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· By Pandora's Blocks Weekly Meta Crossword · Published 2023-04-02T13:00:00.424Z

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  • oldjudge 3s · 2023-04-02T13:22:17.795Z
    Great idea, Will!
    • TMart 🤓11:35 · 2023-04-02T13:29:49.717Z
      Fun one! Thanks, Will!
      • Bird Lives 3s · 2023-04-02T13:42:21.224Z
        I seem to have gotten here quickly. Must be the pitch clock. Also that this one was not as tricky as last week's, but still clever.
        • ChrisCross 🤓9:21 · 2023-04-02T13:37:44.104Z
          Whew. That was very interesting, but I felt pretty certain when the idea for the final answer came to mind. I have a feeling this is going to play out as a challenging and not a medium.
          • hazmat 🤓8:32 · 2023-04-02T13:39:25.164Z
            Hard one, but liked it! Was looking for CREW CUTs and DAY LITE and DEW OVERs
            • Capn Rick 🤓8:06 · 2023-04-02T13:37:21.201Z
              Nice one, Will! Took me a minute until I started "listening" to the Cs and Ds. Thanks!
              • MajordomoTom 🤓16:24 · 2023-04-04T00:10:35.374Z
                same here, and then wanted to find a link between them ... and once I sounded them out, DOH!
              • Byron 🤓14:23 · 2023-04-02T13:59:42.709Z
                Clever!
                • Joe 🤓6:48 · 2023-04-02T14:57:13.500Z
                  Yay! Took me a second.
                  • boharr 2s · 2023-04-02T15:10:01.340Z
                    Clever. Thanks
                    • Qmark 4s · 2023-04-02T15:34:10.721Z
                      Loved it...thanks Will!
                      • I K Snamhcok 2s · 2023-04-02T15:36:39.002Z
                        Very nice. It struck me as, oh, say, Mike Shenk-ish. Like a medium-hard WSJCC. Anyone else think so? Thanks, Will!
                        • DIS 🤓7:40 · 2023-04-02T16:12:43.719Z
                          Creative, distinctive!
                          • andeux 🤓4:20 · 2023-04-02T16:16:55.949Z
                            • ReB 3s · 2023-04-02T17:02:37.239Z
                              Good Sunday answer. Unlike last week's agony, I got the correct inspiration very quickly. You never know from one week to the next...
                              • KayW 🤓7:07 · 2023-04-02T17:43:49.363Z
                                Clever!! Thanks Will!
                                • MatthewL 8:28 · 2023-04-02T18:34:10.662Z
                                  Fun puzzle, Will! Thanks.
                                  • Carolyn 2s · 2023-04-02T20:09:40.224Z
                                    Yay! My first thought worked out for a change, although at first fill I imagined CRAWDAD for CRAYFISH17ACrustacean in Cajun cuisine[--------]. Thanks for the Sunday delight. Go Aztecs!!
                                    • MajordomoTom 🤓16:24 · 2023-04-04T00:11:21.629Z
                                      mine was CRAWFISH at first too crazy, I guess, and wrong pronunciation to boot
                                    • Laura M 🤓12:22 · 2023-04-02T21:01:31.507Z
                                      Interesting idea, well done!
                                      • William D 17:25 · 2023-04-02T21:04:47.515Z
                                        Thanks!
                                        • Sfull411 🤓6:00 · 2023-04-03T00:20:33.178Z
                                          Great puzzle. Thanks!
                                          • Bbaack 🤓14:13 · 2023-04-03T00:28:28.184Z
                                            Interesting idea, thanks for the fun!
                                            • rickybillingsgate 16s · 2023-04-03T03:00:25.182Z
                                              Clever mechanism!
                                              • Darth 🤓14:42 · 2023-04-03T03:36:37.840Z
                                                It didn't take very long to figure out based on the title. I liked it. Thanks.
                                                • MrTheHan 🤓8:33 · 2023-04-03T13:46:37.800Z
                                                  Went in so many different directions based on the main observation, but the moment things fell into place was so satisfying!
                                                  • Eric Porter 1:06 · 2023-04-03T14:42:36.444Z
                                                    I had this one mostly figured out hours ago, but I had to sound it out like I was on Wheel of Fortune.
                                                    • dplass 🤓5:43 · 2023-04-03T19:06:43.805Z
                                                      I wrote on my paper CREE, DOUGH, and couldn't figure out how to get 5 letters from that... duh...
                                                      • woozy 🤓17:16 · 2023-04-09T16:38:20.013Z
                                                        Why did you you write down CREE and DOUGH on your paper? I wrote down AY, (r)AY, EEE, I, EW, U? but nothing that could reasonably ever turn into anything.
                                                        • dplass 🤓5:43 · 2023-04-09T21:38:10.574Z
                                                          EE was the "missing vowel sound" for CR and O was the missing sound for D, making CR+EE, D+O(UGH)
                                                    • THC 🤓2:46 · 2023-04-03T18:21:31.959Z
                                                      Thanks, Will!
                                                      • dplass 🤓5:43 · 2023-04-03T19:05:57.750Z
                                                        Nice.
                                                        • MajordomoTom 🤓16:24 · 2023-04-04T00:09:55.060Z
                                                          sounds about right!
