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Form One Line, Please

· By Pandora's Blocks Meta Crosswords · Published 2024-03-17T13:00:04.935Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to this week's meta is a first name.
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  • damefox solved 2024-03-17T14:11:54.966Z
  • andeux solved 2024-03-17T16:46:05.548Z
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  • Toast solved 2024-03-17T18:05:47.158Z
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  • Jimmy James solved 2024-03-17T21:36:56.682Z
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  • Meg solved 2024-03-17T22:44:02.732Z
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  • I K Snamhcok solved 2024-03-18T00:04:05.154Z
  • Berto solved 2024-03-18T01:18:13.866Z
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  • Jeremy Smith solved 2024-03-19T00:41:51.900Z
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  • whimsy solved 2024-03-19T20:56:47.821Z
  • CPJohnson solved 2024-03-19T23:57:19.355Z
  • Burakodrama solved 2024-03-20T01:48:08.112Z
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  • Qmark solved 2024-03-23T23:51:24.044Z
  • Louis D solved 2024-03-24T01:02:01.284Z
  • Matt A solved 2024-03-24T15:27:12.710Z
  • coffeeandcrosswords solved 2024-03-25T01:52:42.670Z
  • Holly Lough solved 2024-03-26T18:04:09.407Z
  • RC solved 2024-03-28T22:03:35.885Z

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  • drewdez 🤓12:11 · 2024-03-17T18:19:27.342Z
    Wonderfully clever puzzle, Will! Thank you!
    • Philip Chow 8:40 · 2024-03-17T19:19:23.741Z
      very impressive construction 🤯🤯🤯... this was wild
      • Meg 2s · 2024-03-17T22:44:43.554Z
        Crazy, Will. I didn’t actually get very far. Jay helped a lot.
        • I K Snamhcok 4s · 2024-03-18T00:05:31.133Z
          Fabulous! Seriously, Will, how did you ever come up with this? I hope you’ll continue to occasionally delight us with puzzles.
          • boharr 4s · 2024-03-18T01:27:38.443Z
            I don’t understand but thanks. The write up should be a treat.
            • Berto 1s · 2024-03-18T01:20:07.223Z
              Wow! A whole spiral staircase full of steps to the meta! Took a lot of persistence- but great fun!!
              • Meg 2s · 2024-03-18T20:35:31.508Z
                I just realized that your last puzzle will be #100. An elegant end of this stage. I expect you to be back with more creative constructions.
                • KayW 12:01 · 2024-03-18T23:14:33.173Z
                  Whew!!! What a workout. I actually found the first half-step fairly easily because of BASE PAIRS and all those ACTGs in the theme entries. Was so excited but frustrated to find the six paired entries and then hit a brick wall. Didn't see the final step until I took a fresh look at it today. Incredibly clever meta and much fun to solve. Thanks Will! And so bittersweet to have you back but to know that there's only one more Pandora after this.
                  • whimsy 17:27 · 2024-03-19T21:04:16.700Z
                    Confession -- I guessed (based on the DNA discovery history) and was correct. I know there's something going on with the A/T and C/G; I tried various ways of "getting them in line" but nothing provided much. Now that I'm sure of the letters I'm looking for, perhaps I can backsolve and find some twisty helix way of positioning the six themers.
                    • Burakodrama 3s · 2024-03-20T01:50:46.776Z
                      Holy f-----g s--t this was a brilliant meta. I'm in awe. This is as good as it gets when it comes to executing a concept. Wow.
                      I'll miss your puzzles Will :/
                      • THC 🤓3:14 · 2024-03-20T14:03:37.900Z
                        Thanks, Will!
                        • Byron 🤓21:33 · 2024-03-21T01:52:19.124Z
                          Too clever by half! I got an assist.
                          • rjy 3s · 2024-03-21T03:19:24.264Z
                            Collaborated on the solve with edestlin, but cashed in a Phone-a-Friend to get a helpful nudge or two. Brilliant idea and execution, Will!
                            • rickybillingsgate 🤓10:23 · 2024-03-23T15:40:05.994Z
                              after six days of revisiting the meta I finally just guessed what I figured the answer was and it was correct.
                              I really thought it would be the non ACTG letters in the numbered entries but kept getting stuck on the PIL in CAPITAL
                              • Chaddog 9:13 · 2024-03-23T23:01:48.020Z
                                Absolutely brilliant, Will! Thanks for sharing your creations with us!
                                • Qmark 3s · 2024-03-23T23:53:37.292Z
                                  Took me several days of staring at my "strands", but finally saw the light. Super construction Will...thanks!
