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Lead-Off Doubles

· By Mikey G · Published 2024-07-14T05:00:18.715Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is an event.
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  • Mikey G constructor · 2024-07-14T05:00:18.715Z
    Answer: HOME RUN DERBY
    Explanation: Twelve entries in the grid begin with double letters. A single iteration of these double letters spells out HOME RUN DERBY, the answer to the meta!
    That was perhaps the shortest explanation to any meta of mine ever, so let me spend the next several paragraphs talking about how I think will win the Home Run Derby this year. No, no, I'll spare you - but please let me know in the comments how your favorite teams and/or players are doing this year. And if you need to choose a team and like experiencing heartache on a regular basis, come cheer on my beloved Cubbies! Thanks, as always, for solving!
    • Bird Lives 3s · 2024-07-14T11:29:41.538Z
      Witty comment from me on a MikeyG meta? Not gunnar happen.
      • Mikey G constructor · 2024-07-14T13:25:34.414Z
        Oh, for Pete's sake! (I'd say Gunnar wins, but Pete is my second pick.)
      • Wendy Walker 4s · 2024-07-14T12:31:58.208Z
        Nice construction, Mikey -- that must've been challenging.
        • Mikey G constructor · 2024-07-14T13:26:14.179Z
          Yeah, UUR and YYC are not showing up in a puzzle unless they're absolutely relevant, haha.
        • boharr 3s · 2024-07-14T13:02:38.243Z
          Well, I'll be the Judge of that. Thanks Mikey!
          • Philip Chow 13:41 · 2024-07-14T13:37:33.342Z
            I don’t follow baseball but “experiencing heartache on regular bases” hits close to home for my dad’s team - let’s go Mets
            • Mikey G constructor · 2024-07-14T23:50:49.435Z
              Because of 1969, Cubs fans shouldn't love the Mets at all - but I think there's a lot of shared heartache for both of us that we can empathize with!
            • Qmark 3s · 2024-07-14T13:35:48.045Z
              A timely and fun meta! Thanks Mikey!
              • Darth 🤓18:01 · 2024-07-14T13:36:01.759Z
                You hit it out of the ballpark! Thanks, Mikey. :D
                • kurtalert 🤓6:53 · 2024-07-14T14:12:59.582Z
                  Nice quick one, thanks Mikey!
                  • Abide 🤓13:08 · 2024-07-14T13:16:22.871Z
                    Struggled with an Ohtani pun and failed. Having trouble on your Saturday puz as well 🙁
                    • I K Snamhcok 🤓13:16 · 2024-07-14T14:26:13.020Z
                      Looking forward to the HRD. It, along with our glorious Muggle puzzles, will be a welcome distraction from the news. Thanks, Mikey!
                      • hoover 4s · 2024-07-14T15:00:38.270Z
                        As they say in the song, all of the good puns are taken!
                        • woozy 20:31 · 2024-07-14T15:09:48.344Z
                          Homer Under By? What's a Homer Under By?
                          • Anonym00se 13:30 · 2024-07-26T09:21:34.663Z
                            No but that is also how I read the answer, thinking it was really just something niche I wasn't too familiar with!
                            • woozy 20:31 · 2024-07-27T05:32:21.694Z
                              I was joking. I have no idea what a Homerun Derby is but I knew that had to be the correct parsing (Although when solving an havin only a few letters I did think one of the words was UNDER)
                              • Mikey G constructor · 2024-07-27T16:13:12.189Z
                                I laughed at the jocular reparsing - I think an earlier puzzle had the phrase "LOWERCASE F IN MUSIC" and for a while, people were seeing it legitimately as "FIN MUSIC"!
                          • ajk 🤓19:50 · 2024-07-14T16:12:58.107Z
                            Grid was understandably a bit tough by Sunday standards, but the meta is right in the SSS sweet spot. Fun stuff, nicely done. :)
                            • Mikey G constructor · 2024-07-14T23:52:00.603Z
                              Left unchecked, my cluing probably gets Wednesday- or Thursday-level, but I at least made sure to keep the meta smooth sailing!!
                            • michaelm 🤓12:44 · 2024-07-14T15:55:59.245Z
                              MLB should have a doubles derby in your honor this year, what a Witt you are, Mikey G! Thanks!
                              • Mikey G constructor · 2024-07-14T23:51:36.812Z
                                Oooh, good one! He is such an exciting player - so cool to see the Royals ascending again; I really look forward to playing them in a few weeks.
                              • BarbaraK 6s · 2024-07-14T16:19:31.292Z
                                Saw the double leading letters while filling the grid, but didn’t realize how many you’d managed to fit in there till I went back and highlighted.
                                Never heard of that derby, but I’m not all that into horse racing 😉
                                • Dave C 4s · 2024-07-14T16:48:06.062Z
                                  The grid was much harder than the meta. Great construction.
                                  • imontoo 3s · 2024-07-14T17:00:01.665Z
                                    Fun, Mikey! Thanks.
                                    • Carolyn 3s · 2024-07-14T17:20:13.944Z
                                      Nice!
                                      • MatthewL 🤓10:51 · 2024-07-14T14:05:52.631Z
                                        Fun puzzle, Mikey! Perfect for a lazy Sunday morning. Thanks!
                                        • KayW 🤓7:27 · 2024-07-14T15:50:45.659Z
                                          Wow - you hit that one out of the park! Great construction and title. Fantastic way to start a Sunday. Thanks!
