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· By Mikey G · Published 2023-06-10T17:00:55.071Z

Meta Prompt
[Level 1.5] The answer to the meta is a brand.
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  • oldjudge 4s · 2023-06-10T17:15:58.398Z
    I just noticed the puzzle number----very funny!
    • oldjudge 4s · 2023-06-10T17:06:22.856Z
      Great job Mikey
      • Mikey G constructor · 2023-06-10T17:04:15.156Z
        Answer: HEINZ
        Metanism: The five goofy themers each include a popular brand (HONDA, EGGO, IKEA, NESTLE, ZOOM - yes, the Z is a tiny stretch, but even the Muggles meet on Zoom, which exploded over the past couple of years). Their initials spell HEINZ, the answer to the meta, which is fitting for Puzzle #57! Note also CAT and SUP in the center row and the allusion to tomatoes in the clue for 57-Down.
        • Hector 7:05 · 2023-06-10T17:12:18.881Z
          My condiments to the chef
          • KayW 12:54 · 2023-06-10T17:30:28.227Z
            Fun puzzle! Thanks Mikey
            • I K Snamhcok 🤓14:35 · 2023-06-10T17:26:49.751Z
              Nice easy-breezy meta for a hot summer day. Thanks, Mikey!
              • Pair O Ducks 🤓8:45 · 2023-06-10T17:39:33.234Z
                Hopefully a high score this week will help me ketchup on the leaderboard!
                • boharr 2s · 2023-06-10T17:24:42.009Z
                  Nice one. Thanks.
                  • Cindy Heisler 3s · 2023-06-10T17:56:12.890Z
                    Fun, especially after this week's MGWCC. Great clues, as usual. Thanks, Mikey!
                    • Toast 🤓53s · 2023-06-10T18:05:26.802Z
                      I relish a quick & easy meta that allows more inexperienced solvers to catch up.
                      • FrankieHeck 16:44 · 2023-06-10T18:40:24.057Z
                        Nice! I had to rush through it so we could head up to visit our son in Pittsburgh, home of Heinz!
                        • Joe 🤓10:58 · 2023-06-10T18:38:14.399Z
                          I'm 3 for 3 this weekend. Which doesn't happen often!
                          • kurtalert 17:23 · 2023-06-10T19:20:27.643Z
                            OK, this is kinda crazy - 43D and 54A could also be PULLE (the immature offspring of any animal) and ELSIE (L C - fits just as well as S E for ESSIE). I went over the puzzle 3 times, every clue/answer, and couldn't figure out what I had wrong. Had to do the Check Grid to see what was off. Wild! Great puzzle!
                            • kymike 2s · 2023-06-10T20:39:45.042Z
                              I really RELISH your puzzles. Now I can go and CATSUP on other things while having a COCKTAIL.
                              • Darth 🤓16:36 · 2023-06-10T21:21:16.022Z
                                Yep, I was waiting for this one... after puzzle 52 and 53! hahaha
                                • ReB 5s · 2023-06-10T21:35:13.285Z
                                  Lots of witty cluing, as usual. Nice to have a breather this week. I'm a bit puzzled by the chorizo reference to Britain, as I associate chorizo with Mexican food trucks/restaurants.
                                  • markhr 6:54 · 2023-06-10T22:09:01.821Z
                                    I think "omelette" is more of a British spelling. "Omelet" is more standard in the US.
                                  • Carolyn 4s · 2023-06-10T22:15:58.315Z
                                    Fun! I did the same thing with PULLE and ELSIE, but as a nurse I do prefer PULSE.
                                    • Berto 42:41 · 2023-06-10T22:02:18.424Z
                                      Wahwhatwhatnow? Am I in the wrong place? (I did only just complete last week’s puzzle earlier lol)
                                      • hoover 6s · 2023-06-10T23:15:12.914Z
                                        Nice one for a Saturday
                                        • rjy 3s · 2023-06-10T22:58:40.832Z
                                          Solved this remotely in an internet dead zone, so had to ketchup to get my entry in. Nice one, Mikey!
                                          • Billy 🤓8:48 · 2023-06-11T00:33:37.003Z
                                            Good puzzle!
                                            • Qmark 3s · 2023-06-11T00:25:09.073Z
                                              Enjoyed it...thanks Mikey!
                                              • Abide 🤓11:51 · 2023-06-11T01:53:35.336Z
                                                Caret, Carat, Kerry. 🤔
                                                • whimsy 🤓14:52 · 2023-06-11T01:51:59.335Z
                                                  Hot dog! this was a fun puzzle! (sorry, Ginger)
                                                  Thanks, Mikey!
                                                  • MatthewL 🤓16:17 · 2023-06-11T17:37:31.504Z
                                                    Nice one Mikey! If I mayo say, I always relish the clever puns. Thanks for the puzzle!
                                                    • DrTom 4s · 2023-06-12T04:17:13.700Z
                                                      I started late and was afraid I would not catch up or that I could not cut the mustard. Some of the fills left me in a pickle but I relished the thought of continuing. I was working on it while eating and at one point I asked myself "what this here sauce om my Hathaway shirt!" In the end I was Krafty enough to prevail and did not have to try 57 different varieties of answers. Thanks Mike, typical fun clues.
                                                      • Bird Lives 3s · 2023-06-14T16:52:56.879Z
                                                        OK, everyone solved it. But did anyone else tour the factory when they were in grade school and get a tiny pickle pin?
