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Loose Connections

· Di Darth · Pubblicato 2024-04-24T10:00:41.194Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a two-word phrase "appropriate" to the theme.
There's a light switch in my house that I need to get checked. It worked fine once, but now the light flickers erratically. Probably just a loose screw. But when a colleague at work recently told me I had a "screw loose," my mind immediately went to that bothersome light switch. However, she quickly added that I was "eccentric in the best possible way" and praised my independent thinking and innovation.
While none of my rambling here may apply to this puzzle, I am grateful for the creative outlet of crossword construction and the opportunity to connect with you here. This one is called Loose Connections, and the meta is a two-word phrase "appropriate" to the theme. I hope you enjoy solving this meta as much as I've enjoyed designing it.
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  • Hector 🤓7:48 · 2024-04-24T10:00:41.194Z
    Tight; thanks!
    • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-24T12:02:28.727Z
      Awesome! My first version gave too much away, so we'll see how it goes... ;)
    • hoover 3s · 2024-04-24T12:32:01.809Z
      Whew! Thank you for not having a step 3!
      • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-24T13:10:33.048Z
        You did it! Thanks for hanging in there! =)
      • MatthewL 🤓7:04 · 2024-04-24T14:09:46.869Z
        Nice one -- I actually remembered one of my cardinal meta solving rules early this time -- if you don't see anything else, look at the clues. Thanks for the puzzle, Darth!
        • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-24T18:56:01.050Z
          Yes, the clues! =) Thanks for solving, Matthew!
          • Berto 2s · 2024-04-25T04:50:33.923Z
            Yes ^^ !!!
          • boharr 5s · 2024-04-24T14:34:26.724Z
            Thanks, Darth
            • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-24T18:56:47.523Z
              Thanks for solving, Bob! Appreciate our Muggles connection.
            • Bird Lives 4s · 2024-04-24T15:30:56.709Z
              I did what I suspect Hoover also did --- looked for two words in the grid that would be synonym for Loose Fitting. Oh well, as they say, Claire Booth was Luce, but Lautrec was Toulouse.
              • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-24T18:59:24.925Z
                The original meta prompt was going to be "a 7-letter word"...but this way the "loose" fitting pun didn't get overlooked.
              • Mwoychick 8:44 · 2024-04-24T15:43:03.766Z
                Good puzzle - thanks, Darth!
                • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-24T19:00:06.973Z
                  Thanks, Mark.
                • whimsy 🤓9:04 · 2024-04-24T16:16:44.274Z
                  The electricity and excitement were building as I solved... Shockingly good puzzle, Darth! 😁
                  • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-24T19:01:56.695Z
                    Glad it flipped your switch, whimsy! And I appreciate your energy! Thanks for solving. =)
                  • HeadinHome 🤓4:08 · 2024-04-24T16:52:09.870Z
                    Almost submitted CUTTING LOOSE til I saw the actual mechanism. Thanks!
                    • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-24T19:04:44.274Z
                      Yeah, there was a bit of ROLLICK that I was going to originally try to connect. Just one of those "loose" ENDS I didn't know what to do with. haha
                    • lbray53 2s · 2024-04-24T17:48:46.872Z
                      I saw ELM “loosely connected” to LEAF, LICK to TONGUE, ROLLICK to LIVING (very loosely) and I was off to the races until I was just OFF. Finally figured out what to do. Good one!
                      • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-24T19:07:06.772Z
                        Lol. Love that! We solvers are always finding ways to loosely connect things. I'm glad it finally came together. Thanks for solving!
                      • Ergcat 14:15 · 2024-04-24T19:33:38.921Z
                        Very nice! Got step 1 but couldn’t find alternatives BUT then had to remember to look at THE clues for step 2 !! Thanks, Darth. Very fitting!
                        • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-25T00:43:14.355Z
                          Thanks for solving!
                        • Laura M 🤓10:58 · 2024-04-24T19:37:41.873Z
                          Good one, thanks!
                          • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-25T00:43:28.659Z
                            Thanks, Laura.
                          • DrTom 12s · 2024-04-25T02:10:25.626Z
                            What a fitting puzzle! Darth has rapidly become a favorite constructor. Why this could not be better if it had been done by Claire Booth Luce.
