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Suit Yourself
◆ · By Mikey G · Published 2023-04-15T17:00:30.752Z
Meta Prompt
[Level 3] The answer to the meta, 2 words in 9 letters, is what you should do when solving hard puzzles.
Welcome to puzzle #52! Make yourself at home (just clean up afterward). Happy solving! -Mikey G
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Leaderboard (updated hourly)
- Meg solved 2023-04-15T18:46:35.572Z
- Cindy Weatherman solved 2023-04-15T19:09:14.179Z
- oldjudge solved 2023-04-15T20:33:43.073Z
- Hector solved 2023-04-15T21:06:40.481Z
- boharr solved 2023-04-15T21:39:14.865Z
- Carolyn solved 2023-04-15T22:17:53.437Z
- FrankieHeck solved 2023-04-16T00:44:08.951Z
- I K Snamhcok solved 2023-04-16T03:01:05.861Z
- Darth solved 2023-04-16T11:51:23.655Z
- Tyrpmom solved 2023-04-16T14:57:58.035Z
- Abide solved 2023-04-16T14:58:41.477Z
- spotter solved 2023-04-16T16:12:50.197Z
- BrennerTJ solved 2023-04-16T17:17:15.975Z
- lbray53 solved 2023-04-16T22:51:54.441Z
- KayW solved 2023-04-17T00:56:19.341Z
- Joe solved 2023-04-17T01:22:58.326Z
- benchen71 solved 2023-04-17T02:21:42.248Z
- Schmeel solved 2023-04-17T03:43:20.732Z
- rjy solved 2023-04-17T10:57:40.941Z
- DrTom solved 2023-04-17T12:16:22.552Z
- Pair O Ducks solved 2023-04-20T17:42:30.183Z
- hoover solved 2023-04-20T18:36:39.726Z
- Laura M solved 2023-04-20T19:10:02.438Z
- Katiedid solved 2023-04-20T19:28:49.843Z
- whimsy solved 2023-04-20T19:40:44.265Z
- JR solved 2023-04-20T20:24:26.734Z
- MatthewL solved 2023-04-20T20:27:20.504Z
- Capn Rick solved 2023-04-20T21:30:31.211Z
- Julie bookworm solved 2023-04-21T01:28:50.191Z
- Mwoychick solved 2023-04-21T02:01:55.151Z
- Steve M solved 2023-04-21T02:39:20.334Z
- edestlin solved 2023-04-21T11:27:30.001Z
- Gutman solved 2023-04-21T11:52:43.636Z
- DIS solved 2023-04-21T22:05:50.507Z
- Bbaack solved 2023-04-21T22:37:03.476Z
- Alex Sisti solved 2023-04-22T15:15:01.026Z
- Naptown Kid solved 2023-04-22T20:58:33.455Z
- woozy solved 2023-04-23T07:24:19.148Z
- Darrell solved 2023-04-27T02:16:40.548Z
- PuzNewbie solved 2023-05-06T00:20:32.999Z
- Snood solved 2023-06-27T00:49:15.204Z
- kurtalert solved 2023-11-07T14:49:06.622Z
Comments
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- Meg 2s · 2023-04-15T19:39:15.808ZNice mechanism. Imaginative clueing.
- Hector 2s · 2023-04-15T21:09:33.367Z🂡
- boharr 3s · 2023-04-15T21:39:32.442ZThanks Mikey
- Carolyn 9s · 2023-04-15T22:19:26.938ZVery nice! Satisfying answer. Thanks
- I K Snamhcok 🤓15:26 · 2023-04-16T03:02:11.344ZAces! Thanks, Mikey!
- Darth 🤓27:08 · 2023-04-16T11:54:53.643ZGreat puzzle! More fun than a game of 52 Pickup! Way to go, Mikey!
- Tyrpmom 2s · 2023-04-16T15:01:13.407ZNice one. I unfortunately found chess club for a slight detour.
- Joe 🤓9:45 · 2023-04-17T01:24:00.123ZThat was so clever! Each step took me a while. Happy to get there!
- Needed a nudge to get me started, but it was a fun aha moment nonetheless.
- Schmeel 20:37 · 2023-04-17T03:44:34.536ZGreat puzzle - thanks!
- Well I have to say I guessed it rather than solved it. I got TAKE and with everything else knew what it had to be. But even now I cannot back-solve to get it? I'm certainly missing something. But the cluing was fun and the idea was clever so now I'll just wait to see what the right way to do it was.
- You did it all right, and you've actually done something like this before! Just apply the mechanism once more in the end: DAVID, HOPE, GLEE, and BRAVE all become new phrases with a suit. TAKE also does that once we apply HEART, a common 2-word, 9-letter phrase and good piece of advice!And if someone decided to get cute, I did make TAKE SPADE an acceptable answer, haha.
