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· By Pair O Ducks · Published 2023-08-14T11:29:21.922Z

Meta Prompt
The 10-letter meta answer is something you can give five rows in this puzzle.
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  • EdBogie 🤓18:37 · 2023-08-14T11:29:21.922Z
    👀👀👀
    • Meg 3s · 2023-08-14T12:51:53.977Z
      This was a lot easier after I stopped trying to do something with those 10 words. Thanks, Pair O.
      • Pair O Ducks constructor · 2023-08-14T14:35:12.921Z
        I'm sure a smarter constructor than me could have found a way to go that extra mile. We here at Pair-o-Ducks enterprises like to keep things simple!
      • merlinnimue 🤓7:56 · 2023-08-14T12:48:49.008Z
        I think it takes a significant leap to go from the metanism to the meta answer... but a dumdum like me got there so what do I know... Anyway thanks for the very fun puzzle
        • Pair O Ducks constructor · 2023-08-14T14:29:40.655Z
          This one does seem to be playing a little tougher than expected, but glad you still enjoyed the puzzle!
        • Hector 🤓9:19 · 2023-08-14T15:49:15.100Z
          ^^^ agree with the wizardwitch. Great to have two challenging steps in a meta. Thanks!
          • boharr 4s · 2023-08-14T16:07:03.155Z
            Took me enough tries! I need to bone up on social media. Thanks for the puzzle.
            • Darth 🤓13:04 · 2023-08-14T16:02:04.920Z
              I've never heard of this expression, but Google helped. I tried pair of eyes, side glance, eye contact, eye surgery... lol
              • boharr 4s · 2023-08-14T16:30:59.511Z
                And of course eye glasses. LOL.
                • HeadinHome 🤓8:32 · 2023-08-16T17:35:50.783Z
                  I submitted PAIR OF EYES too. Not familiar with “the side eye” (also, felt like it should be plural since you’re doing it to the ROW (two I’s for each row), which would be 11 letters… but maybe the saying doesn’t work in the plural.)
              • DrTom 4s · 2023-08-14T16:50:51.724Z
                Man I was so sure it would be a case where I had to find the new word (IMAGE, ICON, COATI, DASHI, etc.). Threw me for a loop. I also tried: PAIR OF EYES, A SET OF EYES. Got there in the end though - thanks for the puzzle.
                • damefox 🤓5:44 · 2023-08-14T16:52:03.393Z
                  Oof, it took so long for this to occur to me as a 10-letter phrase. @boharr had to tell me I had already solved it lol. I thought of SIDE EYE right away but figured that couldn't be right. You might consider removing "10-letter" from the prompt and accepting SIDE EYE without the article as a valid answer as well. "10-letter" and "five rows" also brings about the (maybe intentional?) red herring that two letters in the answer will come from each row, which isn't what's happening. Love this phrase as an answer though! And great puzzle!
                  So many great clues in here too! My favorite has to be the reference at 46A46A"So long and ___ for all the fish"[------]. What a fantastic book.
                  • Pair O Ducks constructor · 2023-08-14T21:29:12.713Z
                    Thanks for solving! I waffled on including the 10-letter prompt, I had hoped it would make it easier to solve but now that more eyes have seen it it seems to be causing hiccups for a lot of people.
                    • Sharkicicles 2s · 2023-08-16T18:07:58.268Z
                      You’re a hoopy frood who really knows where your towel is.
                    • rjy 2s · 2023-08-14T19:14:01.311Z
                      Similar to others - had the metanism and the sense of the answer but couldn't stick the landing without a nudge. Tried PAIR OF EYES, DOUBLE EYES, and even thought of SIDE EYES but could not stretch that to 10 letters without a nudge. Good concept and fun challenge!
                      (BTW, your settings for the puzzle did not include a delay for the "Give Up" to be active, so it took all my willpower to not peek once I was narrowing in!)
                      • Bird Lives 3s · 2023-08-14T21:11:56.807Z
                        I thought my answer was going to be incorrect and that the answer would be some term relating to stereoscopic vision.. Imagine my surprise and delight.
                        • Wendy Walker 3s · 2023-08-14T21:36:47.247Z
                          Two of the ones on the right side made me kinda hungry! Fun puzzle; thanks!
                          • Laura M 🤓7:41 · 2023-08-14T22:15:49.283Z
                            Good one!
                            • imontoo 3s · 2023-08-14T22:43:36.251Z
                              I had the answer for most of the day. I just wasn’t 100% sure. Thanks for the puzzle!
                              • Berto 19:49 · 2023-08-14T23:20:41.934Z
                                Took me an age to get the first step, and then got it stuck in my head that the answer was a 10-letter word! Tried all sorts of “-ION” words, thought DEPOSIT-I-ON fitted quite nicely lol!
                                • THC 🤓5:28 · 2023-08-15T21:26:49.338Z
                                  Thanks, Schmidzy! Gotta admit this meme is a new one to me. My age is showin’!
