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· By Bird Lives · Published 2023-01-09T11:53:48.518Z

Meta Prompt
The answer is a television show
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  • Hector 3s · 2023-01-09T12:14:10.913Z
    Good Time!
    • dplass 8:06 · 2023-01-09T14:07:43.145Z
      Very nice.
      • boharr 20s · 2023-01-09T14:04:53.332Z
        Howdy Doody. Fun one. Thanks, Jay.
        • lbray53 2s · 2023-01-09T15:01:02.193Z
          Fun one!
          • BethA 5s · 2023-01-09T15:25:04.141Z
            Thanks for the puzzle! I tried to overcomplicate it at first. Enjoyed it!
            • whimsy 🤓17:27 · 2023-01-09T15:58:24.533Z
              Managed to fill in all those Hollywood Squares.
              Thanks, Bird!
              • MatthewL 🤓10:50 · 2023-01-09T15:59:17.185Z
                Norm!!
                • oldjudge 3s · 2023-01-09T15:56:35.466Z
                  Wasn't Sam back pitching for the Red Sox last year?
                  • Ergcat 13:53 · 2023-01-09T16:14:04.857Z
                    Nice one to start the week! Thank you, Jay!
                    • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2023-01-09T17:05:53.596Z
                      Fun puzzle and great start to the week. Many of my favorite shows in one puzzle. Thanks, Jay!
                      • Capn Rick 🤓11:24 · 2023-01-09T17:00:02.015Z
                        Naturally, as a Bostonian, this was one of my favorite shows. Been there several times.
                        • Laura M 🤓13:39 · 2023-01-09T18:02:35.716Z
                          Excellent!
                          • Tyrpmom 2s · 2023-01-09T17:57:24.247Z
                            Excellent puzzle. Thanks.
                            • I K Snamhcok 1s · 2023-01-09T18:02:30.561Z
                              Fun! I’ve been quoting 4d to anyone who’ll listen. Thanks, Jay!
                              • woozy 15:09 · 2023-01-09T19:23:36.869Z
                                That was fun and clever!
                                But I didn't get the clincher feeling I like when solving a meta. But maybe I missed something.
                                • Mwoychick 15:41 · 2023-01-09T20:52:40.466Z
                                  Great puzzle and aha moment - thank you, Jay!
                                  • Abide 🤓12:33 · 2023-01-09T23:08:20.159Z
                                    🍺 🍺 🍺 🍻
                                    • Eric Porter 2:43 · 2023-01-09T23:31:48.658Z
                                      I didn't watch any of those shows, but had heard of them. The one I'm probably most familiar with is the contest answer. I also didn't think the solution would be that simple, so I was trying other things first.
                                      • Mike Fitzgerald 🤓11:32 · 2023-01-09T23:47:41.673Z
                                        Nicely done!
                                        • Bbaack 24:19 · 2023-01-10T00:51:11.604Z
                                          Fun one! I'm embarrassed to say there was no Googling needed!
                                          • michaelm 🤓17:24 · 2023-01-10T04:52:47.199Z
                                            Albania…Albania… Thanks For the meta and the memories Jay!
                                            • Dave C 3s · 2023-01-10T05:25:02.647Z
                                              Thanks Jay
                                              • Teamdoubletow 2s · 2023-01-11T11:46:25.009Z
                                                Fun one to start the morning! A toast to Bird Lives!
                                                • THC 🤓3:19 · 2023-01-11T16:16:09.062Z
                                                  Thanks, Jay!
                                                  • LB800 3s · 2023-01-11T23:11:26.356Z
                                                    Fun!!
                                                    • Qmark 5s · 2023-01-12T03:12:02.090Z
                                                      Didn't get a chance to try the puzzle until today, but was able to solve it without looking at the nudges...thanks Jay!
                                                      • Sharkicicles 1s · 2023-01-12T18:04:17.810Z
                                                        One of my favorite shows ever!
