Appropriately Appropriate

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Across

1A
Bond rating
4A
Cal ___
8A
Twitches
14A
Disencumber
15A
Melville novel
16A
Accessory for Mr. Peanut
17A
Peaceful
19A
Baseball misplays
20A
"Nice Work ___ Can Get It"
21A
Five-time Wimbledon winner
23A
Sends to cloud nine
25A
No longer on the stock exchange
28A
Soak, in British dialect
29A
Blubber
31A
Homer's neighbor
32A
"Malcolm X" director
33A
"Terrible" time
35A
"Sadly..."
37A
Country singer Crystal
39A
Clever chicanery
42A
"This Oatly milk is lukewarm," said Tom _______.
45A
"The Lion King" lioness
46A
Breakfast order
50A
Select
51A
Attorney's deg.
53A
Couture monogram
55A
Dakota Indian
56A
"Jurassic Park" star
59A
Read through
61A
"Wizard of Oz" character
63A
'90s commerce pact
64A
Malware removal software
66A
Bright-eyed and bushy tailed
68A
Invoice anew
69A
Author Morrison
70A
Rms in real estate ads
71A
"Relax, soldier!"
72A
Relative of etc.
73A
Naval petty officer: Abbr.

Down

1D
Most pretentious
2D
Slipstream
3D
"Twenty-four hours back..."
4D
Chefs' hats
5D
Big bird
6D
Beehive, e.g.
7D
Sank, as a putt
8D
"Remington ___"
9D
Cereal
10D
___-ski (time to relax)
11D
"This Bitly link is too long," said Tom _______.
12D
Damage
13D
John, Paul and George: Abbr.
18D
"As if!"
22D
"The Currently app predicts the fog will lift this afternoon," said Tom _______.
24D
Fly like an eagle
26D
Sushi fish
27D
Ruby or Sandra
30D
"This Freshly meal could use some salt," said Tom _______.
34D
Internet encryption protocol: Abbr.
36D
One-time link
38D
Soul, to Sartre
40D
Branded acetaminophen tablets
41D
Shocked reaction
42D
App Store platform
43D
Apr. workhorse
44D
"Quite possibly"
47D
"I cannot find Goat Yoga on my Zenly map," said Tom _______.
48D
Courtesy
49D
Dictionary directive
52D
Fun-size
54D
Soup morsel
57D
Ancient Nile kingdom
58D
Island of MacArthur's return
60D
Stadium cheer
62D
Not worth debating
64D
Madrid Mrs.
65D
Teacher's favorite
67D
Italian article

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Darth 🤓14:03 · 2022-12-14T14:08:40.756Z

Nice idea! Thanks, Mark.

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-14T16:14:11.458Z
Thanks for solving, Darth

Hector 🤓7:40 · 2022-12-14T13:51:41.767Z

Well done, thanks Mark!

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-14T16:14:21.997Z
Thanks for solving, Hector

Meg 2s · 2022-12-14T15:57:55.976Z

That was tricky!

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-14T17:07:44.587Z
Thanks, Meg, glad you got it

boharr 2s · 2022-12-14T16:29:19.525Z

Nice one. Thanks, Mark.

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-14T17:08:02.118Z
Thanks for solving, Boharr

I K Snamhcok 2s · 2022-12-14T17:12:48.593Z

Cool! Thanks, Mark!

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-14T19:45:42.988Z
Thanks for solving!

rjy 2s · 2022-12-14T17:31:42.705Z

Incidentally - the prompt scared me that I'd have to use my Phone-a-friend lifeline to get my daughter to help me with Taylor Swift lyrics... phew!

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-14T19:46:32.868Z
Ha - I would need to phone a friend to include anything Taylor Swift related in a puzzle!

rjy 2s · 2022-12-14T17:28:20.120Z

Ahh... went a couple directions before finally landing the answer. Cool concept! To clarify, tho, I had either LITTLE or LENTIL (morsel) to go with "Bit". Which did you intend? I similarly bounced between AAA (i.e., battery) and ADAYAGO for "Current", but the latter seemed a better fit. Assume that was correct... Really enjoyed the challenge, Mark!

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-14T19:47:48.136Z
I intended LITTLE, and my mistake for also including LENTIL - sorry for the ambiguity. I was intending AIRFLOW for current. Thanks for solving!
DIS 🤓6:15 · 2022-12-14T22:02:35.676Z
I had the same question about BIT, but I figured LENTIL. As for CURRENT, I'm pretty sure it's AIRFLOW.
- Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-14T23:29:46.466Z
  Yes, that's right - current is airflow - thanks for solving

Laura M 🤓15:51 · 2022-12-14T20:50:59.100Z

Probably would have gotten there forward solving, but I was sure what it had to be so I only looked at words starting with the appropriate letters :-) Nice puzzle, thanks!

