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◆◆ · By DrTom · Published 2024-05-05T01:00:30.562Z

Constructor's Note
This is not a meta, just punny and silly. You'll need to think a bit outside the box to solve, but I hope it will be amusing.
You know the old saying about a group on monkeys and the works of Shakespeare, well apparently if you give me a computer and enough time to just be silly, a puzzle emerges. There is no meta answer, there is really no good sense to this except that I hope my punny nature and some odd definitions cause you some laughter. If you try to solve this using your "usual" crossword sense you'll be at it all day. Think DrTom or MikeyG to the extreme and that might help.
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  • KayW 10:54 · 2024-05-05T01:00:30.562Z
    Tom you've out-punned yourself! This was wild. I hit reveal and it turned out my only error was I had a C instead of an S at cross of 65A and 54D. SOOOO close. Thanks!
    • markhr 🤓32:31 · 2024-05-05T01:38:12.829Z
      Had the same error, but figured it out. Fun puzzle, Dr. Tom!
      • DrTom constructor · 2024-05-05T02:52:14.678Z
        What I said to KayW. Thanks Mark!
      • michaelm 1:12:53 · 2024-05-05T05:55:53.444Z
        Hey DrTom, that broke my brain even with multiple reveals.
        Can I make an appointment? 😂
        • DrTom constructor · 2024-05-05T12:30:04.690Z
          Well I'd offer you mine instead but I think you might find that even worse. Thanks for "being silly"
        • Dow Jones 1:10:47 · 2024-05-05T07:00:57.330Z
          Thanks, Dr. Tom !! Loved the clues for "Arod", "Pregret" and "Dullema".
          • DrTom constructor · 2024-05-05T12:33:03.241Z
            Like most of these silly thing, the long "themers" were the ones I started with and the other ideas came as I filled. I often see AROD in a puzzle and often clue it as things like "Lopez ex-love" but have thought in the past about the measurement. When you are as Goofy as I can be (apologies to Disney) these things sometimes pop into the place most people's minds are.
          • Sendhil Revuluri 18:09 · 2024-05-05T15:43:40.845Z
            This was fun in exactly the way advertised! I got 80% through (mostly stuck in the SE) and finally had to start checking to fit a finish into our schedule.
            I definitely didn’t fully comprehend all of the wordplay, so some of these may have been intended, but: A couple tiny typos in the clues to 31D and 53D.
            And two questions: did 44A intend Greek rather than Roman? And what is the cover photo?
            • DrTom constructor · 2024-05-05T16:44:42.020Z
              Whoops - this is what happens when you serve pretty much as your own editor. Meta puzzles are reviewed by several people who usually find my screwups, but here...well. Thanks, I fixed those. Oh, and yes it was supposed to be Greek, I changed it. As for the cover, just people being silly.
              Thanks for struggling through, if there are particular ones that you don't understand either PM me or ask here and I'll try to unravel my thinking on them. They all made sense when I did them...of course so did Greeks and Omega.😂
            • Chris 24:56 · 2024-05-05T18:52:08.924Z
              I was wondering how 56D was NCSA...
              • An Ephemeral Collation 26:39 · 2024-05-05T19:01:27.043Z
                I'm glad I got as much as I did before needing to check it. I wish you all the success in the world with this format and hope to get more on your wavelength one day.
                • DrTom constructor · 2024-05-06T03:39:29.939Z
                  Well this is not my usual stuff, it was an exercise in silliness and free association. Usually I do Meta puzzles which are less punny and odd (well I think so at least) and can be found here (Crosshare) and https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewforum.php?f=45. I'd love it if you gave one of those a try.
                  Tom
                • lbray53 5s · 2024-05-05T23:10:03.246Z
                  I pushed reveal instead of print. How do I get back to the puzzle?
                  • Philip Chow 11:26 · 2024-05-06T03:41:02.465Z
                    hahahaaaaa thanks for the puzzle... i never knew this term!! CHAIRDROBE... all my clothes are piled there right now
                    • Shae 🤓46:52 · 2024-05-06T14:01:03.293Z
                      Ok that was fair enough but I think a few of the wrong answers I had were better jokes. Ahh well
                      • DrTom constructor · 2024-05-06T22:15:13.738Z
                        I would not be at all surprised, half the fun of letting your mind roam free is what it finds on the trip!
                        Thanks for giving it a try, and by all means tell us your answers.
                      • ELSavage 🤓26:04 · 2024-05-08T01:37:10.317Z
                        It felt good to get it without any errors, though it did take a couple of sessions.
                        Play today's daily mini crossword
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                        "Do you know your car is on fire?"..." I don't know, ___ few bars"
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                        1. 1A
                          "Do you know your car is on fire?"..." I don't know, ___ few bars"
                        2. 5A
                          One piece of waste maybe?
