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· By Mikey G · Published 2024-05-11T17:00:27.742Z

Meta Prompt
[Level 1] The answer to the meta is a former winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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  • boharr 3s · 2024-05-11T17:15:34.204Z
    Fun one. Thanks.
    • Mikey G constructor · 2024-05-11T17:00:27.742Z
      Answer: TONI MORRISON
      Explanation: Eight symmetrically placed entries use the letters I, N, O, and T in some order. This hints that the person in question will have a name comprised of those same four letters, and that gives us TONI, the most common permutation not present. An inference is probably correct here, but a search does confirm that Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993 (numeric tie-in), and she is the answer to our meta.
      I have only read two Toni Morrison novels thus far: "The Bluest Eye" and "Beloved," and I loved them both. In no particular order, "Song of Solomon," "Sula," and "Tar Baby" would be on my TBR (to-be-read list). As you probably infer, I try to put at least one bookish reference in every puzzle if possible!
      • Berto 2s · 2024-05-11T18:00:42.291Z
        Wasn’t familiar with the book, but all makes sense now!
        • Mikey G constructor · 2024-05-11T21:58:46.318Z
          Forgot to reference in the explanation about the mini-nod at the center entry!
        • whimsy 🤓7:12 · 2024-05-11T20:20:43.096Z
          Very nice, Mikey! Thanks for the mini-tribute to her.
          • woozy 🤓3:23 · 2024-05-11T21:05:25.928Z
            I was hyper concentrated on last names that skipped the obvious. Kicking myself for not getting the Bluest Eye reference.
            • An Ephemeral Collation 🤓2:05 · 2024-05-11T22:31:21.968Z
              Hell yeah!
              • DrTom 4s · 2024-05-11T22:15:55.587Z
                Nice and easy...well when I eliminated the 1923 winner JacINTO Benavente. NOw if you had included "Brown Eyed Girl" somewhere I would have had it in a heartbeat.😁
                • Steve M 15:09 · 2024-05-12T00:50:28.748Z
                  Thanks, Mikey! Fun one!
                  • HeadinHome 🤓1:16 · 2024-05-12T02:12:57.981Z
                    Didn’t even notice the downs! The 4 across ones got me there. Love her.
                    • Qmark 4s · 2024-05-12T04:12:51.573Z
                      Enjoyed it...thanks for another great meta, Mikey!
                      • kurtalert 🤓3:44 · 2024-05-12T04:39:34.726Z
                        Perfect! Nice and smooth.
                        • kurtalert 🤓3:44 · 2024-05-12T04:41:00.058Z
                          Man. You squeezed a LOT of o-n-i-t answers in there! That's impressive!
                          • MatthewL 🤓3:03 · 2024-05-12T15:54:47.183Z
                            Thanks for taking it easy on us, Mikey!
                            • Darth 6:12 · 2024-05-12T23:35:14.805Z
                              Lol. Toni, of course! I don't know why I Googled Otin, but I found a couple of interesting authors that way! haha
                              • syoustra 🤓3:56 · 2024-05-17T03:22:39.834Z
                                Ugh. Junior year HS American Lit teacher would be ashamed of how long it took me to notice this. At least I saw it pretty immediately when I picked the puzzle back up this last time? eye roll
                                • Meta World Peace 3s · 2024-05-18T00:20:39.087Z
                                  After solving this week, and playing off the name of a bygone soul/R&B group (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony!_Toni!_Ton%C3%A9!), I would have loved to hear a song of theirs celebrating a romp to victory after regulation had run out... titled: TONI ON IT IN OT
                                  • Bird Lives 4s · 2024-05-18T14:43:47.882Z
                                    I figured that one-fourth of all the entries using the same four letters must be significant in some way. Now I have to go read at least one of those novels.
                                    • Eric H 🤓3:49 · 2024-05-22T00:44:22.771Z
                                      This is the first of your metas that I have solved, though I have attempted a few others.
                                      Thanks for an easy one!
                                      1A
                                      "I touched your nose!" sound for pets (Ginger Cat does not like this, haha)
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                                      Across
                                      1. 1A
                                        "I touched your nose!" sound for pets (Ginger Cat does not like this, haha)
                                      2. 5A
                                        Empty
                                      3. 9A
                                        Digging
                                      4. 10A
                                        "Give ___ further thought!"
                                      5. 11A
                                        Last word in Styles' initial band
                                      6. 13A
                                        H
                                      7. 14A
                                        Heaters for hops
                                      8. 15A
                                        One might be the bluest you've seen (or see with)
                                      9. 16A
                                        "I knew ___ along!"
                                      10. 19A
                                        The obedient podiatrist will always ___ the line
                                      11. 22A
                                        What I wear when I make another one of my ridiculous puns
                                      12. 24A
                                        "Don't look at me!"
                                      13. 25A
                                        Former Yankee and 4-time World Series champion Martinez
                                      14. 26A
                                        Eisuke and Isoko (parents of a famed musical daughter)
                                      15. 27A
                                        Ballpark figs. (I prefer hot dogs) (yes, I've used that before)
                                      Down
                                      1. 1D
                                        Just wait!
                                      2. 2D
                                        "Will do!"
                                      3. 3D
                                        Other, in Oaxaca
                                      4. 4D
                                        Writer I'm always raven about
                                      5. 5D
                                        Curriculum ___ (career summary)
                                      6. 6D
                                        Uplifting surname?
                                      7. 7D
                                        How ties are broken, often
                                      8. 8D
                                        Puts on
                                      9. 12D
                                        With faux diffidence
                                      10. 15D
                                        Island that opened in 1892
                                      11. 16D
                                        "This ___ laughing matter!" (said after my puns, probably)
                                      12. 17D
                                        End of an opera?
                                      13. 18D
                                        This guy knows how to sing high vocal parts ___ well
                                      14. 19D
                                        "Divergent" heroine
                                      15. 20D
                                        Type of ment (I apologize lol)
                                      16. 21D
                                        Nephew of Cain
                                      17. 23D
                                        Verizon forerunner that becomes a fence opening with "A" inserted somewhere
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