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◆ · By Brian Callahan

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  • Glenn Scheyd 🤓4:09 · 2023-04-18T00:49:46.468Z
    Nice. I had fun doing it.
    • Grant Kennell 14:27 · 2023-04-18T00:57:23.275Z
      You and your ear worms lol that’s the only song of theirs I know. No idea it was serious lol fun challenge
      • kurtalert 🤓3:13 · 2023-04-18T02:04:56.908Z
        nice one! got stumped for a bit on the upper right... I goofed on SCREW ON CAP and had SCREW ON TOP initially- whoops!
        • Derek M 🤓7:09 · 2023-04-18T03:29:46.745Z
          That top right corner had me going. Finally got it. Great puzzle
          • Neathery 6:56 · 2023-04-18T04:45:42.320Z
            Thanks!
            • Velocipedist 🤓5:07 · 2023-04-18T05:44:00.410Z
              Hahahahahahahahaha! Great puzzle!
              • norah 🤓2:54 · 2023-04-18T22:13:37.036Z
                nice
                • Puzzled 13:26 · 2023-04-18T23:45:39.169Z
                  Is "hard C community" a common phrase? I don't think I've heard it before and couldn't find it in a Google search. I thought the puzzle was fun otherwise, but I got stumped in the top right corner.
                  • Brian Callahan constructor · 2023-04-19T02:42:18.745Z
                    The word "community" begins (or "leads" in this case) with a hard C sound. That clue was a bit fiendish😈. Glad you enjoyed!
                  • Jimmy James 🤓3:09 · 2023-04-19T11:49:26.931Z
                    Spent a second trying to figure out if there was some way to squeeze "Walking on the Sun" into 10A
                    • Wayne Mesard 🤓9:56 · 2023-04-19T22:22:33.184Z
                      Loved it!
                      • bergie 🤓4:29 · 2023-04-20T17:19:56.394Z
                        Fun puzzle. Interesting clue for 38A. Am I missing a joke or is there a reason for not going with something more straightforward?
                        • Brian Callahan constructor · 2023-04-20T19:04:57.451Z
                          Just felt like cluing it that way, TBH. Apologies to Ted Turner, Ted Danson, Ted Kennedy, Ted Cruz, Ted Williams, TedTalks, Ted from "How I Met Your Mother", Ted the bear from Seth MacFarlane's film, Ted Stevens, Ted Koppel, Ted Nugent, and Ted from "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure". Actually...not Ted Cruz...screw that guy.
                          • bergie 🤓4:29 · 2023-04-21T01:24:17.442Z
                            🤣
                        • emmie 🤓2:43 · 2023-04-21T22:36:21.229Z
                          Very fun!
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                          1A
                          ___ Max (streaming service that is dropping the ___ in May 2023 to become known only as "Max")
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                          Across
                          1. 1A
                            ___ Max (streaming service that is dropping the ___ in May 2023 to become known only as "Max")
                          2. 4A
                            Troublesome tot
                          3. 7A
                            Consumes
                          4. 10A
                            Smash Mouth hit named the #1 climate change song by the New York Times in 2020
                          5. 12A
                            Post-Mardi Gras forehead application
                          6. 13A
                            *Middle of the workweek, casually
                          7. 14A
                            Dark loaf
                          8. 15A
                            Integral calculation
                          9. 16A
                            Loafing
                          10. 17A
                            *Feature of some toothpaste tubes
                          11. 21A
                            Synthetic silk
                          12. 22A
                            *Beef
                          13. 27A
                            Trudge
                          14. 28A
                            Grammy
                          15. 30A
                            Like an exciting party, in slang
                          16. 31A
                            *Far too common feature of a '70s den
                          17. 34A
                            Charlottesville Sch. founded by Thomas Jefferson
                          18. 35A
                            Throb
                          19. 36A
                            Activity that's rudely hinted at by the first words of the answers to the starred clues
                          20. 37A
                            To this point
                          21. 38A
                            Masculine name found in "cassette deck"
                          Down
                          1. 1D
                            Nelson Muntz catchphrase on "The Simpsons"
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                            Censors, in a way
                          3. 3D
                            Ancient Mesoamerican
                          4. 4D
                            "Hey man, you got a joint?" "Uh no, not on me, man." "___ be a lot cooler if you did." ("Dazed and Confused" exchange)
                          5. 5D
                            Goat's cry
                          6. 6D
                            Be a busybody
                          7. 7D
                            Community leader?
                          8. 8D
                            Safehouses
                          9. 9D
                            Naive sorts, derogatorily
                          10. 11D
                            Verbally jousted
                          11. 16D
                            Diamond units
                          12. 18D
                            Consume
                          13. 19D
                            The U.S.A.'s least populous state: Abbr.
                          14. 20D
                            Alley-___
                          15. 22D
                            89%
                          16. 23D
                            Garnish or greenish
                          17. 24D
                            Benefit for retail shoppers in Oregon, Montana, Alaska, Delaware, and New Hampshire
                          18. 25D
                            Diamond unit
                          19. 26D
                            Rockne in the College Football Hall of Fame
                          20. 29D
                            Like some fancy cheeses
                          21. 31D
                            "Harriet the ___" (classic children's book)
                          22. 32D
                            Gold, silver, or bronze
                          23. 33D
                            Secondary account, in Internet lingo
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