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Smuggling Goods (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2022-05-03T06:00:22.223Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is what goodies often become like by the end
My surname can be traced back to Cornwall, a place known for smuggling goods into England for centuries. So it's clearly in my blood! There may or may not be some smuggling going on in this puzzle. It got past the border police, so hopefully you're smarter than them and can locate the answer to the meta, which is what goodies often become like by the end. Answer and explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=92473#p92473
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- dplass solved 2022-05-03T11:17:58.362Z
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- I don't see all the hidden characters but got just enough to be a scruffy eared nerf herder.
- I see what you did there! May the fourth be with you. :)
- Tom Wilson 11:04 · 2022-05-03T12:36:21.848ZI can't top dplass' comment, so I'll just say, "Well done, sir." Luckily, I picked up on the vibe early enough so as not to scream, "It's a trap!" down the office hallway.
- I K Snamhcok 3s · 2022-05-03T13:39:17.015ZI’m not enough of a Star Wars nerd to think of a smart remark. So I’ll limit myself to: Fun!
- woozy 11:30 · 2022-05-03T16:51:39.123ZDo I dare admit how little I like Star Wars?Anyone get thrown by YOgA and figured Ben was doing an extra Ben level? Did anyone else get FA*****Y and figure "no, way I'm going to get those minor characters in EATS INTO ('tsinto'? was there as 'tsinto'?) or TAKEONME", and guess FATTY? (Goodies eventually become fatty).Actually.... can I admit I don't really get this? ...These star war characters aren't all smugglers (isn't only one a smuggler?); what is the "goods" or "goodies" being referred to?; and.... how exactly do they become family?But fine puzzle. Fine Puzzle. (Did anyone think for a nano-second that COFFINNAIL hid a "FIN(e)" and we were supposed to find synonyms for "good"?)
- All of the characters hidden in the grid are "goodies" as opposed to "baddies".
- woozy 11:30 · 2022-05-03T22:58:44.100ZOkay... but how do they become family?
- This is possibly a bit of a long shot, but by the end of most movies the goodies all seem like one big happy family (at least, in "happily ever after" movies).
- Tyrpmom 3s · 2022-05-04T13:16:32.408ZYes to YOGAAnd FINN-INFO, ARTOO-ORATE, MACE-META, KEO-OED (I found him on a list), LANDO-ENOLA. Made for a deep rabbit hole. I thought I left this in a comment when I solved , but I don’t see it.
- DIS 🤓6:08 · 2022-05-03T17:31:27.566ZThanks for commemorating the day.
- Bird Lives 4s · 2022-05-03T18:09:47.980ZI saw the original in a theater long, long ago (though not far, far away) but passed on all the other forty-two (or however many) sequel and prequels. So I had to Google like crazy to find these hidden characters.
- Bbaack 15:56 · 2022-05-04T03:22:48.556ZFun one, but I was sad to see there wasn't a shout out to the greatest smuggler of all, who made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs. Would that make it a Solo solve?
- I just couldn't get him in. I know, I know, the irony!
- Sorry to be late to the cantina! I should have guessed when I saw YODA and knowing today was Star Wars Day that it was that theme, but noooooo. I spent so much time on "What you need to get into a pool - ARTE = ANTE" and "Object that is good at cleaning wax PROLE = PROBE". Good one Ben, and I'm glad that in the end you let the Kooky win!
- Gutman 8s · 2022-05-04T22:39:45.025ZFYI. 5 of the characters can be found in the grid with one letter change. (Yoda/yoga, lando/enola, artoo/orate, mace/meta, finn/info). I looked for this mechanism for too long.
- That was definitely unintended. But it certainly sounds like something Matt Gaffney would do!
- Carolyn 3s · 2022-05-05T21:51:45.466ZSaw Star Wars right off, along with YODA and ARTOO. Then struggled... but it was fun. Thanks!
- Yes, in order to generate an appropriate meta answer and long entries I had to deviate from the well-known names a little (or a lot, as the case may be!)