                                                        1A
                                                        Co-star with Alec, Tracy, and Jane on a long-running NBC sitcom
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                                                        Across
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                                                          Co-star with Alec, Tracy, and Jane on a long-running NBC sitcom
                                                        2. 5A
                                                          It carries liquid but doesn't move
                                                        3. 9A
                                                          Plaza for Plato
                                                        4. 14A
                                                          "___ You," song by Split Enz, James Brown, Dwight Yoakam, Badfinger, et al.
                                                        5. 15A
                                                          Prof. 'iggins
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                                                          Loci for lox
                                                        7. 17A
                                                          They get checked at the airport
                                                        8. 19A
                                                          Warhol and Williams
                                                        9. 20A
                                                          Home to 4.5 billion
                                                        10. 21A
                                                          Alternative to soba or ramen
                                                        11. 23A
                                                          Between Carly and Jepsen
                                                        12. 24A
                                                          Fish line attachment or Namath's teammate Matt
                                                        13. 25A
                                                          Stupids (they rhyme with a family on a long-running NBC comedy show)
                                                        14. 28A
                                                          Youngest Nobel laureate
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                                                          Assesses both sides
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                                                          "Born in the ___" Springsteen hit
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                                                          Place for costumes or one who helps actors get into them
                                                        18. 36A
                                                          Sweet sources of highs
                                                        19. 40A
                                                          Take a lesser charge
                                                        20. 41A
                                                          One who takes a pct.
                                                        21. 44A
                                                          "I'll take that challenge right now"
                                                        22. 47A
                                                          Ruth, notably
                                                        23. 50A
                                                          Recent variant for a person you have an intensely ambivalent relation to
                                                        24. 54A
                                                          Raise a glass to
                                                        25. 55A
                                                          Deliverymen, for short?
                                                        26. 56A
                                                          Rescue org.
                                                        27. 57A
                                                          It's infuriating to be up in them
                                                        28. 58A
                                                          Props for The Bachelor
                                                        29. 61A
                                                          Hospital pre-surgery site
                                                        30. 64A
                                                          Inched along
                                                        31. 65A
                                                          O'Neill who became a Chaplin
                                                        32. 66A
                                                          One of 15 in an express checkout shopping cart
                                                        33. 67A
                                                          English comp assignment
                                                        34. 68A
                                                          MMM (but not this one) can be bought here
                                                        35. 69A
                                                          Cub clouts leader
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                                                          It comes before "the season"
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                                                          Spiny lizards
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                                                          What you hope your town has when you call the cops on that loud 2 a.m. party next door
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                                                          Did fifth-century diner waitresses call him "hon"?
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                                                          Org. of concern to Walter White
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                                                          "Take me off your e-mail list, stat." (abbr.)
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                                                          I believe it
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                                                          He said, "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth." And he ought to know.
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                                                          Van Veen (no, not the one who posts on the WSJ forum) is the narrator of this Nabokov novel.
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                                                          Before X, Y, or Z
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                                                          "This ___?" falsely modest response to a sartorial compliment
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                                                          Arabian capital
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                                                          Rate
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                                                          "Last ___" bartender's words near closing time
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                                                          Cap style
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                                                          Mustangs' home
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                                                          Rotter, no-goodnik
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                                                          Whence Enya, Sinéad, Bono, et al.
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                                                          They amount to something in math class
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                                                          Stephen of "The Crying Game"
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                                                          School principal's degree often
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                                                          Command to a dog
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                                                          Romain Cannone won the gold medal in this event at the 2020 Olympics (as if you knew or cared)
                                                        24. 38D
                                                          Musk not secreted by a deer
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                                                          "Ue o Muite Arukou" singer
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                                                          Preps the canvas
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                                                          Holiday celebrated by crossword constructors ever since Vietnam
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                                                          Aerobats feel it
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                                                          Shady places
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                                                          Doesn't connect
                                                        31. 48D
                                                          Run ___, what regulars do at the local bar
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                                                          Chuck of action films
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                                                          Printer maker
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                                                          Real jazz pianist Tyner
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                                                          Tales told by a knitter?
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                                                          Govt. agency that's supposed to clear the air
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                                                          Piggish home
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                                                          Nat. with the world's tallest building
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                                                          Letters for cage combat
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