                                  • Louis D 3s · 2024-03-24T01:02:56.875Z
                                    This is an instant classic! Right up there with “Struck by Lightning”
                                    • coffeeandcrosswords 🤓16:26 · 2024-03-25T01:57:18.636Z
                                      Help!!! We got the right answer but don't know why!! Someone please explain :'(
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                                      Without a partner
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                                      Across
                                      1. 1A
                                        Without a partner
                                      2. 5A
                                        USC rival
                                      3. 9A
                                        Bruises from paintballs, perhaps
                                      4. 14A
                                        Prototype
                                      5. 16A
                                        Go with the flow?
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                                        RollerCoaster Tycoon publisher
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                                        Absolutely furious
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                                        Bun, for one
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                                        Inverse trig. function
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                                        "___ Van Winkle"
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                                        Onigiri ingredient
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                                        Some burrowing insect-eaters
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                                        Horned Frogs' sch.
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                                        They're meant to be assembled
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                                        Teacher's ___
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                                        Some tights
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                                        Heavenly
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                                        Clark's love interest
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                                        Country whose currency is the kwacha
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                                        Loan
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                                        Olive branch's symbol
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                                        Saban's former domain
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                                        The D of DOT
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                                        Bluff
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                                        "TTYL"
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                                        They're made up of adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine
                                      27. 54A
                                        Smirnoff product that might be hidden
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                                        Debatable
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                                        South American city known as "Ciudad de los Reyes"
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                                        Cocktails made from gin, lime juice, and sugar (or simple syrup)
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                                        Arabic name meaning "lion"
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                                        Car rating org.
                                      33. 64A
                                        Find your groove, say
                                      34. 65A
                                        Pickled ginger served with sushi
                                      35. 67A
                                        "Of Mice and Men" and "Moby Dick," for two
                                      36. 69A
                                        Experiencing involuntary muscle contractions
                                      37. 73A
                                        Kravitz of "High Fidelity"
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                                        Diggs of "Rent"
                                      39. 78A
                                        Screw up
                                      40. 79A
                                        Fit to ___
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                                        Playground retort
                                      42. 82A
                                        South of France?
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                                        Classic arcade game that involves fighting aliens
                                      44. 85A
                                        Wilson of "Miracle on 34th Street"
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                                        Naomi who has won more than $21 million in her tennis career
                                      46. 89A
                                        Artist with the albums "21" and "25"
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                                        Apt name for a coroner?
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                                        Chard alternative
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                                        Tirades
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                                        ___ gobi (Indian dish with potatoes and cauliflower)
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                                        Horse hair
                                      Down
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                                        Smug smile
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                                        Japanese gateway
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                                        Heed the call of natural selection, perhaps
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                                        Obtain (1)
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                                        Loan shark
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                                        Alexander Ovechkin, famously (2)
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                                        Make-or-break part of a Tupperware container
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                                        Detached and distant
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                                        USS Intrepid, for one
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                                        List-ending abbr. (5)
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                                        Word after "gingerbread" or "eggnog" on some holiday menus
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                                        Expanse (4)
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                                        ___ infection (common result of a common cold)
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                                        Hall of Fame quarterback Dawson
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                                        "Furthermore ..."
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                                        Ideal
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                                        Boar
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                                        Car company that originally made airplanes (which might help to explain why it declared bankruptcy)
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                                        One billionth of one sixtieth of a minute, for short
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                                        Part of most at-home Covid tests
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                                        Escorted through
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                                        Lava before it's lava
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                                        Some voices
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                                        Largest city in Nigeria
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                                        Teachers' org.
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                                        She played Alex on "Modern Family"
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                                        Saguaros, e.g. (3)
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                                        Expel
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                                        Foolish beyond foolish
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                                        Some creations on "The Great British Baking Show"
                                      31. 52D
                                        CPR pro
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                                        Hook's hand
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                                        Registration stickers (6)
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                                        For fear that
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                                        Breaks
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                                        Super wacky
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                                        "Body on Me" singer Ora
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                                        Item that might be fried while green
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                                        Popeye creator E.C.
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                                        "The Devil Wears ___"
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                                        He composed "Over the Rainbow"
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                                        Chan of "Crazy Rich Asians"
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                                        Cat or cow, for one
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                                        Territory name that's part of a potato variety
                                      45. 77D
                                        Time for flirting over Facetime, perhaps
                                      46. 81D
                                        Alley ___
                                      47. 84D
                                        Key part of many music genres?
                                      48. 86D
                                        "You've got mail!" company
                                      49. 88D
                                        ___ card (phone insert that's becoming obsolete)
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