Themeless 41!
fitting that this puzzle is coming out on the 4-year anniversary of "A drive into deep left field by Castellanos" because it features a lot of inside baseball playtested by gimblebrix tinies himself .puz
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Let's Get Physical
Decided to dip my toes into using asterisks for movie titles and such so you'll notice some of that Thanks to Owen Bergstein for test solving! .puz
Notes From The Editors (Half-Variety Cryptic)
shoutout to Zach Sherwin for having a great Instagram and my mother being in the musical "Nine" for inspiration on 1-Across, my buddy Max aka Assorted Interests for inspiration on 15-Down, and juff and skald for trying in vain to improve my puzzle even though i didn't listen at all to them .puz
Guest Puzzle
So a cool thing I've been doing at my synagogue for the 4th and 5th graders I teacher's assist is running a crosswords elective, and what's neat about it is that I've gotten together some Jewish crossword constructors I know to make guest puzzles for it! Will Eisenberg's puzzle was the first week's and the kids loved it, the second week I was unprepared so we just did 6 NYT Daily Minis rapid-fire, and this past Sunday morning was a puzzle titled "Guest Puzzle" by the mysterious "Frisco17". Who could that possibly be? The kids were none the wiser, I'll tell you that much. This puzzle has one of my proudest themes, and plays pretty easy besides said theme. Best of luck! also this puzzle doubles as a birthday gift for one of my favorite Jews on the face of this earth, happy 18th eva!!!! :D .puz