Focus Group
◆ · By JeffsPuzzles · Published 2025-04-02T11:51:44.097Z
Jeff Linder
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Brews that I've put in crosswords more than I've consumed IRL
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- 1ABrews that I've put in crosswords more than I've consumed IRL
- 5AHowever, slangily
- 8AWords before "worthy' in a question
- 11ABass alternative in a Dixieland band
- 12APutin predecessor
- 14AName of five Norwegian kings
- 15AApportion
- 16AFocus group?
- 18AWine with shrimp on the barbie, maybe (I have no problem drinking red wine with seafood)
- 19ABuzzing or spelling things
- 20ATease
- 21A____ Reader
- 22ABlunder
- 25APick, in a football box score
- 27AKendrick or Karenina
- 28ALeast qualified to serve in Trump's cabinet?
- 31ADylan classic ("Go away from my window / Leave at your own chosen speed")
- 34APalindromic South Pacific language
- 35AThe whole shebang
- 36AChose in favor of
- 37AFeline life allotment, they say
- 38APaleo opposite
- 39AIf it's in the ballpark, it's close-ish (abbr.)
- 40ABuck or bucks
Down
- 1DLangston Hughes classic ("___ sing America")
- 2DMashes
- 3DGood thing to take if you're dirty, bad thing to take if you're an investor
- 4DUrbanity
- 5DRarest blood group
- 6DSI unit of frequency
- 7DSmell (Sp.)
- 8DHow dishes usually are sold
- 9DGlove relative
- 10DActual, in a Latin phrase
- 13DDark Star Orchestra or Bohemian Queen, e.g.
- 17DMed'l scan
- 22DMake up lost ground
- 23DRecorded
- 24DUnthinking
- 25DWords before "worthy" in a statement
- 26DSSW opposite
- 28DBox score fodder
- 29DGymnopédies composer
- 30DSteak type
- 32DLike Michelangelo's "David"
- 33DFormer Israeli President Weizman