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· By benchen71 · Published 2024-07-16T06:00:06.530Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a 6-letter 2-word phrase
I'm sorry, but I just couldn't help myself. If you had enough of a certain thing last month then maybe you should skip this one. But if you are still with me then jump right in and start your search for the meta answer which is a 6-letter 2-word phrase. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=173409#p173409
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  • hoover 4s · 2024-07-16T07:25:34.692Z
    Dell one!
    • benchen71 constructor · 2024-07-16T09:08:58.462Z
      Yank thoo!
    • lbray53 3s · 2024-07-16T13:25:04.440Z
      Great puzzle!
      • imontoo 3s · 2024-07-16T14:13:20.900Z
        Fun one, Ben!
        • Carolyn 3s · 2024-07-16T14:30:01.881Z
          Loved it!
          • woozy 🤓11:58 · 2024-07-16T14:45:13.973Z
            Wow... ambitious cluing
            • benchen71 constructor · 2024-07-16T23:07:36.620Z
              Keeping them all to 2 words was definitely tricky!
            • Dave C 3s · 2024-07-16T15:16:55.141Z
              It was fun. A nice clue was the fact that every clue was two words.
              • benchen71 constructor · 2024-07-16T23:07:54.057Z
                Yep, I didn't want to make it too difficult! ;-)
              • Meg 2s · 2024-07-16T15:55:43.160Z
                That was fun!! Thanks!
                • kurtalert 🤓3:59 · 2024-07-16T18:01:17.374Z
                  Very cool. Got tripped up for a minute with WOOD GUN - I was going to Good One = ACE, as in, a hole in one is an ace, or an ace in blackjack can be a good one, etc.
                  • MatthewL 🤓14:41 · 2024-07-16T14:32:23.896Z
                    Jice nob. Thanks for the puzzle, Ben!
                    • benchen71 constructor · 2024-07-16T23:07:01.273Z
                      Wore yelcome!
                    • ajk 🤓6:41 · 2024-07-16T16:37:43.715Z
                      Very nice. Didn't really notice any of them first time through until I got to Bile nerd and was reminded that I should be looking for spoonerisms. Took two passes to get Phone killer, but the rest were straightforward. Confess that I anagramed to look for possible answers because even though I had them written in grid order I'd split it 3 and 3 and INS PIT didn't look like anything. 😂 Once I saw SPIN IT on the options list I was like 'aaah.' Fun stuff, thanks.
                      • benchen71 constructor · 2024-07-16T23:08:21.526Z
                        "Bile nerd" is a bit of a give-away! :D
                      • DrTom 3s · 2024-07-16T17:53:33.636Z
                        Fun puzzle, I couldn't make the letters line up but I knew what it had to be, so Done and Fun or Fun and Done depending. As the golfer said on seeing all the flyers about shoes with nylon pegs now being available, there were some real cleat news.
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                        • omnilynx 🤓9:51 · 2024-07-16T18:18:35.194Z
                          I was so sure that "good one" referred to ACE, got stuck on that for a while.
                          • Bird Lives 7s · 2024-07-16T19:46:51.911Z
                            Love the Spoonerisms, but "Spin it" is not a phrase in my active lexicon. Still, I went with it as my first guess even though I think "sin pit" would be more interesting.
                            • KayW 🤓5:56 · 2024-07-16T19:43:10.394Z
                              Mate Greta - Banks, then!
                              • benchen71 constructor · 2024-07-16T23:10:27.889Z
                                Ply measure!
                              • Laura M 🤓6:13 · 2024-07-16T19:18:30.096Z
                                Wood gun! I don't think I would have gotten it (certainly not easily) if the title hadn't been a very intentional giveaway :-)
                                • benchen71 constructor · 2024-07-16T23:10:11.389Z
                                  Yes, I didn't want to make it too difficult. I can imagine this puzzle as a Gaffney week 4, with a more enigmatic title and normal cluing so that the 2 word clues don't stand out.
                                • whimsy 🤓9:29 · 2024-07-16T21:09:55.877Z
                                  Trice neat! Thank you, Ben!
                                  • benchen71 constructor · 2024-07-16T23:11:35.183Z
                                    So glad you are a sappy holver!
                                  • Tyrpmom 1s · 2024-07-16T22:41:37.714Z
                                    Fun. Thanks.
                                    • Qmark 3s · 2024-07-17T17:23:21.372Z
                                      Fun one...thanks Ben!
                                      • HeadinHome 🤓1:56 · 2024-07-17T17:31:20.682Z
                                        Took me forever to get NICE! I was looking for a thing or a person … HELPER, FRIEND, JEWEL, HUMANITARIAN…. Just didn’t think of it as a comment! This was brilliant!
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                                        Polish prose
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                                        Across
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                                          Polish prose
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                                          Regret word
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                                          Trim photos
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                                          Naughty's opposite
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                                          Tokyo's land
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                                          Dynamic start
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                                          Warning sign
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                                          "___ a stinker?"
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                                          Young chaps
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                                          Religious factions
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                                          Pearl gigs
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                                          Crowd sound
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                                          Geometry calculation
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                                          Mine yield
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                                          "Get it?"
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                                          Lion's home
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                                          Sty mothers
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                                          Squashed circle
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                                          Stuttgart-based automaker
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                                          Trial version
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                                          Ball's Desi
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                                          Long-legged wader
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                                          Phone killer
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                                          Scientologist Hubbard
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                                          Megan ___ Stallion
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                                          High card
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                                          Olive product
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                                          Venezuelan river
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                                          Potential plant
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                                          Cast far
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                                          Bile nerd
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                                          Stirs up
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                                          Opposed to
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                                          "Well, golly!"
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                                          Generic dog
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                                          Ball lead-in?
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                                          Drink garnishes
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                                          Pre-Easter period
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                                          Educational spots
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                                          Poker challenge
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                                          Those muchachas
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                                          Eve's grandson
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                                          Thinnest coin
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                                          Pie accompaniment
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                                          Fifty past
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                                          ___ Naomi King
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                                          Dragon's home
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                                          Sleep problem
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                                          Provide food
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                                          Cutting tool
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                                          Colombian city
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                                          Declare anew
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                                          Military messages
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                                          Rapper's entourage
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                                          Feeling blue
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                                          Short race
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                                          Settle up
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                                          Instant lawn
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                                          Night before
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                                          Scand. country
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                                          Versailles eye
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                                          Finish last
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                                          Single-stranded molecule
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                                          Actress ___ Gilbert
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                                          Prague native
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                                          Parasols, colloquially
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                                          Dalmatian count
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                                          NBC show
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                                          Mexican money
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                                          Tree stems
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                                          Winter warmer
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                                          Neth.'s continent
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                                          Audibly shocked
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                                          Bacterial strain
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                                          Religious doctrine
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                                          Wood gun
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                                          Fizzles out
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                                          Film spool
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                                          Australian Dame
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                                          Bar coots
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                                          Immigrant's subj.
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