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-14T23:29:20.998Z
Thanks for solving, Laura

woozy 17:14 · 2022-12-15T00:56:31.542Z

This week I'm 3 for 3 on guessing with only getting the mechanism partly. I kind of get that Bit could be TWOS and Current can be AIRFLOW, fresh is sorta kind youthful and oat can be PORRIDGE and Zen could be AT EASE or TRANQUIL and "aptly" was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title but not sure how to put them together. Does every one have three answers or something?

Fun puzzle though even if I don't entirely get it.

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-15T01:49:51.462Z
You got it, Woozy - thanks for solving - you take the company name in each of the Tom Swift clues, drop the LY and find the similar entry in the grid. So Currently-current-airflow gives you A, Oatley-oat-porridge-P, zenly-zen-tranquil-T, Bitly-bit-little-L, and freshly-fresh-youthful-Y. I am realizing from these comments that I left too many similar items in the puzzle, like LENTIL, AT EASE, TWOS, so apologies for the ambiguity.
- woozy 17:14 · 2022-12-15T03:47:10.886Z
  That's the hardest part of creating. you slip things in.
  - Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-15T13:58:52.763Z
    Yes, like beer goggles for constructors - I only see the answers and path to it, but I miss the things that will throw off solvers. A lesson - now can I make it a lesson learned? We'll see!
- dplass 6:15 · 2022-12-15T17:52:08.016Z
  OAT->EGGS too.... I only got 3 of them then backfilled.
  - Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-15T23:21:33.991Z
    The list keeps growing!

Ergcat 🤓15:48 · 2022-12-15T01:41:20.544Z

Thanks, Mark! That was a fun one! When I first saw the title I thought it was about fans of Taylor Swift…. Known as Swifties!!

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-15T03:10:14.676Z
Thanks for solving! I would be completely lost trying to complete Taylor Swift-themed puzzle - definitely not in my wheelhouse.

Schmeel 2s · 2022-12-15T15:49:37.667Z

I was pretty sure of the answer based on the title and number of theme entries. It took me a while to figure out the mechanism. Thanks for the apt puzzle!

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-15T16:48:39.283Z
Thanks for solving, Schmeel - glad you go it!

MatthewL 15s · 2022-12-15T19:27:58.799Z

Finally got it, once I realized Oat didn't correspond to Eggs (breakfast order), but rather Porridge.

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-15T23:21:51.009Z
Thanks for solving, and glad you got it!

imontoo 6s · 2022-12-16T02:53:14.522Z

Thank you, Mark. A challenge (for me) with a satisfying solution!

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-16T04:27:34.867Z
Thanks for solving!

DrTom 16:57 · 2022-12-16T05:27:45.060Z

Another fun puzzle by Mark. I love that all his puzzle can be solved by intuition, i.e. all the things he mentions are apps, the title is Appropriately Appropriate, which certainly hints towards that, and the convention for "Swiftisms" (quite popular in my memory) is to add "ly", so APTLY jumps to mind. BUT there is also always a rock solid, use standard Meta tools and you get the answer A irflow, P orridge, T ranquil, L ittle, Y outhful. NOt unlike Mr. Gaffney's NAPA from last week! Great work.

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-16T13:32:31.590Z
Thanks, DrTom!

imontoo 6s · 2022-12-16T13:35:23.718Z

This one was a challenge for me. But, fun "Aha"!

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-16T16:38:03.271Z
Congrats and thanks for solving - some of the ambiguities (i.e., constructor error) uncovered by other solvers made this more of a challenge than I intended. Glad you got it!

emmie 🤓7:02 · 2022-12-16T13:45:43.784Z

Very fun!

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-16T16:38:14.064Z
Thanks for solving!

ReB 3s · 2022-12-17T04:53:31.655Z

Well I finally found a mechanism and grid words to justify what I was sure was going to be the answer, and it turned out well, Tom said rightly (and before I saw you had posted nudges). It's been a while since I've enjoyed a Swifties-Fest, so thanks.

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-17T14:19:08.821Z
Thanks for solving, ReB!

Alex Sisti 3s · 2022-12-17T17:56:57.107Z

I had forgotten how doubly/triply clever this puzzle was. Keep them coming!

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-17T21:18:46.453Z
Thanks, Al, and thanks for your help with it - it wouldn't be anywhere near as good without your patient testing and guidance!

Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-12-18T00:51:00.961Z

Got it after the nudges. I never thought of the ly words in the clues as being company names. Clever puzzle which I feel I should have gotten without nudges! Thanks, Mark.

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-18T02:56:02.789Z
Congrats and thanks for solving!

markhr 🤓14:14 · 2022-12-18T01:16:19.485Z

That was a challenge. Good puzzle, Mark. Now time for a martini, he said dryly.

Mwoychick constructor · 2022-12-18T02:56:23.491Z
Love it, enjoy the martini! Congrats on the solve

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