- hoover 3s · 2023-04-20T18:37:23.855ZAfter following all of the nudges I couldn't figure out how KATE SPADE could possibly refer to something one does when solving puzzles...
- whimsy 🤓15:50 · 2023-04-20T19:56:21.907ZFinally with all the nudges! Not sure if I can say I solved but my curiosity has been alleviated at least. I was overdoing it with the clubs -- trying to fit in Karaoke and Chess, and a couple of other possibilities. Even once I had TAKE, I tried Heart Take first - which gave me Heartache! (6D) Did you think of having it spell BURN instead of TAKE -- and changing the prompt: What you get when solving hard puzzles! :) Seriously, very nice job, Mikey!
- MatthewL 13:02 · 2023-04-20T20:28:33.965ZWell, all I can say is that without the nudges, would never have solved. Still, thanks for the puzzle, Mikey!
- Gutman 3s · 2023-04-21T11:54:00.897ZWell done. Needed a nudge or 5.
- Bbaack 21:47 · 2023-04-21T22:41:05.246ZChess club, Empress diamond, Heartache, and I kept looking for 2 more, but finally looked at the nudges to clear this one. Great idea, thanks for the fun!
- Yeah, I'm realizing now in retrospect how many could occur here incidentally!
- I got waylaid fairly early when I tried to make (heart) ACHE and CHESS (club) also be involved. Great puzzle...
- Snood 13:49 · 2023-06-27T00:49:55.840ZVery clever! Thanks for sharing. No idea why this just poped up fpr me, but it did!
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Founder of the Academy
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- 1AFounder of the Academy
- 6AOut
- 10AMLB league my grandfather thought was superior since it was founded first
- 14ABiblical figure who had to Goliath down
- 15AManage
- 16AInkling
- 17AStradivari's teacher
- 18ARhode Island's motto
- 19A"Got plans playing with my cat and doing crosswords, sorry"
- 20AAlso
- 22ANeat
- 23AJeanne d'Arc, par exemple
- 26APossible response to "That you???"
- 28A"___ are just children who refuse to put down their crayons" - Al Hirschfeld
- 30AHeroine in "War and Peace," which my mom read on the beach when she was 17 (not all at once, she'd get sunburnt)
- 31A45, for one
- 32AVex
- 34ADefense advisory org.
- 37A"Atonement" author McEwan
- 38AActivity for singers
- 40AIt was originally written as "[annoyed grunt]" in a 1980s script
- 41AThat, in Tijuana
- 42ALend ___
- 43ABob Dylan song about a messy arts-and-crafts session?: "Tangled Up in ___"
- 44ACommenced
- 46ACatherine the Great or Ginger Cat (at least she thinks she is), e.g.
- 49AIt's on display at the Smithsonian
- 52ACertain Hondas
- 53ABoard
- 54AJust
- 56A"Wow, fancy seeing you at the market, even though I have no desire to talk to you!"
- 57AEbuillient exultation
- 58AFabulous storyteller?
- 62ALa mitad de seis
- 63APlace for a monitor
- 64ANot pusillanimous
- 65A"Why not?"
- 66ASite where stars are found, briefly
- 67ARoomy ride
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- 1DPalm Pilot, e.g.
- 2DFlight
- 3D"Selma" director DuVernay
- 4D1990s Best Picture winner
- 5DKeats (who has really urned my respect LOL) and others
- 6DWhat a pain
- 7DFirst word in title of song that begins "Mattie told Hattie"
- 8DRetail outlet with "creative pros"
- 9D"___-haw!" (sound after solving a meta)
- 10DFine point
- 11D1990s "Saturday Night Live" cast member
- 12DWhen prime time ends in CST
- 13D"How's your coffee-milk hybrid?" "I love it a ___!"
- 21DType of blanket
- 22DKunta ___ of "Roots"
- 23DFictional Hawkins
- 24DHaving a wide knowledge of operatic solos is one of my many ___ of expertise
- 25D"Don't worry, I'm happy to!"
- 27DDrench
- 29DAthletic feat whose namesake achieved it twice, both in 2003 and 2015
- 33DDrivers' org.
- 35D"Washington Post" composer
- 36DWhere four bishops congregrate
- 38D2009 : Sotomayor :: 2010 : ___
- 39DWon for now: Abbr.
- 43DSwiss cheese (don't mind if I fondue)
- 45DNancy Drew's aunt
- 47DWhere legends are found
- 48DTech site without any 8-Down products
- 49DEntertainment "quadfectas," briefly
- 50DIndira Gandhi's father
- 51DWhat Australia's "Give Way" sign is called in the United States
- 55DScary Spice (I'm terrified of oregano)
- 57D4 on a phone
- 59DLugubrious
- 60DWhen Caesar made his eggs, it was all ___
- 61DPilot product
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