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Spanner in the Works

◆ · By SporcleMirror · Published 2023-01-14T18:40:39.783Z

Constructor's Note
This month's prompt: include at least 4 grid-spanners. Hence the title.
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  • SporcleMirror constructor · 2023-01-14T18:46:39.937Z
    24A: Yes, there's a Mario game where an actual alien invasion happens. One of the darkest Mario games out there along with the one where entire worlds are about to be destroyed by some sort of black hole.
    • Shae 🤓7:36 · 2023-01-14T20:26:48.970Z
      Clue for 27d is a bit of a downer. Many other ways to clue this without such implications
      • SporcleMirror constructor · 2023-01-14T20:45:23.017Z
        Fair point, I changed that.
      • kieranjboyd 🤓4:31 · 2023-01-14T21:05:06.049Z
        You got me with 13A. Nice puzzle!
        • Brian Callahan 🤓7:26 · 2023-01-14T21:47:34.489Z
          I'm guessing 13A was the seed entry? Nicely done!
          • Tuffy 🤓8:01 · 2023-01-14T22:17:57.085Z
            13A is so good, favorite clue in this contest so far!
            • Frisco17 🤓2:05 · 2023-01-17T14:02:25.392Z
              Oh 13A is amazing
              • FrankieHeck 🤓5:24 · 2023-01-17T19:22:20.855Z
                Loved it!
                • squicc 🤓11:34 · 2023-01-25T01:54:27.813Z
                  so many double-takes from me, loved this one ! :)
                  • Joah 5:20 · 2023-01-25T02:57:47.457Z
                    Such great clues!
                    • M Forest 🤓7:08 · 2023-01-27T19:15:15.865Z
                      13A is so on the nose haha. Nice one!
                      Play today's daily mini crossword
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                      Where a 20-Across can be inserted, briefly
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                      Across
                      1. 1A
                        Where a 20-Across can be inserted, briefly
                      2. 4A
                        Make content
                      3. 11A
                        Savings account initials
                      4. 12A
                        Schedules
                      5. 13A
                        Challenge on a construction site?
                      6. 15A
                        "____ of the devil!"
                      7. 16A
                        Sir Francis who circumnavigated the world
                      8. 17A
                        Hall of Fame inductees since 1999
                      9. 18A
                        Not quite frigid
                      10. 19A
                        Yoko who sang "Double Fantasy"
                      11. 20A
                        Pointy fastener
                      12. 21A
                        Singer that's 60% Asian?
                      13. 24A
                        Vehicles that abduct Toads in "Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time"
                      14. 26A
                        Hip hop moves since 2015
                      15. 27A
                        Some PCs, brand-wise
                      16. 29A
                        Full body showers?
                      17. 30A
                        Peace, in other words?
                      18. 32A
                        Glee, e. g. but not Friends
                      19. 33A
                        It's inspired
                      20. 34A
                        Second shooting attempt
                      21. 35A
                        Coordinate with long. on a globe
                      Down
                      1. 1D
                        Has as a goal
                      2. 2D
                        Use, as LSD
                      3. 3D
                        Words after "WHOA, is that [insert random ultra-popular celebrity here]?", perhaps
                      4. 4D
                        Requirement for a race where you can't run
                      5. 5D
                        Word in many retellings of past events
                      6. 6D
                        Muscle-bone link
                      7. 7D
                        Act 1 vis-à-vis a play, say, for short
                      8. 8D
                        "We agreed to this, remember?"
                      9. 9D
                        To-do list item
                      10. 10D
                        East of 22-Down? (OK, I know it's not 100% accurate, but still)
                      11. 14D
                        _ __ in "I don't like this sort of crosswordese"
                      12. 18D
                        Prefix with "gender"
                      13. 20D
                        Note that gets stuck
                      14. 22D
                        European peninsula that the Paldea region from Pokémon Scarlet is based on
                      15. 23D
                        State with confidence
                      16. 25D
                        Instrument that's also a kind of wine glass
                      17. 26D
                        "Doesn't take a genius"
                      18. 27D
                        One may allow cheat days
                      19. 28D
                        Stone on the big screen
                      20. 29D
                        Metric prefix that's also the Italian word for "dwarf"
                      21. 31D
                        ___ truck
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