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Ghost (PfP #78c)

■ · By Conflux · Published 2022-03-04T08:00:37.908Z

Constructor's Note
Testers found some of the clues I originally had for this puzzle too obscure/hard/specific to me. They're probably right, so I took them out, but I still like the clues! To solve the "director's cut," go to http://tinyurl.com/pfp-78c-crossword-dircut-o at your own risk..
There's a certain two-word phrase that I've been thinking a lot about from a wordplay perspective, and so eventually I had to make a puzzle with that as the seed. It's 11-Across. Two more things about the long entries: (1) "West Coast" is also the title of an Imagine Dragons song. It has the lyric "I'll be your West Coast, honey," and, like, it would literally make more sense in my opinion if it was "I'll be your guest host, honey." (2) It's not at all true, but I really really want "ghost" to have originally been a hybrid of the words "guest" and "host." Or a shortening of "guest host."
I make puzzles (of all different kinds, not just crosswords!) at https://puzzlesforprogress.net. If you liked this puzzle, you might like those!
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  • Sommersmith 🤓2:44 · 2022-03-04T13:16:33.622Z
    Very nice puzzle!
    • ariel haymarket 🤓2:27 · 2022-03-04T15:17:16.569Z
      Both of them were very good clue sets - I agree on the director's cut clues being harder as they're similar to how I'd clue them, but I liked solving both versions :)
      • Jill 🤓5:09 · 2022-03-04T15:54:58.392Z
        Fun! Good work!
        • Mike D 🤓1:36 · 2022-03-05T22:18:50.200Z
          Great puzzle!
          • Jon 🤓3:36 · 2022-03-06T05:40:57.605Z
            Fun
            Play today's daily mini crossword
            1A
            Soak (up)
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            Across
            1. 1A
              Soak (up)
            2. 4A
              Walk at a leisurely pace
            3. 9A
              Mo. that loses two letters when abbreviated
            4. 10A
              Aired, as an old TV show
            5. 11A
              Oxymoronic two-word phrase meaning "talk show replacement" whose two words come from the same root
            6. 13A
              System where 48 is 0
            7. 14A
              They can be measured in lbs.
            8. 15A
              Not enjoyable
            9. 17A
              Pres. who served four terms
            10. 19A
              Phoenixes' birthplaces
            11. 22A
              US region that "double-rhymes" with 11-Across
            12. 24A
              "Not doing this"
            13. 25A
              "How was __ know?"
            14. 26A
              Animals vermicelli is named after
            15. 27A
              House member (abbr.)
            Down
            1. 1D
              Epic
            2. 2D
              Work
            3. 3D
              Forerunner
            4. 4D
              Magic: The Gathering cards that "represent magical items, animated constructs, pieces of equipment, or other objects and devices," per the wiki
            5. 5D
              "So-so"
            6. 6D
              Result of a "moderate amount of eumelanin," as MedlinePlus puts it
            7. 7D
              Ultimate
            8. 8D
              Middle-earth creatures
            9. 12D
              Trig fn. that loses one letter when abbreviated
            10. 16D
              GI-entertaining org.
            11. 17D
              "This might be irrelevant, but..." over text
            12. 18D
              Early version of a song
            13. 20D
              Spanish for "this" or "east"
            14. 21D
              Word often in white on a red sign
            15. 23D
              Stomach, cutesily
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