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One Too Many

◆ · By Emma Oxford · Published by Pandora's Blocks Meta Crosswords · Published 2021-09-19T12:00:19.797Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to this week's meta is a two-word phrase.
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  • Mike D 🤓8:34 · 2021-09-19T12:50:11.975Z
    Took me a few attempts to realize I had to apply the "One Too Many" to the solution as well - very clever! Great puzzle Emma - super smooth solve and a huge aha moment when I finally figured it out 😊
    • Cindy Heisler 4s · 2021-09-19T12:48:53.940Z
      Enjoyed this puzzle. Thanks, Emma!
      • I K Snamhcok 12:33 · 2021-09-19T13:11:02.178Z
        Nice! And thanks for accepting my second submission -- when I realized my first was wrong!
        • boharr 3s · 2021-09-19T13:40:34.164Z
          Clever. Thank you.
          • hbxwords 🤓3:48 · 2021-09-19T13:17:49.450Z
            Same as Mike D here! Very clever, and a joy to solve.
            • Golem 17s · 2021-09-19T14:18:34.570Z
              Great puzzle! Thanks for sharing it, EO!
              • Lloyd 🤓15:32 · 2021-09-19T14:49:09.833Z
                Great puzzle, Emma. Just like Mike: took me a minute to figure out the final 'meta-meta' trick. 🙂 50A also got me wondering whether it had an extra letter at the beginning. 🤔 Great all-round!
                • JeffPrug 🤓10:34 · 2021-09-19T15:08:18.380Z
                  Nice one!
                  • Tom C 🤓10:34 · 2021-09-19T15:27:35.590Z
                    Very clever!
                    • Sfull411 🤓6:58 · 2021-09-19T15:44:29.533Z
                      Great fun! Thank you Emma!
                      • Meg 3s · 2021-09-19T16:11:03.736Z
                        Lovely puzzle!
                        • DIS 🤓11:26 · 2021-09-19T16:22:52.704Z
                          Add me to the list of people who got it on the second try. Nice puzzle!
                          • C64 🤓8:56 · 2021-09-19T17:37:16.496Z
                            First try!
                            • MARR71 8s · 2021-09-19T17:14:46.601Z
                              Very fun! I had the same blind spot as Mike D but finally realized my mistake after walking away for a few minutes. Loved submitting thru Crosshare.
                              • oldjudge 3s · 2021-09-19T17:32:35.110Z
                                Great job Emma!
                                • MajordomoTom 26:04 · 2021-09-19T17:50:22.444Z
                                  Thank you sir, may I have another!!!
                                  • oldjudge 3s · 2021-09-19T17:32:31.366Z
                                    Great job Emma!
                                    • MamaEllen 3s · 2021-09-19T18:49:52.944Z
                                      Fun one!
                                      • oldjudge 3s · 2021-09-19T20:14:59.063Z
                                        Great job Emma. Not only did you come up with a great puzzle but you are the first constructor that I have ever seen on the leaderboard.
                                        • Emma Oxford 🤓2:24 · 2021-09-19T23:42:33.015Z
                                          Lol, no great accomplishment on my part. But I wanted to be able to read people's comments, and since Pandora's Blocks posted this puzzle, Crosshare doesn't recognize me as the constructor (new feature, Mike D?), so I had to solve it like everyone else to get to this page.
                                        • OddBear 🤓17:12 · 2021-09-20T01:03:38.885Z
                                          Very fun! Scar was gave me my first "hmm this is meta-related". Struggled with some of the uncrossed extra letters, but figured out "stop off" from context. Took a few minutes of double-checking until I realized my mistake after that failed entry. Great meta!
                                          • wendy walker 2:59 · 2021-09-20T01:14:15.134Z
                                            Thanks, Emma! Fun puzzle and I love the instant feedback.
                                            • Vicki and Mike 🤓2:31 · 2021-09-20T01:46:18.335Z
                                              Fun puzzle!
                                              • lbray53 20:07 · 2021-09-20T11:19:33.733Z
                                                Solved on my phone. A first for me.
                                                • Wendy S HeadinHome 🤓18:38 · 2021-09-20T16:56:34.859Z
                                                  So glad you allow a second (corrected!) submission! I thought about it for quite a while.. ‘WHY ISN’T THAT RIGHT? IT’S RIGHT THERE…. OHHH!! DUH.” Great challenge!
                                                  • KayW 9s · 2021-09-20T21:08:12.185Z
                                                    Great one from Emma! Lucky for me this puzzle allows two submissions ;)
                                                    • David Higgins 🤓16:56 · 2021-09-20T23:22:06.167Z
                                                      Good puzzle with a clever meta! Nice job, Emma.