                                                        • JHSeeman 4s · 2023-06-14T17:45:43.798Z
                                                          great one for puzzle number 57....
                                                          • Laura M 🤓16:27 · 2023-06-16T21:04:13.146Z
                                                            Forgot about this until now! Quick and fun though!
                                                            1A
                                                            Org. that has a "ruff" time
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                                                            Across
                                                            1. 1A
                                                              Org. that has a "ruff" time
                                                            2. 4A
                                                              "___ & Generous" (Natalie Merchant song)
                                                            3. 8A
                                                              Destroyed the sofa, instead of actually using the scratching post (I'm looking at you, Ginger)
                                                            4. 14A
                                                              Org. that sees a lot of traffic
                                                            5. 15A
                                                              "Now it's clear!"
                                                            6. 16A
                                                              Word in a common vow
                                                            7. 17A
                                                              Group that swings for a very long time?
                                                            8. 20A
                                                              Like Group 18 gases
                                                            9. 21A
                                                              Start to act?
                                                            10. 22A
                                                              Frantic cry when you can't find an eggnog spice?
                                                            11. 26A
                                                              Creme-creme connection
                                                            12. 29A
                                                              Bests
                                                            13. 30A
                                                              Less antediluvian
                                                            14. 31A
                                                              1990s animated villain
                                                            15. 34A
                                                              Cable network that blew up all of a sudden
                                                            16. 35A
                                                              Yet
                                                            17. 36A
                                                              "What greater gift than the love of a ___?" (Dickens)
                                                            18. 37A
                                                              Paintings that yours truly created? (You've heard of Monet - these are "Don't waste your Monet")
                                                            19. 39A
                                                              Partake in a light repast
                                                            20. 40A
                                                              "And the 62-Across rested in the seventh month...upon the mountains of ___" (Genesis 8:4)
                                                            21. 42A
                                                              Domingo, e.g.
                                                            22. 43A
                                                              Locale whose tower might sing, "Come on, I lean!"
                                                            23. 44A
                                                              Location of strikes, say
                                                            24. 45A
                                                              First two words of a Lovin' Spoonful title question
                                                            25. 47A
                                                              Dict. derivation
                                                            26. 48A
                                                              Part of the camera that shows you how you're really feeling?
                                                            27. 52A
                                                              Some mixers
                                                            28. 54A
                                                              Woman's name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet
                                                            29. 55A
                                                              Sausage-filled breakfast dish you might order in Britain?
                                                            30. 60A
                                                              Small altercation
                                                            31. 61A
                                                              Gloomy cloud
                                                            32. 62A
                                                              See 40-Across
                                                            33. 63A
                                                              Setting in "Fiddler on the Roof"
                                                            34. 64A
                                                              411
                                                            35. 65A
                                                              "Mayday! I need more Brillo pads!"
                                                            Down
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                                                              Mgmt.
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                                                              He portrayed 6-Down
                                                            3. 3D
                                                              "Look at all my proofreading insertion symbols!" "Yeah, I don't ___ all about them"
                                                            4. 4D
                                                              36-Across, once
                                                            5. 5D
                                                              "Kinda"
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                                                              See 2-Down
                                                            7. 7D
                                                              Hideaway where I can go be an introvert
                                                            8. 8D
                                                              The bird was flying so high, I had to ___ my neck (these puns can't be beak)
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                                                              It might be caught on screen
                                                            10. 10D
                                                              Acquiesced
                                                            11. 11D
                                                              "My thoughts meandered there for a moment..."
                                                            12. 12D
                                                              Poetic always
                                                            13. 13D
                                                              MDs
                                                            14. 18D
                                                              Mail
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                                                              Cacophonies
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                                                              "Capiche?"
                                                            17. 24D
                                                              Greasy goo
                                                            18. 25D
                                                              Chose to sign up for Pun of the Kind e-mails (obvious plug)
                                                            19. 27D
                                                              "We can help!"
                                                            20. 28D
                                                              Cornmeal cake of Colombia
                                                            21. 30D
                                                              Popular slang word of the early 1990s
                                                            22. 31D
                                                              Several notes, typically
                                                            23. 32D
                                                              "Look at all my diamond rings!" "Yeah, I don't ___ all about them"
                                                            24. 33D
                                                              Whatever it takes
                                                            25. 35D
                                                              Café carriers
                                                            26. 37D
                                                              ___ o menos ("So-so" in Spanish)
                                                            27. 38D
                                                              Hill helper
                                                            28. 41D
                                                              Compunction
                                                            29. 43D
                                                              It's living proof!
                                                            30. 45D
                                                              "I can only ___ much!"
                                                            31. 46D
                                                              Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare play
                                                            32. 48D
                                                              Eye color in a Kelly Clarkson song title
                                                            33. 49D
                                                              These, in Tegucigalpa
                                                            34. 50D
                                                              34-Across's "N"
                                                            35. 51D
                                                              Pursues
                                                            36. 53D
                                                              Jaunty cadence
                                                            37. 55D
                                                              A little change, briefly
                                                            38. 56D
                                                              "Say what now?"
                                                            39. 57D
                                                              Nail polish brand with hues that include "Left Your Texts on Red" and "We Seafood and Eat It" (Mikey's offering: "I Love This Shade from My Head Tomatoes")
                                                            40. 58D
                                                              "That's really something!"
                                                            41. 59D
                                                              Movie with the line, "You did it! Congratulations! World's best cup of coffee!"
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