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@Super8ing I had BEASTS for BEAUTS and for the life of me couldn't parse URANISMORE... had to come here to find this hint, ha.
Anyone else think PANTS is a perfectly reasonable answer for "Fly traps?" That hung me up for a long time.
Brilliant puzzle. Such a great idea for a theme!
Not me having AR in the center of the answer for "That really stinks!" and filling in a F and T ... Great puzzle and loved the novel theme execution.
Not me crying while reading the constructor notes... This was a beautiful puzzle and tribute, Adrianne. Thank you for sharing both with us!
I knew there would be some mixed feelings about this one, but I honestly loved this puzzle. It took me a while to figure it out, but RICEARONI was the clincher for me, because I recognized the "ONI" from the clue above. Once I had that, everything fell into place and it was fun to work out the WORMHOLES. The colour-coding helped a lot!
As a (very long ago) former flute player and not knowing TIGONS are a thing or who Lady Magic is, CLINKED was one the last to drop for me. *feverishly searches back to high school brain to remember if the keys might have plinked a little? If I blinked while playing?* Big face palm when I got it. Great puzzle!
TIL that aardvark and anteater contain the same number of letters. Great puzzle!
Neat theme. Inuit is already plural - it means "the people" in the Inuktut language.
Deb, I share a love of the word spelunk. It made my morning to see it here.
dating myself here, but CDS are also stored in plastic protectors, and how am I to know that WCI isn't a console of some kind? Ha. That mistake took a while to find. Also very much agree with the Wounded knee comments.
This was a complete delight for me. Sometimes I'm just on the same wavelength as the constructor and this was one of those days! Thanks, Alina.
I really loved the clueing in this one!
The revealer made me lol when I got it. Great idea for a theme!
Jeez. Chill out, people - crosswords are GAMES. Personally, I loved this puzzle. There are plenty of crosswords that aren't my cup of tea, but knowing the amount of work that goes into constructing puzzles, I sure wouldn't write a negative comment about them.
Ouch for the Stanley Cup clue! - every Canadian Great puzzle otherwise ;)
I'm 50 and played this game as a kid! Not so modern ;)
What a great Monday puzzle! Thanks, Alana.
@Nora ahhh TUBESOCKS! Thanks. I was stuck on CABS being picked up at clubs, and thought CUBESOCKS may well be a thing, ha.
@Linda Me too, that tripped me up for a while!
@Heidi Agreed. It was impressively constructed, but the opposite of the nice flowy feeling that really great (to me) crosswords have. I found it a bit ...overstimulating? Tiresome? with all the highlighting and circled letters in the kangaroo words.
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