                                                      • Burakodrama 6s · 2021-09-21T04:19:18.831Z
                                                        Some meta puzzles are impressive because they have a complex meta mechanism that is smoothly executed, some are impressive because they wrap everything up simply and properly. This one is definitely the latter, solid and enjoyable puzzle.
                                                        • Jimbo 🤓22:44 · 2021-09-21T16:50:57.391Z
                                                          Hats off to Emma for a clever construction and fun meta. Or should I say (imagine a cockney accent) “‘ats off, Emma. Well done.”
                                                          • CAe39 21:02 · 2021-09-21T17:09:19.203Z
                                                            I was surprised that meta trick was not applied to both words, Because each word had one to many. Thanks for sharing your puzzle. Top of the morning to you!
                                                            • Meta World Peace 44s · 2021-09-22T03:19:26.058Z
                                                              Great clue for IN A BOX, Emma! And the final letter drop was a neat twist. Thanks for the guest puzzle!
                                                              • Darth 🤓17:40 · 2021-09-26T16:56:59.733Z
                                                                Oops, looks like I had one too many! Duh!
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                                                                ___Tax (popular e-filing software)
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                                                                  ___Tax (popular e-filing software)
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                                                                  Skylit lobbies
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                                                                  "Hey, Cos! Do something! Call me a ___!" (plea from Don Lockwood in "Singin' in the Rain" to which Cosmo Brown responds, "OK, you're a ___")
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                                                                  Group
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                                                                  Mom's sister
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                                                                  Praiseful poem
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                                                                  One who eats chicken of the sea but not chicken
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                                                                  Word in the 23-Across pages
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                                                                  Old-fashioned car horn, which appropriately sounds a bit like "wax on"
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                                                                  "The Lion King" villain
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                                                                  It's often called civilized, although I think at this point that's debatable
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                                                                  Braces (oneself for)
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                                                                  Happenings
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                                                                  More likely to receive a PG-13 rating
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                                                                  Type of oil used in varnish
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                                                                  Verita___ (potion first mentioned in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire")
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                                                                  "No Scrubs" trio
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                                                                  Last: Abbr.
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                                                                  "I can ___" ("I hear you")
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                                                                  "Yeah, right!"
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                                                                  Part of MPG or RPM
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                                                                  Permitted by law
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                                                                  Type of buzz cut
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                                                                  You shouldn't put people here (metaphorically... or literally too I guess)
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                                                                  Troublemakers on the Internet
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                                                                  Tropical gelato flavor
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                                                                  Fats Domino and Edgar Degas, for two
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                                                                  Sign on some restrooms
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                                                                  Choose
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                                                                  Used a chair
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                                                                  Not right on the dot
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                                                                  Featured artist on Doja Cat's "Kiss Me More"
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                                                                  Toward the rising sun
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                                                                  Spacious
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                                                                  Moray, for one
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                                                                  Third rock from the Sun
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                                                                  Endow, archaically
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                                                                  Typical amt. of vanilla for a cookie recipe to require
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                                                                  Versatile vehicle, for short
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                                                                  Hi-___ (desirable sound quality)
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                                                                  Support
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                                                                  Word after Denver or Western
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                                                                  Loss of muscular coordination: Var.
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                                                                  Hawaiian root vegetable
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                                                                  On the road to ___ (headed for disaster)
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                                                                  Chef Garten (whose name sounds strangely apt to be a coincidence, but I think it is - also she's supremely cool, look her up if you haven't)
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                                                                  Never
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                                                                  DC's Kennedy Center, for one
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                                                                  "Let's Make ___"
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                                                                  Corona and Coors, for two
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                                                                  Skin art, briefly
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                                                                  "Didn't I tell you?"
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                                                                  Frame job
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                                                                  Small egg
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                                                                  Like the force you experience on the swing ride at an amusement park
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                                                                  Cottontail's tail
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                                                                  "Chill!"
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                                                                  Shrinking sea
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                                                                  Type of lily found out west
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                                                                  Soup scoop
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                                                                  "The Queen's Gambit" game
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                                                                  Minimise risk
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                                                                  Singer McEntire
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                                                                  Thomas or William, in the first season of "Downton Abbey"
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                                                                  One of the Bobbsey twins
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                                                                  Many natural history museums have a skeleton of one: Abbr.
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                                                                  Brazilian metropolis in Pernambuco
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                                                                  Sheriff's group
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                                                                  Wow
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                                                                  Of the ___ (clerical)
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                                                                  Box
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                                                                  Prefix with -while
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                                                                  Mendel's study
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                                                                  Assistance
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                                                                  Capote, to friends
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                                                                  Keep an ___ on
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