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Thoroughly Satisfying
◆ · By Capn Rick · Published 2024-01-29T05:24:55.293Z
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a serene and scenic attraction.
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- thoreau-ly enjoyed this! the easter eggs are a nice touch (39A, each of the six words having a connection to thoreau, and his mentor in 43D)
- Thanks, Phil. Glad you enjoyed it. Re: Easter eggs, don't forget Don HENLEY who founded the Walden Woods Project.
- Also THOR and EAU in the SW corner.
- SamKat9 🤓6:49 · 2024-01-29T07:13:41.326ZGreat puzzle to start off the week, thanks!
- Ergcat 🤓10:10 · 2024-01-29T14:11:33.216ZNice one! Great way to start the meta week! Thanks, Cap’n!
- Adam Doctoroff 🤓2:48 · 2024-01-29T14:19:11.053ZAlways a pleasure, Cap'n Rick!
- imontoo 2s · 2024-01-29T14:50:43.123ZNice start to the week, Cap’n! Thank you!
- MatthewL 🤓5:05 · 2024-01-29T15:15:52.422ZFun one, Rick. Enjoyed all the Easter Eggs as well. Although is it just me, or when folks see Walden do they think of the Doonesbury comic strip as well (or even first)? Because that was the first thing that popped into my mind, and I almost typed in WALDEN PUDDLE. In any event, thanks for the puzzle!
- Thanks, Matthew. You know what, I forgot about Zonker's "Commune" and swimming hole! I may have to allow that as an alternate answer in Crosshare.
- Bird Lives 3s · 2024-01-29T15:30:06.908ZThey told me that high school English class would come in handy some day. Finally.
- Thanks, Jay. Yeah, since I "didn't know much about history", I thought I'd shift gears and go with English.
- Had it after WAL
. Did take me a beat or two to shift from looking for S A in the grid to the clues. Went too fast to appreciate the Easter eggs, but impressive in retrospect. Very fun, thanks.- Thanks, Alan. Glad you enjoyed the meta and the post-game Easter eggs.
- What, you could not fit Lincoln in there? Nice Monday exercise Cap. I'll admit that with the title and prompt I kind of had a jump start. Love all the "tie-ins", I think I have them all: WILDERNESS, ARTIST, LONER, CONCORD, DIARY, ESSAYS, NATURALIST, WRITERS, HENLEY. Thank you for painting a very serene picture this morning.
- With your punny mind, DrTom, I figured it wouldn't take you long to see through "Thoroughly". In addition to the entries you listed, I also had THOR and EAU in the SW corner.
- minimuggle 🤓5:59 · 2024-01-29T17:35:25.850Zthanks so much for a wonderful puzzle
- Carolyn 2s · 2024-01-29T18:33:02.353ZLovely!
- Lovely meta - thanks, Cap'n!
- Laura M 🤓4:24 · 2024-01-29T19:35:38.933ZVery nice! Also love that all of the theme content didn't overcomplicate the grid!
- Been there. While lovely, it is and was apparently even back then not at all remote from civilization. Sort of a "two years in the backyard" thing.
- Thanks, Hector. You're right, there's not a lot of WILDERNESS in Eastern Massachusetts, but I needed the "W".
- kymike 2s · 2024-01-29T20:00:27.067ZGot sidetracked looking at the fill with SA or AS (nothing); then the fill with letters between S and A (again, nothing). Came back to it and thought to look at clueing. Nice'n Cap'n
- Good grief. How could I have gone through the grid and clues so many times and thought so hard and some NEVER see that 51 A had words written after "Scholarly articles". Seriously. I had seen that clue many time and it always appeared to say exactly "Scholarly articles". It's as though the pixel fairies waited until I was exhausted and decided to add "(and a hint to solving the meta)" just to taunt me.Okay, You Henry David Thoreau me and I was very slow to Henry David Catch but I got there..... eventually.
- Very nice, woozy! I always enjoy reading your solving comments. Very entertaining!
- JHSeeman 2s · 2024-01-29T22:02:36.623ZLove the easter eggs and the blatant Title....thanks Cap'n.
- Thanks, John. A meta without Easter eggs is like a day without sunshine in my book.
- Anita and Steve 2s · 2024-01-29T22:17:27.793ZFun one! We had a brief glitch due to 41A, which also was an SA clue. Red herring!
- Good point, Anita! I think we might have to have the referees in NY take a look at this one and render a decision. Too close to call!
- HeadinHome 🤓5:01 · 2024-01-29T22:55:53.782ZNerdy English major here — needed only Concord and naturalist to land this one. Thanks for a serene puzzle!
- Very clever pondsy scheme!
- ReB 3s · 2024-01-30T04:42:03.096ZPleasant end to a Monday evening. Thanks
- hoover 8s · 2024-01-30T04:45:25.276ZWow, such a lot of Easter eggs!
- Very fun! I was trying to make 41A work! “See 37-Across”
- Thanks, lbray53! Yes, that was a "thoroughly" inadvertent oversight on my part.
- Qmark 3s · 2024-01-30T13:12:35.061ZWonderful meta, Cap'n Rick...thanks!
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Sheep's cry
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Across
- 1ASheep's cry
- 6AUtah ski resort
- 10ASail support
- 14ASecluded area
- 16ALotion ingredient
- 17ABookworm
- 18ACapitol feature
- 19AOpposite of paleo-
- 20ATolkien tree creatures
- 21AReadied for publication
- 23ASophisticated aesthete
- 25AWedding vows
- 26ARedeem
- 29ASolitary ascetic
- 33AColonel or captain
- 36ACamp shelter
- 37AWith 41-Across, fateful WWII bomber
- 38AAnd so on: Abbr.
- 39AGrape variety
- 41ASee 37-Across
- 42ASound of the South
- 44AMoon goddess
- 45ASeemingly forever
- 46ASecret annals
- 47APuts up
- 49AWithout purpose
- 51AScholarly articles (and a hint to solving the meta)
- 55AChinese restaurant beverage
- 58AReligious offshoot
- 60AObserve
- 61ALand measure
- 62AGerman hunting dog
- 65AGod with a hammer
- 66AScience appreciator
- 67ALays down the lawn
- 68ATakes to court
- 69AHiking trails
Down
- 1DSwahili boss
- 2DOnions partner
- 3DPoet T.S.
- 4DTack on
- 5DMother ___ (Peace Prize nun)
- 6DMed. school subject
- 7DDigital displays
- 8DMao ___-tung
- 9DComparable to a lobster
- 10DPresident after Jefferson
- 11D"Thanks ___!"
- 12DA few
- 13DPrepared to drive
- 15DHas as a tenant
- 22DApportioned, with "out"
- 24D"Gross!"
- 25DChant
- 27DDon of the Eagles
- 28DAcquire, as debts
- 30DCanceled, to NASA
- 31DPanache
- 32DTampa Bay team
- 33DFunny Foxx
- 34DLongfellow bell town
- 35DMarch Madness org.
- 39DBonnie's partner
- 40DIndy entry
- 43DEmerson and Hawthorne, e.g.
- 45DDouble curve
- 48DWoman's shoe style
- 50DCroquet venues
- 52DIn ___ (agitated)
- 53D"Gimme a break!"
- 54DSome Spanish murals
- 55DBoaters and bowlers
- 56DEight, in Ecuador
- 57DWalked on
- 58DLocation
- 59DFlightless birds
- 63DFrench water
- 64DPie ___ mode
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