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Mini 134

· By Sendhil Revuluri · Published 2024-08-04T12:11:26.843Z · Crosshare's Daily Mini for 8/12/2024

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  • JeffsPuzzles 1:03 · 2024-08-04T12:47:48.819Z
    Very nice. I went with PATIO, which messed me up. I have to read the clues more carefully!
    • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-08-12T22:20:02.711Z
      You know, PANT/PATIO may have been cleaner all around!
    • Neil McManus 🤓44s · 2024-08-04T13:43:12.357Z
      Nice! I learned a thing or two. Or three.
      • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-08-12T22:20:08.278Z
        I live to serve!
      • dilly 🤓2:33 · 2024-08-04T12:27:34.181Z
        Fun, thanks! Got stuck on 1A/1D for a second, as I hadn't heard of 1D before and kept think "specialized words" in 1A meant it could also be parsed as 2 words.
        • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-08-12T22:19:38.305Z
          Fair enough… CATIO was definitely a "I need to make this grid work" (and every time I'd ever seen it my reaction was "Is this really a thing? People are crazy about their pets").
          • dilly 🤓2:33 · 2024-08-13T00:23:25.508Z
            Oh, I actually like CATIO as fill, it’s a great word that you can figure out even without knowing it beforehand. And the cluing for 1A has a nice parallelism, just tricky for me (in a fun way!)
        • ForeverJung 3:00 · 2024-08-12T11:39:50.209Z
          Good work, Sendhil!
        • susan802 🤓42s · 2024-08-12T13:35:25.637Z
          loved the clueing on 1A!
          • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-08-12T22:20:28.804Z
            Thank you! (It is clear that opinions vary!)
          • wilsch 🤓4:16 · 2024-08-12T13:52:19.999Z
            Good puzzle. Difficult for me this time.
            • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-08-12T22:20:32.552Z
              Thanks for solving!
            • Irv 6:42 · 2024-08-12T21:08:39.691Z
              1A and 7A are an interesting contrast. When you say 1A, you never win. When you say 7A, you have a chance (although the clue implies always).
              • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-08-12T22:21:30.564Z
                7A draws on a slogan that has been more in the spotlight in the last couple weeks.
              1A
              Specialized words, or defeatist word
              1
              2
              3
              4
              5
              6
              7
              8
              Across
              1. 1A
                Specialized words, or defeatist word
              2. 5A
                Legal drama with 172 episodes
              3. 6A
                Formal self-identification
              4. 7A
                When we do it, we win
              5. 8A
                Novelist and Nobelist Morrison
              Down
              1. 1D
                Open-air enclosure for companion felines
              2. 2D
                Bring into agreement
              3. 3D
                Pears also known as Asian or apple
              4. 4D
                One of a titular Roald Dahl couple
              5. 5D
                Device that elevates, in London
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