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Stutter Step

· By Chris Barbee · Published 2024-10-14T04:01:20.578Z

Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a song title
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  • Dave C 9s · 2024-10-14T16:15:41.166Z
    Don't know if there is anything more to it than B-B-B-Bennie...
    • KayW 🤓5:34 · 2024-10-14T20:01:15.312Z
      What a b-b-b-b-blast! Now to get rid of all these earworms :D thanks!
      • boharr 3s · 2024-10-14T21:12:15.661Z
        Third WAG worked.
        • MatthewL 🤓5:54 · 2024-10-14T21:35:46.437Z
          I guess spelling does count. Could've sworn it was Benny. Oh well --thanks for the puzzle, Chris!
          • Hector 🤓9:14 · 2024-10-14T22:38:07.611Z
            Are you from outside North America? If so, it was!
          • hoover 2s · 2024-10-14T23:12:06.318Z
            I'm waiting for the explanation. All I did was google "stuttering songs" and picked the one that started with B that wasn't already in the clues.
            • Chris Barbee constructor · 2024-10-15T00:43:52.409Z
              No explanation needed. Some will get it without googling. Was intended to be straightforward.
            • Darth 🤓9:54 · 2024-10-15T00:33:51.116Z
              B-b-b-bravo! :D
              • Anita and Steve 3s · 2024-10-15T01:41:57.555Z
                There is actually a song called BBBBBB. Thought it had to be that, for awhile.
                • woozy 12:06 · 2024-10-15T04:34:25.885Z
                  Hmm..... Never heard of this song.
                  (Seriously. I haven't. )
                  • lbray53 2s · 2024-10-15T15:26:58.609Z
                    Got it with a guess. I was quite sure that all of the clues starting with B, including four in a row, would lead me to the answer. I guess they did help with my guess.
                    • Chris Barbee constructor · 2024-10-15T17:53:16.371Z
                      All of the "theme" grid answers start with a B
                    • DrTom 16:40 · 2024-10-15T15:50:37.054Z
                      Spelling does indeed count! In my mind it was always Benny - WRONG!
                      N N N Nice job
                      • whimsy 🤓5:36 · 2024-10-16T00:47:53.883Z
                        Oh, the places I've b-b-b-been -- over complicating as usual. Needed to hear "straightforward," and comments on tonight's zoom to bring me into line! Thanks, Chris!
                        • Wendy Walker 3s · 2024-10-16T00:48:02.834Z
                          Like all Philly-area kids who grew up in the 1970s, I STILL sing that song as "B-b-b-Bernie in the nets" in honor of Flyers goalie Bernie Parent.
                          • HeadinHome 🤓2:02 · 2024-10-16T02:28:05.319Z
                            Wouldn’t have gotten this without the nudge about following the Yellow Brick Road (It follows that song on the album). Was there a route to get to this song other than googling songs that have BBBB stutters in them? (Are there no others?). Also, now I will be mis-singing Elton John songs for days. I’d look up the actual lyrics but mis-singing them is so much more fun.
                            • imontoo 2s · 2024-10-16T16:07:50.871Z
                              Enjoyed it, Chris!
                              • Sharkicicles 2s · 2024-10-16T19:10:18.607Z
                                When I got this one I almost had a heart attack ack ack ack ack. Took me a while though, I oughta known by now.
                                • Chris Barbee constructor · 2024-10-17T22:47:28.985Z
                                  Clever!
                                • michaelm 🤓9:58 · 2024-10-16T17:56:25.669Z
                                  Was my first guess Monday morning, but was looking for secondary mechanism in the grid until now to confirm. Wait, you have to consider the Title too? lol Yellow Brick Road indeed! Brings back memories of ice skating at Wissahickon rink many Sunday nights to Bennie and the Jets... Yeah, I'm just talkin' about my g-g-generation. Thanks Chris!
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                                  * "______ in the USSR", Beatles White Album hit
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                                  Across
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                                    * "______ in the USSR", Beatles White Album hit
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                                    Big Apple attraction, with "the"
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                                    Embarrass
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                                    "Cast Away" setting
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                                    "___ we having fun yet?"
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                                    * "______ the Bone", George Thorogood tune
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                                    Characterized by criminal behavior
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                                    Soap, e.g.
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                                    Ogle
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                                    A chip, maybe
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                                    Patron
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                                    Decide to leave, with "out"
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                                    Biochemistry abbr.
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                                    Brewski
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                                    Kosher ___
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                                    Con
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                                    Bubbling over
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                                    Actress Phoebe ("Fast Times at Ridgemont High")
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                                    *____ Seger, "Katmandu" rocker
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                                    "___ calls?"
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                                    Court
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                                    * "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" Canucks, familiarly
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                                    ___ preview
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                                    Epistle writer
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                                    Minds
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                                    Beethoven's "Archduke ___"
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                                    What you metaphorically leave upon solving this meta
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                                    "A jealous mistress": Emerson
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                                    When doubled, a dance
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                                    Affliction for those who go swimming too soon after eating, so I've been warned
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                                    "God's Little ___"
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                                    Density symbol
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                                    Busy places in June
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                                    Arm-twisting
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                                    * David ____ , "Changes" singer
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                                    Anger
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                                    Zenith
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                                    Eccentric
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                                    Animal house
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                                    * The Beach _____, "Barbara Ann" boppers
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                                    Angler's hope
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                                    Far from ruddy
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                                    Game name
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                                    Bar order
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                                    Hold
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                                    At one time, at one time
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                                    Middle Eastern capital
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                                    Biblical shepherd
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                                    Coffeehouse server
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                                    "Farewell, mon ami"
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                                    Bear
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                                    Otters' dens
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                                    Breach
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                                    Computer picture
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                                    Black gold
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                                    Birdbrain
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                                    Ball girls
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                                    Black, in poetry
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                                    Garage job
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                                    It blows off steam
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                                    Sean Connery, for one
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                                    It's bigger than a pond
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                                    Alpine transport
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                                    Decorative case
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                                    Aria, e.g.
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                                    In the movies
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                                    Biblical tongue
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                                    Bromo ingredient
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                                    "Harper Valley ___"
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                                    Back talk
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                                    Picket line crossers
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                                    Lowest deck
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                                    Ayatollah's decree
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                                    Feminine possessive
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                                    Hunted
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                                    Apple leftover
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                                    Law often used to convict mobsters
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                                    Comfortable, as accommodations (Var.)
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                                    Aces, sometimes
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                                    Taxi
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