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Look, Mom!

◆ · By Elly Zupko · Published 2024-07-20T23:45:50.354Z

This one was rejected because although it had "impressive construction," it "solves like a themeless" and the "aha moment" isn't satisfying enough. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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  • kurtalert 🤓4:13 · 2024-07-21T23:36:05.909Z
    That's a cool twist! I didn't see it until after I finished, though. I usually miss these things as I'm solving!
    • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓4:07 · 2024-07-22T16:36:52.433Z
      Fun solve and clever, subtle mechanism!
      • Jessica 19:01 · 2024-08-06T05:09:23.861Z
        Good puzzle, thanks
        • David C 🤓8:53 · 2024-08-26T00:03:55.481Z
          "The 'aha moment' isn't satisfying enough"? Are you kidding me? That was amazing!
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          Takes a load off
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            Takes a load off
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            Italian grandma
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            Comedian Anne of the Stiller family
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            One way to run
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            Jobs production?
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            Boy's name famously mispronounced in a Key & Peele sketch
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            18-wheeler, briefly
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            ____ rea ("mental state" in law)
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            Jesus follower, in shorthand
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            String instrument played with mallets
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            Even one
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            ___ Lonely Boys
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            "Alas..."
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            Not an even one
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            Has another birthday, say
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            Dream stage of sleep
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            Iconic daywalking vampire
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            401(k)s, e.g.
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            Type of receiver
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            Final abodes for many
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            Manufacturer of rocket-powered roller skates and tornado seeds
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            Legal docs that aim to stop loose lips: abbrev.
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            Justice Kagan, familiarly
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            24-across in English
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            Pontiac muscle cars
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            Many an email attachment
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            Use up, as caloric energy
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            Witch
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            Certain sib
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            "Everyone is watching my performance!" (or, phonetically, a feature of this grid)
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            Does, as one's trade
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            Hire's opposite
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            Shortly
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            One type of "shooting star"
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            Harbinger
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            Flashy, as a pattern
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            Sown bits
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            Oxidization
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            Chooses (with "in" or "out")
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            Youngest Obama
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            "Like..."
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            Word with knocker or gun
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            Milk variety
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            Dolt
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            Abbreviated term for opinion columns, which does not, in fact, include an abbreviation of "opinion"
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            When repeated, Mork's greeting
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            "Just do it" and "Have it your way," for example
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            Old saws
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            Wonderland cake label
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            Singer India.___
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            Sound of wrath or mirth
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            Most common middle name for American girls from the 30s through the 60s
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            Term of honor for an older person in the queer community
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            Word on a yellow Monopoly card
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            Jon Arbuckle's dog
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            Spaces
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            "The ___ of the Ancient Mariner"
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            Idyll
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            Big butte
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            Spoiled kid
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            Cad
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            "Don't ____" (Twitter admonishment)
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            "It's all over for me"
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            Big bad in a fairy tale, often
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            Level of many first jobs
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            Natural fence
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            People expected to leave eventually
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            Raise a child
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            Take someone for all they're worth
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            Jackrabbits, technically
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            ____ Dogg
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            "That's enough for me"
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            Mails, maybe
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            Succulent with useful juice
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            Mojito garnish
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            Actor Liu, who was a Ken
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            Norwegian city
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            Mac alternatives
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