                            • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-25T11:32:07.336Z
                              Lol. Thanks for your vote of confidence. =)
                            • woozy 🤓17:07 · 2024-04-25T14:14:48.368Z
                              So I see that there are 7 words that can be preceded by loose. I see they don't spell anything. I try alternatives and weird connections. I try looking in the clues but the first letters of the clues don't spell anything. So I wait two days for clues. The first four clues are all what I did and the fifth clue tells me what I've got is correct so far but strongly suggests I try the clues which confuses me because I tried that and it spelled nothing. So I try it a again, and dang it if those universe reality fairies didn't come in the night and change things just to spite me because this time the first letters of the clues spelled a simple word.
                              • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-25T15:19:47.551Z
                                Lol. Amazing how that happens. Well, thanks for your patience and perseverance. You did it! =)
                              • Tyrpmom 2s · 2024-04-25T14:04:57.348Z
                                Nicely done. Thanks.
                                • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-25T15:20:03.163Z
                                  Thank you.
                                • Carolyn 3s · 2024-04-25T15:50:57.389Z
                                  Thanks for the hints!
                                  • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-25T18:18:45.349Z
                                    Great! Thanks for following through.
                                  • Steve M 23:03 · 2024-04-25T16:49:11.022Z
                                    Yep, I overthought this for way too long! Thanks for the fun puzzle!
                                    • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-25T18:19:11.406Z
                                      Thank you for solving, Steve.
                                    • ajk 🤓5:41 · 2024-04-25T16:57:10.822Z
                                      Tried to do the right thing pre-nudges but had dismissed LIVING as not one of the themers ('Loose LIVING' didn't really click for me), and didn't think to include TRANSLATION since I didn't expect it to do double duty as revealer and themer (which is my bad 😂). So I only had 5 of the 7 and was missing one of the two vowels. 😂 Definitely needed the course correction, but then it was straightforward. Thanks. :)
                                      • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-25T18:18:07.126Z
                                        I hear you. I had "I'm ___ the dream!" at first, but that sounded too positive. So I had hoped "living it up" might suggest loose morals and added the indulgence bit to help it along. We also include the phrase "loose woman" in our language, but not "loose man"... I didn't want to go there.
                                        • ajk 🤓5:41 · 2024-04-25T22:14:08.930Z
                                          yeah, that would be bad :)
                                      • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2024-04-25T16:50:41.668Z
                                        I had all the words from the start, but kept trying to find alternate answers. Why find an easier mechanism when you can spend hours trying to make it harder?? Very nice aha moment! Thanks, Darth!
                                        • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-25T18:20:16.537Z
                                          Lol. I went for "easier" this time. Thanks for solving, Cindy!
                                        • michaelm 🤓8:06 · 2024-04-25T17:48:43.033Z
                                          Got so excited with sussing out fitting, forgot the loose - early acceptance anyway! In the immortal words of REO Speedwagon: You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish. Thanks, Darth!
                                          • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-25T18:22:53.540Z
                                            I didn't want the pun to be missed, but I allowed the one-word answer as well... you know, just in case. ;)
                                          • Sharkicicles 1s · 2024-04-25T22:20:15.395Z
                                            Great puzzle!
                                            • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-26T00:57:58.633Z
                                              Thanks. Glad you liked it.
                                            • Capn Rick 🤓5:49 · 2024-04-27T13:05:59.403Z
                                              Finally got around to solving this one, Darth, and I'm glad I did! Great mechanism and well-constructed!
                                              • Darth costruttore · 2024-04-27T14:38:12.420Z
                                                Thanks, Capn!
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                                              "I Have a Dream" initials
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                                              Orizzontali
                                              1. 1A
                                                "I Have a Dream" initials
                                              2. 4A
                                                Feature of a "daredevil" circus act
                                              3. 10A
                                                "Right away!"
                                              4. 14A
                                                Service charge
                                              5. 15A
                                                Tanzania neighbor
                                              6. 16A
                                                Hello in Honduras
                                              7. 17A
                                                Consumed
                                              8. 18A
                                                Consented
                                              9. 19A
                                                Investigation outcomes?
