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Cold Opens
◆ · By Mikey G · Published 2023-01-15T17:00:03.376Z
Meta Prompt
[Level 2] The answer to the meta is a 7-letter word. Answer and explanation: https://xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=118550#p118550
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- Meg 4s · 2023-01-15T17:53:24.865ZWell done!
- Tom Wilson 🤓12:53 · 2023-01-15T18:50:19.882ZNicely done!
- I K Snamhcok 2s · 2023-01-15T19:51:55.006ZF-f-f-fun!
- boharr 6s · 2023-01-15T19:44:24.270ZDistracted by football but a fun puzzle. Thanks
- My dad is sad his Vikings lost. I'm sad that my Broncos...well...maybe next year, haha.
- Wow, lots of chilly fun. It took me quite a while to find CASE and ONE. I'm guessing FRONT was unintentional? Could have paired that with a S at the bottom.
- Actually, the ONE was unintentional, haha - where is that pairing? So many are getting it, but I still feel I should probably clean that up! (You guys who conquered the meta can see this fun, frantic editing in real time.) That just slipped in!
- Cold one is for what's good with bases loaded!
- HeadinHome 🤓5:01 · 2023-01-19T02:39:01.891Zi did that exact thing, then realized I needed G from Glory which helped my find Mountain, which I had missed. (had circled the N of noouts and thought maybe we were going for “opening” as in cold opening… but why would Mikey then title it Cold Opens??)
- Since you had C(old) ONE in the last puzzle, that was the third one I found. I like the thought of “Toss me a cold one” as a beer can lobbed through the air. But yeah, cold front makes more sense.
- I think I'm just going to keep it because I like the idea of cold ones flying through the air.
- Tyrpmom 2s · 2023-01-15T21:04:51.635ZI tried to use cold one and had cold shoulder matched up with “you might find it in your sleeve”. I thought that was a punny match. Lots of fun.
- I'd love to make a meta one day that solely relies on puns, haha. (Or should I not pun-ish you all too much.) Thanks for the solve!
- I tried PUNNIER as my first solution...because I couldn't find the G
- Gutman 2s · 2023-01-19T19:07:58.212ZI did the same until I looked again
- Carolyn 8s · 2023-01-15T21:48:20.354ZReally enjoyed it since I'm stumped on the WSJ and the MG!
- Laura M 🤓23:33 · 2023-01-15T21:46:55.443ZEnjoyed it, thanks!
- Okay.... so the seventh COLD must be either a type of medicine or a hill in San Francisco. I .... don't know either. What am I missing.
- jbird 18:32 · 2023-01-16T03:00:34.732ZCOLD REMEDY ==> NYQUIL
- Yeah, I got that just after I commented. A real dopeslap oversight.
- whimsy 🤓3:52 · 2023-01-15T23:42:53.688ZStone cold good! I mean Cold Stone good -- a treat! Thanks!
- Fantastic meta! And I for one was happy to see the answer to 27A. Thanks Mikey!
- I'm sure some might lament that answer!! Congrats on getting the WSJ so quickly - you're a pro at those!!
- Cindy Heisler 1s · 2023-01-16T01:03:22.576ZFun one after struggling with MGWCC. Thanks, Mikey.
- Dow Jones 5s · 2023-01-16T05:52:08.241ZThis was a fun challenge, Mikey. Enjoyed the grid and meta.
- Joe 🤓10:39 · 2023-01-16T12:55:26.518ZThis was great! Now if only I can figure out what's going on with the week 2 Gaffney (!!)
- I liked Cold one. Also, definitely not a level 3 (if I can get it it's not a level 3!)
- Darth 🤓44:13 · 2023-01-16T15:01:10.577ZNice puz MikeyG! I was working with 42D for a bit and it seemed to go well with 43D! Check it out! Lol
- MatthewL 13:20 · 2023-01-16T22:54:32.712ZNice one. Quite the treasure hunt. Stuck on Cold One for a while. Also thought Cold Ice T could work for Nestea. But ultimately got it. Thanks Mike!
- Bbaack 28:05 · 2023-01-16T23:52:05.227ZNice one! I had to backsolve for Cold Mountain--Gee!. It was a lot of fun, and hopefully the only cold I'll catch this year (yes, hot is faster, I know the joke!)
- ChrisCross 🤓12:34 · 2023-01-19T01:20:08.298ZI also was looking for COLD ONE. Figured I might be missing something so I backsolved, guessing correctly at which order the letters should appear. Got COLD MOUNTAIN after realizing the entry had to match GLORY's clue, and googling other civil war movies. I think I had more fun that way than if I had found all seven immediately.
- I think backsolving can definitely be fun! I do it a lot, and there's nothing wrong with that at all! Cool to find the "Glory"-"Cold Mountain" connection, as well as the serendipitious fact that both "NCIS" and "Cold Case" debuted on the same network in 2003!
