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Six Out of Seven Ain't Bad . . . Or Are They?

· By Bird Lives · Published 2024-10-28T15:38:41.228Z

Meta Prompt
The answer is the one that's missing.
Nudge1 As the title and intro suggest, you are looking for a set of seven. (Personal experience with any or all of them may be helpful but is certainly not required.)
Nudge 2 Only six of the seven are in the grid. Those six plus one other related entry are symmetrically placed.
Nudge 3 hese six (and the missing seventh) are the kinds of things people might try to hide. Consequently, they are hidden (though not very subtly) in the themers.
Nudge 4 A good place to start looking: entries that are a) longer and b)awkward, i.e., not the kind of phrase that would pop up in everyday speech.
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  • boharr 3s · 2024-10-28T15:38:41.228Z
    Nice one, Jay
    • hoover 3s · 2024-10-28T15:38:41.228Z
      Nice one!
      • woozy 🤓12:30 · 2024-10-28T15:38:41.228Z
        Nice!
        • lbray53 3s · 2024-10-28T15:38:41.228Z
          I tried to make WRATH work in 50A. The southwest corner was filling in very slowly. I finally, ironically, realized that SLOTH needed to go there. Now, darn it, where is WRATH or GLUTTONY. Oh, wait! ANGER is my sixth!
          Fun puzzle. Appropriate for the day.
          • David 🤓4:43 · 2024-10-28T15:38:41.228Z
            I kept looking for wrath too! Took me a while to recognize anger.
          • michaelm 🤓13:35 · 2024-10-28T15:38:41.228Z
            Technically a sin to have wanted them all? Fun grid, Jay! Thanks for the SSS
            • KayW 🤓7:43 · 2024-10-28T15:38:41.228Z
              Excellent! I like how gluttony made a covert appearance at 3down. Not that I needed a reminder as to which one was missing. Thanks, Jay!
              • MatthewL 🤓8:43 · 2024-10-28T15:38:41.228Z
                Nice one, Jay! And appropriate for a Sunday, I suppose. Thanks for the puzzle!
                • ajk 🤓12:48 · 2024-10-28T15:38:41.228Z
                  Nice one. I see what you did there at 2D and 62A. Ironically, I was having a hard time filling 15A, b/c never heard of 7D and couldn't remember 11A or figure out the start of 13D. Once I finally filled it in I immediately saw M + ENVYING and thought it would be letter + sinful action for about 5 seconds. Obviously I was forgetting the prompt at that point. 😂 But I quickly saw PRIDE in 20A and then was off to the races. Did google to find the last one (not that I couldn't have come up with it). Fun stuff, thanks.
                  • Carolyn 2s · 2024-10-28T15:38:41.228Z
                    Excellent
                    • imontoo 3s · 2024-10-28T15:38:41.228Z
                      Great SSS! Thank you, Jay!
                      • DrTom 19:50 · 2024-10-28T15:38:41.228Z
                        I see you ALMOST got WRATH with WAITHTHERE, unfortunately I saw ANGER but did not thing WRATH...I get sooo mad when that happens. Lots of Easter Eggs: ETERNAL, DAMNATION, ATE A LOT. Fun ride with the fill being the challenge here.
                        Thanks Jay
                        • HeadinHome 🤓1:44 · 2024-10-28T15:38:41.228Z
                          I was SURE this was going to be sneezy, dopey, doc…
                          • Darth 🤓11:07 · 2024-10-28T15:38:41.228Z
                            I had to Google as I was only vaguely familiar. I guess there are seven lively virtues, too. ;)
                            • David 🤓4:43 · 2024-10-28T15:38:41.228Z
                              Fun!
                              • SonOfaChipwich 🤓12:03 · 2024-10-29T16:09:41.778Z
                                This is the first meta puzzle whose meta prompt I've solved! It was a new concept to me when I started on CrossHare and the concept daunted me at first, but this one was very clear and fun to find! (Once I revealed all of the nudges, that is)
                              1A
                              Lone or forest follower
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                              Across
                              1. 1A
                                Lone or forest follower
                              2. 7A
                                That shrinking sea that's always in crosswords
                              3. 11A
                                Ms. Lipa
                              4. 14A
                                Name list ender, usually abbreviated
                              5. 15A
                                Guys out for the prize
                              6. 17A
                                Bring the news
                              7. 18A
                                Glowing quality
                              8. 19A
                                Directive on a Wonderland cake
                              9. 20A
                                Where to get a sandwich after you visit the Grotta Azzura
                              10. 21A
                                The Greatest
                              11. 22A
                                Big Blue
                              12. 23A
                                "___ I say"
                              13. 24A
                                Realms
                              14. 27A
                                Tire out
                              15. 30A
                                David (NBA), Isaac (violin), and Howard (radio)
                              16. 31A
                                Small Chevy of the 2000s
                              17. 32A
                                Does some mischief night "decoration"
                              18. 33A
                                All shook up
                              19. 36A
                                Publisher of Cong. hearings
                              20. 39A
                                Ht.
                              21. 40A
                                Like "Last Tango in Paris" and "Midnight Cowboy" originally
                              22. 44A
                                Coleman with a plastic sax
                              23. 46A
                                Put it another way
                              24. 47A
                                Swarm with insects, people, whatever
                              25. 48A
                                Methane for one
                              26. 49A
                                Stimpy's pooch
                              27. 50A
                                One who stole "The Scream" in 1994
                              28. 54A
                                Aaron and Raymond
                              29. 56A
                                "Don't go. I'll be right back"
                              30. 57A
                                Placebo solutiion
                              31. 58A
                                Shook hands about
                              32. 59A
                                Temper, as glass
                              33. 60A
                                Stephen of "The Crying Game"
                              34. 61A
                                Talkative bird
                              35. 62A
                                Excruciatingly dull
                              Down
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                                Checks the text again
                              2. 2D
                                Pigged out
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                                When it's quiet at day care
                              4. 4D
                                Take, slangily (usually with "onto")
                              5. 5D
                                Word on Irish stamps
                              6. 6D
                                Lab or gym follower
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                                Composer and French hornist David
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                                Do some harvesting
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                                R ___, vacation
                              10. 10D
                                Heinz varieties in ancient Rome
                              11. 11D
                                Go to a restaurant
                              12. 12D
                                Take off a necklace
                              13. 13D
                                They wring out the old
                              14. 16D
                                When repeated, the verbal equivalent of ellipsis
                              15. 20D
                                Network whose logo resembles an eye
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                                Injury additive sometimes
                              17. 25D
                                Sound from Sandy
                              18. 26D
                                Branch water?
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                                First lady
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                                Persian king who invaded Greece
                              21. 29D
                                Garden workers at times
                              22. 31D
                                Off-road ride
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                                "I told you so"
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                                "Can't help lovin' ___ man. . ."
                              25. 36D
                                Take up arms
                              26. 37D
                                Serve as a warning sign
                              27. 38D
                                A pittance in Italy once
                              28. 41D
                                Hung around a little while longer
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                                Like damnation for really bad stuff
                              30. 43D
                                How sardines are packed
                              31. 45D
                                Chew the scenery
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                                The so few to whom so many owed so much
                              33. 48D
                                She played Thelma to Susan's Louise
                              34. 51D
                                Not us
                              35. 52D
                                Ms. Lamarr
                              36. 53D
                                It can follow tire, branding, or steam
                              37. 54D
                                Source of ruin
                              38. 55D
                                Radius neighbor
                              39. 57D
                                Woebegone
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