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Going to Extremes

■ · By Cory Calhoun · Published 2024-12-01T03:58:04.160Z

Meta Prompt
Hint: Find a 10-letter verb.
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  • benchen71 🤓5:46 · 2024-12-01T05:58:44.039Z
    Good one! (Any specific reason why the clue for EQUINOX had an asterisk?)
    • Cory Calhoun constructor · 2024-12-01T07:21:16.919Z
      Oh, good catch on that. I'll remove it.
      This puzzle originally appeared in the arts and entertainment magazine in my hometown. In that version, the Across answers relevant to solving the meta were starred, to help out those in the general public not clued into the difficulties of metas. Looks like I forgot to delete that one. Thanks for the feedback!
    • Cory Calhoun constructor · 2024-12-01T03:58:58.194Z
      The meta answer is OVEREXTEND (Hint: Find a 10-letter verb). Five symmetrically placed Across clues are involved in solving the meta:
      17A. Jeep Wrangler or Toyota 4Runner, e.g.: OFFROADSUV
      29A. Kristin Bell's "The Good Place" role: ELEANOR
      38A. March 21st occurrence: EQUINOX
      47A. Program lister since 1953: TVGUIDE
      64A. Place for your book or glasses, say: NIGHTSTAND
      The puzzle was called "Going to Extremes." What happens if you "go to the extremes" of those five answers (in other words, their first and last letters)? From top to bottom, you get the letters in the word OVEREXTEND, a 10-letter verb associated with going to extremes that also satisfies the puzzle's hint.
      • Pair O Ducks 🤓4:36 · 2024-12-01T15:09:40.477Z
        Nice one! Was there a way to narrow down which long entries to use? I'll admit, I figured we'd use first and last letters and then started from the obvious long ones and the central one and intuited the other letters from there. Was there a step I missed that ruled out the other 7- or 8- letter across entries?
        • Cory Calhoun constructor · 2024-12-01T17:13:06.006Z
          In the original version of the puzzle (which was made for print, and an audience that had arguably more novice crossword solvers than you might find on Crosshare), I had starred the clues for the 5 Acrosses that were relevant to solving the meta. All I did was remove the asterisks for this version, though in retrospect if I were to set the grid again, I'd either make those longer, or include some other mechanic to make them stand out more. (Though again, the title is enough of a giveaway that one should hopefully be able to poke around long-ish symmetrical answers to get it.) Thanks for the feedback and the solve! ;)
        Play today's daily mini crossword
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        "Yeah, right!"
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        Across
        1. 1A
          "Yeah, right!"
        2. 5A
          Hammering-sounds quintet?
        3. 10A
          Big plot
        4. 14A
          Fine-tune
        5. 15A
          Mayflower Compact signer
        6. 16A
          ___ Queen Story Hour
        7. 17A
          Jeep Wrangler or Toyota 4Runner, e.g.
        8. 19A
          Martial arts school
        9. 20A
          Volcano in E. Sicily
        10. 21A
          Continuously
        11. 23A
          Used to be
        12. 24A
          Mountaintop "Game of Thrones" castle
        13. 25A
          Stretches
        14. 27A
          Knowledge
        15. 29A
          Kristin Bell's "The Good Place" role
        16. 32A
          Maturation agents
        17. 36A
          Prefix with "phone"
        18. 37A
          The "A" in "IPA"
        19. 38A
          March 21st occurrence
        20. 42A
          ___ Lanka
        21. 43A
          Boxers with wrinkly faces?
        22. 45A
          In the crosshairs
        23. 47A
          Program lister since 1953
        24. 51A
          Bell or thunder sound
        25. 52A
          Holds high
        26. 54A
          Hotel staffers
        27. 58A
          Looped in on a email, briefly
        28. 60A
          Delhi wrap
        29. 61A
          ___-weensie
        30. 62A
          Flat floater
        31. 64A
          Place for your book or glasses, say
        32. 66A
          "Sure, I guess"
        33. 67A
          Old-timey fruit sodas that sound like super-long socks
        34. 68A
          Blow up
        35. 69A
          Round number?
        36. 70A
          Pretentious
        37. 71A
          Big name in PCs
        Down
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          Hit ___ run (succeed)
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          Sentimental type
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          Deduce
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          Like rich soil
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          Small battery size
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          Antiquity, in antiquity
        7. 7D
          "Never thought ___ the day...!"
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          Body of work
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          Disclose
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          Tally up
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          Ship's lookout spot
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          Indian royal
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          Some could use deflating
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          Low tie score
        15. 22D
          Beluga yield
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          Lima's locale
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          Hydroelectric project
        18. 28D
          Necessary: Abbr.
        19. 30D
          Shrek, e.g.
        20. 31D
          Bug-killing brand
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          Awestruck
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          "___ U" (candy heart words)
        23. 34D
          Figured to be
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          Canine command
        25. 39D
          Drops off
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          Lode load
        27. 41D
          Sports event with skateboarding and snowboarding
        28. 44D
          Shady, in gamer lingo
        29. 46D
          Hyundai sedan
        30. 48D
          "___ show time!"
        31. 49D
          "Star Trek: TNG"'s Counselor ___ Troi
        32. 50D
          More spine-tingling
        33. 53D
          Strength
        34. 55D
          "Shaft" songwriter Hayes
        35. 56D
          Filthiness
        36. 57D
          Passover feast
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          Santa ___, CA
        38. 59D
          Showed up
        39. 61D
          Online crafts marketplace
        40. 63D
          Ref's call
        41. 65D
          Old what's-___-name
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