                                          • whimsy 20:28 · 2024-07-14T23:37:13.446Z
                                            But aren't triples the best? (per The Great American Novel.) Good game, Mikey! Thanks!
                                            • Sharkicicles 2s · 2024-07-15T01:59:06.463Z
                                              Uhhhhh…. Go…. White Sox?
                                              (They’re so terrible this year.)
                                              Thanks MikeyG!
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                                              Across
                                              1. 1A
                                                Expel
                                              2. 5A
                                                "Look at me! I'm a doggo!"
                                              3. 8A
                                                Scorch
                                              4. 12A
                                                Critical time
                                              5. 14A
                                                This bird really took a dive
                                              6. 16A
                                                Indigenous Arizonan
                                              7. 17A
                                                Slyly sardonic
                                              8. 18A
                                                Spelling, e.g.
                                              9. 19A
                                                "How'd you score a private tour of the Matterhorn?" "___ to know someone"
                                              10. 20A
                                                "So glad you made it to the tea convention!" "I know, it's been ___"
                                              11. 22A
                                                Year Mikey G graduated college, in Roman numerals
                                              12. 23A
                                                Frivolous
                                              13. 24A
                                                Enter another guess for the meta on Crosshare, say
                                              14. 26A
                                                Phantasmagoric
                                              15. 28A
                                                Short Line and others, for short
                                              16. 31A
                                                "Ms. Bly, you're telling me all your troubles - ___, Nellie!"
                                              17. 32A
                                                DC winter hours
                                              18. 33A
                                                1/6 fl. oz.
                                              19. 35A
                                                Scintillas
                                              20. 37A
                                                Tallahassee sch.
                                              21. 39A
                                                "Why are you erasing the blackboard at 2 am? Don't you know it's ___?"
                                              22. 41A
                                                "Hey, wait up you ___!" (Me, being left behind)
                                              23. 42A
                                                60-min. period, in the Netherlands
                                              24. 43A
                                                Those, in Toledo
                                              25. 44A
                                                Mosaic, e.g.
                                              26. 46A
                                                22.5 deg.
                                              27. 47A
                                                Unmoving
                                              28. 48A
                                                34th prez's monogram
                                              29. 49A
                                                Listing at LAX
                                              30. 51A
                                                I met the host of "Jeopardy!" "___ you believe it?"
                                              31. 53A
                                                VIP top dog
                                              32. 54A
                                                Answers, quickly
                                              33. 56A
                                                Start to call?
                                              34. 58A
                                                NYC neighborhood
                                              35. 59A
                                                Way back when
                                              36. 61A
                                                "Good morning...if it is a good morning, which I doubt" speaker
                                              37. 65A
                                                Explorer Tasman
                                              38. 66A
                                                Nucleic acid that plays a key role in protein synthesis: Abbr.
                                              39. 68A
                                                "Only Connect" network: Abbr.
                                              40. 69A
                                                South Beach, e.g.
                                              41. 70A
                                                Look
                                              42. 71A
                                                "Haha, you made a funny"
                                              43. 72A
                                                Visitors to my house during the summer that I definitely don't remember inviting
                                              44. 73A
                                                Calgary's airport code (that, if said a certain way, sounds like an astute body of water)
                                              45. 74A
                                                Bob who said, "We don't make mistakes - we just have happy accidents"
                                              Down
                                              1. 1D
                                                Quite
                                              2. 2D
                                                "Yeah, that won't happen"
                                              3. 3D
                                                Gardener's favorite skin care brand: ___ of Olay
                                              4. 4D
                                                House that kind of sounds like Mikey G's job
                                              5. 5D
                                                ___-country (music genre)
                                              6. 6D
                                                Capacious
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                                                1040, e.g.
                                              8. 8D
                                                Parking spot?
                                              9. 9D
                                                "I'm not done!"
                                              10. 10D
                                                Where to find the "Genius Bar"
                                              11. 11D
                                                Skyrocket
                                              12. 13D
                                                Extends a subscription to "Muggles Monthly" (this is not a real magazine...yet!)
                                              13. 15D
                                                Puts the kibosh on
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                                                Sporty Pontiac
                                              15. 25D
                                                What many folks ask for when they go to my restaurant
                                              16. 27D
                                                Sci-fi visitors
                                              17. 28D
                                                Set, in a way
                                              18. 29D
                                                Bird's favorite type of tournament?
                                              19. 30D
                                                Set of rules that govern a webpage's layout
                                              20. 32D
                                                "I solved the meta!"
                                              21. 34D
                                                "And this green sauce will now transform! ___ change-o!"
                                              22. 36D
                                                Cool-cucumber link
                                              23. 38D
                                                "Here Comes the ___" (Beatles song my students actually know)
                                              24. 40D
                                                Late, great Goodman of "Dancing with the Stars"
                                              25. 45D
                                                "Affirmative"
                                              26. 47D
                                                Behind, in a way
                                              27. 50D
                                                Bygone rulers
                                              28. 52D
                                                Before, before
                                              29. 55D
                                                Joules per coulomb
                                              30. 56D
                                                "Here's your baklava, sweetie!" "Awww, thanks, ___!"
                                              31. 57D
                                                ___ Monday (post-Thanksgiving online shopping day that debuted in 2005)
                                              32. 58D
                                                There's nothing to it
                                              33. 60D
                                                TV's Dr. Meredith
                                              34. 62D
                                                Dos y dos y dos y dos
                                              35. 63D
                                                Short ways to go?
                                              36. 64D
                                                12/24 and 12/31
                                              37. 67D
                                                "Breaking Bad" network
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