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◆ · By Mark Woychick · Published by Pandora's Blocks Meta Crosswords · Published 2023-03-19T13:00:06.017Z

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The answer to this meta is a 9-letter phrase.

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oldjudge solved 2023-03-19T13:12:06.032Z
Capn Rick solved 2023-03-19T13:12:22.393Z
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RPardoe solved 2023-03-19T13:31:15.837Z
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I K Snamhcok solved 2023-03-19T13:31:33.214Z
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Toast solved 2023-03-19T13:51:40.057Z
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Mwoychick solved 2023-03-19T14:05:57.813Z
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Abide solved 2023-03-19T14:11:29.845Z
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SeptaCube solved 2023-03-20T18:29:35.983Z
PuzNewbie solved 2023-03-20T19:59:08.588Z
DrTom solved 2023-03-20T22:14:20.826Z
Ryan Friedman solved 2023-03-20T23:01:31.936Z
dplass solved 2023-03-20T23:13:23.387Z
Bob Hetrick solved 2023-03-20T23:17:16.853Z
Matt M solved 2023-03-21T01:04:16.052Z
Katiedid solved 2023-03-21T03:03:41.365Z
Tom C solved 2023-03-21T03:40:43.224Z
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Rand solved 2023-03-21T16:20:05.808Z
Brendan W Sullivan solved 2023-03-21T16:59:22.861Z
William D solved 2023-03-21T23:14:58.833Z
tromboneknuckles solved 2023-03-22T02:30:09.655Z
Darth solved 2023-03-22T02:54:01.183Z
Ryley solved 2023-03-22T03:53:17.775Z
Rayyan Choudhury solved 2023-03-22T17:55:05.855Z
Tuffy solved 2023-03-22T19:31:51.553Z
Darrell solved 2023-03-22T21:09:24.804Z
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rjy solved 2023-03-24T14:54:10.345Z
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Tane solved 2023-03-25T04:05:39.831Z
Joshua solved 2023-03-25T15:13:18.090Z
GR solved 2023-03-25T19:02:38.224Z
MARICH solved 2023-03-25T23:11:49.718Z
Robert Hutchinson solved 2023-04-18T03:12:40.145Z
AT solved 2023-05-26T00:49:30.911Z
Danny K Bernstein solved 2024-02-24T06:01:30.493Z
nikhilisvalid solved 2024-03-05T14:34:28.719Z