                        3. 10A
                          Snakes that may have posed a question to Cleopatra
                        4. 14A
                          16 and 1/2 feet of baseball player
                        5. 15A
                          Actor who stole from the rich and gave to the poor, perhaps an ___ of judgement?
                        6. 16A
                          A question of voltage
                        7. 17A
                          Puerto___, #51?
                        8. 18A
                          When you say you are sorry, but you don't mean it
                        9. 20A
                          Roald and Arelene (or dishes you leave on your lentil)
                        10. 22A
                          Bad luck in binary
                        11. 23A
                          The dog who would be king
                        12. 24A
                          When you get a a bag of potato crisps that looks full but is mainly air
                        13. 27A
                          Tennis "oopsie"
                        14. 29A
                          A Berry Berry nice woman
                        15. 30A
                          Crock pot for flowers
                        16. 33A
                          Hours in 17A
                        17. 36A
                          Book about I, Claudius' dog
                        18. 38A
                          I never did this, I switched
                        19. 39A
                          Something you know you don't want to do even before you do it
                        20. 41A
                          The choice between two, equally boring, movies
                        21. 43A
                          Things that remain in old collars
                        22. 44A
                          The last thing many Greek school-kids heard
                        23. 46A
                          A song pair to keep you warm; "Hearth and ___, I'm so in love with you"
                        24. 47A
                          How Grecian odists get money
                        25. 48A
                          Name for an outhouse made of ice
                        26. 50A
                          Apt name for an angry guy
                        27. 52A
                          When you learn something that actually makes you dumber
                        28. 56A
                          Royal singer Cole who was hardly a bother
                        29. 58A
                          Citizen who might need help walking
                        30. 60A
                          What Bing shouted at the internet hoodlum
                        31. 61A
                          The chair you pile clothes on instead of putting them in the closet (as distinct from the floordrobe)
                        32. 65A
                          Italian rice (not as cool but more filling)
                        33. 66A
                          Description for almost anything Taylor Swift sings
                        34. 67A
                          Oh, that ain't nothing
                        35. 68A
                          D ___ daffy
                        36. 69A
                          "Odd crossword, that comes ___ surprise"
                        37. 70A
                          Friend of "Yoikes!"
                        38. 71A
                          Despite being delightful they are deadly
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                        1. 1D
                          A REALLY difficult school course
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                          What they might have called the wind in "Paint Your Wagon" if it were a male
                        3. 3D
                          Sweet rice cakes, "I like em; this ___ know"
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                          He makes a nice beer or a tender steak
                        5. 5D
                          A fine type of jam for rappers
                        6. 6D
                          This is always going against the Tide
                        7. 7D
                          Description of a bad apple
                        8. 8D
                          "Chicago" girl that was all Hart
                        9. 9D
                          What dogs in Swiss mountain ranges eat
                        10. 10D
                          If the song had been "___ in the Game" it might have made a bigger point
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                          Historical periods lasting for less than a year
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                          A now passé way to get someone's attention
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                          If you are about to cross this river, things are not going to pick up
                        14. 19D
                          The result of shooting at food, for Jeb
                        15. 21D
                          Altitude gaining devices that I could watch forever!
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                          The elf that elf D asked, "What's it all about ___"
                        17. 26D
                          Do NOT tell a lie to Judge ___
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                          Either the opposite of good or where the character in 25D lives
                        19. 31D
                          A Jamacian may say jerk, but in Yiddish it is
                        20. 32D
                          Not a type of gasoline but the rest of the people don't know that
                        21. 33D
                          The VIcar hated one section of the church because it gave him a pain in the ___
                        22. 34D
                          Kind of like a Spanish woman; Abbr.
                        23. 35D
                          Found on the cheek of anyone reading these HILARIOUS clues
                        24. 37D
                          Popular computer company name after it moved to Ireland
                        25. 38D
                          Like an overzealous soccer referee
                        26. 40D
                          Fractured past tense of gone, to Peer
                        27. 42D
                          Unpleasant to behold, but with a more constant vowel
                        28. 45D
                          A greeting from Mickey's girlfriend in the Spanish speaking part of Long Island
                        29. 49D
                          People with a Tarable house?
                        30. 51D
                          Thorn in the side of V. Putin
                        31. 52D
                          Remove all of the marked cards from a deck
                        32. 53D
                          Bad attempt to name the singular of thistle
                        33. 54D
                          A stain on your tissue
                        34. 55D
                          Just because there was a famous movie about one it doesn't mean all of them are high
                        35. 56D
                          Organization creating future millionaires; Abbr.
                        36. 57D
                          Sounds made when you realize you are getting near the end of this puzzle
                        37. 59D
                          Commercials about wood shaping tools?
                        38. 62D
                          Judge whose morning treat was NOT O.J.
                        39. 63D
                          Filler for A&E
                        40. 64D
                          Canadian interjections
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