Justice League of America

A real gem from Australia

Horizontales

1A
A real gem from Australia
5A
Came down from on high
9A
One who argues for you to do the right thing
14A
"Major" animal
15A
What the 10th little piggie had
16A
Something we all hope to find on the planet earth
17A
Vaudeville headliner
19A
Request from the church
20A
December 24th or 31st
21A
Moving vehicles
22A
"Exodus" star Sal and family
23A
Avis availabilities
25A
Venerated figure from a lofty place
26A
"___ alive!"
27A
Star of "American Gigolo"
28A
No longer is
31A
Where "Otello", a story of injustice, premiered, La ___
34A
Diva's delivery
35A
Smallest amount, as in "I don't care a ___ about what is fair, just what is right"
36A
Antithetically, like arguing one side of a conflict in direct opposition to the other
39A
Air force heroes
40A
1973 World Series stadium
41A
Like Eric the Red
42A
Fiddle stick
43A
Marc Antony's love
44A
Where you head if you reverse a stern decision
45A
Bric-a-___ (tchotchkes)
46A
Meta solver who is missing one little thing that would make the mechanism clear
50A
Famous wreck ___ Fitzgerald
53A
Match up
54A
Victorian, for one
55A
Packers great Brett
56A
Long running Agatha Christie play, with "The"
58A
What you can get if you break an egg in two
59A
Exude, like charm
60A
Bubbly from Piedmont
61A
Pique performances?
62A
Cheers from the estadio
63A
Frame of mind induced by circumstances, like medical or legal problems

Verticales

1D
Antithesis to the Inner Sanctum; the ___ reaches
2D
Put to the test
3D
Colorado ski resort for the chic
4D
Family pet, for short
5D
Chronicles
6D
Amounts borrowed
7D
Cozy stops for the night
8D
Oolong, for one
9D
CPU hours of operation
10D
The current Queen of Spain
11D
Proceeds
12D
Response from a voiceless entity
13D
Roger from "Cheers"
18D
Online representative
22D
French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul
24D
Pinball machine mistakes
25D
Expensive camera
27D
"Foxy Brown" or "Jackie Brown" star Pam
28D
Blender sound
29D
Afflicts
30D
Eye affliction
31D
Natural Band-Aid
32D
Chanel of fashion
33D
Again
34D
Single-purposed
35D
Composed
37D
___ as a hatter
38D
In the midst of a winning streak
43D
James from Gunsmoke
44D
Ensues
45D
The stage past charred
46D
Bandage fabric
47D
The page that's left
48D
Poetic muse
49D
Fleet
50D
Early newts
51D
Time before which everything is at its darkest, we are told
52D
1007 in 1007
53D
Game where you'll need a cue when its your turn
56D
Jersey word
57D
Cap on something full of Scotch

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DrTom constructor · 2023-01-30T15:01:53.008Z

Whoops, caught me napping. The events of the last few weeks have upset my normal routine. Anyway, today's MMM is one of my creations, dutifully whipped into shape by Abide. I am going to say it is about a week 2.5-3 difficulty level just because recognizing what I'm thinking may be harder for some (heck even I don't always know what I am thinking so don't judge yourselves by that)

Tyrpmom 2s · 2023-01-30T17:21:05.556Z

Nice break from MGWCC. Thanks Dr. Tom.

Cindy Heisler 2s · 2023-01-30T17:20:48.293Z

This is definitely not the Justice League of America that I test solved way back when. Many of the clues were different -- even the answer was different. It was like doing a whole new puzzle. But I managed to get the correct answer nonetheless. Thanks, Dr Tom@

DrTom constructor · 2023-01-30T17:47:01.412Z
Well it was indeed almost a brand new puzzle. Abide kept me honest and had me ramp it up a bit. In the end I think it benefitted. Hope you caught my into Easter Egg "...so don't judge yourself..."

Hector 3s · 2023-01-30T18:49:23.386Z

Very nice. Was GRIER a hint or just fortuitous?

DrTom constructor · 2023-01-30T19:17:49.675Z
DOH! Just a mistake. Unfortunately I am not that familiar with the SCOTUS and apparently my testers weren't either (not surprising). Had I noticed that (or rather known that) I would have made it BERE/BRIER, both acceptable crossword words. I HATE it when I screw up.
DrTom constructor · 2023-01-30T20:24:47.502Z
You know, it was just an error, but looking at its position it probably was a good, though unbeknownst, "nudge" answer. I tired to make the theme clues pretty indicative and even included "judge" in my intro. The other middle crossing clue WAS supposed to be very nudgy towards the idea. I guess I was cleverer (or more likely luckier) than I thought

Dave C 3s · 2023-01-30T19:25:48.900Z

Good puzzle.

Mikey G 🤓6:40 · 2023-01-30T21:25:11.842Z

A TOPBANANA has lots of a peel. (But now I have to split!)

