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It may be easy, but the clues are truly brilliant and the construction is masterful. I have to confess that I didn't notice the pattern till I was finished.

@gk You got me. I can't see it either. Spent my coffee break staring at it.

@Aristo Sounds as if you found it. Do you mean the BIG square?

syzygy,
i don't think i ever thanked you for a link that you posted quite a while ago, so, ta v much.
enjoyed this new one. Isn't it just the middle square that "solvers should circle"?

...i'm thinking of where you might dig for a chestful of booty.

You're welcome, though I'm not sure to which link you're referring.
Possibly the Wall Street Journal:
http://blogs.wsj.com/puzzle/

http://www.crosswordsolver.org/forum/323060/wall-street-journal-puzzles

No, I now see it was re earlier Harper's.
The search bar here still has a few glitches.

Re this puzzle:

The big X & its centre seems rather obvious, but I was expecting something more.

That's exactly what I meant! Can't see what else could be intended, though. Maybe we're just expecting too much, as often........................

i agree about it being a bit obvious, i'm still wondering if i've overlooked something. it was a great puzzle overall tho.


re. the link i mentioned.
i think it may have been advice, rather than an actual link, but was much appreciated.Ta :-)

Good -- sometimes I can help with the technical stuff.

Yesterday was like that. HQ did a major systems upgrade to our library database & I walked into bedlam. Nobody could log in. 10 minutes of "magic hands" & we were up & running.

90% of computer work requires a shaman. (-;

Waiting for Aristo to weigh in with some wisdom. He said he saw it.

Some great clues. My fave: 11D. Also, 22D, 37D, but lots of others.

Not sure of parsing for 41A, 8D (Nova ?), 31D.

Any ideas?