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Accretion Disk (meta)

◆ · By comp · Published 2021-12-08T19:19:06.305Z

Meta Prompt
The meta is 9 letters long (and sometimes hyphenated)
An actual full-sized crossy! Hope it's fun!
Yes, the clues are incredibly nerdy.
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  • Mike D 🤓6:25 · 2021-12-09T04:18:21.245Z
    Fun grid! Stumped me on the meta, though
    • calica 🤓6:00 · 2021-12-09T06:02:34.763Z
      Fun grid indeed! Got the meta pretty much solely by guessing thematic words satisfying the prompt, haha. Was there any other way to do it?
      • comp constructor · 2021-12-09T06:30:20.400Z
        That was pretty much it! They are the only thematic words other than the longest four that would fit the prompt.
      • noneuclidean 🤓5:32 · 2021-12-09T07:41:54.552Z
        lovely fill :)
        usually i don't like doing "nerdy" crosswords but it seems like your interests align with mine lol
        i was super happy about knowing TMESIS off the top of my head
        • JeffPrug 🤓6:36 · 2021-12-10T07:42:40.649Z
          I really loved the grid! I also impressed myself by recalling the word TMESIS existed once I got the TM, though I wouldn't have known its definition.
          Play today's daily mini crossword
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          Sault ___ Marie
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          1. 1A
            Sault ___ Marie
          2. 4A
            Japanese city, or park of the same city with deer that eat crackers and bow
          3. 8A
            Math operation used in simplifying fractions (counterpart to LCM)
          4. 11A
            Remain
          5. 12A
            ___ Science, Inc., the company from the Portal series with a camera lens logo
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            It can be physical, safe, or open
          7. 15A
            Event after which a large enough star can form a 26A
          8. 17A
            Pitched shelter
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            Japanese demon
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            Distress signal at sea
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            German supermarket brand with two separate chains
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            HDD alternative
          13. 24A
            Linguistic phenomenon where words are split, sometimes with another word or infix (similarly, rebracketing is like when "a napron" becomes "an apron")
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            Dense object with so much gravitational force that even light cannot escape
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            Summer timezone for Melbourne
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            Celtic sea god
          17. 31A
            Locking-on to, as a homing launcher
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            Second name of three in a Cartoon Network show
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            Raptors' org.
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            Shading style that gives shapes a cartoony look (it was used in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker)
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            Neighbor of Uru.
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            Hubs for buses and trains
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            French sea
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            Roman attire
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            Galaxy closest to our own (it's also a barred spiral galaxy!)
          26. 48A
            Splitting things?
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            Holy ___
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            "___ unrelated note..." (also, a character from the Bible who did some stuff)
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            Actor Gibson
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            Holiday at the end of Ramadan
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            Not having any of this would seem inconsiderate
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            Shape which scientists predict the merger galaxy between 46A and the Milky Way might form in about 4.5 billion years
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            Outstanding amounts
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            Relatively speaking, the best scientist!
          35. 63A
            Letters which appear twice in the answer
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            Mathematical constant some would prefer over pi
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            The A in SEA or APEC
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            Utilize
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            One of the 14-15 competing ones in an XKCD comic
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            Stratagem
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            Calmest place in a cyclone
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            Lil ___ X
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            "The Simpsons" storekeeper
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            Abbr. for a GitHub codebase
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            "___ you glad I didn't say banana?" except it's the actual word instead of the pun
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            What Keanu Reeves assembled in that one scene in John Wick 3
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            Stick for a game, of which you can get by adding "la"
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            Bereft, or a way cooler but obsolete way to say "remove"
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            Played a round in a bee
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            Quick job, with a razor
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            Not horsing around erratically?
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            ___ prof.
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            With 58D, cute Japanese dog breed
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            Bodies, in biology (its singular is also a 2015 sci-fi survival horror game)
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            Half of MCII
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            Lunchtime action (but instead I'm cluing this crossword)
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            German philosopher Immanuel who introduced the categorical imperative
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            Convert, to UTF-8 or to Base64, for example
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            Shibuya-kei, shoegaze, or artcore
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            Furthermore
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            Willing to listen to feedback
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            Censors, such as text in SCP documents
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            Funds for scientists, which unfortunately can influence research
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            Droop
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            Partner to outs
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            Magazine in which you were person of the year! Wow!
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            Can't make one of these without breaking an egg
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            Roman name for where France and others are now located
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            Roadside inns
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            Yikes?
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            Brotha's mother's daughter
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            "Easy ___ it"
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            See 21D
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            Seven, in binary (because there's already a Roman numerals clue)
          37. 60D
            Genetic ID
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            Letters for Germany (the full form can be confused with the Netherlands)
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