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■ · By Pandora's Blocks Weekly Meta Crossword · Published 2023-02-19T13:51:40.726Z

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The anwer to this week's meta is a movie with an alternate ending.
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  • FrankieHeck 🤓5:25 · 2023-02-19T14:30:46.678Z
    This was a delightful puzzle!
    • Alex Sisti 3s · 2023-02-19T14:51:11.490Z
      What a masterpiece of construction!
      • ChrisCross 🤓9:31 · 2023-02-19T15:30:56.279Z
        Lots of fun!!!
        • Sfull411 🤓5:03 · 2023-02-19T16:49:24.142Z
          Wonderful puzzle. Thanks so much!
          • Hector 🤓8:59 · 2023-02-19T17:09:14.409Z
            What they said!! ^^
            • Schmeel 2s · 2023-02-19T17:54:41.338Z
              Great puzzle! Thanks!
              • BZU 5:03 · 2023-02-19T19:58:52.842Z
                So tbh I got the meta just by guessing and I have no idea how you're supposed to arrive at this answer. I noticed something similar about the three long across answers that looks like it's on the right track but not sure where to go from there, could some explain? thanks!
                • JM 3s · 2023-02-19T20:51:52.401Z
                  Multiple steps. To begin, notice the word “or” which appears twice in the themers.
                  • BZU 5:03 · 2023-02-20T00:05:03.922Z
                    Yeah I noticed that, I'll keep thinking about it
                • JM 3s · 2023-02-19T20:53:34.578Z
                  Wow!
                  • DJB 3s · 2023-02-20T00:09:55.002Z
                    Loved it!
                    • I K Snamhcok 3s · 2023-02-20T01:50:52.939Z
                      Beauty! Pressed a bit for time, I requested a nudge from Will, and it confirmed I was on the right track. Given that nudge, Will, please do NOT make me eligible for any prize you may award. Thanks!
                      • Laura M 🤓10:08 · 2023-02-20T04:34:30.156Z
                        Loved it! Took me forever to see all the 'OR's.
                        • Bird Lives 4s · 2023-02-20T13:35:41.787Z
                          Brilliant construction.
                          • boharr 7s · 2023-02-20T14:31:56.657Z
                            Whew. Needed help.
                            • Cindy Heisler 3s · 2023-02-20T23:28:19.500Z
                              Went down a deep rabbit hole before being pulled out and put on the correct path.
                              • MatthewL 🤓7:59 · 2023-02-21T15:15:10.641Z
                                Needed a bit of a nudge, but finally got it. As others have said, extremely clever puzzle.
                                • Abide 5s · 2023-02-22T01:58:10.282Z
                                  Good one- mucho theme squares
                                  • Burakodrama 2s · 2023-02-23T03:54:17.071Z
                                    Very tight puzzle, and very gettable. Good aha moment once you figure out what's going on.
                                    One thing that was really helpful for me was Will saying "no Googling necessary". That saved from potentially numerous rabbit holes, I probably would've Googled all the movies that featured horses in them.
                                    • dplass 2s · 2023-02-26T17:39:08.403Z
                                      I hit reveal. Since i've never heard of this movie I'd say that Google would by definition be necessary
                                    • DrTom 4s · 2023-02-23T05:24:15.084Z
                                      Well that was (A) clever (B) brutal. I was getting frustrated because half the time I didn't know whether to fish OR cut bait, We may have to take that computer programming away from you, it's dangerous!!!! Tough slog but fun AHA.
                                      • THC 🤓8:41 · 2023-02-23T18:25:55.472Z
                                        Thanks, Will!
                                        • StephieG19 7s · 2023-02-23T19:40:06.298Z
                                          Great puzzle! Like others it took me forever to see the ORs but came together nicely after that
                                          • Mwoychick 🤓9:24 · 2023-02-23T20:49:44.762Z
                                            Wow, that was a workout for me! Once I finally got out of my own way, I got it - thanks for the puzzle, Will - a challenge and very fun, too.
                                            • Louis D 2s · 2023-02-24T12:23:24.477Z
                                              That was a brilliant puzzle.