                                              10. 20A
                                                Used a crowbar
                                              11. 22A
                                                Strong suits?
                                              12. 24A
                                                Tip jar contents
                                              13. 26A
                                                Agitate (up)
                                              14. 28A
                                                Oil field apparatus
                                              15. 29A
                                                Granola bits
                                              16. 30A
                                                Jamaican gent
                                              17. 31A
                                                Grand instrument
                                              18. 33A
                                                Obesity indicator
                                              19. 34A
                                                Good thing to keep in a crisis
                                              20. 37A
                                                Textual rendering in which something inevitably gets "lost"
                                              21. 40A
                                                Involved, as a necessary consequence
                                              22. 41A
                                                Unit of resistance
                                              23. 44A
                                                Subarctic forest
                                              24. 47A
                                                Winter hazard
                                              25. 48A
                                                Karate motion
                                              26. 49A
                                                Liberty Tree of Boston, for one
                                              27. 50A
                                                Sample, as a lollipop or ice cream cone
                                              28. 52A
                                                "I'm ___ it up!" (expression of indulgence)
                                              29. 54A
                                                Hanks/Hannah "big hit" mermaid movie
                                              30. 56A
                                                Far from best
                                              31. 57A
                                                Notebook paper, or "true" tea
                                              32. 58A
                                                Bear-like
                                              33. 61A
                                                Egyptian boy king
                                              34. 64A
                                                Paintings at the Prado, por ejemplo
                                              35. 65A
                                                Give up an office
                                              36. 66A
                                                PC panic button?
                                              37. 67A
                                                Crockpot concoction
                                              38. 68A
                                                Gossip spreader?
                                              39. 69A
                                                Dodge truck
                                              Verticali
                                              1. 1D
                                                Juilliard deg.
                                              2. 2D
                                                "___ It Be" by the Beatles
                                              3. 3D
                                                "Hang in there!"
                                              4. 4D
                                                Bond after Brosnan
                                              5. 5D
                                                "Shucks!"
                                              6. 6D
                                                Costly perfume with a biblical reference
                                              7. 7D
                                                Heading opposite SSW
                                              8. 8D
                                                Poetic tribute
                                              9. 9D
                                                Tennis star "Rafa"
                                              10. 10D
                                                Throat-clearing sound
                                              11. 11D
                                                State south of Arizona
                                              12. 12D
                                                Second moonwalker, after Armstrong
                                              13. 13D
                                                Collect $200 in Monopoly
                                              14. 21D
                                                Hosp. workers
                                              15. 23D
                                                Settled, as a debt
                                              16. 24D
                                                Inner ear?
                                              17. 25D
                                                Green eggs partner
                                              18. 26D
                                                Behave boisterously; cut loose
                                              19. 27D
                                                Take a breath
                                              20. 30D
                                                Artwork made of tesserae tiles
                                              21. 32D
                                                Wedding words
                                              22. 34D
                                                Venice "streets"
                                              23. 35D
                                                Toronto's province
                                              24. 36D
                                                Summer in Paris
                                              25. 38D
                                                Label on a coffee urn
                                              26. 39D
                                                Pitcher's dream game
                                              27. 42D
                                                Term of endearment
                                              28. 43D
                                                Fuel efficiency stat.
                                              29. 44D
                                                Electric autos in models S, X, 3, and Y
                                              30. 45D
                                                Tijuana Brass trumpeter Herb
                                              31. 46D
                                                White Rabbit's lament
                                              32. 48D
                                                Walgreens rival
                                              33. 51D
                                                Johnny Cash lyrics: "___ myself today, to see if I still feel"
                                              34. 52D
                                                Union leader?
                                              35. 53D
                                                Adler of the Sherlock stories
                                              36. 55D
                                                "These are ___ of my favorite things" per Julie Andrews
                                              37. 56D
                                                Kristen of "Bridesmaids" and "Wonder Woman 1984"
                                              38. 59D
                                                Rock band from Champaign, IL: ___ Speedwagon
                                              39. 60D
                                                Taxpayer ID
                                              40. 62D
                                                Letters on Forever stamps
                                              41. 63D
                                                Purveyor of vintage films
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