Nice Game
◆ · By michaelm · Published 2023-03-20T11:00:57.414Z
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a sport.
Spoilers If You Want Them!
There are 5 theme answers
Each theme answer contains 2 instances of the same letter sequence
Add the total number of instances
Talk it through?
Write it out?
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- boharr 2s · 2023-03-20T12:37:49.329ZGreat debut, Mike. Thanks.
- Thanks for being first on Crosshare after Cap'n Rick and Peter, who went out of their way to help make it happen.
- Schmeel 2s · 2023-03-20T13:21:11.362ZAmazing! It took a moment - I was racking my brains trying to come up with a sport name with 2 'ni's in it, to no avail. Then I counted them. Thanks for the puzzle!
- Schmeel, Never even thought of that, but apparently there is something called Mini Tennis. Just googled it. Ack!
- Schmeel 2s · 2023-03-20T17:07:23.719ZI saw that too... but it seem it's usually referred to as 'miniten'.
- This was my first thought, and I was like, "Ugh, I don't know any." Then realized the TEN NIs. Love those little finds!
- Ergcat 17:03 · 2023-03-20T21:32:26.078ZSame for me! Then I counted the “NI” and said aloud “there are ten “ni’s”! Ahhhhhh
- Meg 3s · 2023-03-20T13:43:41.830ZGreat debut! Somehow "mini tennis" seemed a bit of a stretch.
- Thanks, Meg. Swear I've never even heard of Mini Tennis until this morning Might have scuttled the entire theme...or used it!
- Hector 2s · 2023-03-20T14:14:14.529Z
- Hector 2s · 2023-03-20T14:17:44.866ZI'm curious if you had any trouble fending off stray NIs in the grid, and also whether you considered letting the NI in "Nice" be the tenth. Thanks for the MMM!
- Hector - many stray NIs had to bite the dust - especially the downs! No, never considered NIce the tenth - was just happy to get ten in the theme entries! Thanks for solving.
- oldjudge 6s · 2023-03-20T14:02:15.031ZVery clever--thanks Mike!
- Bbaack 24:40 · 2023-03-20T14:53:11.815ZNice one! You aced it!
- MatthewL 8:28 · 2023-03-20T14:36:55.373ZNice job, Mike! Thanks for the puzzle! But -- anyone else now have the Knights who say Ni stuck in their heads?
- GAH I spent so l long trying to use the letters after the NIs... we, the knights who say NI, salute you.
- Can't find my doodling now, but recall trying for a while to fit a Vegas Golden Knights answer in one of the slots. Thanks for solving!
- I K Snamhcok 1s · 2023-03-20T15:42:20.197ZCongrats, Mike! (Would you have also accepted DOUBLES TENNIS? Ha!)
- Lovely start to a Monday, welcome to the constructor's club. I warn you, it is fun AND habit forming. I detect a health or science tie in, are you perhaps in one of those fields? By the way, I LOVED the DNA33DFinal stats: four bases, two stranded?[---] clue!
- Thanks DrTom. Nah, just boring old financial analysis, but advancing to the age where my wife and I get to see lots of Doctors, so maybe that is rubbing off... Appreciate the nod to 33D33DFinal stats: four bases, two stranded?[---] clue. Wanted to bring my (DN)A Game!
- Well it was good enough that people did a double take but nobody got stranded (single or double).
- LOVEd it!
- Thanks Wendy! I'll try not to LET all these compliments go to my head.
- Qmark 3s · 2023-03-20T19:35:34.325ZCongrats on your debut! Thanks Mike!
- whimsy 🤓14:16 · 2023-03-20T19:32:22.203ZGreat puzzle, Mike! Grid and solution kept me busy for just the right amount of time. Congratulations on your first, with more to come we hope!
- Thanks, whimsy. Know what you mean about the time factor, especially when I realized I didn't have an MMM to solve today!
- LB800 2s · 2023-03-20T20:01:45.421ZEasy to get into Zone 5 in my Vaporfly's. :) Fun meta!! (also lived in Bucks Co!)
- Thanks for solving! Shout out to EEEEs, which were impossible to find during the supply chain issues...
- Laura M 🤓14:20 · 2023-03-20T20:12:07.234ZFun!
- Ergcat 17:03 · 2023-03-20T21:30:26.300ZGreat debut puzzle, Michael! Clever construction and nice “AHA” moment! Thank you!
- Dow Jones 3s · 2023-03-20T21:44:45.597ZGame, set and match !! Fun grid and meta, Mike. Please keep serving up these gems !!
- Those are not backhanded compliments. Really appreciate. No strings attached. Thanks for solving!
- Cindy Heisler 3s · 2023-03-20T22:22:08.540ZCongratulations on a great debut. Very nicely done. Thanks!
- KayW 🤓8:14 · 2023-03-20T22:55:06.426ZA wonderful debut! If the queen of the non-sportsing people can get this without googling, you've succeeded in making a "gettable" and enjoyable meta. Thanks and look forward to more of your puzzles.
