Shouldn't the 53A clue start with "having"? It feels like it's cluing IS INTO if written that way.
I found this slightly less Sheydah-ish than #17 but it may be because that one has a bunch more names (that I didn't know - I remembered TITO from crosswordese and as a math student, the FOURIER clue was a nice piece of trivia). I got the wordplay in TORSO and CAPRI quickly but STGEORGE got me good, I was expecting some kind of British spelling.
I'm currently working on a themeless and I was thinking about making it roughly Sheydah-hard, so seeing this in recent puzzles was a nice surprise!
Now that you mention it, yeah, that's a good spot. Wishing you the best in your own construction ventures!
maturin 🤓14:15 · 2022-09-14T14:22:07.702Z
Puzzled over this one for quite some time this morning - I thought I was going to have to give up and Google, but I somehow made it through! The right side was MEAN, especially the top right corner. Thanks!
Item worn by one talking about April 25th being the perfect date because it's light jacket weather
14A
"It's ___"
15A
Bunny on "Beastars" (or Chris Farley's role on "Beverly Hills Ninja", depending on who you ask)
16A
Musical Puente
17A
Character in "Rocky Horror Show" who, quite frankly, didn't deserve his fate - but might have paired well with a cole slaw?
18A
Sign with the times?
19A
Family nickname
20A
Sitcom set in Texas (No, sadly, not that one)
21A
Trunk you can't really live without
22A
"Legally Blonde" character who nearly aces the LSAT
23A
Image album that any cis person would have on their phone or computer with a collection in the thousands ... right?
26A
Some air lines
27A
Sculptor and painter Max
28A
What may be said to a doctor?
29A
Inter-corporation action that's generally frowned upon
33A
Arrive by boat
34A
Lubes for your powerful engines
35A
A short stop?
38A
Subject of a Dean Martin song
40A
Mathematician credited with the discovery of the greenhouse effect
42A
Long-running soap opera set in Port Charles
46A
Small French prefix
47A
Natural road through France
48A
Consume, in furry talk
49A
Earl ___ tea
50A
The ___ Show
51A
A bit of wood jutting out - my friend, why are you thinking like that? Pervert.
52A
Best rank
53A
Having all the albums of, for example
54A
Come up
55A
Spots on cigarettes, e.g.
56A
One helping the CEO avoid doing the crimes
57A
Kathy or Norman
Verticali
1D
"Mom, listen. I'm not refusing to do my chores - I'm just practicing this neat physics idea where I am more inclined to stay at rest - Yes, ma'am, I'll get on the dishes right now."
2D
___rt (Museum of) (okay, OKAY I'll write a normal clue) (One vaccine manufacturer)
3D
Despite what you'd think, this is made with volcanic ash
4D
Seoul-based airline
5D
Twice, a certain secret lab owner's sister
6D
Does okay (in the metaphorical or literal sense of this entry)
7D
Isle famous for its pants?
8D
Playground retort
9D
Sentence hated by English teachers
10D
English patron?
11D
Jet path
12D
Tries to prolong or delay
13D
"No cap!"
21D
One of several featured musicians at the Athens Olympic Games
24D
Doug's friend in "Doug"
25D
Preps
30D
Same prefix
31D
"Shit, that slipped my mind"
32D
Sure to succ ... eed
33D
One might be a sight for them
34D
"My name is Helena ____. You killed my father. Prepare to di- Wait, I meant Iñigo Montoya. Sorry, guys. Let's do that again."
35D
What you do with a chair
36D
A hybrid perpetual that can look orange if you breed it right