                                  • Mwoychick 12:26 · 2023-08-15T21:49:51.622Z
                                    Finally got it without hints but not before making a couple of wild guesses yesterday and not before making what I thought was a really clever guess of "eyes peeled" before getting the actual answer
                                    • ajk 🤓6:49 · 2023-08-16T00:43:16.595Z
                                      oooooooh. THE SIDE EYE. Gotcha. My bad. :)
                                      • ajk 🤓6:49 · 2023-08-16T00:30:07.752Z
                                        Feel like I've cheated because my version was only 8 letters. :) :) Got the I's right away, and then thought PAIR OF EYES was definitely it. Threw in a couple of related things as well, but never got SIDE EYE to go anywhere. After some folks mentioned on the Zoom tonight that it was a younger phrase I decided that maybe SIDE EYES might work after all. But confess I still don't see the 10 letter version, so I should only get half credit. :) :)
                                        • HeadinHome 🤓8:32 · 2023-08-16T17:39:03.796Z
                                          Should have posted my comment in the main trunk instead of as a reply to someone else’s comment: I join the ranks of PAIR OF EYES flunkies, and the not-hip-to-the-jargon crowd. Still, a really clever puzzle!
                                          • Ergcat 58s · 2023-08-16T19:50:46.458Z
                                            Needed the nudges! Great puzzle!
                                            • michaelm 🤓10:55 · 2023-08-16T20:28:40.302Z
                                              First submitted "The Eye Test". Thought that felt very familiar. Oh, 39D39DCharts printed in Optician Sans[--------]. Thanks Schmidzy! 👀
                                              • Qmark 3s · 2023-08-17T10:40:21.590Z
                                                Had the mechanism but needed the nudges to help me find the right expression. Thanks for the meta!
                                                • Capn Rick 🤓6:59 · 2023-08-17T20:51:23.096Z
                                                  Nice one, Schmidzy! Very original concept and execution.
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                                                  It's not pro
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                                                    It's not pro
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                                                    Popular computer game whose name derives from the Greek for "four"
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                                                    It can be made from down, paint, or arms
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                                                    In the manner of
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                                                    Beethoven's Third
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                                                    Ish
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                                                    Alternatives to sts.
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                                                    Princess Peach, to Mario
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                                                    Long-running CBS crime drama
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                                                    Word before and after "or no"
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                                                    Views, biblically
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                                                    Measurement for salt
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                                                    High or low 1D1DOne of 52[----]'s
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                                                    Narc.'s unit
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                                                    If I grow one in a dish-shaped planter, is it a pokey bowl?
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                                                    It helps you take a wider view of things
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                                                    Exited slumber
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                                                    Half of a pop rock duo from Philadelphia
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                                                    Diarist Anaïs
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                                                    ___myprofessors.com
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                                                    *Where to look, left and right
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                                                    Wed
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                                                    Time zone that sounds like a secretive attention-getter
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                                                    Winona of "Stranger Things"
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                                                    Descriptor for encounters of the third kind
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                                                    Dogs with deep wrinkles (and a high risk for skin diseases ... ouch!)
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                                                    "So long and ___ for all the fish"
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                                                    CPR experts
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                                                    Biblical murderer
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                                                    Spelling whiz?
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                                                    "This ___ __" (message on a cardboard box)
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                                                    Mitochondria's milieu
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                                                    Yalies
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                                                    Stickers that cost $0.66
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                                                    Flight formation
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                                                    A wild party, or how one might review that party if it was great
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                                                    More like Mari Kondo's house
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                                                    Bookends of 37A37ADiarist Anaïs[---]
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                                                    Competes
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                                                    Manhasset products
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                                                    Go bad
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                                                    Descriptor for some shoppes
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                                                    They're out of this world! (abbr.)
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                                                    Theo alternative
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                                                    Wipes out
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                                                    Books such as Infinite Jest or Anna Karenina
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                                                    Double in size, as yeasted dough
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                                                    One who cuts a fine figure?
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                                                    Bet you can't eat just six! (in 60 seconds)
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                                                    Bird of prey
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                                                    Buyer beware, at a garage sale
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                                                    Balderdash, to a Brit
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                                                    Fritter made from potatoes and matzo meal
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                                                    "I couldn't remember the letter between P and R." "I guess you missed your ___."
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                                                    Angeles antecedent
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                                                    Complains (perhaps about smelly fish)
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                                                    Bathed, as in light
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                                                    Terra ___
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                                                    Infinite Jest and Anna Karenina have a lot of these
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                                                    Negatively charged particle
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                                                    Capital city on the Svislach River
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                                                    Mountains home to alpacas, chinchillas, and llamas
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                                                    Huh, strange, right?
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                                                    Charts printed in Optician Sans
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                                                    Mel, "The Man of a Thousand Voices"
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                                                    Stat for a car or a turntable
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                                                    Letter after phi
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                                                    Pieces to lure an extraterrestrial
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                                                    Bugged, like a phone wire
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                                                    Spice used in curry and taco seasoning
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                                                    Griffin of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune
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                                                    Jai ___
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                                                    Bequeath
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                                                    Art movement for Marcel Duchamp
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                                                    At any point
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                                                    Host Jay of the 2021 "You Bet Your Life" reboot
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                                                    For fear that
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                                                    Learning syst. behind Anki, Duolingo, and plain old flashcards
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