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8:00 deadline

◆ · By woozy · Published 2023-02-03T06:43:04.603Z

Meta Prompt
The meta is what 8 O'clock represents in this puzzle
This isn't so much a meta as a riddle. Riddle: What does 8 O'clock represent in this puzzle? Answer: That's the meta answer you have to provide.
This is different and weird but I hope it is fun.
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  • sss solved 2023-02-04T01:10:21.925Z
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  • benchen71 8:04 · 2023-02-03T09:45:59.184Z
    The clock theming threw me off! I guess the 8 o'clock reference was just to draw our attention to PUSH. Fun effect, though, moving all the grid entries! By the way, what was the intended grid entry for the lower right corner? FAST or FIRM (if 4 letters)? or SET?
    • woozy constructor · 2023-02-03T17:47:21.724Z
      There was no intended answer for the lower right. It was meant to be ironic that the clue was about permanence and immovability yet it was simply shoved off the grid.
      • benchen71 8:04 · 2023-02-03T21:08:03.569Z
        Yes, that makes perfect sense. Nice one!
    • whimsy 19:44 · 2023-02-04T17:02:07.445Z
      Looked in the SE for a bit, but just couldn't see it. It was all the shift overs that threw me off! :) Cute & crafty!
      • KayW 🤓11:09 · 2023-02-06T01:30:41.605Z
        Very clever!!! I was all set to tell you your grid entries got "thrown off" by one. Then I finally back-solved 48A from the crosses and... doh!
        Play today's daily mini crossword
        1A
        Wash oneself in a tub
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        Across
        1. 1A
          Wash oneself in a tub
        2. 5A
          How do you spell the fourteenth Greek letter? Is it "chi", "xi", or "x"? Is this entry one or two more than that?
        3. 8A
          Pinnacle
        4. 12A
          Woodwind with a double reed
        5. 13A
          The forward part
        6. 15A
          Branch of Islam
        7. 16A
          Hurry
        8. 17A
          Sri---- (formerly Ceylon)
        9. 18A
          Political fundraisers
        10. 19A
          Aliens
        11. 20A
          The last emperor of China
        12. 21A
          William Sydney Porter's pen-name
        13. 23A
          Earth-friendly prefix
        14. 25A
          Class of meta-puzzles that have an easy and straight-forward mechanism that is, known the less, subtle and hard to see
        15. 27A
          Jason's ship
        16. 28A
          "Well, gee. phooey"
        17. 31A
          I keep thinking this should be some index related to the red/blue intensity of the Doppler shift, but it isn't. It's just some statistic about baseball.
        18. 33A
          L'etat; c'---- moi
        19. 35A
          Chimerical
        20. 38A
          105th New York Mayor
        21. 39A
          3/4 of 12
        22. 40A
          Pigs
        23. 41A
          "One thing is for certain: there is no stopping them; the ants will soon be here. And ---- one welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves."
        24. 42A
          Mother of the Valkyries
        25. 43A
          Obsolete stock market medium that was often thrown out the windows onto heros
        26. 45A
          Edgy subculture that they named a key after, apparently
        27. 46A
          What the S stands for in iOS but not entirely
        28. 47A
          Firth of Tay port
        29. 48A
          One who teaches when the teacher is absent.... Hey! Watch it!
        30. 50A
          Father familiarly
        31. 53A
          Greeting card section where he might look for Valentine's Day
        32. 54A
          Informed
        33. 56A
          Turntable speed meas.
        34. 58A
          Hawaiian god of fertility, agriculture, rainfall, music and peace (anagram of LOON)
        35. 61A
          Big name in tractors
        36. 62A
          Actress Garr
        37. 64A
          Hgt.
        38. 65A
          Jack ----, could eat no fat
        39. 66A
          "Understood"
        40. 67A
          Alliance for Self-Directed Education, abbr. (Don't overthink it.... )
        41. 68A
          Four plus two
        42. 69A
          All sports cable station
        43. 70A
          Immovable and permanent
        Down
        1. 1D
          Cause weariness and tedium
        2. 2D
          Touch borders with
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          Slept badly
        4. 4D
          "That's kind of funny.... a little"
        5. 5D
          Röntgen discovery that allow us see so much
        6. 6D
          Ancient region on the west coast of Anatolia
        7. 7D
          Pen filler
        8. 8D
          In accordance with
        9. 9D
          Form to fill if you you want your mail to reach you after you move
        10. 10D
          Device allowing us to see objects far too small for unaided observation
        11. 11D
          Not difficult (what I hope 3/4 of this grid is)
        12. 13D
          Winter illness
        13. 14D
          "The way"; eastern philosophy
        14. 20D
          Dessert that's left at sea?
        15. 22D
          Japanese yes
        16. 24D
          One of the capitals of Crete
        17. 26D
          Consumed liquid
        18. 28D
          Sleep disorder
        19. 29D
          Eddys and undercurrents
        20. 30D
          Vile and unpleasant
        21. 32D
          Hemorrhage
        22. 34D
          A crowd, they say
        23. 36D
          From Bern
        24. 37D
          You drop it when you're hot
        25. 38D
          Former Seahawks quarterback from Tacoma, Jon. (I have no idea if he's well-known or not; everyone is expected to know everything about sports so I'll just assume this is a fair clue)
        26. 44D
          Actor Paul of "Ant-man"
        27. 46D
          H. Rider Haggard novel
        28. 49D
          Jostle out of the way
        29. 51D
          Wombs
        30. 52D
          Cleanser associated with 20 mules
        31. 54D
          Biting hopping insect with blood the color of puce
        32. 55D
          Hwy.s
        33. 57D
          Allow
        34. 59D
          Mise en place work, briefly
        35. 60D
          Countenance
        36. 63D
          The have more tracks than singles, but fewer than LPs
        37. 64D
          Even score
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