                                              • Meta World Peace 3s · 2023-02-25T22:54:44.098Z
                                                The answer matches my exclamation of disbelief at your feat of construction when I figured out the last layer here, Will!
                                                • Deepak B 🤓13:11 · 2023-02-26T13:55:22.179Z
                                                  beautiful puzzle!
                                                  • Mr Tex 4:50 · 2023-02-27T14:13:14.567Z
                                                    Would someone please just post the mechanism for solving this? I love this site, but it's a crazy omission that answers are rarely accompanied by much-needed explanations.
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                                                  Company that retired the motto "What can brown do for you?"
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                                                    Company that retired the motto "What can brown do for you?"
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                                                    Guacamole or queso, for example
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                                                    Make progress, in a way
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                                                    ___ smear (test for cervical cancer)
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                                                    Country that lost to NED in the 2022 World Cup
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                                                    Instrument for Yo-Yo Ma
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                                                    Certain body of water
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                                                    Letters seen on many ballcaps near the Gateway Arch
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                                                    DreamWorks movie featuring mythical creatures
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                                                    Utilitarianism or Kantianism, for example
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                                                    Language in which "kia ora" means "hello" (or, more literally, "be well")
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                                                    Tiny bit
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                                                    Past ___ (later than ideal)
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                                                    Barking noise
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                                                    Sports bar's array
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                                                    Traps with powder, perhaps
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                                                    Airport about 350 miles north of LAX
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                                                    Police officer
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                                                    Metta World ___ (former name of Metta Sandiford-Artest)
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                                                    Dependable performer
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                                                    Mouse-like insectivore
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                                                    "Kill two birds with ___ stone"
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                                                    March Madness channel (it's almost that time of year!)
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                                                    Is dead serious
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                                                    Pro ___ (hint from a veteran)
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                                                    Heart chart, for short
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                                                    "Safe" callers
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                                                    Luxurious
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                                                    Get into hot water?
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                                                    Bodega
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                                                    Advancement
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                                                    Altar promise
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                                                    Burden
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                                                    You might find a sheriff in one
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                                                    Small or chicken follower
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                                                    Buzz Aldrin's alma mater
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                                                    Person generating data, perhaps
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                                                    Pig's digs
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                                                    Sault ___ Marie, Michigan
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                                                    Commotions
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                                                    Split into duos
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                                                    Primitive hunting weapon
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                                                    "When the ___ settles..."
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                                                    "Does it meet your standards?"
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                                                    ___ diet
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                                                    Prefix with -metry or -logy
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                                                    ___ in (poker option)
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                                                    Under the weather
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                                                    Negative replies
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                                                    Wail
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                                                    Actress Stone of "La La Land"
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                                                    Ralph Ahn's character on "New Girl"
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                                                    Worth going to, as a party
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                                                    Periods triggered by ties, for short
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                                                    Songbird sound
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                                                    "Patience ___ virtue"
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                                                    MC's prop
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                                                    Direction opposite WSW
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                                                    A TiVo can record shows and play them at the same time, unlike this device
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                                                    Hitters' stat that combines two other stats
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                                                    Jesse who was "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history"
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                                                    A restaurant that sells bánh mì might also sell this
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                                                    Cries of pain
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                                                    Exactly right
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                                                    L.L. Bean rival
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                                                    Mustangs' sch.
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                                                    Sewn edge
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                                                    Spit a verse, say
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                                                    "That's a guarantee!"
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                                                    Dwight K. ___ III (Assistant to the regional manager at Dunder Mifflin)
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                                                    Device with a nano model
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                                                    Rocky peak
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                                                    Channel sponsored by "viewers like you"
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                                                    Bee ___ (group that sang "Stayin' Alive")
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                                                    Cuts
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                                                    Tiny bits
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                                                    Ride, so to speak
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                                                    Actress Sternberg of "FBI"
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                                                    Debt acknowledgement
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                                                    Lil ___ X
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                                                    California State ___ 1 (road also called the PCH)
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                                                    "On Fields ___ Which the Reaper's Hand Has Pass'd" (Thoreau poem)
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