This was an excellent meta. Tricky grid, but an excellent meta!
woozy costruttore · 2022-08-06T16:37:28.133Z
Thank you. How do you think I could have mad the grid less tricky? (Well, I guess OTINAhad to be hard and the 3D woozyism was atrocious; but were some clues harder than I intended? Just how commonly known are the U.C. Irvine Anteaters?)
My 2 cents. You had 7 themers, but only 2 of them had a partner as far as grid symmetry was concerned. The others all had to have their own "space" which left the grid with relatively large areas of crossed entries. More black squares would have solved this, but then you wouldn't have been able to get the themers in. One solution: pick themers of similar length so you can pair them up.
Gutman 2s · 2022-08-06T16:28:49.488Z
Good job!
I K Snamhcok 23:36 · 2022-08-07T14:04:35.008Z
As an old Boomer who still collects comic books from the early ‘60s, I was in heaven with this puzzle. Thanks, woozy!
In the 50s we were taught if we saw this we should duck and cover.
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Orizzontali
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In the 50s we were taught if we saw this we should duck and cover.
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"Honest" president
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Designated flight path
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Ship-shape and ready for action as the HMS Kent might have been.
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Saint Patrick's Day beacon
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To gain affection such as when many children become fond of "Peter and the Wolf"
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Soothing
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Hatred and condemnation accompanied by loathing or contempt
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Where to buy paintings and other visuals
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Violin bows are traditionally made from this
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Species of air-breathing sea snails.
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-cone or -cat
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N.K. Jemisin for example (remember that puzzle?)
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Name for a North Atlantic archipelago about 320 km north of Scotland
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Your major as it pertains to the subject matter
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Home of the Anteaters
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I could really ----- a single plum floating in perfume served in a man's hat right now. (or any other drink or food if your taste varies from mine)
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Arachnologist
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Mineralogist
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Drop by
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By my authority so it shall be
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Soldier assigned as a personal valet
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Acquires a marionette
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Its complementary base to adenine is uricil
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What you what find in a granite mine
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Cash machine
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Radical, Dude!
Verticali
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Schoolyard game where one might cry "---! You're it, Bruce"
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Added to the staff
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Before the coming of the Moroccan born French rapper from Blois (or prior to Kia compact crossover SUV, whichever is less obscure)
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The weaker members of a gang; It's a Godfather reference
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To a cat owner, what could possibly be more pathetic in the middle of the night than this?
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Assembly hall
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Luminary
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In the Oz books, a yellow one defeated the Nome King
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How long it takes the Earth to orbit the sun.
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Where you stash away a tavern on Rte. 66
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A romance language form of a men's name derived from the German word for "serious"; this was the name of the victim in Tony Hillerman's mystery "Dancehall of the Dead"
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Actress who co-starred with Corey Parker in "Flying Blind" and twenty years later had the title role in "Madame Secretary"
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fr. Hunger
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Arm bone
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Having little fat
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Short exclamations
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Site for a dwelling and its outbuildings (as maybe seen in the 18th century settlements of Clark County, Kentucky)
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Author of "A Spy in the House of Love"
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Wayne Gretzky might say "- ---- the puck" if he were asked to be a guest of honor in the pregame ceremonies.
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Actress Jordan known for "Celeste & Jesse Forever"
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Breastplate associated with Zeus or Athena which may be adjustable with an Allen wrench
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The former frontwoman of heavy metal band Warlock; so far as I know she never performed with Prince.
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Well, technically if they're overhead and you don't know what they are.....
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Packaged food company with a portmanteau name that has no connection to HAL 9000
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Military formicidae
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Roman god of the sea (sometime depicted in art Stark naked)
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Referee a dwarf Spitz
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Time period noted for the exile to Nod, east of Eden.
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My aunt Diana runs a cozy one up the coast in Mendocino. You should stay there some time.
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high-spirited, carefree, and boisterous player
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Take me -- - -- or not at all
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Founder of the Golden Horn
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per head
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In a classic Simpsons episode Barry White says "I love the sexy slither of a woman snake"