Comments

Capn Rick 🤓7:22 · 2023-03-19T13:12:41.028Z
Nice job, Mark! I really liked this one!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:17:44.634Z
  Thanks, Rick
Cindy Heisler 2s · 2023-03-19T13:20:16.156Z
Great meta, Mark. Made for a relaxing Sunday morning. Thanks!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:17:57.559Z
  Thanks for solving!
oldjudge 2s · 2023-03-19T13:14:00.792Z
Tray B-Yan
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:18:32.786Z
  Mare-See
hazmat 🤓6:10 · 2023-03-19T13:19:54.323Z
Fun one Will!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:19:38.152Z
  Thanks for solving!
boharr 3s · 2023-03-19T13:32:10.444Z
Fun one. Thanks, Mark
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:19:46.917Z
  Thanks for solving, Bob
RPardoe 🤓3:07 · 2023-03-19T13:33:45.639Z
Mersey buckets!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:20:36.846Z
  je t'en prie
I K Snamhcok 2s · 2023-03-19T13:31:50.343Z
Fun!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:20:47.842Z
  Glad you liked it!
dannyvee 🤓12:10 · 2023-03-19T13:25:26.674Z
Nice one, Mark!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:20:55.759Z
  Thanks, Danny
Toast 🤓1:30 · 2023-03-19T13:53:34.459Z
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMFha1nmeXc
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:21:26.758Z
  Safe for work, but caution may still be recommended
Bird Lives 3s · 2023-03-19T13:27:57.535Z
My inner Frenchman recoils. Also my not-so-inner guesser. From the title, I thought it was going to be TORTOISE (I ignored the prompt), and the first letter or two made me even surer.
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:23:43.934Z
  pardonnez moi
- Caroline 🤓5:46 · 2023-03-20T04:04:36.738Z
  My dad's from Quebec and I had to force myself to type the answer "correctly" and not the regular way
THC 🤓4:41 · 2023-03-19T14:20:29.836Z
Thanks, Mark!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:23:57.545Z
  You're welcome, and thanks for solving
Abide 🤓7:47 · 2023-03-19T14:14:59.855Z
Just my speed :)
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:24:59.402Z
  Glad to hear it, Peter!
Joe 🤓6:05 · 2023-03-19T14:09:00.312Z
Loved it!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:25:10.076Z
  Great to hear, Joe
Byron 🤓2:21 · 2023-03-19T14:13:07.232Z
I solved this one tout de suite.
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:25:23.848Z
  Excellent, congrats!
Qmark 3s · 2023-03-19T14:28:34.606Z
Chuckled at the meta answer...thanks Mark!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:25:48.248Z
  Happy it provided a laugh
rickybillingsgate 🤓5:08 · 2023-03-19T14:36:44.597Z
I hadn't seen this phrase, especially spelled this way, in a long time, so I had the answer for a while before even realizing I had it. The title and the clues worked together very nicely.
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:26:18.485Z
  Thanks, Ricky, and congrats on the solve
whimsy 🤓11:52 · 2023-03-19T14:42:55.336Z
Super duper, Mark! I loved it!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:26:33.809Z
  So glad to hear it, Claudia!
MatthewL 🤓8:32 · 2023-03-19T15:09:34.762Z
Very Nice!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:26:40.980Z
  Thank you
Tyrpmom 🤓19:24 · 2023-03-19T15:13:47.496Z
Nice one! Thanks!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:26:53.108Z
  Thanks for solving!
Bbaack 🤓25:45 · 2023-03-19T15:09:37.181Z
Nice one, but now I have that song from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in my head!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:27:31.141Z
  Sorry about that. If it's any consolation, the song is now stuck in my head, so perhaps the punishment fits the crime
- rjy 3s · 2023-03-24T14:59:05.675Z
  Dammit! Should NOT have read this comment!
frostyjhammer 15:01 · 2023-03-19T15:36:25.515Z
Alternate solution: OT, sweet OT.
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-19T18:28:15.731Z
  I'll have to think about that - maybe there's another puzzle there!
Tom Wilson 7:33 · 2023-03-19T17:04:49.583Z
Thanks, Mark! Very enjoyable ... even if I wasn't all THAT fast.
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-20T23:50:32.702Z
  I hope the puzzle is enjoyable at any speed, though I sense the less French you know, the better you might like it
MajordomoTom 8:40 · 2023-03-19T16:55:39.863Z
Badda Bing, badda boom.
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-20T23:49:25.713Z
  Congrats on solving
KayW 🤓6:58 · 2023-03-19T20:13:56.555Z
Fun one - very clever Mark!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-20T23:49:11.406Z
  Glad you enjoyed it, Kay
Sfull411 🤓4:24 · 2023-03-19T20:20:53.273Z
Très bien ! Merci
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-20T23:48:56.793Z
  You're welcome, and congrats on the solve
Carolyn 3s · 2023-03-19T23:40:15.297Z
Très mignon!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-20T23:48:32.769Z
  Thanks, Carolyn
T. G. 8:26 · 2023-03-20T00:17:15.974Z
Merci beaucoup!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-20T23:47:46.573Z
  Congrats on the solve!
Jeff G 5s · 2023-03-20T00:55:40.696Z
Great mechanism. Lots of fun. Learn something new every day! Thanks!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-20T23:47:28.187Z
  Thanks for solving, Jeff!
Eric Porter 10:13 · 2023-03-20T02:17:49.630Z
Merci! I had no idea that 'toot sweet' had such an English version. I know some French and thought that we spelled it the same like 'a la mode'.
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-20T23:46:22.101Z
  My complete lack of knowledge regarding the French language is on display with this meta!
JHSeeman 3s · 2023-03-20T13:42:40.463Z
Fun one Mark, Thanks
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-20T23:45:29.034Z
  Thanks, John - congrats on the solve!
DrTom 3s · 2023-03-20T22:19:23.345Z
Loved it Mark, nice segue from one to the other I had to ALLEY TRAY VEET if I was going to be in under 100 solvers I bet!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-20T23:45:17.873Z
  Glad you liked it, Dr. Tom!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-20T23:47:07.631Z
  As for solving, the tooter, the sweeter!
- dplass 8:27 · 2023-03-21T11:15:35.580Z
  What's ALLEY TRAY VEET?
  - damefox 🤓2:19 · 2023-03-21T17:27:07.694Z
    alley tray veet = aller très vite = go very fast. In "French."
    DrTom 3s · 2023-03-22T05:50:09.152Z
    Vous avez bien sûr raison
dplass 8:27 · 2023-03-20T23:14:02.746Z
Whoosh, never heard of this. But the metanism is the metanism.
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-20T23:52:51.079Z
  Yes, I'm getting the sense that this isn't as widely known a phrase as I thought. My primary cultural references come from Looney Tunes, so that may explain a few things...
  - dplass 8:27 · 2023-03-21T11:14:47.799Z
    So do mine...but the classic ones, not Animaniacs or later.
    Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-21T12:58:59.275Z
    I guess that must be true for me, too - no idea what Animaniacs is :)
William D 🤓5:54 · 2023-03-21T23:15:41.792Z
Nice one! I got a good chuckle out of this. Thanks!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-22T13:33:04.995Z
  Thanks for solving!
tromboneknuckles 🤓2:31 · 2023-03-22T02:30:48.040Z
spent way too long wondering why it wasn't sweet tooth until i just googled what i had lol, fun one
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-22T13:33:18.142Z
  Congrats, and thanks for solving
Darth 14:51 · 2023-03-22T02:54:50.102Z
I've never heard of this expression before, so I learned something new. Thanks for the puzzle, Mark!
- Mwoychick 24s · 2023-03-22T13:33:38.211Z
  Thanks for solving, Darth!
Burakodrama 3s · 2023-03-22T23:25:54.678Z
I didn't know that this phrase was Anglicized! A very pleasant learning experience ahah.
rjy 3s · 2023-03-24T14:58:14.061Z
Fun, Mark!

