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PCC#13 "Give Me a Sign"

◆ · By Philip Chow · Published 2023-10-20T02:39:58.964Z

Meta Prompt
[Level 2] Meta prompt: The answer to the meta is the name of a movie starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
hint 1: the 11 starred clues relate to a familiar group of 12
hint 2: the clue for 51-Down mentions the theme
hint 3: JORDAN is a bull (taurus), NALA is a lion (leo)
hint 4: the missing zodiac sign corresponds to the meta answer
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  • kurtalert 🤓4:13 · 2023-10-20T16:34:09.210Z
    Fantastic puzzle, thanks Phil! No hints needed today!
    • merlinnimue 🤓6:28 · 2023-10-20T18:07:54.140Z
      Thanks for another great puzzle... I was worried I might not get the meta but thankfully the stars aligned and I didn't have to cry home to mummy
      • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓3:46 · 2023-10-22T13:48:32.308Z
        Fun! (I did try "Jungle Cruise" first, but got it before I went to "Moana"…)
        • damefox 🤓4:16 · 2023-10-22T20:41:43.434Z
          Nice one! What a great movie. And by "great" I mean "kind of mess but I'm not complaining." Fun fact that was his first lead role!
          PS - I think you need the word "stop" in the clue for AVALE.
          • Philip Chow constructor · 2023-10-23T01:08:03.023Z
            thank you, fixed... and that's a good bit of trivia about the Rock... I actually never watched the movie, just needed something that represented Scorpion for the meta
          • DrTom 24s · 2023-11-18T18:20:12.332Z
            Thanks Phil. I got it a round about way, I was looking for signs but not in the clues darn it. I missed the stars completely, I should have seen it with the odd clue "Virgin mother of Jesus". At any rate I saw 51D and figured it was Zodiac so along with the fact that I am a Scorpio and I remember "The Rock's" first movie it was easy. Congratulations on a complete A-Z puzzle, heck you even got J in there three times. Nice work! (by the way splitting it into different sections and looking for repeated bi or trigrams did not reveal the answer darn it)😂
            • Qmark 6s · 2024-05-05T13:40:06.249Z
              Thanks Phil (no hints needed)
              • LarsCaine 🤓13:55 · 2024-07-20T16:45:56.532Z
                I'm going through and solving some of your older ones that I haven't gotten around to. I got stuck in a hole for a while on this one! The first starred answer (NEMO) is OMEN (sign) spelled backwards. Thanks, Phil!
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                Across
                1. 1A
                  Witty remark
                2. 5A
                  PC key combo for the command "Copy"
                3. 10A
                  Discombobulate
                4. 14A
                  "Lemme think about it... yeah, not gonna happen"
                5. 15A
                  Venue where you might see a Jumbotron
                6. 16A
                  Vaping device, informally
                7. 17A
                  Just slightly
                8. 18A
                  "Anaconda" rapper Nicki ___
                9. 19A
                  "Vamoose!"
                10. 20A
                  Late "Dancing with the Stars" judge Goodman
                11. 21A
                  * Fish that needed "finding" in a Pixar film
                12. 22A
                  * Twins Mary-Kate and Ashley of "Full House"
                13. 24A
                  * Crustacean boss of Spongebob Squarepants with an apt last name
                14. 26A
                  ___ vera (succulent plant)
                15. 27A
                  Actress Poehler of "Parks and Recreation"
                16. 28A
                  * "Hunger Games" protagonist and skilled archer Katniss ___
                17. 32A
                  Kind of rack found in the kitchen
                18. 35A
                  Horn sound
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                  Airport screening org.
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                  * Virgin mother of Jesus
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                  * "Three ___ Goats Gruff" (classic fairy tale)
                22. 39A
                  * Wide receiver Cooper ___ for the LA Rams
                23. 40A
                  "___ y plata" (Montana's state motto which translates to "gold and silver")
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                  Start of a counting rhyme
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                  Vessels that carry blood back to the heart
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                  * Water bearer of Greek myth
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                  Tear to shreds
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                  Main character in "The Indian In the Cupboard" (hidden in "Doomrider")
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                  * Lady ___ (personification of moral fairness that carries a set of balance scales)
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                  * NBA legend Michael whose #23 was retired by the Chicago Bulls
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                  * Simba's mate in "The Lion King"
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                  Cardi B single ft. Megan Thee Stallion with the lyric "bring a bucket and a mop for this..."
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                  Wings, anatomically speaking
                34. 57A
                  Winning 4-3, say
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                  Prom rental
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                  Lagerfeld of fashion
                37. 61A
                  Piano adjuster
                38. 62A
                  Late "Jeopardy!" host Trebek
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                  Private ___ (detectives)
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                  Catches sight of
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                  Bit of subterfuge
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                  Apprehensive feeling and word that Helga purposely spelled wrong in a spelling bee on “Hey Arnold!” (with the last letter X instead of the actual last letter M)
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                  "Burnt" crayon color
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                  How contracts are usually signed
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                  Something to boil a lobster in
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                  Visited
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                  Decorates, as a Christmas tree
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                  Gambling city near Lake Tahoe
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                  Residential care worker: Abbr.
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                  Flattery intended to persuade
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                  ___ up (admitted)
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                  Be in want of a massage, maybe
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                  National park in Utah
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                  Swelled heads
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                  Word that can follow "maiden" or "middle"
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                  Folktale collection or modern slang for background information about a person
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                  Like the song 55-Across
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                  "Life is ___ of tears in which there are moments you just can't stop giggling" (quote by Robert Brault)
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                  Actress Kemper of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
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                  Decorative sewing case (hidden in "perpetuity")
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                  "SportsCenter" channel
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                  Short snoozes
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                  Urban air pollution
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                  Beginning for "normal" or "legal"
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                  Monopoly token my aunt likes to use because it has a handle and was sad it got replaced with a cat in a newer edition
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                  Hindu forehead decoration
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                  Bar freebies you can munch on
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                  Fulfilled, as a promise
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                  Jane Austen novel that inspired the movie "Clueless"
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                  Entry requirement, at times
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                  Alpine melodies
                31. 45D
                  Measuring sticks
                32. 47D
                  Jackson in a 2004 Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction"
                33. 48D
                  Whitney Houston's "___ Always Love You"
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                  Brief guest appearance
                35. 50D
                  Powerful adhesive
                36. 51D
                  Actor Gyllenhaal of "Zodiac" (movie about the Zodiac killer, a serial murderer who taunted police with letters and coded messages)
                37. 52D
                  Skin care brand that used to have "Oil of" in front of its name
                38. 53D
                  Having a red center, in a steakhouse
                39. 54D
                  Taboo
                40. 58D
                  Baby shark
                41. 59D
                  Where kids sit for a photo with Santa
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