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Let's Go Hunting (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2024-04-16T06:00:41.132Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is what a hunter seeks
I must confess that I have never gone hunting, save for one memorable time when I was a child and Dad took us out rabbit shooting. Now rabbits are an introduced pest here in Australia so I guess we were just trying to do our bit to protect our native species. I don't recall being allowed to have a shot. But Dad must have been successful, because I remember we had rabbit for dinner that night. (It tasted a bit like chicken!) I don't know if this little story will help or hinder your search for the meta answer, which is what a hunter seeks. Answer & explanation: https://xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=164195#p164195
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Comments
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- LOL got it. Once I realized that 6 of them is a plural. Great meta, Ben. Thanks!When I first got HOBART by the crosses, I thought to myself: "This must be some Australian bathroom plumbing fixture" :D
- I have since accepted BARGAIN as an acceptable answer. Sorry for the unnecessary frustration. :-)
- whimsy 🤓14:07 · 2024-04-22T02:53:51.253ZI did too!
- Needed a nudge, but made it here! (My three other guesses were all variants of bargain/bargain price/etc... also had trouble figuring out to enter the plural!)
- I have since accepted BARGAIN as an acceptable answer. Sorry for the unnecessary frustration. :-)
- Laura M 🤓12:25 · 2024-04-16T22:17:45.486ZExcellent! Tried to find alternative clues and spell something out, but finally realized what it had to be.
- HeadinHome 🤓2:26 · 2024-04-17T02:44:23.409ZAlso, the words I had tried that did not take were BEAR, BEARS, BAR, BARS. As in “that thar hunter? He is loaded for BAR!”
- hoover 3s · 2024-04-19T19:45:49.293ZSame here.
- HeadinHome 🤓2:26 · 2024-04-17T02:41:56.909ZWow was I making that harder than it was. Sheesh. Here are my brainstorming notes: I see TIKI and PIANO but then the types of bars dried up. There is such a thing as a HOST bar (as opposed to a cash bar), and PORT barS provide protection for ships in a storm. I also see KIT CAT (bars) but of course that’s spelled wrong (KITKAT, and it’s two entries).Really silly ones:
PUMA bar (similar to a cougar bar) ha haBar CHALK - that stuff you powder up your hands with in gymnasticsSANTAbarbar(a)BarLAPS (fabrics they makes them sacks out of)GO barD - what you do when you just can’t stop writing sonnetsGRAN bars - for senior citizens onlyCEL bars - what we might wish to see some politicians behindCAT bars, TOGA bars, and BRAT bars all ought to exist, if they don’t. And by brat, I mean bratwurst.After all that, I was just munching on some popcorn and thought “hmm…. Hunting bars, BAR hunters… OH!! BARgain hunters, because all these entries gained a BAR.” Duh.- Glad you got there in the end! I was hoping that final moment of realisation would be a good one. :D
- Well I had those and BAR OAK(little music please) BAR TSO (Barstow California) and a few others. It took reading another comment that mentioned “until I read nudge 4 again” and a kick in the pants from Ben to sell me on the final answer (sold for a reduced rate I hope!)
- Ergcat 8:45 · 2024-04-18T00:53:22.034ZNeeded a nudge but finally got it!! Thanks, Ben!
- Berto 1s · 2024-04-18T11:03:08.387ZUgh - another big fail. I way over complicated trying to find a six-letter answer from synonyms of the “new” entries. Got particularly lost backwards down the RAB-bit hole lol.
- whimsy 🤓14:07 · 2024-04-22T02:56:27.267ZI thought backwards too for the same reason!
- Sharkicicles 3s · 2024-04-18T14:49:48.646ZMe looking at nudges:
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, I know. rereads 4 pause Ahhhh, g****mit!
Very clever and a fun puzzle. And I also thought maybe Hobart was an Aussie reference :) - MatthewL 🤓8:49 · 2024-04-18T15:56:31.195ZSaw the "bars" from the outset, but couldn't put it together without the final nudge. Nice one, Ben!
- Carolyn 4s · 2024-04-19T15:44:21.513ZI also made this way too hard by searching for other BAR words. Nice puzzle!
- hoover 3s · 2024-04-19T19:48:14.060ZYeah, I went from HOBART as the southernmost capital thinking, hey, there was a clue about the northernmost territory. Maybe we're supposed to look for opposites!