- HeadinHome 🤓5:01 · 2023-01-19T02:39:57.651ZLoved this one! A classic mechanism — love the ones with an alternate (and often humorous) answer to the same clue. Thanks!
- It's probably one of my favorite mechanisms, haha, so I have to make sure not always to go that route! Thanks for solving!
- Very fun! Disappointed that 31D isn't AMEW, though - a missed dad joke. ;)
- Xavier Shay 🤓47:44 · 2023-01-23T07:35:12.639ZHello, I'm new :) Really enjoyed all the puns, but ... no idea how to get to the meta answer, even trying to decipher the comments here. Can someone ELI5 please?
- Laura M 🤓19:15 · 2023-10-04T20:02:38.526ZWeirdly, it appears that I abandoned this one without finishing it, no idea what happened. It was good! And not too difficult!
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Across
- 1ABank no.
- 5AThey're often sliced
- 9ASAT : high school :: ___ : college
- 12ABrouhaha (When the barista did stand-up, it was a real brew-haha)
- 14AChicago's ___ Planetarium (I should've had a pun here, but I didn't planet)
- 16AType of coat
- 17AWhat some people put up to put up with me
- 18AGood surname for a lifeguard?
- 19AWhat I should do to my clues a lot more often
- 20ARange component
- 22A"Hey, I saw this book of crosswords first!"
- 24AFace component
- 25AURL ending
- 27AWhen I'm going to stop punning
- 28ACBS drama that premiered in 2003
- 30AHow I arrived to the party because I didn't want to come at all
- 32ASpeed readers?
- 33ARoot word?
- 34AExpress lugubriousness, in a way
- 35AOscar-winning Civil War film
- 37ATitle for Lancelot (I don't spear often, but I do Lancelot)
- 38A"Okay, you don't have to share the unsavory parts of your life story with me..."
- 40AIt might travel through the air
- 43A"Everybody Loves Raymond" pizzeria that you might be FINDING (hint hint hint)
- 44AThey were going to stop giving horseback riding lessons, but then I voted ___
- 45AExcoriation
- 46ASnub
- 49AMIT grad
- 51AObjective, for one
- 52ATitle of Joe Quimby, who said, "Very well then, instead of fleeing this town, I'll stay here and grow fat off kickbacks and slush funds"
- 53AYou might find it in your sleeve
- 54ARapper who probably loves cool, refreshing beverages
- 56ATangy
- 58APlace not to drive on, so I've been told
- 62A"Sometimes you feel like ___..." (Ad campaign that brought me a lot of Joy over the years)
- 63AGive out an address
- 65AProp at a pageant
- 66ARings on an island, say
- 67AI was going to attend the convention on the history of hay, but then I ___
- 68AGreeted and seated
- 69ACommunication at the heart of Sara Novic's 2022 "True Biz," for short
- 70AGambol
- 71ATech review site
Down
- 1DType of radio
- 2DNúmero menor que uno
- 3DYou might understand how a cumulonimbus travels, but my knowledge is ___
- 4DLove can be a part of it
- 5DBig ___ (David Ortiz's nickname)
- 6D"How dare you suggest that yours truly peeks at the answers to the puzzle!"
- 7DBritish pop-rock group
- 8DBud of baseball
- 9DFirst figure name-checked in the lyrics to TV's "Maude"
- 10D1930s Best Actress star Luise
- 11DLogs
- 13DJames who "bloomed into a fiery interpreter" on her debut album, per "Rolling Stone"
- 15DEmeritus: Abbr.
- 16DAmeliorate
- 21D"Here, I can complete this task for you in a condescending manner to make you feel inferior"
- 23DLike a teenager's comments (or my responses to them)
- 26DTroop group: Abbr.
- 28DChorus of dissent from solvers who see a Roman numeral clue coming up very shortly
- 29DVII more than the square of XII
- 31DPeek-___ (what I say to Ginger Cat, who is not amused)
- 32DDawson who voiced Batgirl in 2017's "Lego Batman Movie"
- 34DWord in the name of an African nation
- 36DSinger whose first two names are Kathryn Dawn
- 39DFraction of time for which I can keep my students' attention, for short (and it's really short)
- 40DWhat this night owl hopes he never has to be
- 41DSome musical notes
- 42DWord written in a different language in a different clue in this puzzle
- 43DGreat thing to have in addition to the bases being loaded (but watch out for the triple play!)
- 46DChevy model (they're making antelopes now???)
- 47DSurname of home renovators Chip and Joanna
- 48DType of medicine
- 50DBeverage brand, and it's been oolong since I've bought it
- 51DRelating to the abdominal cavity
- 53D"Don't grow up - it's ___!" (sign in my office)
- 55DBudgetary setbacks
- 57DSan Francisco hill
- 59DFirst name of actress who, in 1941, applied for a patent regarding a "secret communication system"
- 60DCrossword lake, so just put ERIE and be done with it
- 61DPhilippic
- 64DIt certainly isn't nothing
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