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PCC#7 "Jibber-Jabber"

■ · By Philip Chow · Published 2023-09-09T05:32:04.031Z

Meta Prompt
[Level 1.5] Meta prompt: The answer to the meta is a fashion accessory (that rhymes with sounds from a frog)
Hint 1: the four longest entries are thematic
Hint 2: JAB JEB ??? JOB JUB
Hint 3: I originally assigned this meta level 1 but bumped it up to 1.5 because the solution is a not-so-familiar term... so if you've never heard of the term before you probably uncovered this hint: 41-Across (as footwear) is meta-related
Hint 4: the fashion accessory in question is what you call the charms that you put on Crocs (easter egg alert: there are six clues that reference "charm")
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  • Philip Chow constructor · 2023-09-09T05:36:35.767Z
    Fun fact: Everyone wears Crocs in the 2006 movie "Idiocracy" because the costume designer had a limited shoe budget, and thought the cheap plastic shoes made by the then startup company were futuristic yet too stupid looking to ever become popular in real life
    • T. G. 7:51 · 2023-09-09T19:24:44.578Z
      Very fun!
      • whimsy 🤓9:42 · 2023-09-09T21:35:21.572Z
        Cute -- and it wasn't Cloak! 😄
        • Brian Callahan 🤓3:16 · 2023-09-10T01:32:45.816Z
          Fun puzzle! The 17A/63A pairing was perfect and the clue for 10D made me smile.
          • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓3:17 · 2023-10-01T13:57:20.412Z
            Phew — only needed half the hints for the meta this time!
            The puzzle was really fun! 37D made me smile (though it later led me astray thinking it was a clue for the meta) and reminded me of this, which I think someone else on Crosshare referenced in a recent puzzle.
            Play today's daily mini crossword
            1A
            Correspondence
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            Across
            1. 1A
              Correspondence
            2. 5A
              Intensified, with "up"
            3. 10A
              Will Smith and ___ Pinkett Smith (executive producers of "Charm City Kings")
            4. 14A
              Helga's kind of rhyming older sister on "Hey Arnold"
            5. 15A
              Magna ___ (document of 1215)
            6. 16A
              Environmental science: Abbr.
            7. 17A
              Character to beware in a Lewis Carroll nonsense poem
            8. 19A
              X3 and Z4 cars, for two
            9. 20A
              Not in stock, but coming
            10. 21A
              Olay alternative
            11. 23A
              Singer Sheeran and actor Helms
            12. 24A
              Gave a hoot
            13. 26A
              Where the skyscraper in the clue for 39-Across is located
            14. 29A
              ___ Boot (Large Oktoberfest boot-shaped drinking glass popularized by the movie "Beerfest")
            15. 30A
              Salon colorings
            16. 34A
              Language suffix
            17. 35A
              Here are a few that I use the most often: 😂😜🤗😘😈
            18. 38A
              Lie adjacent to
            19. 39A
              ___ Khalifa (world's tallest building (at time of publishing this puzzle))
            20. 41A
              Gators' relatives
            21. 42A
              Symbol of innocence, perhaps (seen here: 😇)
            22. 43A
              Poi ingredient
            23. 44A
              Actress Alyssa who played Phoebe in "Charmed"
            24. 46A
              Bit of advice
            25. 47A
              Thick slices
            26. 49A
              Start of a countdown, often
            27. 50A
              Lets someone know if you're going to their wedding or not
            28. 52A
              Nabisco sandwich cookies
            29. 54A
              Where the city of 26-Across is located: Abbr.
            30. 55A
              Breakfast item that I'm not completely sure if its considered bread or cake
            31. 58A
              On the lam
            32. 62A
              "In your dreams!"
            33. 63A
              Character to beware in a Lewis Carroll nonsense poem
            34. 66A
              Word with formality or pittance
            35. 67A
              ___ with (equivalent to)
            36. 68A
              Vaping device, informally
            37. 69A
              Whispery YouTube genre: Abbr.
            38. 70A
              Long (for)
            39. 71A
              Awesome, in slang
            Down
            1. 1D
              Magic charm
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              Codebreaker Turing portrayed in "The Imitation Game"
            3. 3D
              Nigerean native
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              California's ___ Tar Pits
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              Farmland measures
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              Pennsylvania's Bryn ___ College
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              In favor of
            8. 8D
              List-ending abbr.
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              Capital of Senegal
            10. 10D
              ___ Springfield (Founder of the city of Springfield in "The Simpsons")
            11. 11D
              Wile E. Coyote's supplier
            12. 12D
              One of the six "flavors" of quarks (alongside up, charm, bottom, top, and strange)
            13. 13D
              To boot
            14. 18D
              Guitarist Van Halen
            15. 22D
              Animal doc
            16. 24D
              Persuades with flattery and charm
            17. 25D
              "Quit your bellyaching, I'm moving as fast ___!"
            18. 26D
              Money owed
            19. 27D
              Run-of-the-mill
            20. 28D
              Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi who said "It ain't over 'til it's over"
            21. 29D
              Nacho Cheese or Cool Ranch chip
            22. 31D
              Cable channel for hoops fans
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              Flower at the center of the Dutch financial bubble of 1637
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              Goes no further
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              Year "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" came out (the novel not the film)
            26. 37D
              Mine is 078-05-1120: Abbr. (just kidding)
            27. 40D
              The first one is usually lowball
            28. 45D
              Toothbrush brand
            29. 48D
              ___ Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative capital of ___ Lanka)
            30. 51D
              Sunken treasure locale, perhaps
            31. 53D
              "Have fun! I hope you ___ my puzzles"
            32. 54D
              Sometimes illegal auto maneuver
            33. 55D
              Bear whose porridge was too cold
            34. 56D
              What something that's versatile has a lot of
            35. 57D
              Not squishy, as a mattress
            36. 58D
              Slightly open, as a door
            37. 59D
              San Juan, Puerto ___
            38. 60D
              Grasp tightly
            39. 61D
              "Good Luck Charm" R&B group Jagged ___
            40. 64D
              "Il était ___ fois" (French fairy tale start)
            41. 65D
              ___-free: label on some plastic water bottles
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