- Tyrpmom 2s · 2024-04-20T03:24:22.006ZOh my goodness.
- Hope that was a happy response and not a frustrated response! :-)
- Tyrpmom 2s · 2024-04-21T00:50:53.970ZMaybe a little bit of both, but the frustration was not your fault. Just hit a blind spot.
- Man how dense can I be. You TOLD me to think like me or Mikey and I didn’t. It took you pushing and another post to make me see reason (or value!) in what I had so far. Thanks Ben
- whimsy 🤓14:07 · 2024-04-22T03:01:03.735ZNever solved -- just entered the answer after the reveal on the forum so I could see the comments. Many familiar thoughts but GAH! -- it just never got thru to me! So cute too!
- There's always next time! :D
- whimsy 🤓14:07 · 2024-04-23T00:50:34.951ZJust didn't want you to think I was boycotting your puzzle because of that rabbit stew business!
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H in a bathroom
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Across
- 1AH in a bathroom
- 7APrefix with centre and pen
- 10ATrig. function equal to Adjacent over Hypotenuse
- 13AComposer Carl Philipp ___ Bach
- 15A___ Diesel (voice of Groot)
- 16AMedieval quaff made from grain
- 17ARap-music variety with lots of guns
- 18A"Hold your foil up because I'm ready to begin fencing!"
- 20AVariant of "inari" (an island-studded lake of northern Finland)
- 21ABilly Joel song "Leave a ___ Moment Alone"
- 23AHarry Potter's mother
- 24ADisney collectible
- 25ASource of acorns
- 26AAustro-Bohemian Romantic composer Gustav ___
- 29A"Gone With the Wind" Butler
- 33ARabbit wool
- 36AHunter of 28 down (not a meta hint)
- 38AMai ___ (rum cocktail)
- 39ACampanologist's focus
- 41AArmoured vehicle with continuous articulated tracks
- 44AExpert on IRS forms
- 45ACaboodle's partner
- 47AAfrican people known for their traditional jumping dance
- 48A"___ Evita" (song that ends with Che singing "Why try to govern a country when you can become a saint?")
- 51ANickname for the northern-most part of Australia's Northern Territory
- 53ASorta
- 55A1999 role for Alanis Morissette
- 56APool lengths
- 60AManage (a situation or problem)
- 64AHypothesise
- 65A365 days (usually)
- 66ATo date
- 68AHog's home
- 69ANotable period
- 70AElla Fitzgerald song, "___ to Watch Over Me"
- 71AGeneral associated with chicken
- 72AW. Coast clock setting
- 73AOne of 15 in this puzzle (and one of 6 of what you seek)
Down
- 1DPhilosopher who was all about dialectics
- 2DResident of Muscat
- 3DFar from interesting
- 4DGroup with pitchforks, perhaps
- 5DSneaky scheme
- 6DVietnamese festival
- 7D"... and they lived happily ___ after."
- 8DA bean or a horse
- 9DWhat your manual car must be to go anywhere
- 10DAce of hearts, for example
- 11DYe ___ Shoppe
- 12DCrystal-ball gazer
- 14DClothing tag
- 19DEgyptian life symbol
- 22DActor ___ Guinness, who won an Oscar in 1958
- 24D"... like liquid gets into this ___" (iconic line from an Australian toothpaste ad)
- 27D"These ___ not the droids you are looking for"
- 28DPrey of 36 across
- 30DGreek H's
- 31D"Gone With the Wind" plantation
- 32DPolynesian carving
- 33DBasics
- 34DCalifornia wine region
- 35DAlternative to 42 down
- 37DBrought under control
- 40DEng. course
- 42DAlternative to 35 down
- 43DNot a good person to play games with
- 46DCaesar's garment
- 49DSpick and span
- 50DOut, in a way
- 52DConnecting places on the side of a computer
- 54DFinds out, aurally
- 57D"But ___ me and my house, we will serve the Lord” (Josh. 24:15)
- 58DBruce Hornsby's instrument
- 59DScatter about, like rose petals as you precede the bride down the aisle
- 60DInterviewing podcast person
- 61DIndustrious insects, proverbally
- 62DShaffer Chimere Smith's stage name
- 63DBabysitter's handful
- 64DMountain lion
- 67DCooktop surface
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