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Just like Jeff!

· By Mike D

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My entry for the July midi contest!
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  • SporcleMirror 🤓2:45 · 2022-07-14T16:39:14.589Z
    31D was pretty much my reaction when I got TOWEL. Don't panic.
    • Mike D constructor · 2022-07-14T17:31:13.095Z
      I had the puzzle all finished before I decided to rework the grid to get TOWEL in. Glad it was worth it 😂
    • M Forest 🤓6:56 · 2022-07-14T22:06:38.905Z
      I enjoyed the trip, thanks! Lower left almost "threw" me for a loop!
      • Mike D constructor · 2022-07-15T00:21:59.647Z
        Glad you sorted it!
      • kieranjboyd 🤓4:48 · 2022-07-14T22:05:17.302Z
        Nice!
        • Mike D constructor · 2022-07-15T00:22:04.772Z
          Thanks!
        • Elle 🤓14:37 · 2022-07-14T22:53:42.617Z
          fun one!
          • Mike D constructor · 2022-07-15T00:22:09.330Z
            TY!
          • Randy Hunt 7:31 · 2022-07-14T23:00:38.624Z
            Totally clever, Mike. The anagrams are fun.
            • Mike D constructor · 2022-07-15T00:22:16.781Z
              Thank you!
            • Duncan Lyle 🤓3:48 · 2022-07-21T23:28:00.383Z
              A word latter + anagram mashup? Love it! I knew what 1A had to be right off the bat, and I suspected where we'd end up at 40A, but wasn't quite confident enough to plunk it in there from the get-go. You hit on a really well-balanced difficulty level, since the anagramming meant I couldn't just guess my way down the ladder without some crossers first, but those crossers in turn came just easily enough after one or two of their own crossers. And I agree that reworking your grid to include 30A was absolutely worth it!
              • Mike D constructor · 2022-07-22T10:58:48.567Z
                Thank you for the thoughtful comment! I wanted to do a straight word ladder but wasn't going to get from EARTH -> SPACE that way (at least not in a midi) so I added the anagramming. Glad it worked!
              1A
              This is your chance! You get to travel from ___ to 40A, without having to become a billionaire first. To make the trip, stop at 15A and 29A first. For each entry, change one letter and anagram the word to find another common word. Have fun!
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              1. 1A
                This is your chance! You get to travel from ___ to 40A, without having to become a billionaire first. To make the trip, stop at 15A and 29A first. For each entry, change one letter and anagram the word to find another common word. Have fun!
              2. 6A
                Microsoft cofounder
              3. 11A
                Trap
              4. 12A
                Awaken
              5. 13A
                Stand-up performer
              6. 14A
                Food for Eleven
              7. 15A
                See 1A
              8. 17A
                The 'Messiah' or 'Il Cannone' or the 'Lady Blunt'
              9. 19A
                Corporate VIP
              10. 22A
                Antiquated
              11. 23A
                Bank offerings
              12. 25A
                Use a ray gun
              13. 26A
                Crosses off
              14. 27A
                Diacritical dots
              15. 29A
                See 1A
              16. 30A
                About the most massively useful thing a person can have for a trip in 40A
              17. 34A
                Telling fibs
              18. 37A
                Scarlett of "Gone With the Wind"
              19. 38A
                Guitarist's gizmo
              20. 39A
                Tossed
              21. 40A
                See 1A
              Down
              1. 1D
                PC key
              2. 2D
                "I'll take that as ___"
              3. 3D
                Muzzle loaders
              4. 4D
                Courtroom event
              5. 5D
                Awfully busy
              6. 6D
                War god
              7. 7D
                Fireplace fuel
              8. 8D
                Tote
              9. 9D
                "___ Beso" (Anka song)
              10. 10D
                Sega rival, for short
              11. 16D
                Eventually become
              12. 17D
                ___ populi (popular opinion)
              13. 18D
                ___ de France
              14. 19D
                Russian empress
              15. 20D
                ___ Claire, WI
              16. 21D
                Choose
              17. 24D
                Refines, as ore
              18. 28D
                Easy two-pointer
              19. 29D
                Picnic side dish
              20. 30D
                Rug rat
              21. 31D
                "Now I get it!"
              22. 32D
                Kids' card game
              23. 33D
                Before, poetically
              24. 35D
                Japanese computer giant
              25. 36D
                College sr.'s test
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