Valentine Remix (Meta)

Fun puzzle! Thanks, Peter!

Ok, now to figure out the rest of the metanism! Lol!

Very clever, Peter, tho I came at the answer the wrong way thinking these were all anagrams of ROSE, which is certainly valentine-y enough. Had to reset - and use wikipedia's list of dances - to work my way back around.

Great puzzle Peter!

Perfect answer.

Got here from the prompt, plus thinking 40-across would apply to the valentine-themed clue EROS<->CUPID, and then knowing the cupid shuffle. I think I may be missing where the shuffle part comes from though.

Thanks, Peter. I made it harder than it is.

Am I the only one who's never heard of this dance? I watched the You tube and I think I spied Peter in the second row swirling his hips.

Not sure I totally get the mechanism, but I figured CUPID had to be in it. I've never heard of the dance, but Google helped! Nice!

Love a puzzle where you learn something new!

NICELY done! I figured that the synonym had to be EROS, given the upcoming day and all, and found CUPID SHUFFLE (12 letters) but did not see how cleverly you "shuffled" EROS (Cupid) in your long answers. I won't say this is the same as an erotic thrill, but it was quite satisfying....Thanks for the puzzle Peter.

Fun! Hadn't heard of this dance.

We need to do a Muggle version of this dance.

I did exactly as Dr. Tom notes below. (You know what they say about great minds.)

Fun! Thanks.

Got it, thank you, Peter! I was thrown off while filling the grid by entering IONESCO instead of YOKOONO. Once I got that straightened out, I solved the meta eventually

Good one! Liked the clue on 18D

I hadn’t “heard” of this dance but eventually realized it had to involve EROS/CUPID and googled. And then was surprised to recognize the dance as one I’ve done several times (at weddings). Don’t think I ever knew the name.

VERY clever meta, Peter.

I kept thinking of Eros as an anagram of Rose instead of the word needing a synonym. Very nice. Have never heard of the dance, though!

WOW how many false paths did this one offer? Synonyms to ROSE anagrams, homonyms for them (or very close, looking at you, AERO and OAR), repeated words in clues and entries (“a bow,” “rock/s,” “egg/s”)… I have danced this dance many times without knowing its name, so wasn’t going to get it on my own. Thanks to a couple of friends nudging me to google EROS (I knew it as “romantic love,” forgetting it was of course the wee one who takes a bow on V.Day, CUPID). I mean, the clue itself should have tipped me off. Well done.

Also - I JUST realized these are not ROSE anagrams but EROS anagrams, thus CUPID shuffled. Doh. (I grabbed ROSE as my doorway in early on, so couldn’t un-think that, I guess.)

Thank you, Peter! A great celebration for the day!

Guessed the dance; still trying to understand how the meta gets me there.

I keep looking at the grid, and I keep laffing at 25D!

Never heard of the dance but Google is your friend! Fun puzzle, thanks Abide!

At first I thought it was “The Four Roses”…

I had to ask Mr. G for help on this one. Fun one, thanks!

Wonderful cluing (as you always do!) Needed the search engine but it fits nicely with the title. Thanks for sharing.

We needed the first 2 nudges... I had heard of the dance... Alex hadn't. Cute one!

My first instinct was to find a synonym for 68A SLANG with that lengthy clue. This led me to JIVE and the incorrect guess "BALLROOM JIVE", which also has 12 letters. I'm not much of a dancer (unless there's an extra ration of grog to be had!), so I wasn't familiar with either dance, but Peter's construction and mechanism are spot-on and fit perfectly with the title.

Was doing the doh-si-duh instead of the Cupid Shuffle. Spent too much time in the thesaurus: ROSE/SALMON, QUARTZ/ORE, SODA/ICE, POP/SLANG, WEEONE/TOT, SALMONROE/EGG, SORE/WELT, COPPER/CENT. Also remixed middle of ROSEQUARTZ into SQUARE. Lots of those dances out there. Oh, is this not the place where you vie for the rabbit mug? Thanks Peter!

Thanks, Peter!

Love it! <3