                                                          • Jimbo 16:22 · 2023-04-05T00:21:18.570Z
                                                            Crikey! I liked it. Thank you --
                                                            • DrTom 3s · 2023-04-05T03:19:51.311Z
                                                              Fun, and as per usual, inventive Meta. I went sooo many different ways until I finally mentioned to someone that CREE and DOUGH would be perfect if only there were clues about Indians and money and they said. "well why don't you try it anyway?"
                                                              • TerminatorX 🤓10:00 · 2023-04-05T20:20:28.524Z
                                                                I originally submitted CREED under influence of the "well, they're a band people listened to on CDs in their heyday" train of thought.
                                                                • Katiedid 🤓6:52 · 2023-04-06T03:34:52.047Z
                                                                  Fun one! And not too difficult. Pronunciation puzzles can be tricky. I don't pronounce the answer CREE DOH, but I see it's actually the first one in the dictionary. Also we eat crawfish here (yum!), so I had to change it to crayfish when I checked the downs.
                                                                  • Meta World Peace 3s · 2023-04-08T15:07:28.747Z
                                                                    That was DEEE-LITEful, Will!
                                                                    • woozy 🤓17:16 · 2023-04-09T16:30:34.347Z
                                                                      Why? I tried sounding out the sounds of the words beginning with the Cs and the Ds and a for crAY, dAY, crIE, dEE, crOW, dIE, crEW, dEW but that doesn't yield anything and I don't see how it yields CREDO.
                                                                      • woozy 🤓17:16 · 2023-04-09T19:40:38.327Z
                                                                        Oh. Now I get. But... Is finding thing by omission natural to people? I get that some people would think that way but surely only a minority would think to look for sounds that are missing?
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                                                                        Birds that represent Florida Atlantic University
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                                                                        1. 1A
                                                                          Birds that represent Florida Atlantic University
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                                                                          Latin 101 word
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                                                                          Get ___ your own game
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                                                                          Tomato type
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                                                                          Give the devil ___ due
                                                                        6. 16A
                                                                          Strip
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                                                                          Crustacean in Cajun cuisine
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                                                                          Name screamed in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
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                                                                          Filipino stew
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                                                                          Person working on Wall Street
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                                                                          Roughly
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                                                                          ___-de-France
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                                                                          Holler
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                                                                          "Groove Is in the Heart" band
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                                                                          Driver's prop
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                                                                          "My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love" and "We the Youth," for two
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                                                                          Henchman
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                                                                          Speaks hoarsely
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                                                                          Approved, for short
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                                                                          Roberts of "Charlie's Angels"
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                                                                          Request from a nervous actor
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                                                                          Disparager
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                                                                          Group that chose Paris for 2024: Abbr.
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                                                                          Brag about
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                                                                          Like some jigsaw puzzles, from a manufacturing perspective
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                                                                          Word often rhymed with "Burr" in "Hamilton"
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                                                                          They may call you out
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                                                                          Uhura and Chekhov, for example
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                                                                          Some prom hairstyles
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                                                                          Transplant
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                                                                          Temperature at which water vapor starts to condense
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                                                                          Mets' first baseman Pete
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                                                                          League for Raptors and Magic
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                                                                          Mechanical repetition
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                                                                          Word before board or after wanted
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                                                                          "The Fountainhead" author Rand
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                                                                          Pace slower than a canter
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                                                                          Best Freestyle Crossword or Best Clue, for example
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                                                                          "What's the ___?"
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                                                                          "OMG that's sooooo funny!!"
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                                                                          Utter anything at all
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                                                                          Sushi selection
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                                                                          Err
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                                                                          Job safety org.
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                                                                          Flutters (about)
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                                                                          Main dish
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                                                                          Field
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                                                                          Tattled
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                                                                          Up to the job
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                                                                          "You think you're the only one who ever shed a ___?" (line from "Moonstruck")
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                                                                          Websites like xword-muggles.com
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                                                                          Obeys a triangular sign
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                                                                          Ed's character in "The Hangover"
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                                                                          Keyboard shortcut for "copy"
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                                                                          Run again, as a TV show
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                                                                          Only type of question used in "20 Questions"
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                                                                          Senegalese capital
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                                                                          Queens airport code
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                                                                          Like the chemical bonds in table salt
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                                                                          "More power ___"
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                                                                          Pass, as a law
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                                                                          Redford of "The Way We Were"
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                                                                          Church seat
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                                                                          Cause to err
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                                                                          Pilot
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                                                                          Oilers, on a scoreboard
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                                                                          Diffuse
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                                                                          Virtual competition aired after football, maybe
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                                                                          Words that should not be taken as synonymous with "toxic after"
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                                                                          "Nuts!"
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                                                                          Move, in realtor lingo
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                                                                          Greek god of love and sex
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                                                                          "An Old Raincoat ___ Ever Let You Down" (album by Rod Stewart)
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                                                                          "I used to design for GODS!" speaker Mode
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                                                                          Big name in French fashion
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                                                                          "I'm ___ you" ("You're not getting away with this")
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                                                                          Editor's "leave in"
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                                                                          Obi-___ Kenobi
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