9x9, 7-Dec-2024
◆ · By Cory Calhoun
Constructor's Note
Kind of a toughie, maybe? Technically a themeless, but two or three "pseudo-mini-themes" unexpectedly emerged. I leaned into the cross-referencing on this one. Good luck and enjoy!
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Fell victim to a trap?
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Across
- 1AFell victim to a trap?
- 5AIt turns dramatically, metaphorically
- 9ATo the ___ eye
- 11APrep some fruit, say
- 12A"It is the [ 25A ], and Juliet is the ___"
- 13ASecond part of a two-word nickname for someone who 1A, the first part of which is also a noun variant of 1A
- 14AOne who delivers?
- 16ADelivery by a 14A more than 50% of the time, statistically
- 17AConcern for a newly delivered 16A
- 19ALike sushi
- 21AProtect against bugs
- 23ACertain storage units
- 24A"___ who?"
- 25A"It is the ___, and Juliet is the [ 12A ]"
Down
- 1DBrewski
- 2DIt may be walking?
- 3DStudy of race starts
- 4DLike some humor
- 5DFlags
- 6DJuliet, to Romeo
- 7DSets off
- 8DGenesis spot
- 10DRecipe instruction
- 15DBiotite and muscovite, for two
- 17DSmokes
- 18DPack animal
- 20DOpposite of 25A
- 22DCaustic substance