Ghost (PfP #78c)
■ · Por Conflux · Publicado 2022-03-04T08:00:37.908Z
Constructor's Note
Testers found some of the clues I originally had for this puzzle too obscure/hard/specific to me. They're probably right, so I took them out, but I still like the clues! To solve the "director's cut," go to http://tinyurl.com/pfp-78c-crossword-dircut-o at your own risk..
There's a certain two-word phrase that I've been thinking a lot about from a wordplay perspective, and so eventually I had to make a puzzle with that as the seed. It's 11-Across.
Two more things about the long entries: (1) "West Coast" is also the title of an Imagine Dragons song. It has the lyric "I'll be your West Coast, honey," and, like, it would literally make more sense in my opinion if it was "I'll be your guest host, honey." (2) It's not at all true, but I really really want "ghost" to have originally been a hybrid of the words "guest" and "host." Or a shortening of "guest host."
I make puzzles (of all different kinds, not just crosswords!) at https://puzzlesforprogress.net. If you liked this puzzle, you might like those!
Comprobando datos de juego anteriores…
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Soak (up)
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Horizontales
- 1ASoak (up)
- 4AWalk at a leisurely pace
- 9AMo. that loses two letters when abbreviated
- 10AAired, as an old TV show
- 11AOxymoronic two-word phrase meaning "talk show replacement" whose two words come from the same root
- 13ASystem where 48 is 0
- 14AThey can be measured in lbs.
- 15ANot enjoyable
- 17APres. who served four terms
- 19APhoenixes' birthplaces
- 22AUS region that "double-rhymes" with 11-Across
- 24A"Not doing this"
- 25A"How was __ know?"
- 26AAnimals vermicelli is named after
- 27AHouse member (abbr.)
Verticales
- 1DEpic
- 2DWork
- 3DForerunner
- 4DMagic: The Gathering cards that "represent magical items, animated constructs, pieces of equipment, or other objects and devices," per the wiki
- 5D"So-so"
- 6DResult of a "moderate amount of eumelanin," as MedlinePlus puts it
- 7DUltimate
- 8DMiddle-earth creatures
- 12DTrig fn. that loses one letter when abbreviated
- 16DGI-entertaining org.
- 17D"This might be irrelevant, but..." over text
- 18DEarly version of a song
- 20DSpanish for "this" or "east"
- 21DWord often in white on a red sign
- 23DStomach, cutesily