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72 worder today. Lesser construction constraints makes for more fun stuff in the grid. Less crap holding it together. In short: another winner for you. Enjoy.
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Terrific puzzle
Nice one! Tough but so worth the battle
Another winner. Thanks!
Good puzzle, but megaton and petajoule are energy units. Nerdy physics guy response. Thanks
59D: this typo rilly lead me astray. Think you just typed it wrong rather than tried to make a humorous point with the cluing. But BEQ is still highly reliable.
Speaking as a pastor, I loved “Ass man of the Bible”!
You beat me to it. Great puzzle, BEQ!
Ha! I did the same thing. Like you I caught the typo in 59D then hesitated, wondering if it was intentional and there was something I was missing.