DrTom constructor · 2023-01-31T03:34:17.229Z
Well if I was looking for a peel I would have used orange, but that was too zesty. Orange you glad I didn't!

I K Snamhcok 🤓10:51 · 2023-01-31T00:48:27.199Z

I wonder if you could also make this idea work with eight of the JLA superheroes. As I recall from my youth, there was MARTIAN MANHUNTER. Hmm … Less one letter — as, say, MARTINMANHUNTER — that could, I suppose, be your center entry. If you could figure out a fair way to clue it. (“Simpsons character who changed his last name to honor his favorite movie, the 1986 thriller that introduced Hannibal Lecter to the screen.” Yuck.)

DrTom constructor · 2023-01-31T03:32:29.839Z
Hmmm, sounds like someone is ready to make their own META!!! I'll be your tester. I mean you could do the same thing: FLESH, FATMAN, RABIN....

boharr 3s · 2023-01-31T01:18:24.373Z

Tricky. Thanks

Teamdoubletow 4s · 2023-01-31T01:20:31.283Z

We had fun with this but no way we could have done this without the Internet... Although Alex got 5 of them without help. Who knew so many justices have similar names?

whimsy 12:48 · 2023-01-31T14:52:46.103Z

In retrospect, I realized and liked the many little hints in clues. Especially like the way SCALiA (my way in, as I recall) segued into ARIA. (RBG would approve:))

rjy 3s · 2023-01-31T16:42:15.818Z

Finally got to the finish line - saw the SCALA/SCALIA notion immediately, and thought maaaaybe he's not talking superheroes, but didn't see another quickly enough so I abandoned that rabbit hole. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

More promising was 44A, whose answer I thought was BOW. It was AFT, but BOW was elsewhere in the puzzle... AHA! Jersey word: TWINS?? One who argues for you to do the right thing? LAMA?? But that petered out quickly...

But after solving, it was interesting to go back and see the very subtle signposts in the clueing amidst the trademarked DrTom cleverness. Nicely constructed, DrTom!

DrTom constructor · 2023-01-31T17:43:51.697Z
Why thank you! I do try to telegraph my theme clues, but subtly of course.

ChrisCross 20:12 · 2023-01-31T22:35:55.429Z

Thanks for a nice aha moment. The misdirection was strong, but the hints at what the puzzle was really about were there and fair.

Gotta say though, I still can't figure out where the S comes from. The rest of the letters I got and the answer seemed clear.

whimsy 12:48 · 2023-02-01T02:05:53.472Z
And now for something a tiny bit different - - 1D S(OUTER)
- DrTom constructor · 2023-02-01T06:02:57.048Z
  And there is what happens when you forget your own darn creation. I was originally going to make it outer limits for the reasons stated and then relented in favor of reaches because I thought the "justice" tie in might get diluted.
- DrTom constructor · 2023-02-01T06:00:01.889Z
  Thank you whimsy, oh and the clue tie in; well the Inner Sanctum is (besides an old mystery/horror radio and TV show) the conference room for the SCOTUS that was always mentioned more for its "boys club" status (which has of course changed) than anything else. What better to pair with Inner Sanctum than Outer Limits, a show of the same ilk.
- ChrisCross 20:12 · 2023-02-02T00:03:43.984Z
  Aah thanks!

Bbaack 🤓13:39 · 2023-02-02T00:10:37.862Z

A fun and funny one as always. Thanks Tom!

MatthewL 🤓8:34 · 2023-02-02T15:17:57.244Z

Finally off the couch with the nudges. Which is embarrassing because I'm a lawyer who avidly follows the Supreme Court. Can't believe I didn't see Scalia staring me plain in the face. Oh well, onto the next one!

DrTom constructor · 2023-02-02T17:01:22.974Z
Familiarity breeds contempt...imagine how I feel when it is somehting medically or pharmaceutically related and I skim right over it. At any rate the decision was in your favor

michaelm 🤓3:15 · 2023-02-02T16:16:17.283Z

Definitely took some thinking outside of the (jury) box. Thanks, DrTom!

Snood 7:13 · 2023-02-02T16:30:31.617Z

Fun as always! Thank you for sharing

Carolyn 4s · 2023-02-02T23:52:04.971Z

Wow! That was tough and I needed a couple of the nudges, along with Google. Thanks

Ergcat 18:51 · 2023-02-03T01:51:26.917Z

Needed the nudges but finally got it! Thanks, Dr Tom

Schmeel 10:13 · 2023-02-03T06:08:03.706Z

It was tough! The only US justices I know by name are crosswordese to me. Thanks for the puzzle (and the nudges)!

BethA 3s · 2023-02-04T13:34:40.380Z

I went in a wrong direction at first, but got it after the hints! Thx for the puzzle!

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