Sheydah #22 ("pure chaos and unrepentant sadism")
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Sheydah #22 ("pure chaos and unrepentant sadism")

◆◆ · By ariel haymarket

Constructor's Note
To anyone live streaming this - red light only
Tips appreciated to help this Texan keep taking estrogen! Warning - puzzles often crass, anarchic, and approaching NC-17 territory.
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  • Hoyt Arcane 22:29 · 2023-03-07T06:28:58.110Z
    This is legit Saturday Stumper quality, excruciating with plenty of misdirection but still fair. Loved the clue for ZESTERS.
  • rickybillingsgate 🤓34:51 · 2023-03-07T06:28:58.110Z
    yeah that was tough even though I knew not to put CANADIAN for ONTARIAN. fave entry was MUTTONCHOPS.
    • ariel haymarket constructor · 2023-03-07T13:58:04.035Z
      This was a fun clue set to write.
    • daTruthTeller 🤓3:00 · 2023-03-07T06:28:58.110Z
      Red-lighted; would you believe 40A was my first entry
    • SporcleMirror 🤓24:29 · 2023-03-07T08:04:50.217Z
      Took me a while to rethink ELBOW/SWEARS ("elbow" is totally a verb) and DIVORCE (???)/VOLES. That was the first word that came to mind with ___ORCE, nevermind that it doesn't match the clue at all. Those big SW/NE corners are super clean.
      Overthinking moment of the day: trying to answer the CART clue with something related to cultural (or maybe emotional?) baggage.
      • ariel haymarket constructor · 2023-03-07T13:58:55.831Z
        Regarding CART, yeah, that was a major misdirect happening there.
      • ariel haymarket constructor · 2023-03-07T13:55:42.748Z
        (sees this being featured) Mike being Virgil over here.
        • Shae 🤓1:28:11 · 2023-03-07T23:47:59.169Z
          Ouch in a good way
        • Carolyn Kl 27:37 · 2023-03-08T01:35:25.164Z
          You weren't kidding. That was pretty punishing. Cleverly written, though! (Also, what series is the cover photo from? The art style is gorgeous)
          • ariel haymarket constructor · 2023-03-08T03:25:57.680Z
            If memory serves, Girl's heart @ high school boy
          • Brian Callahan 17:09 · 2023-03-08T05:34:40.133Z
            This puzzle tore me a new one - and I enjoyed it. Very well constructed with wonderfully ambiguous clues.
            • ariel haymarket constructor · 2023-03-08T12:24:05.290Z
              Thank you!
            • Adam Linder 28:08 · 2023-03-10T00:38:08.948Z
              This landed right in my upper Saturday Stumper range. I spent way too long trying to make ZAMBONI work for 38D. I guess the less good ones damage the ice?
              • ariel haymarket constructor · 2023-03-11T01:51:42.849Z
                Or it was the perfect misdirection :3
              • Frisco17 14:57 · 2023-03-20T02:26:42.813Z
                good christ
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              Across
              1. 1A
                Outright
              2. 10A
                Garden problems treated with iron phosphate
              3. 15A
                A must for gỏi cuốn
              4. 16A
                Make contact with, in a way
              5. 17A
                Statement of resignation?
              6. 18A
                Grotesque
              7. 19A
                Get past the filters
              8. 20A
                Make so much worse, perhaps, with "to"
              9. 21A
                Steam
              10. 22A
                "King of Fighters" regular ___ Shiranui
              11. 24A
                More polished
              12. 25A
                Certain Chinese import
              13. 29A
                Restrain, in a way
              14. 30A
                Style sported by Samuel L. Jackson for several roles
              15. 32A
                Keep
              16. 33A
                Rural blights, to some
              17. 34A
                Upset
              18. 38A
                Tactic covering a left wing lock, for example
              19. 40A
                Broadcasters with animated personalities?
              20. 44A
                Filed taxes, say
              21. 45A
                "Exit the King" playwright
              22. 46A
                Alternative for Tony
              23. 47A
                Yet
              24. 48A
                A real piece of work
              25. 51A
                Bowed
              26. 54A
                Current entry
              27. 55A
                More frequent than the Summer Olympics
              28. 57A
                Record keeper?
              29. 58A
                Some techies want a dedicated one
              30. 59A
                Core group
              31. 60A
                Company dining areas
              Down
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                Melanin-rich structure, usually
              2. 2D
                Advertising time?
              3. 3D
                Underlying patterns
              4. 4D
                Noted '70s protest
              5. 5D
                Offering at a work lunch
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                Region known for its cellars
              7. 7D
                Did some decoration for the holidays, I guess
              8. 8D
                Advance
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                Sch. divisions
              10. 10D
                Kitchen devices needed for some antipasti
              11. 11D
                Polo chief?
              12. 12D
                May be quick for the artful
              13. 13D
                Dines overwell
              14. 14D
                These may accompany Vicious Mockery
              15. 21D
                Passed
              16. 23D
                Street-based fundraiser
              17. 24D
                Producer with her own "land"
              18. 25D
                Comm. medium
              19. 26D
                Shelter
              20. 27D
                Give teeth to
              21. 28D
                Retort to a skeptic
              22. 31D
                Caramel or cocoa
              23. 34D
                Dependency
              24. 35D
                Shania Twain, for one
              25. 36D
                Practice
              26. 37D
                Org. with a lot to talk about
              27. 38D
                The best only scrape the surface
              28. 39D
                Laughs
              29. 40D
                Heart, lungs, and so on
              30. 41D
                It's worth a couple bucks in Quebec
              31. 42D
                Neglected
              32. 43D
                Like some evening wear
              33. 48D
                India featured in "Shark Tale"
              34. 49D
                Clears
              35. 50D
                Cannon fodder in some arenas
              36. 52D
                Tool good for some baggage?
              37. 53D
                Certain members of the family, "derogatorily"
              38. 55D
                Obliging remark over a text; var.
              39. 56D
                "As if!"
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