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Bad Move? (meta)

◆ · By Richard D. Allen · Published by rickybillingsgate · Published 2023-01-26T13:00:02.432Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a ten-letter word.
www.lexicondevil.live
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  • Hector solved 2023-01-26T04:56:29.218Z
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  • Meg solved 2023-01-26T14:04:57.424Z
  • Cindy Weatherman solved 2023-01-26T14:38:05.739Z
  • Cindy Heisler solved 2023-01-26T16:34:32.887Z
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  • I K Snamhcok solved 2023-01-27T01:49:21.695Z
  • West solved 2023-01-27T01:55:48.037Z
  • Alex Sisti solved 2023-01-27T02:58:39.340Z
  • ChrisCross solved 2023-01-27T05:05:16.544Z
  • Laura M solved 2023-01-27T19:02:11.531Z
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  • Meg 2s · 2023-01-26T14:14:52.684Z
    Nice! It’s always fun to see the path while walking the dog. Trying to search the grid in my mind is hard.
  • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2023-01-26T16:35:32.402Z
    Fun one. Thanks, Ricky!
    • boharr 3s · 2023-01-26T18:13:42.089Z
      Thanks, Ricky.
      • I K Snamhcok 🤓12:28 · 2023-01-27T01:53:49.322Z
        I’m experimenting with doing the meta on my new iPad, instead of printing and filling out the puzzle in pencil. It’s harder for me so far. But I got there. Fun! Thanks, Ricky!
        • Laura M 🤓14:06 · 2023-01-27T19:05:26.283Z
          Excellent! I don't understand the title though.
          • benchen71 7:43 · 2023-01-28T00:51:41.046Z
            Nice one! Fun AHA moment.
            Play today's daily mini crossword
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              Toss a hand
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              Rub the wrong way, literally
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              Chichi
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              Feature of "talcum," but not "vacuum"
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              Bolillos, in a panaderia
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              Digging, say
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              Succumbed
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              Allow in
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              Tide type
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              *Symbol of simple harmonic motion
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              Distinctive feature of elephants and corn
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              Outside opinion pieces in newspapers
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              Head Start, e.g., briefly
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              Fort Collins sch.
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              Oversees
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              *Days of decline?
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              Hypothetical residents of other planets
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              Approves
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              Conan O'___ (late-night host)
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              *Place for discarded items
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              Fill the tank
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              A long way off
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              Boy band whose members include J-Hope and RM (which - fun fact - stands for Rap Monster)
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              *Be the subject of, as a painting
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              HDMI cable's ancestor
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              Tombstone acronym
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              Toad's pal in kid lit
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              Drive-___ (some fast-food restaurants)
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              Redding who sang "Try a Little Tenderness"
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              *Black-eyed peas, fatback, cornbread, etc.
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              Claudius's successor as emperor
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              Single: Prefix
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              Grab tightly
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              Messenger bag feature
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              Nary a soul
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              Bar Mitzvah locale, often
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              Ready to be rotated over flames, as a piece of meat
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              Tax imposers
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              Animating spirit or charisma, in Spanish
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              Gullet
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              "Today" co-host Kotb
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              2021 award for Angels star Shohei Ohtani
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              It's 5 hours behind UTC
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              Headlines
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              Juices, say
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              Key to getting out?
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              Dedicated lines
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              Mastroianni's co-star in "La Dolce Vita"
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              Black Flag bassist Roessler or actress Kosarin
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              Sluggish state
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              Jamaican music genre named for the sound of a guitar stroke
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              End
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              Letters at the beach
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              Atlanta-to-Savannah dir.
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              Shackle, as an arrestee
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              ___-a-Tampa (cigar brand)
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              Visible thyroid abnormalities most often caused by lack of iodine in the diet
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              Painkiller first brought to market by Bayer in 1899
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              Queens, e.g.
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              Prime minister Justin or crossword constructor Ross
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              New Left campus grp. of the '60s
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              Outlet inserts
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              France:rosé::Italy:___
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              DOJ subsidiary whose acronym hasn't accurately represented its name since 2002, when it was amended to include explosives
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              Drudgy tasks
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              Camera mounted on the helmet of many an extreme athlete
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              Soaks (up)
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              ___ Bator (capital of Mongolia)
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              Relaxed gait
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              Network owned by former rival QVC
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              Sketch show shot at Rockefeller Center
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