- Needed just Nudge #1. I even thought TOKYODAWNS was such a weird entry and I did spot YODA in it, but I was too focused on the "good" entries to spot the STAR WARS hint (and then I had to use googling + trial and error to find the other characters, I didn't even know ARTOO was a way to refer to R2D2).
- FYI, Artoo is in the script (https://imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-A-New-Hope.html): "INT. REBEL BLOCKADE RUNNER - MAIN PASSAGEWAY An explosion rocks the ship as two robots, Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2) and See-Threepio (C-3PO) struggle to make their way through the shaking, bouncing passageway. Both robots are old and battered. Artoo is a short, claw-armed tripod."
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- 1ACentre of a solar system
- 5A"Cool, man!"
- 9APut to shame
- 14ARipped
- 15AGeometry prefix for nine
- 16ACity of Greek myth, home to the lion killed by Heracles
- 17AMeditative exercise
- 18ASomething that isn't good for you yet you have another one anyway, figuratively speaking
- 20AMillie Bobby Brown movie, "___ Holmes"
- 22A"This is the funniest thing ever!" (in a text)
- 23ALargest of the Andreanof Islands, Alaska
- 24AColoured eye part
- 26AObject that is good for clearing wax out of your pinna, for example
- 28AChips away at
- 32AA vote in favour
- 33AShowed discomfort, a good way of indicating the presence of pain, perhaps
- 34AWorking-class member, in Britain
- 38AAnxiety issue, briefly
- 39APertaining to bees
- 42A"It all went to ___" (got messed up)
- 43AFrench "manger"
- 46AWhat you need at all good pools to be allowed to participate, usually
- 49AActress who played Cuba Gooding Jr.'s girlfriend in "Boyz in the Hood", ___ Long
- 51AAha's biggest hit
- 52A"Lord of the Rings" actor, ___ Bloom, who made a really good elf
- 56ALow-carb diet
- 57AOprah protege, Dr. ___
- 58ACommedia dell'___
- 60AClassic line from Charles M. Jones' "Cheese Chasers": "It just don't ___!"
- 64ADaybreaks in Japan's capital city, a good place to enjoy the rising sun
- 67AStand up
- 68AWhat the red indicator means on a toilet door
- 69AWedding cake layer
- 70ABaking necessity
- 71AGave up, as land
- 72AWhat doesn't justify the means, for non-utilitarians
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- 2DThe dog in "Cheese Chasers", who utters the line referred to in 60 across, for example
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- 4DTrue-to-life art style
- 5DPixar movie, "Monsters ___"
- 6DThreshold
- 7DData, for short
- 8DSocial blunder
- 9D"The Dutch House" author, ___ Patchett
- 10D"Love is a Battlefield" singer, Pat ___
- 11DItalian adjective that means beloved
- 12DJapanese watchmaker
- 13DIslamic equivalent of kosher
- 19D"Now ___ me down to sleep"
- 21DOpera highlight
- 25DMachu Picchu resident
- 27DAgent, for short
- 28DHonour achieved most recently by Alan Menken, for short
- 29DWith the bow, in music
- 30DOcean's rise and fall
- 31DKeats, for one
- 35DReady for customers
- 36DFertile soil
- 37DOh, "to be" in Paris!
- 40DRoused from sleep
- 41DGreek goddess of victory (and a athletic shoe company, for those without a classical education)
- 44DExamine methodically and in detail
- 45DElement with atomic number 50
- 47DWhat this crossword is (ooh, how 47 down!)
- 48D28th president, ___ Wilson
- 50D"Cigar anyone? I've just become ___!"
- 52DNerve behind the eye
- 53DRiver running through Lake Geneva
- 54DPolitical party in Israel
- 55DSpeechify
- 59DRomulus, to Remus
- 61DOne who sings a 21 down
- 62DSomeone with an id and password
- 63DCorrals
- 65DBritish reference work (abbr.)
- 66DGraduating class (abbr.)
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