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Building Up Manhattan

◆ · By Brian Callahan

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  • kurtalert 🤓4:58 · 2024-04-11T14:45:38.321Z
    Very nice, thank you Brian!
    • Brian Callahan constructor · 2024-04-12T00:04:45.053Z
      Thanks kurt!
    • elutionary 8:54 · 2024-04-11T19:44:02.605Z
      Very clever theme; thanks!
    • Steve Johnson 🤓6:07 · 2024-04-11T21:29:44.759Z
      Hah! This is very nice. And I live in TX, so very familiar with Buc-ees! It’s great, but getting out of the parking lot is anarchy.
      • Brian Callahan constructor · 2024-04-12T00:06:33.053Z
        I just love that you can get gas, load up on Buc-ee's-themed merch, sample fudge, and walk out the door with pickled quail eggs
      • heron 🤓8:28 · 2024-04-11T21:57:31.942Z
        very cool theme! love the clue for GASPUMP :)
        • Brian Callahan constructor · 2024-04-12T00:06:41.789Z
          Haha, thanks!
        • MattWords 18:51 · 2024-04-12T01:59:21.277Z
          Great puzzle! Took me forever, by my favorite was 15A 🥃
          • Brian Callahan constructor · 2024-04-12T03:58:34.785Z
            This one was definitely on the difficult side. Cheers to you for making your way through!🥃
          • T-grizzle 41:39 · 2024-04-12T04:15:47.788Z
            😮‍💨
            • Brian Callahan constructor · 2024-04-13T01:23:25.543Z
              Hope it wasn't too rough🫂 Thanks for checking it out!
              • T-grizzle 41:39 · 2024-04-14T01:08:15.298Z
                I got there eventually ha ha. It was fun
            • Sara 🤓6:48 · 2024-04-12T12:30:41.044Z
              clever theme, thank you!
              • Brian Callahan constructor · 2024-04-13T01:24:14.879Z
                Aw, thanks!
              • norah 🤓2:50 · 2024-04-12T14:13:17.018Z
                banger
              • emmie 🤓3:34 · 2024-04-12T18:19:38.863Z
                Really good!
                • Brian Callahan constructor · 2024-04-13T01:24:20.662Z
                  Thanks Emmie!
                • seanm 🤓8:12 · 2024-04-13T01:11:41.996Z
                  Super clever! Never been to a Buc-ees but gotta experience it next road trip
                  • Puzzled 22:53 · 2024-04-16T12:12:20.517Z
                    One minor quibble: AMIGO/PTO and AMIGA/PTA both work with the clues as currently written.
                    I enjoyed the puzzle, and I think I would have solved it unaided except that somehow I never figure out themes where words are written backwards!
                    • Brian Callahan constructor · 2024-04-17T00:32:56.253Z
                      That's a fair critique. However, I did use "org." in the PTA clue, which would dupe the "O" of PTO. I might make a slight change to AMIGA. Thanks for solving!
                      • Puzzled 22:53 · 2024-04-17T23:40:37.591Z
                        That's a fair point, too, about duping the "O", but I've noticed a lot of constructors aren't very strict about duping letters in acronyms, so it's impossible to be certain.
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                    Enya's land, poetically
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                    Across
                    1. 1A
                      Enya's land, poetically
                    2. 5A
                      Carne ___ (ok...so i'm a vegetarian, but dammit do i miss eating this sometimes)
                    3. 10A
                      Enya's genre
                    4. 13A
                      Rant
                    5. 14A
                      "August: ___ County" (2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning play that debuted at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater)
                    6. 15A
                      Old fashioned place?
                    7. 18A
                      Bake sale org.
                    8. 19A
                      Flanders of TV comedy or Stark of TV drama
                    9. 22A
                      Greek god of darkness
                    10. 24A
                      "Doo-doo-doo-doo" / *snap snap* / "Doo-doo-doo-doo" / *snap snap* / "They're creepy and they're kooky / Mysterious and spooky / They're all together ___ / The Addams family" / *snap snap*
                    11. 25A
                      "Eclipse," in the "Twilight" series, e.g.
                    12. 27A
                      They're high all the time!
                    13. 28A
                      Vodka in a blue bottle
                    14. 30A
                      "Heard"
                    15. 33A
                      Pull a boner
                    16. 34A
                      Word following black or photo
                    17. 35A
                      Big name in '90s free trial CDs
                    18. 36A
                      "Crap!"
                    19. 37A
                      Ratite in "Liberty Mutual" commercials
                    20. 38A
                      Chemical that sounds like an untruth
                    21. 39A
                      "Bachelor in Paradise" network
                    22. 40A
                      Proudly wear, as a clothing brand
                    23. 41A
                      Vulpine creature
                    Down
                    1. 1D
                      Nigeria's official language: Abbr.
                    2. 2D
                      ___ Speedwagon ("Can't Fight This Feeling" group)
                    3. 3D
                      ___ Jima
                    4. 4D
                      iPod Mini successor
                    5. 5D
                      Puebla gal pal
                    6. 6D
                      "I suppose"
                    7. 7D
                      Smooth ___ baby's bottom
                    8. 8D
                      Accomplished
                    9. 9D
                      Orientation that's sometimes paired with 16-Down, for short
                    10. 11D
                      One of like 100 at a Buc-ee's (constructor's note: if you've never been to a Buc-ee's, go at least once - it's perhaps the most absurdly American experience you'll ever have)
                    11. 12D
                      *With "the," New York's nickname
                    12. 15D
                      Drink, casually
                    13. 16D
                      Orientation that's sometimes paired with 9-Down, for short
                    14. 17D
                      *One of the historic "big three" automobile manufacturers in the U.S.
                    15. 19D
                      *Monopoly token
                    16. 20D
                      Scrape (out)
                    17. 21D
                      Mountain Dew's Yellow 5, for one
                    18. 23D
                      Elevate
                    19. 24D
                      "Crap!"
                    20. 26D
                      Gets ready to advance bases on a sac fly
                    21. 28D
                      Company aptly found in "Japanese gamemaker"
                    22. 29D
                      The Krusty ___ ("Spongebob Squarepants" restaurant)
                    23. 31D
                      Go back and forth
                    24. 32D
                      "Classic Concentration" game show host Trebek
                    25. 34D
                      "The Star-Spangled Banner" contraction
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