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Struck by Lightning
◆ · By Pandora's Blocks Meta Crosswords · Published 2022-05-08T13:00:25.851Z
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The answer to this week's meta is a 7-letter word.
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- hazmat 🤓8:27 · 2022-05-08T14:04:25.569ZLoved this one Will!
- I was quite THUNDERSTRUCK when I finally got there. Not sure if intentional or just a consequence of where they had to be in order for the final mechanism to fit, but they're only called hurricanes in the northern hemisphere so I thought squeezing all of the names in the upper half of the grid was awesome!
- Louis D 2s · 2022-05-09T15:25:50.761ZWow! That one was really fun.
- I K Snamhcok 1s · 2022-05-09T19:45:20.730ZVery cool! Thanks, Will!
- Sfull411 5:03 · 2022-05-09T20:08:27.068ZThis was a real challenge! Thanks for the hint, Will!
- Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-05-09T20:24:58.131ZFinally got there with a nudge. I was stuck on step 1 for a long time. Very clever meta. Thanks, Will.
- boharr 4s · 2022-05-09T22:02:33.057ZVery tough spatially.
- Hector 5:43 · 2022-05-10T01:38:26.869ZGot step 1 and the answer. I'll look forward to the reveal for more of the mech
- Hector 5:43 · 2022-05-12T03:50:50.867ZCame to me in the car...
- Nice one. I had step 1, but required a nudge to get step 2. Well constructed!
- JM 🤓11:56 · 2022-05-10T18:53:54.149ZAbsolutely electrifying! Took me a while to master the template in the middle—great mechanism!
- schmidzy 🤓8:43 · 2022-05-10T20:16:43.443ZNice one, Will!I feel like I'm the odd one out who needed Google for this one, or at least I would have if my partner didn't grow up in Florida!
- I needed a lot of help. Did I miss cue on where to start the lightning bolt?
- Tyrpmom 3s · 2022-05-11T23:01:14.472ZWorking back through the puzzles I didn’t get. Saw the lightning bolt this time. Yay!
- Qmark 4s · 2022-05-12T03:29:22.415Zthat was a tough one Will!
- Laura M 🤓21:19 · 2022-05-12T06:12:16.479ZDidn't think I would get this one, it took me a while to make all of the connections. Nice construction!
- Bbaack 10:58 · 2022-05-13T16:06:47.980ZThanks for the nudge to get over the finish line! Very clever mechanism and nice construction!
- dot 🤓14:06 · 2022-05-14T05:39:06.384ZI wanted to thank everyone for their comments. Extremely helpful when trying back-solve the solution. So thank you to all the punsters as well as those referencing things like "template" and "spatial" and "hurricanes."
- MamaEllen 2s · 2022-05-14T17:09:17.534ZWow! Needed all the nudges to get there with this one!
- woozy 🤓12:48 · 2022-05-15T16:39:55.571ZOkay... I waited till the deadline passed.So I completely missed there were six (not seven?) hurricanes and they all have the letter I in them. And I did notice there was a bolt of lightening in the center of the puzzle that is seven rows high.So how does any of that fit into the answer?
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Journalist ___ B. Wells-Barnett
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- 1AJournalist ___ B. Wells-Barnett
- 4AThing dangling from a dog collar
- 9AThomas known as the "Soul Queen of New Orleans"
- 13AVehicle with a bike rack on the front, often
- 14AAve ___
- 15AHighlighter shades
- 17A"I like ___" (Presidential slogan)
- 18AThingamajigs
- 19AOften triangular pastry
- 20A"___ and the City"
- 21AMake waterproof
- 22AHigh achiever?
- 23APurchases that come with Windows
- 25A"The Picture of ___ Gray" (Oscar Wilde's only novel)
- 27AFictional opera singer Adler in "A Scandal in Bohemia"
- 29AQuick sip
- 30ANot a lot
- 33AUsed pepper spray on
- 34A"Isn't that a little on ___ nose?"
- 36AAs of 5/3/22, Logan Gilbert leads MLB in this stat
- 37ADirectly matching
- 40AAnnoyances at some bank locations
- 42AOpposite of WNW
- 43ANot yet determined: Abbr.
- 44AEruct
- 45APart of many a modern Christmas decoration, for short
- 46APenne ___ vodka
- 49ALike many an old nail
- 50AInvolve
- 52ASuffix with lemon- or lime-
- 53AScientist with salivating dogs
- 56AOil grp.
- 58AOrg. making COVID-19 recommendations
- 61AHe wrote "The Waste Land"
- 62AEel, in the culinary world
- 63AVegetable common in Japan which is also known as "mountain asparagus"
- 64AWide open
- 65AThanksgiving pie type
- 66A"Groovy!"
- 67ABiergarten array
- 68AJargon
- 69APart of a hurricane where lightning can be found
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- 1DWading bird
- 2DCoach K's former school
- 3DWithout surprises
- 4DCry before "Can you rewind?"
- 5DTake out to dinner
- 6DYou might check them with a penny
- 7DDefensive coordinator's advice, often
- 8DIt's at an all time high right now!
- 9DMeta product that skews younger
- 10DExploratory mission, for short
- 11DBlue ___ (rarity)
- 12DFrank or Hathaway
- 16DSpanish 101 verb
- 22DLook through a scope
- 24DTech. review site
- 26DBig first name in Italian ice
- 27DDrive forward
- 28DHold up
- 30DNot worry about safety
- 31DVertical
- 32DWatery
- 35DHugging
- 38DChannel for watching Celtics v. Bucks highlights
- 39DMet event that took place last Monday
- 41DTiff
- 47DRichie or Messi
- 48DLess large llama lookalike
- 50DWing a wedding, say
- 51DEditors' suggestions
- 53DSnow or snap veggie
- 54DGrowth encouraged by the cast of "Finding Nemo" in a plot to escape the dentist's office
- 55DSmall container
- 57DActor Richard of "A Summer Place"
- 59DGo time
- 60DDo a data scientist's job
- 62DCompany with a trademarked shade of brown
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