8 Millimeter
◆◆ · By DrTom · Published 2024-11-06T12:30:49.582Z
Meta Prompt
The answer is something producers are very concerned about
This is another puzzle that has been sitting around for a while waiting to find a place in the queue. Heck I had to remember how to solve it as I was trying to get it ready to go.
I doubt they will remember it, but KayW and lbray53 helped me test and refine this one. Of course they may just pull a Mission Impossible on me, "As always, should you or any of this meta be wrong or crunchy, the test solvers will disavow any knowledge..."
Difficulty? Hmmm...I'm going to say Calico to Persian because you will have to see the "trick" to solve. Of course once you do it is pretty straightforward, but noticing what I'm up to might be a challenge for some depending on your levels of experience with the subject. Still, this is nothing that is way out in left field so I expect most will find their way.
Kitten
֎ Calico
֎ Persian
Puma
Lion
I will try to remember to post nudges this week, hopefully I can keep my mind in the game.
I must be losing it....I could have SWORN I posted the nudges here on the same day I did them for the Muggles forum, but if I did I must not have saved my work because they sure are not here, my apologies:
NUDGES:
Nudge 1] The title was selected carefully because 8 millimeter is the size of movie film (or at least it was).
Nudge 2] The theme answers are symmetrical.
Nudge 3] Are there any possible movie titles among the themer answers?
Nudge 4] What do all those movies in the theme answers have in common?
Nudge 5] The title was also the name of a movie which, not be chance, shares the same trait as the themers
EXTRA NUDGE!!!!
Nudge 6] The meta answer is 7 letters long and there are 7 theme answers, now if only you could get a letter from each, or at least a square number containing a letter!
THE REVEAL:
The intended path was to notice that there were 7 symmetrically placed movies with clues hinting to their full titles.
Helping that a bit was both the title of the Meta, "8 Millimeter" a "numbered film as well as the size of the movie film of old and the graphic that showed the little Michelin Man-like figure holding film cans, many of which had films with numbers in their titles.
15 Measure from the beginning of time - what would that be but Year 1.
28 German holding (or perhaps Holden) area - William Holden's only Oscar was for Stalag 17
30 Candles on a birthday cake - maybe 16 of them in a popular movie
35 Reed Richard - certainly Mr. Fantastic of the Fantastic Four a Marvel franchise
48 Primates in many Sci-Fi films - certainly there have been LOTS of monkeys (King Kong, Planet of the Apes, etc.) but few weirder than 12 Monkeys
51 Name for a group of friends in Mexico - who can forget those three zany friends, the Three Amigos
65 Measurement on the road - this was probably harder to see than others, and part of that is that I lived in Detroit for a while and 8 Mile was pretty much the boundary between the Urban core and the wealthier suburbs. Perhaps I should have made the clue Measurement on the road in Michigan, but alas...
If you take those numbers, each of them designates a square in the puzzle, and those numbers, in their numerical order, spell NUMBERS, a concern for producers.
For a graphic of the intended solve, please go to:
Checking for previous play data...
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Fresh, in Frankfurt
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- 1AFresh, in Frankfurt
- 4ADead-end employment, slangily
- 9AMaine town that got ticked off?
- 13AWhen the Lothario tried to make one of these, he failed
- 14ACall heard when the meta cannot be solved
- 15AMeasure from the beginning of time
- 16ABaptism, if it is done correctly
- 17ABig name in winter boots
- 18AKlinger on MAS*H
- 19AYogi Berra said this ain't until it is
- 20ATending to repeat oneself
- 22APrior to: Abbr.
- 23AHad down cold
- 24AInsurance giant that erupted on the scene in 1853
- 28AGerman holding (or perhaps Holden?) area
- 30ALights on a cake
- 32APlacido Domingo was one of three
- 33ADead letter collection
- 34AIncludes: Abbr.
- 35AReed Richards, Mr. ___
- 40ABritish New Year's honor: Abbr.
- 43APresident we associate with fins, for short
- 44AAdvanced teachers: Abbr.
- 48APrimates in many sci-fi films
- 51AName for a group of friends in Mexico
- 52ASprayed a deterrent
- 53ABart's saxy sister
- 55AOften precedes Ahh
- 56ATypes of deodorants
- 59ARazor of crossword fame
- 60AStyle or verve
- 63AThe last place many bachelors will walk
- 64AFavor one leg over the other
- 65AMeasurement on the road
- 66AProjections from a mountain-side
- 67A"Ok, that's clear now"
- 68AConvince
- 69ARight turns on a map
- 70AEnd of the line for a RR
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- 1DQuality of an ingenue
- 2DGloria with the Miami Sound Machine
- 3DPerson on a computer
- 4DContemplating
- 5DA "Benjamin"
- 6DOld Navy rival
- 7DHow you would smell in Barcelona
- 8DComposer Bartok
- 9DTook a car?
- 10DOpposite of 36D
- 11DScratch the surface, perhaps
- 12DScrew up
- 13DHost of Survivor, Jeff
- 21DGram alternative
- 23DKilmer of Chicago Fire
- 25DPampering, at least initially
- 26DJapanese phone and computer giant
- 27DWord with dumb or smart
- 29DTrajectory of a bullet or an arrow: Abbr.
- 30DIdentifying as your birth gender
- 31DFitting
- 33DSally Field's "Norma ___"
- 36DDissenting vote
- 37DWhere you can find all your "Friends": Abbr.
- 38D"___ Be", Black Eyed Peas hit
- 39DForensic hit
- 40DDelicious treat on Mondays
- 41DNeckwear that might choke you
- 42DContents of a SASE
- 45DSomeone enjoying an I scream
- 46DUniformed group in the lobby
- 47DFeature of a sigmoid curve, in math
- 49DVegetable unit that sounds military
- 50DTokyo, once
- 51DEvaluate
- 53DGets two points less than an opponent
- 54DPlace for Cap'n Rick to put up for the night
- 57DDead word for expired
- 58DFormer buyer in Italy
- 59DLegendary boxers
- 60DDash lengths
- 61DNeglect to stick to the truth
- 62DRequirement if the Tide is out