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◆◆ · Di Alex Brannam · Pubblicato 2024-04-24T16:10:06.332Z

Thanks for playing my puzzles! If you have any constructive criticisms, please leave a comment. I'll usually check within a day if there's an issue with a clue I left. My current goal is to get published by the New York Times. Mostly for the extra cash as a college student, but also as a milestone I've set for myself. I've added a tip jar button, but please do not feel like it's something you must do. Have a wonderful day :)
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  • Alex Brannam costruttore · 2024-04-25T18:26:36.650Z
    I did miss a circle. My bad.
    • A738840496 10:54 · 2024-04-25T18:16:45.717Z
      Things I can’t spell crossed with French, oof 😅
      • Sendhil Revuluri 8:22 · 2024-04-25T19:22:00.126Z
        Thanks! Some very devious clues! I liked 31D a lot. I felt 42A fell a bit flat.
        Very interesting cluing angle for 19A — which reminded me that not only is Cleopatra more recent than the Pyramids, my understanding is that she lived closer to today than she did to the Pyramids!
        A few notes:
        • Some of the fill was problematic. 58A, 52D (in my experience, this is a very obscure name compared to PUYI), and the crossing of 2D with 14A stood out to me.
        • I still don’t understand how “Moles” clues NEVI in 18A.
        • 42D I think it’s Tweedledum (not Tweedledumb).
        • Alex Brannam costruttore · 2024-04-26T02:29:59.777Z
          A nevus is a mole on the skin, plurally they're nevi. I'll admit 58A is very obscure - and I should've realized it sooner. I do work in import/export and I see MDEL sometimes, so it just clicked for me. 52D can be changed, as with 42D - so I can edit that.
        • An Ephemeral Collation 9:45 · 2024-04-29T03:00:34.038Z
          Hi, Alex! I've solved a couple of your grids now and I must say, your puzzles tend towards the obscure, which is very tempting to do sometimes, especially when presented with a very convenient tool like the Crosshare constructor and its AI functions. My advice if you want to be published in the New York Times is to try and limit yourself to using fill that you're familiar with from your everyday life as the point of a good puzzle is to provide a fun challenge, not to stump people for the sake of difficulty as the real challenge of a crossword is creating an experience that's both intuitive and contemplative. Here's an exercise you can do now - open any of your puzzles and choose a crossing at random. Next, ask yourself 'do the concepts presented by the intersecting fill draw upon things that I personally know?'. If the answer to both of the entries is 'yes', you're golden! If the answer to one of the entries is 'no' and the other entry that you do know isn't readily inferable, consider different cluing. If the answer to both of the entries is 'no' or no cluing suffices to make solving the crossing more accessible, you need to use different fill. Looking forward to solving your future work and tracking your growth - I believe in you!
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          Orizzontali
          1. 1A
            Increase (up)
          2. 5A
            "Grown-ish" star Shahidi
          3. 9A
            Anxiety treatment
          4. 14A
            Film director Petri
          5. 15A
            Where Goliath fell
          6. 16A
            Tundra, e.g.
          7. 17A
            What a team needs six of to lift a trophy in March Madness
          8. 18A
            Moles
          9. 19A
            The pyramids, vis a vis Cleopatra
          10. 20A
            Throw into the pot
          11. 23A
            Ocho dividido entre ocho
          12. 24A
            Bayer Leverkusen's manager, 2024
          13. 25A
            Cereal squares
          14. 26A
            Paper size, abbr.
          15. 27A
            Japanese eel and rice dish
          16. 29A
            Roku in 2017 and Apple in 1980
          17. 31A
            Unpaid promotion for a cause
          18. 32A
            Where to find a package
          19. 36A
            Mountain drink
          20. 37A
            Former South Korean president Kim ___ Jung
          21. 38A
            Both House and Grey, for example
          22. 39A
            Like an edgy teen, maybe
          23. 40A
            One beach shoe
          24. 42A
            Score line found in a dresser
          25. 43A
            Vivacity, in music
          26. 44A
            Familiar extensions
          27. 46A
            Mum's mum
          28. 47A
            Purdue's Zach
          29. 50A
            2014 hit... or an apt title for this puzzle
          30. 54A
            Dirk was one, familiarly
          31. 55A
            Spiraea tomentosa is it's scientific name
          32. 56A
            _____ for Eddie: Winspear
          33. 58A
            Canadian permit for importation of hospital equipment
          34. 59A
            His, to Jacques
          35. 60A
            K in 'DKNY'
          36. 61A
            With 65A, performer of 50A
          37. 62A
            Social group
          38. 63A
            Desired airplane seat for long-leggers
          39. 64A
            They were founded as the New Jersey Americans in 1967
          40. 65A
            See 61A
          Verticali
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            Polish again
          2. 2D
            Actress Valli
          3. 3D
            "That's crazy!"
          4. 4D
            Yellow stickies
          5. 5D
            Streisand role in 1983
          6. 6D
            Tavern
          7. 7D
            Italian city where Dante and Byron lived
          8. 8D
            Buddhism doctrine of nonviolence
          9. 9D
            Microsoft release of 2001
          10. 10D
            Bother
          11. 11D
            "Thanks, Captain Obvious"
          12. 12D
            'Bring' in Bordeaux
          13. 13D
            Copier
          14. 21D
            Need for speed in the water
          15. 22D
            Silver ___: cloud-seeding agent
          16. 25D
            Hosp. staffer
          17. 28D
            Cricket sides
          18. 29D
            Passport and driver's license
          19. 30D
            Pod unit
          20. 31D
            You may need a jack to lift it
          21. 33D
            Mathematician Daniel after whom a principle is named
          22. 34D
            Japan's largest lake
          23. 35D
            Not a winner, as in tic-tac-toe
          24. 37D
            ___ Marino
          25. 38D
            "Tihs", for example
          26. 41D
            How-to tutorials on YouTube, familiarly
          27. 42D
            It comes before dee and dum
          28. 43D
            What caused Larry Bird's retirement
          29. 45D
            Lumberjacks
          30. 46D
            SSW opp.
          31. 47D
            Okafor, 2004-05 NBA Rookie of the Year
          32. 48D
            Ocean, in Mongolia
          33. 49D
            Civil rights activist Medgar
          34. 51D
            Uber ___
          35. 52D
            Xuan, in Wade-Giles
          36. 53D
            Sound effect for unsheathing a sword?
          37. 55D
            Aberdeen adverb
          38. 57D
            Guy's partner
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