- Thanks for giving it a go, Kay. Hoping Nick Sirianni’s agent gives me a call soon. What a great crossword puzzle name!
- Tyrpmom 2s · 2023-03-21T02:47:21.963ZTried junior tennis and night running this morning. Finally figured out ten ni’s. Clever.
- Heart skips many beats each time any plausible alternative is mentioned. Good ones! Thanks for solving!
- Bird Lives 3s · 2023-03-21T14:13:41.568ZUnique nifty meta. Laver would love it. Looking forward to more.
- Thanks, Jay. I always look forward to those you serve up!
- Anita and Steve 2s · 2023-03-21T20:07:21.071ZVery nice! We had less of an "aha" moment and more of a "d'oh" moment. :-)
- Thanks for solving! For me at least, many weeks it seems to be a a race between the two...
- Teamdoubletow 3s · 2023-03-22T00:24:41.150ZWe love it... You really aced it!
- Appreciate the kind words! Hope you didn’t find too many faults with the puzzle.
- Carolyn 4s · 2023-03-22T07:40:47.114ZBusy week and finally got to the Monday puzzle. Very fun! I look forward to your next one.
- Thanks, Mike!
- ReB 3s · 2023-03-22T15:44:38.810ZReally excellent INitiatINg meta.
- Sharkicicles 2s · 2023-03-22T18:04:36.218ZGreat puzzle! Loved the cluing.
- Alvibu67 2s · 2023-03-22T22:07:51.545ZI thought maybe we were going for ten-pin bowling with the NIs part of backwards PINS or something. Then I reread my note of NI ten times to TEN NIS, and I had it. Thanks for a great puzzle!
- James 5:28 · 2023-03-23T21:50:01.587ZGreat work! :)
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- 1AWedding ring dance?
- 5AFamous sailor or comedian
- 11ATime out?
- 14AMimic
- 15AMrs. John Quincy Adams
- 16ABeginning of song title dedicated to Billie Joe MacAllister
- 17ALast scheduled home game for a fourth year high school or college athlete
- 19ADoo-___ (a capella music genre)
- 20ASkirt fold
- 21A"The ___ of Pooh"
- 22ACharacter Blackmon played by Spike Lee in "She's Gotta Have It"
- 23AEagles Super Bowl LVII coach
- 27AOtalgia
- 30AChanged all the decor
- 31A"La-la" leader
- 32ADa Bears' fan luggage tag letters
- 34A"___ Still of the Night" (example of 19-Across19ADoo-___ (a capella music genre)[---])
- 37APegasus or Vaporfly, for example
- 42AAmazon spokesperson
- 43AA year in Spain
- 44ALanguage suffix
- 45AYes or no follower
- 48AHow to cook pasta for the firm dinner?
- 51AWashington, D.C. (or Atlanta) / Philadelphia Major League Soccer match
- 54AD.C. baseball team
- 55A"___ for Gumshoe" (7th of Sue Grafton's Alphabet series)
- 56ASpeechify
- 60ATo and ___
- 61AMost frequent length of a Major League Baseball game
- 64APost-op hosp. area
- 65AObtain, as a March Madness seeding
- 66ATech news and review website
- 67A___ lot (playground for young children)
- 68AFrench pancakes
- 69AHall of Famers Greer (NBA) and Newhouser (MLB)
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- 1DPadlock attachment
- 2DGerman automaker formerly owned by GM
- 3DDescartes or Magritte
- 4DGrande with two Grammys
- 5D35mm camera type
- 6DSalting charge?
- 7DParis nights
- 8DHigh altitude skiing or snowboarding jumping competition
- 9DNot at sea anymore
- 10D"Who ___ say dey gonna beat dem Saints?"
- 11D1995 film starring Demi Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, Rita Wilson and Melanie Griffith you can stream every once in a while
- 12DDecorate attractively
- 13DFirst soft drink to come in a 2-liter bottle
- 18DSuffix for symbi-
- 22DMajor water sources
- 24D___ En-lai (Chinese premier)
- 25D"Show Boat" composer Jerome
- 26DHipster's "Understood"
- 27DSicilian peak that grew by approximately 100 feet in 2021
- 28DSeed covering
- 29DCleans up after a bunker shot
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- 35DZoom meeting leader
- 36DExtra-wide size for 37A37APegasus or Vaporfly, for example[---------------]
- 38DLeaves
- 39DLike a pristine 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle
- 40D"___ effort to ..."
- 41D"___ me tangere" (Latin for "don't touch me")
- 46DMore avant-garde
- 47DReveal the presence of
- 49DBrig o' ___ (river span in Ayrshire, Scotland)
- 50DMake wealthy
- 51DNot working out?
- 52DDEA target
- 53DExhaust
- 57D"Inventing ___", 2022 Netflix miniseries
- 58DTherapeutic shampoo brand
- 59DBallpark figs.
- 61DUS defense advisory group
- 62DFury
- 63DSuper ___, 1990s videogame console
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