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<title>Do Squares Reveal?</title>
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createExolve(`
======REPLACE WITH YOUR PUZZLE BELOW======
exolve-begin
exolve-id: gussalufz-8
exolve-title: Do Squares Reveal?
exolve-setter: Gussalufz
exolve-copyright: 2018 Viresh Ratnakar
exolve-width: 13
exolve-height: 13
exolve-question: What is the answer to the question posed by the title? (5) PARTY
exolve-nina: a13 i13 g11 m7 h2
exolve-nina: h12 i12 j12 k12 l12 m12 a8 b8 c8 d8 j6 k6 l6 m6 a2 b2 c2 d2 e2 f2
exolve-explanations:
<p>
The solution to the question posed in the title (“Do Squares Reveal…?”) is
PARTY, revealed by the locations in the grid that are “squares”:
1 (1<sup>2</sup>), 4 (2<sup>2</sup>), 9 (3<sup>2</sup>), 16 (4<sup>2</sup>),
and 25 (5<sup>2</sup>).
</p>
<p>
Four of the clues use “drink” as the definition, to go along with this
PARTY theme. These four clues are located in two pairs of symmetric
locations.
</p>
<p>
This puzzle is a pangram.
</p>
exolve-grid:
P.P.B...A.S.T
UPHILL.SCOTCH
T.A.A.R.Q.R.I
DILEMMA.USAGE
O.A.E.D.I.Y.F
WINE.DIARY...
N.X.P.A.E.B.T
...EARTH.BEER
M.M.R.I.Z.H.O
EJECT.OVERALL
O.R.A.N.B.P.L
WHISKY.YUPPIE
S.T.E...S.Y.Y
exolve-across:
7 Tough group Hillary exposed (6) UPHILL. Def: Tough. Hidden word: (-gro)UP HILL(-ary).
8 Spoil drink (6) SCOTCH. Double def. Def: Spoil. Def: drink.
10 Email M.D. about predicament (7) DILEMMA. Def: predicament. EMAILMD*.
11 Company terminates country employment (5) USAGE. Def: employment. GE after ("terminates") USA.
12 One overwhelmed by strange new drink (4) WINE. Def: drink. I in NEW*.
13 Invasion repelled with the tip of heavy log (5) DIARY. Def: log. RAID<< (-heav)Y.
17 Home fireplace fails to start (5) EARTH. Def: Home. (-h)EARTH.
18 Teetotaller has to skip superior drink (4) BEER. Def: drink. BE(-tt)ER.
22 Build upon jack for royal flush (5) EJECT. Def: flush. E(-r+J)ECT.
23 Massaged a lover with oil at the rear end? Gross! (7) OVERALL. Def: Gross. ALOVER* (-oi)L.
24 Mix final party drink (6) Def: drink. WHISKY. WHISK (-part)Y.
25 Indeed, pizza for a millennial working in San Francisco, perhaps? (6) YUPPIE. Def: a millennial working in San Francisco, perhaps. YUP PIE.
exolve-down:
1 Slight bit of drowsiness in city, after rising up? (7) PUTDOWN. Def: Slight. D(-rowsiness) in TOWN, after UP<<.
2 Settled attack formation rioted, hard to explain (7) PHALANX. Def: attack formation. Composite anagram with "Settled" as the anagrind. PHALANX RIOTED* = HARD TO EXPLAIN.
3 Eminem album full of revolutionary rap (5) BLAME. Def: rap. Reverse hidden word: (-emin)EM ALB(-um) <<.
4 Get a group of singers played on the radio (7) ACQUIRE. Def: Get. A CHOIR homophone.
5 Lost openers to suicidal tight run and yorker (5) STRAY. Def: Lost. Acrostic: S(-uicidal) T(-ight) R(-un) A(-nd) Y(-orker).
6 If he sneakily succeeds? Assets relieved of asses! (5) THIEF. Def: &Lit. IFHE* after (-asse)T(-s).
9 Helping to raise internal funds for energy (9) RADIATION. Def: energy. RA(AID<<)TION.
14 Eat up tart cake after removing toppings (7) PARTAKE. Def: Eat. (-u)P (-t)ART (-c)AKE.
15 What's that app next to boxing? Bobby's recommendation? (2,5) BE HAPPY. Def: Bobby's recommendation (referring to Bobby McFerrin's famous song, Don't Worry Be Happy). EH ("What's that") APP inside BY ("next to").
16 Cart overturned: moreover, trapped cycle (7) TROLLEY. Def: Cart. YET<< around ROLL ("cycle").
19 Some confusion about wife's catcalls? (5) MEOWS. Def: catcalls. SOME* around W.
20 Value of Reverend's wire transfer, say (5) MERIT. Def: Value. Spoonerism of REMIT ("wire transfer, say" as verb). Another of my one-word Spoonerisms, unfortunately.
21 God sheltering second-tier animals (5) ZEBUS. Def: animals. ZE(B)US.
exolve-postscript:
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<a href="index.html">All puzzles by Gussalufz (and doppelgängers)</a>
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