I struggled with this more than I should have - from left to right, the first letters of the themers start to give an answer: FAST... but then ... SSRSF?!?! How could that FAST be wrong? But it was... slept on it, and re-reading the title got me to the finish line. Enjoyed it!

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Fast ____ (successful beginning)
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Former quarterback Brett
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Contraction in the "Star-Spangled Banner"
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Book after Daniel
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Neptune's realm
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Lennon's love
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Gush
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Safari sighting
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Stickers
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Detroit icemen
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Medical tube
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"I can relate to that!"
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One who believes in a non-intervening creator
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Words after "more"
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Fun and games
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Raison follower
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Auric Goldfinger portrayer Fröbe
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Steeple
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Exhausted
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Salt Lake City native
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Serve chicks on a raft, say
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Fast ____ (in dreamland)
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Dutch painter Jan
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Fast ____ (like muscle fibers for sprinting)
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"Groovy!"
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Big name in publishing
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Fast ____ (item going like hotcakes)
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Nibble
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Guided
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Big cat
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Stir up
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Rock producer Brian
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Fast ____ (one who's quick on the uptake)
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Type of cattle
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The Big Apple, for short

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Moral principle
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"Law & Order" or "CSI," for example
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Herding breed
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Rocky peaks
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Sch. that beat Nevada for the 11-seed in the West on Wednesday
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Copy, for short
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Spud
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Fast ____ (skip ahead)
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Fatal flaw, potentially
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Bloodline
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Pealed
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Grandson of Eve
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Numbed
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Word sung after "Gloria in excelsis"
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Fast ____ (dances, as a fox trot)
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Texting format, for short
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Green Mountain Boys leader
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Signs for B'way hits
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Host of "Late Night" Meyers
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Water, in Oaxaca
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New York baseballers
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Zilch
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Patty alternative
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Tolkien tree creature
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Children's book award
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Origins
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One of many in some cushions
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Latin word before "firma"
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King of Thebes
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Itsy-bitsy
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Surgeon, casually
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Ranks above Cpls.
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Rhyming abbreviation after "lit"
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Prego competitor
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Sch. that played College of Charleston in the Round of 64 on Thursday
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Dog days mo.