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Not Even Close!

◆ · By LarsCaine · Published 2024-05-06T22:00:20.329Z

Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a two-word idiom.
Hint 1: You'll need to look at five of the across entries
Hint 2: If you found the five things, is there something else they can be called?
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  • Darth 17:29 · 2024-08-04T17:00:12.985Z
    Oh, this one was tricky to see... I found six instances of MAN in the grid (a big rabbit hole), but "nephew's tune" and "Ural gnus" were too weird to be unintentional. haha Clever idea and nice "aha" moment. :D
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    Social skills
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    1. 1A
      Social skills
    2. 8A
      Rival of The Citadel
    3. 11A
      Deface
    4. 14A
      Stuffed oneself
    5. 15A
      Way, way, way back in the past
    6. 17A
      Tennis shot that's a little too low
    7. 18A
      Big name in pizza rolls
    8. 19A
      Type of current
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      NBC fixture since '75
    10. 21A
      Like some spiders and snakes
    11. 22A
      Sandy's bark
    12. 24A
      Hip-hop "cool"
    13. 26A
      Abortion pill: _ _-486
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      Architectural pier
    15. 28A
      Boxer Miguel "Happy" ___ (anagram of ARLO)
    16. 30A
      "__ You Really ____ To Hurt Me" - Culture Club song
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      Pewter component
    18. 33A
      "___ to the wise..."
    19. 35A
      Rice-A-___
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      Extremely
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      Your sister's son's song?
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      Jim Croce's "I ___ Name"
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      Ripened
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      Parakeet seat
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      Professional football league in Russia, for short
    26. 47A
      "Amazing!"
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      "You betcha!"
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      Very long time
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      Do not pass __.
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      "___ queen!" (slangy affirmative)
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      Father of Abner
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      Wildebeests that hang out in the mountains in Russia?
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      Abraham's nephew
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      Before lunch
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      Financially independent guy
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      Actress Flockhart
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      Barometer type
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      Sax-playing president
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      Neurotensin receptor, for short
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      Mercedes models
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      "That's a ___ ____ of events."
    Down
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      Design from the Sanskrit for "circle"
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      Was humbled
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      Bottom line
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      Collars
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      African antelope
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      Like some oats
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      Cardinals, on scoreboards
    8. 8D
      Time to celebrate men and women in uniform
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      Frank Zappa's daughter
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      A big fan of
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      2014 bio subtitled "Paul McCartney in the 1970s"
    12. 12D
      Rabbitlike rodents
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      ___ Brazzi, star of "South Pacific"
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      Earth's crust layer
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      Certain washing machine type
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      Not backgrounds
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      Vicinity
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      "Holy cow!!"
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      South Korean military action television series on Netflix
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      Small bills
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      Cuticle problem
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      Balloon-powered house movie
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      Creator of Hollywood's Chinese Theater
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      Behavior that operates on the environment to produce rewarding and reinforcing effects
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      Maker
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      Novelist Hesse
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      "Deck the Halls" syllables
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      Pirate, e.g.
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      Well-built
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      Organic food no-nos
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      Windshield option
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      IV units
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      "Rugrats" dad
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