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27: strong feelings

◆ · By carter

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my entry for the february 2022 crosshare midi contest :)
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  • Mike D 🤓5:42 · 2022-02-15T02:50:50.173Z
    Very nice! Took me a while to figure out what was going on but I really enjoyed it
    • kieranjboyd 5:03 · 2022-02-15T03:20:54.695Z
      I absolutely all that the theme entries are still common phrases, great work!
      • Philip Chow 🤓6:12 · 2022-02-15T04:35:07.427Z
        Loved it! Also appreciated that the new phrase can be a legit stand-alone phrase which obscured the aha moment until the revealer… so good!
        • Raja K 12:56 · 2022-02-15T05:52:19.948Z
          That was really clever! Nice one
          • whackler 11:28 · 2022-02-15T22:45:16.909Z
            nice! always cool to see an artist like yves tumor referenced as well
            • calica 🤓5:28 · 2022-02-16T06:55:39.527Z
              Going to bring up the wonderful theme even though several people have: I also all how the changes love make sense!
              • Hoyt Arcane 🤓4:03 · 2022-02-17T00:46:46.705Z
                12-Across had me scratching my head until I got the revealer... Brilliantly done.
                • Duncan Lyle 🤓11:01 · 2022-02-18T18:57:54.028Z
                  Great puzzle, great theme! Same comment as everyone else, the fact that all the theme answers are real phrases with both LOVE and ALL is very clever, and must've taken a bit of work to find expressions that fit the bill.
                  • Aaron 🤓3:03 · 2022-02-19T00:42:10.446Z
                    Not much more to add that hasn't been said - what a clever theme and construction!
                    • M4 🤓9:27 · 2022-02-22T01:11:35.872Z
                      Great revealer! Clue for 1D was hilarious. Also loved the clue for 11A.
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                      1A
                      ___ alai
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                      Across
                      1. 1A
                        ___ alai
                      2. 4A
                        necklace component
                      3. 9A
                        they're not good, in Ferris Bueller's opinion
                      4. 11A
                        metalcore band ___ for My Valentine
                      5. 12A
                        * tied tennis score
                      6. 14A
                        "The Princess and the Frog" princess
                      7. 15A
                        UFO crew
                      8. 16A
                        * total
                      9. 18A
                        one who looks forward to everything?
                      10. 19A
                        27D, e.g.
                      11. 23A
                        * "i'll give it ___!" ("i'll do the best i possibly can!")
                      12. 25A
                        lazily-described "Sound of Music" notes
                      13. 28A
                        stop, collaborate and listen
                      14. 29A
                        see 25D
                      15. 32A
                        skirts
                      16. 33A
                        "yipes!"
                      17. 34A
                        edible tubes
                      18. 35A
                        former Union mem.
                      Down
                      1. 1D
                        peanut butter brand whose first letter's pronunciation is hotly deb— oh wait
                      2. 2D
                        the way things stand
                      3. 3D
                        "no, i don't mind being alone on Valentine's Day... sniffle"
                      4. 4D
                        feature of many a cheesy Valentine's Day card
                      5. 5D
                        gender-neutral Spanish pronoun, or gendered French pronoun
                      6. 6D
                        oodles
                      7. 7D
                        guns, in a sense
                      8. 8D
                        smartphone std.
                      9. 10D
                        bad, as jokes or bread
                      10. 11D
                        '60s sitcom kid, familiarly
                      11. 13D
                        vast, in verse
                      12. 17D
                        his works make up an estimated one-third of the entire corpus of mathematics, mathematical physics and mechanics published from 1725 to 1800
                      13. 20D
                        language from which "reindeer" comes
                      14. 21D
                        drip sources
                      15. 22D
                        juiced-up cars?
                      16. 24D
                        ___ Tumor (psychedelic musician with the 2018 album "Safe in the Hands of 25D")
                      17. 25D
                        with 29A, meaning of the Latin phrase "omnia vincit amor"... and a hint for making sense of the starred clues' answers
                      18. 26D
                        like some Tumblr asks, briefly
                      19. 27D
                        1/6,272,640 of an acre: abbr.
                      20. 29D
                        mushroom part
                      21. 30D
                        quiet ending?
                      22. 31D
                        romance that may necessitate celebrating Valentine's Day over FaceTime, for short
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