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What a difference just one letter makes. It wasn’t until I was pretty much done with cluing today’s puzzle that I’d noticed that there was a [gasp!] pretty egregiously duped answer in the grid. And when you’ve got a 62 (!) word, wide-open grid on your hand, there’s really nothing you can do except grit your teeth and hope nobody notices. These corners are just too damned interconnected to allow for a quick fix. We’re talking major revision here. Anyway, a miracle happened. Amy Reynaldo noticed that one measly square could be changed and, ta-da, no dupe. I’d go so far as to say her suggestion even made the grid better. So thanks, Amy!
I shall leave figuring out what square was changed as an exercise to the reader.
Share the puzzle. New one on Thursday.
RIP my sister and my nephew killed in a car accident caused by a drunk driver on Dec. 08, 2112.
49 Across answer … Ouch.
Excellent puzzle. Just FYI, there’s a fairly strong consensus within the trans community that the word “tranny” is offensive. See below:
“What words are offensive to transgender people?
These words should not be used: ‘transvestite,’ ‘she-male,’ ‘he-she,’ ‘it,’ ‘trannie,’ ‘tranny,’ and ‘shim.’ These words are dehumanizing, and using them to refer to any person is similar to using an anti-gay epithet.”
From GLAAD, http://www.glaad.org/transgender – GLAAD’s Trangender Resources.