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Adrianne was the TA for my chem lab last semester; very exciting to see her debut!
ALFA ROMEO is another possibility for [Agent] with the correct spelling! 🙂
@Isabeau In our original submission the clue for HAD was [Any of the blanks in "James, while John ___ ___ '___', ___ ___ '___ ___'; '___ ___' ___ ___ the better effect on the teacher"]. I can understand why they changed it!
@John you might appreciate our original clue: [Word that's un-abbreviated?]
@Striker I have three other acceptances that haven't run yet, so don't worry, I will :)
@SB NYT actually wanted us to revise our original theme set, which didn't include [Identity?], so that it did! :)
@Peaty & Oaty You guessed it! It was that or SOLAR FLARE(S) but I wanted to avoid unnecessary plurals and a 10 or 11 in the middle is harder to work with anyway
I didn't consider this idea but I like it!
I think SAFETY SCHOOL actually refers to a college that an applicant is likely to get into!
We missed you Tom!
@Charles we originally submitted this with HEAD OF STATE as a revealer, although ultimately we replaced it with one more theme entry
@ImmodestyBlaise I submitted it via the same submission portal everyone else uses. It takes pdfs, so I just typed the numbers over the grid
@Cat Lady Margaret I recommend Adam Wagner's 5/5/22 puzzle!
@Kincaid if it makes you feel any better, I hadn't heard of UBERIZE either...
@John Carson I'm still holding out hope
@Phishfinder Joel Fagliano (who edited this puzzle) also went to Pomona!
@Nina Wow I'm glad the theme was so inspiring! Hope to see your byline here some day!
@Eric Hougland duly noted, thank you! To be honest I hadn't heard the word before it came up in our autofill, and when I did a quick pass I didn't realize it can be derogatory. I just (slightly) downscored it in my wordlist
@Jacqui J people my age still play minesweeper sometimes :-)
Congrats to your daughter (and to you)! My mother went to Whitman.
@dk I’ll keep those in mind, thank you!
@Liz Truss This puzzle isn't the only thing Liz Truss would be saying "That was quick!" about...
@Byron We used Qat: <a href="https://www.quinapalus.com/qat.html" target="_blank">https://www.quinapalus.com/qat.html</a> (and like I say, Adam was the one who knew what expression to use)
@Peace Family rad to bump into you! Hope all is well!
can someone tell me what this means
@SP this puzzle was initially accepted as a Friday, but moved to Saturday after the clue-editing process
@Ace I went for this clue just because I love golf—but I suppose it is a bit bland...
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