      Planned construction place
    15. 15D
      Begin a journey
    16. 16D
      Cleverly avoid
    17. 17D
      Much more than mega
    18. 18D
      Athletically ducks, like a rubber ball
    19. 19D
      Italian tenor Bocelli or Italian number one overall pick Bargnani
    20. 20D
      "Enlighten me!"
    21. 34D
      Letter add-ons (abbrev.)
    22. 36D
      "Saw," "The Conjuring," and "Insidious" horror master James
    23. 41D
      Crow's call
    24. 42D
      Baby's first date?
    25. 43D
      Beauty parlor
    26. 44D
      Before, poetically
    27. 45D
      Superman, to his friends on Krypton, probably (if he was able to grow up there, of course)
    28. 46D
      Reason for wheelchair ramps and stark color contrast on websites, quickly
    29. 47D
      "I Can" artist
    30. 49D
      Great Fire of Rome overseer
    31. 51D
      Exited
    32. 52D
      R&B's Mary J.
    33. 53D
      Busy as ____(drill)
    34. 54D
      Drains of energy
    35. 55D
      "The theater ____ capacity."
    36. 56D
      ____ bluff (force someone's hand)
    37. 58D
      Hex- plus one
    38. 60D
      Verbal or written debt acknowledgement
    39. 61D
      Rhinoplasties, crudely
    40. 62D
      Aria accolade
    41. 63D
      Gen. Assembly diplomat
    42. 64D
      Amherst "cawllege"
    43. 65D
      Locksmith duty
    44. 67D
      Even on both sides
    45. 69D
      They're sometimes pale or blonde
    46. 70D
      Enjoy a book
    47. 72D
      Second half of a rhyming cocktail
    48. 73D
      "Atlas Shrugged" author Rand
    49. 74D
      Home of Jazz
    50. 75D
      Not a single, quaintly
    51. 76D
      Cables for when your car battery needs a boost, in the UK
    52. 80D
      "Madden," FIFA," and "The Sims" publisher
    53. 82D
      Rimshot ending, ba-dum-____
    54. 83D
      Pyrenees native, nestled between France and Spain (or maybe a fan of Disney+'s "Rogue One" prequel?)
    55. 84D
      Cost / profitability metric
    56. 87D
      Bellagio and Aria parent company
    57. 88D
      Second-tallest bird
    58. 89D
      Asian pan
    59. 93D
      Scarfing noise or award show recognition, for short
    60. 96D
      Head, to Henri
    61. 97D
      Granola descriptor
    62. 99D
      Killer clown flick
    63. 100D
      Dennis Reynolds' pal and sleek, silver laptops
    64. 101D
      Eight-season CW superhero series
    65. 102D
      Cold hard cash, slangly
    66. 104D
      45D's father (hint: Russell Crowe, not Kevin Costner)
    67. 105D
      Confuse or perplex, often due to drugs
    68. 106D
      Playground taunt for a scaredy-cat
    69. 107D
      "Your point is?" (defensive response)
    70. 109D
      Mischievous pixie
    71. 110D
      SMS response to oversharing
    72. 112D
      Slavic monarchs
    73. 113D
      They're usually adorned with big red Xs
    74. 116D
      No, to Natasha
    75. 118D
      Miss Mex. honorific
    76. 119D
      Cliche dog name
    77. 120D
      Hard or soft follower
    78. 121D
      Walked clumsily, despite a warning
    79. 122D
      Univ. paper formatting style
    80. 124D
      West African nation
    81. 125D
      One, to Otto
    82. 129D
      Wagers on the length of the National Anthem or Gatorade color, for instance
    83. 131D
      Congressional thumbs down
    84. 132D
      Corporate tech exec.
    85. 133D
      Warning before a hot take, over text
    86. 134D
      River blocker
    87. 136D
      Not a pro
    88. 138D
      30s and 40s sex symbol actress West
    89. 140D
      Darkened after a day at the beach
    90. 141D
      Was a good dog
    91. 142D
      GrubHub entries
    92. 144D
      Shocked, in a bad way
    93. 145D
      Bake sale organizers
    94. 146D
      Pleasing musical cadence
    95. 147D
      Part of LGBT
    96. 148D
      Lazy bones or casual shoe
    97. 150D
      Parts for 108A, 159A, and 138D
    98. 152D
      Energetic playtimes
    99. 153D
      Wrist adornment
    100. 154D
      Alpaca cousin
    101. 155D
      Cheeky Van Wilder observation about a potentially promiscuous female student's name, "That's ____ backwards."
    102. 156D
      Wise guys
    103. 158D
      Bottom part of 148D
    104. 159D
      Indigenous Canadian tribe
    105. 161D
      Ike's partner
    106. 162D
      Pixar clown fish
    107. 168D
      Carnival locale
    108. 170D
      Bro or sis
    109. 171D
      Three, to Tommaso
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