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• Sendhil Revuluri 5:45 · 2024-06-16T13:00:42.911Z

  Fun, thank you! This one was very challenging for me — I must have put in 6A at least five different ways — but I got there! Look forward to more. (And curious if you have any tips for construction!)

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  • dilly costruttore · 2024-06-16T15:28:55.700Z

    Thanks for solving, I had a lot of fun making it. I don’t know that I have any specific tips for constructing. What I’ve been doing so far is coming up with a big entry that crosses the grid (6A), then splitting it into chunks that I think would be common in other words. Then I find a big crossing entry in the opposite direction (3D). I kinda happily stumbled into the 1A/2D combo, and then the rest kind came together from there. I use onelook.com to find words/phrases with specific substrings, since Crosshare will only fill with one letter squares. (There’s also a RegEx dictionary website I’ve used for other things, I’m just a bit rusty with the syntax). Personally, I find them easier to construct than regular grids, especially if you are trying to avoid lots of Crosswordese. And they’re really fun to make, give it a shot!

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• nate 🤓5:58 · 2024-06-17T03:22:01.340Z

  Fun one, super satisfying when it all comes together!

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• Account 🤓7:02 · 2024-06-17T09:06:25.713Z

  Very nice! My only hiccup was 7D and especially 8A. The unchecked square sent me for a bit of a loop.

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  • Selene St Satellite 9:57 · 2024-06-17T15:06:51.835Z

    Exactly my experience too, but I love this format!

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    • dilly costruttore · 2024-06-17T16:26:53.930Z

      Yeah, the quote from 8A is one that has a weirdly large amount of currency in my own life, so I jumped at the chance to include it, but in retrospect it was probably ill-advised to put next to the unchecked square. Thank you both for the feedback

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• SamuRai 15:34 · 2024-06-17T16:48:59.464Z

  A work of genius. My solve was rough in spots but I certainly enjoyed learning some things.

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