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PCC#12 "That's Preposterous!"

◆ · By Philip Chow · Published 2023-10-13T23:21:31.565Z

Meta Prompt
[Level 1] Meta prompt: The answer to the meta is a word
Hint #1: From 20A, 28A, 45A, 54A - the meta answer is a 13-letter word, has 3 syllables, 4 unique letters, and the only vowel is E... from 70A, the four letters in the word are L, E, N, and S
Hint #2: the answer relates to the title... the meta answer means "the state of being preposterous"
Hint #3: [smell or taste, for example] + [opposite of more] + [Loch ___ monster]
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Leaderboard (updated hourly)

  • kurtalert solved 2023-10-14T00:58:30.910Z
  • sss solved 2023-10-14T02:27:35.253Z
  • Shae solved 2023-10-14T14:16:56.829Z
  • FrankieHeck solved 2023-10-14T14:54:18.857Z
  • merlinnimue solved 2023-10-14T21:02:45.250Z
  • lisajay solved 2023-10-15T00:54:38.839Z
  • kieranjboyd solved 2023-10-15T02:18:01.109Z
  • Sendhil Revuluri solved 2023-10-16T22:40:44.655Z
  • dooiemus solved 2023-10-21T13:14:44.318Z
  • Hector solved 2023-10-22T00:22:46.396Z
  • Cindy Weatherman solved 2023-11-16T22:26:48.027Z
  • Alex Sisti solved 2023-11-17T20:10:36.620Z
  • Darrell solved 2023-12-05T09:20:37.181Z
  • DrTom solved 2023-12-07T18:53:45.569Z
  • Flora Wynn solved 2024-01-21T06:34:07.268Z
  • Anonym00se solved 2024-03-20T06:27:03.018Z
  • Pair O Ducks solved 2024-04-27T23:03:56.269Z

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  • kurtalert 🤓4:27 · 2023-10-14T00:59:16.740Z
    Wow - I thought I was going to have to be guessing 13 letter words for a while. First one I tried worked! Fun puzzle, thanks Philip!
    • lisajay 🤓16:09 · 2023-10-15T00:54:54.653Z
      Good stuff!
      • Sendhil Revuluri 4:04 · 2023-10-16T22:41:09.898Z
        Thank you for the very explicit criteria for the meta in the themers!
        • DrTom 10s · 2023-12-07T18:58:07.845Z
          I knew everything I should be looking for, but the trial and error process was just too long so I looked at the last nudge. I could not find anything that could help me with the 13 letter word and it wasn't in any of the 13 letter word lists I managed to find. Only when I went back in knowing that it had to be SE did I find it in a list. Ah well
          • Philip Chow constructor · 2023-12-07T20:40:46.091Z
            thank you for solving! i apologize yes that was the absolute toughest part of the meta (guessing a random word that fits the criteria)... a lot of anagram solvers i found online don't have the option for repeated letters, but if you google around using the key phrase "repeated letter," you can find some - for example: https://www.litscape.com/word_tools/words_made_from.php... plugging in LENS worked :)
            • DrTom 10s · 2023-12-08T14:47:26.298Z
              Wow, that is a handy tool! It found senselessness immediately. Wish I had known about it earlier because that would have taken this from a 3.5 to a 1 given all of your "bread crumbs". Thanks Phil, I have bookmarked that little gem
          Play today's daily mini crossword
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          Fine and dandy
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          Across
          1. 1A
            Fine and dandy
          2. 5A
            Pulls a fast one on
          3. 10A
            Select, with "for"
          4. 13A
            "That's ___!" (director's "We're done!")
          5. 15A
            Freak out
          6. 16A
            Louvre Pyramid architect
          7. 17A
            Kills, as a dragon
          8. 18A
            Blink-182 album "___ of the State"
          9. 19A
            Chum or buddy
          10. 20A
            Croquembouche, for example [meta clue #1]
          11. 23A
            Debtor's letters
          12. 26A
            Law that covers accessible design: Abbr.
          13. 27A
            Alternative to "window" or "middle" (actually just window... nobody willingly chooses middle)
          14. 28A
            What Oreo has that Hydrox does not [meta clue #2]
          15. 33A
            Hardly suitable
          16. 34A
            Suffix for "human" or "fact"
          17. 35A
            Sturdy base to build on
          18. 43A
            Venomous snake
          19. 44A
            Potato pancake
          20. 45A
            What a tattletale has that a blabbermouth does not [meta clue #3]
          21. 51A
            "Washington Journal" airer
          22. 52A
            "A cool ___" ($1,000,000)
          23. 53A
            "Live ___" (Taco Bell slogan)
          24. 54A
            What's special about the sentence "We cheered when we detected the clever theme" [meta clue #4]
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            ___ gow poker
          26. 60A
            Bacteria that caused a spinach recall
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            Bring to mind
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            Letters on a sunscreen bottle
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            Walter Cronkite's Missouri birthplace, informally
          30. 67A
            Dentist's request after "open"
          31. 68A
            "C'___ la vie!" ("that's life")
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            Saturday morning fare, informally (along with your favorite bowl of cereal)
          33. 70A
            All-in-one ___ (versatile camera equipment and letter bank for the meta solution)
          Down
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            Flatulence
          2. 2D
            Animal that answered the question "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?"
          3. 3D
            "Let You Love Me" singer Rita
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            First entry in a captain's logbook
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            Expeditious
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            Fruit that may be balled
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            Work without ___ (have no safety backup)
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            Silent performer
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            Sacred beetle of ancient Egypt
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            Go against
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            Another term for the chewy tapioca balls in boba (bubble tea)
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            The squiggly line over the letter "n" that turns the Spanish word "anus" into "year"
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            Gaming platform for Grand Theft Auto V and Metal Gear Solid 4, for short
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            "Viva ___ Vegas"
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            Actor Wheaton of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
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            Reply to "That a fact?"
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            "That's a shame!"
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            Eurasian mountain range
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            Kind of "pen" that treats anaphylaxis
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            Airport listing, for short
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            "Hamilton" creator ___-Manuel Miranda
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            Put two and two together
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            Website help section: Abbr.
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            Home of the NCAA's Buckeyes
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            PC key
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            Bit of ink
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            Thing
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            Gumbo vegetable
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            Loch ___ monster
          30. 45D
            Social turn-based photo-guessing game (developed by tech enterpreneur Michael Sayman when he was only 16 years old after teaching himself how to code)
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            Make happy
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            Thumbs-down vote
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            What I should probably do with my money instead of spending it on frivolous things and ordering takeout every day
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            Flowers painted by Monet
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            Cotton gin inventor Whitney
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            Thicket of trees that sounds like the police
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            Prefix with "genarian" for someone in their eighties
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            Nickname for basketball coach Wojciechowski or "Barney Miller" detective Wojciehowicz
          39. 57D
            Do some tailoring
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            Morally reprehensible
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            Poetic tribute
          42. 63D
            "Masked Singer" panelist Jeong who makes the most absurd guesses
          43. 64D
            Critical hospital areas: Abbr.
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