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053: Beans Aplenty

Writer's picture: JacJac

Now Playing: Princess Leia's Theme by John Williams

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Word Count: 78

Mean Word Length: 4.74


May the 7th be with you! Yeah, that doesn't have quite have the same ring to it. It's been Star Wars mania this week with May 4th being Star Wars day. It should come as no surprise that the celebration influenced my clue writing for today's crossword and music selection. Below is a themed puzzle that is inspired by some of my recent cooking. It has been a rather chilly start to May here in Minnesota so I've needed to cook more chili.


Non NYT Words: 5D, 11D

Non Shortz-Era Word: 31D

Music Inspiration Word: 15A (A bit on the nose 😉)

Reused 4+ Letter Words: 1D, 2D, 8D, 13D, 14A, 30D, 52D, 54D, 55A, 58D, 69A (It's another themed puzzle, it can't be helped)

Unique Words to Date: 2,387


If you solve, stream, like, love, or find a typo in my crossword, please feel free to let me know!


Cheers,

Jac



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Norah Sharpe
Norah Sharpe
May 07, 2021

Nice! Really cute theme. I do wonder about the matchiness on 15A - is that thing a soloist, or does a soloist use it? Dunno - either way, thanks!

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Jac
Jac
May 07, 2021
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I'm glad you liked the theme! Regarding 15A, I went a made a minor update to it adding a question mark to the end of the clue. The thing in question is a soloist in the referenced musical track.

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Sean McBride
Sean McBride
May 07, 2021

Another fun one! Loved the clues for 46A, especially crossing the theme entry that it does--that really primed me for a misdirection. 61A was really nice too. And couldn't help but enjoy all the laughter that appeared in the lower grid. Great puzzle!

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Jac
Jac
May 07, 2021
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What's funny about the crossing of 46A and 11D is that was not intentional when I was writing the clues. I do my brainstorming and writing in a spreadsheet so I didn't see those clues cross until I was doing my final checks on the crossword. Thanks for the compliments!

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