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Bouncing off the walls

◆◆ · By woozy · Published 2022-09-29T01:14:24.581Z

Meta Prompt
The meta is an answer to a question
I couldn't figure out this Capn Rick meta, https://crosshare.org/crosswords/fJCfC9hD0mDjOtyUdxhK/echo-location, so I made up this puzzle instead using the mechanism I wanted that puzzle to have.
This was a hard grid to fill and I apologize for some of the encyclopedic entries but .... I got really stuck in places. But I hope you find this puzzle ..... different.
Checking for previous play data...

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  • benchen71 solved 2022-09-29T11:01:31.147Z
  • beth solved 2022-09-29T22:04:57.408Z
  • Hector solved 2022-09-30T03:15:09.211Z
  • Mr Tex solved 2022-10-05T21:43:28.429Z
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  • I K Snamhcok solved 2022-10-10T02:53:30.639Z
  • hoover solved 2022-10-10T03:55:31.406Z
  • Tom Wilson solved 2022-10-10T12:46:08.553Z
  • Laura M solved 2022-10-10T19:46:09.665Z

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  • benchen71 10:09 · 2022-09-29T11:03:17.027Z
    Love the unique grid! I, too, have not been able to do "Echo Location". While this grid was a lot harder than Cap'n Rick's, this was an easier meta.
    • woozy constructor · 2022-09-29T15:46:51.881Z
      Actually I did get Cap'n Rick in the end. It turned out it was a lot easier than I was assuming it was.
      I know people say that but in this case it was..... Now as to your MOAT..... I should see something ... but I don't.
      Thanks for doing this puzzle.
      • woozy constructor · 2022-09-29T16:04:28.770Z
        You might like this meta I did in response to your earthquake meta:
        https://crosshare.org/crosswords/eIkbBLIoDkKCX4rQKQ8v/continental-divide-and-conquer
      • woozy constructor · 2022-09-29T15:56:40.930Z
        Oh, heck! I can't believe the misspelling I made in the title! Like a first grade error. You probably all thought it was an intentional joke, didn't you?
        • hoover 10s · 2022-10-10T03:56:00.821Z
          Nice one! I haven't seen this metanism before.
          • Laura M 🤓17:47 · 2022-10-10T19:47:37.642Z
            Fun, thanks!
            Play today's daily mini crossword
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            Response I'm expecting to this puzzle
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            Across
            1. 1A
              Response I'm expecting to this puzzle
            2. 4A
              With 16D direction to begin the meta
            3. 9A
              Beast of burden
            4. 12A
              Third person, singular, feminine, dative (Ger.); or Second person, plural, familiar, nominative. (Okay.... her; or you all)
            5. 13A
              Hugh of Blackadder, Jeeves and Wooster, etc. fame
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              Liquor flavored from Juniper
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              Floral necklace
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              What those snaky fish might get if the lounge about by those sunny rocks?
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              Self-conceit
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              Current dominant display technology (Cathode-Ray Tube is long gone)
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              Turkish general
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              Midday snooze
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              A direction that is utterly impossible to start the meta with
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              Big pig
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              Pvt.'s superior
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              All purpose suffix for chemical composition
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              Home project letters
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              Wields for the purpose of
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              Ancestor of Hungarians
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              Prefix meaning husk or rind
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              The trivia question that stumps ---- the one about the Asian plum trees.
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              Natural hazard outside human control as written be an insurance company that is preposterously weary of taking the Lord's name in vain.
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              Lunar module
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              Cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block
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              Not a video rating for children and general audience but Thames Valley Youth Games
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              Groups of eight
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              Second rate
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              Domestic intelligence service
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              Literally "and the rest"
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              I suppose "self-addressed" is redundant (who else would have done the addressing) so this three letter abbreviation is a useful as the four-letter one I'm more familiar with
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              The second movie in The Lord of the Rings franchise for those who absolutely must use initialisms
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              Roman household god
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              Anatomical pouch
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              To be continued (or concluded)
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              A proof by contradiction as referred to by someone who absolutely must use initialisms (think Latin)
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              An American theater chain; or a cable channel originally specializing in movies
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              Cheap laptop whose primary purpose is web access
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              Clerical robe
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              Lady who dallies going the other way
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              Relating to the foot bones
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              Similar to EXE, a library of shared files, many of which (but not all) have this as a file extension
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              The direction from Margaree Harbour to Baddeck (via Highway 30; don't forget to stop off at Nyanza for some good sandwiches)
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              Cartographic volume
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              Vision organ
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              Is going to do a Polynesian dance
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              If 1/COS is THE SEC then what is 1/COS?
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              An icebox that doesn't work full time? Or a portmanteau work for competency at storing cold food? At any rate, it's not a real word.
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              Ritual prayer done five times a day
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              On the town
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              In an early Pogo strip Howland Owl and Churchy la Femme tried to get this element by crossing a yew tree with a geranium
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              We had these on the top of our Xmas trees when I was a child; more universal-- Joni Mitchell song that talks of "Varnished weeds in window jars, Tarnished beads on tapestries"
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              Ancient name for the Iberian peninsula
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              Meeting outline
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              Add one's name to a guest book
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              Tintin's Wire Fox Terrier
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              "Hands off that!"
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              See 4A
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              Yea frequent
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              "There ---- jury in the world that will convict me"
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              Hastily written sign for the protest over the arrest of Kris Krngle
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              Something a hungry person may say
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              The business of producing video on discs
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              A counting of vision organs
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              A reference guide showing all color values according to the additive color model
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              Keyboard shortcut that will open Windows Start menu
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              Malia, Shasha, and Michelle
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              The meta begins with one, and the meta ends with one
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              Baloch tribe
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              A ruthful and sheveled person may take care (although a ruthless and disheveled person may be ----less)
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              Banners
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              Porticoes
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              Group with motto "Be prepared"
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