Ornate fabric

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Recap

Congrats to Mark, Kate, sd204, Joel, x, Mikey, Boims, Lisa, Jim, Steve, Graham, Doc, Eric, daisdon-asaurus, and all you 23 mysterious, anonymous folks for completing last week’s puzzle online.

Cheers to all the old schoolers who printed it off to solve.

Thanks to everyone who played – even just a bit!

Crossword

FEATURED CLUE | 48-across: Ornate fabric design from India

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The Commons

• CLUE: Test a screwdriver? (3) — 🖋️Robyn Weintraub

• CLUE: ____ one's appetite (4) — 🖋️Caitlin Reid

  ⬇️ Answers below

The Commons is a guessing game of common/short answers or “crosswordese” used in puzzles.

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Answers

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The Commons

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Puzzle clues

1-Across: “The Old Farmer’s _______”

8-Across: Louie and Lucy from the University of New Mexico

13-Across: _____ way or another

14-Across: Inserts over an underwire

17-Across: Pepperonis, for example

18-Across: Largest country in Africa

19-Across: He authored a famous report about Bill Clinton

21-Across: Eel, in an order

22-Across: French paper whose name comes from a “Barber of Seville” character

23-Across: Contributed to the city noisescape

24-Across: Solo, in an adaptation of “The Barber of Seville”

25-Across: Sewing machine, maybe, or as two words, what might be experienced for sewing rush orders

27-Across: Close-out keys

28-Across: Selection for a meal kit service

29-Across: Pack in the car, in adspeak

30-Across: *It really keeps your skin safe

33-Across: *It really holds up the goods

34-Across: Madness

37-Across: See 39-across

39-Across: ____ Lake City, 37-across

43-Across: Coding machines, maybe, or as two words, what they might be called when running away to wed

47-Across: Smallest of the Greats

48-Across: Ornate fabric design from India

49-Across: Like the best bonds

51-Across: “Hit me up, homie”

52-Across: Added with Canva, maybe

53-Across: Don’t test me

55-Across: They swell during some allergic reactions

57-Across: Italian port with a fishy name...fish in Italian, that is

58-Across: Landlord’s bane

59-Across: Challenges

60-Across: Stanky to the nth degree

1-Down: Aka motor neuron disease (MND)

2-Down: They talk a bit too much on Capitol Hill, you could say

3-Down: Vicious and spiteful

4-Down: Early Christian who lied then died (also a nickname for a liar)

5-Down: Additive-free alert

6-Down: Hill and Baker

7-Down: Borgia who was brother to Lucrezia and son of Pope Alexander VI

8-Down: Support with a 90-degree bend

9-Down: Landing loc. for Disney World

10-Down: Roll for a banh mi

11-Down: One who shows up for the “Show at 7”

12-Down: Mexican shawls that resemble ponchos

15-Down: Rundown from the news, say

16-Down: “Because I _______” (parent’s response)

20-Down: *It really stops traffic

22-Down: Ka ___, southernmost point of the Big Island

23-Down: Made it up as he went, in slang

26-Down: A no-show, colloquially

30-Down: Grapes with a royal, Arabic-sounding name

31-Down: Late alphabet ref. volume

32-Down: Recharge fast, say

34-Down: Tech implant in a fur friend

35-Down: Help a pup skip the pound

36-Down: Most sinister

38-Down: *It really doesn’t understand

39-Down: Quackers that can stand salt water

40-Down: Skilled performer

41-Down: Keepers of property until debts are paid

42-Down: Conference once focused on technology, entertainment, and design

44-Down: Intertwine

45-Down: Hair or eyebrow follower

46-Down: Type of cannabis first classified by Linnaeus

50-Down: Enzyme produced by the kidneys

52-Down: Guesses for when you’re getting in, briefly

54-Down: Orig. private operator of the New York City subway

56-Down: “Ready, ____, go!” (If you decided to start with the last clue this time)