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Now Read It Back to Me
◆ · By Mikey G · Published 2023-03-18T17:00:34.829Z
Meta Prompt
[Level 3] The answer to the meta is a 4-letter title. Nudges: https://xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=124441
Hey there! Mikey G here, hoping that you try meta #50 on for size.
This one is a bit avant-garde in that you might argue there are two separate mechanisms here. One was meant to be an Easter egg, but this egg just might give you what you need before perhaps the more hidden mechanism does. (Of course, you’re not required to find both.) Either way, may meta success be yours!
See you next time!
Mikey G
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- oldjudge 3s · 2023-03-18T17:24:43.322ZGood job Mikey--quite the deed
- Hector 2s · 2023-03-18T18:08:05.001ZThanks! I guess one clue is the lack of Ls in the grid, another mechanism is the clues for the four symmetrically placed 1221-pattern entries spelling ELLE (using the only Ls in the clues). Plus FIFTYFIFTY combined with the roman numeral nudge suggests LL, and there's Anna Wintour, magazine issues and editing... Did I miss anything?
- I think that's everything! 1221 with initial clue letters (ELLE), coupled with title, was the main. You could use main spanner for confirmation. Easter Egg was XXV to LL, coupled with no other Ls in the grid (clue for FIFTYFIFTY also gives us a nod to the center in ELLE being LL) or the clues, other than the two required! Wintour just happened to come up somewhat randomly, but it got us the initial E for the clue and is kind of a tie-in, so we'll take it. That was in vogue indeed!
- Ah, now just noticing there are only two Ls in the clues. Nice! What's next, a No-L puzzle for Christmas? ;)
- Hector 2s · 2023-03-19T04:04:46.350ZNOEL was my first submission, followed by LEON.
- I K Snamhcok 4s · 2023-03-18T18:33:56.982ZI see one way to get the answer, but maybe not the other. I’ll keep thinking about it. Thanks, Mikey!
- boharr 3s · 2023-03-18T18:50:23.023ZSo did I get the meta or the easter egg?
- Joe 🤓9:28 · 2023-03-18T19:47:19.291ZWow! I LLLLLLoved it.
- Cindy Heisler 2s · 2023-03-18T21:09:13.190ZI just noticed the four palindromes and when they didn't give me anything I went to their clues. That's probably not either metanism! Thanks, Mikey!
- I saw the palindromes and brute-forced it from this page https://www.lotsofwords.com/palindromes/4-letters/dictionary (ABBA would have been my second guess). I like your explanation better!
- Tyrpmom 3s · 2023-03-19T22:21:26.515ZForgot I was supposed to be two mechanisms. I didn’t even notice the lack of L’s. Really impressive.
- whimsy 16:38 · 2023-03-21T20:46:20.560ZOh, the places I went before going with the palindromes -- namely, that if you read 35A backwards, you get SEUSS that almost goes back to ME. The Cat in the Hat always was quite stylish! Thanks, Mikey! I got a lot of fun out of this!
- whimsy 16:38 · 2023-03-21T20:49:14.276ZOh, and I knew "try puzzle #50 on for size" must have meant something! :)
- Carolyn 2s · 2023-03-25T19:39:34.123ZNeeded the clues! Thanks for a great puzzle.
- Laura M 🤓13:05 · 2023-03-26T00:59:15.901ZNeeded the first 3 main mechanism nudges. I... wasn't even close before, when I thought I almost had it :-) Nice puzzle, thanks!
- Qmark 4s · 2023-04-03T12:58:38.533ZLate getting to the puzzle...I really should subscribe. No hints required...thanks Mikey!
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Across
- 1ARicochet
- 5ABest actress in movies
- 9AOgden who said "Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up"
- 13AEditor Wintour
- 14APhysics concept proposed in 1977 that, with "I" removed, becomes a nerve fiber
- 15AAs far as
- 16ARight down the center
- 18ALady's address
- 19ADDE's command
- 20AFood eaten by Quakers
- 21AEgg I'd rather not eat
- 23A"You betcha!"
- 25ACreative, perhaps
- 26ABrings into the conversation in a surreptitious fashion, for short
- 28ASecond word in a 1966 John Wayne movie
- 30AMy attorney's favorite dessert
- 31ADiamond bigwigs, for short
- 32APT separators
- 35AResponse to "Why do you read so many magazines?"
- 40A"Can I tend to your grass too?" "The ___, the merrier!"
- 41AFirst "word" in a doo-wop group's name
- 42AHe had some "Common Sense"
- 43ASerenade
- 46ADog in Garth Stein's "The Art of Racing in the Rain"
- 47ACommunications artifact from a bygone era (i.e., the 1990s)
- 50A"How's production going on the skateboard park?" "Oh, we've ___ it up"
- 52A"Fingers crossed!"
- 54ASuccor
- 55AErving's sobriquet
- 58ALoud sound from a tugboat
- 59AXXV (which is one fewer than XXVI, as if that's a hint)
- 62ASnake found in the garden?
- 63ACheck you don't want to receive
- 64AEstate document
- 65AEditor's veto
- 66A45 and 78, e.g.
- 67ABMW competitor you auto know
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- 1DNot out
- 2DI know how to make a sweater - I'm such a ___ wit
- 3D411
- 4DHow you might stand
- 5DMy favorite thing I did at the party
- 6D"What's the ___?"
- 7D"Yeah, I'm good, thanks"
- 8DFirst name of "The Queen's Gambit" actress
- 9D"Once," perhaps
- 10DDetached
- 11DBucks
- 12DComfy-cozy
- 14DWay off
- 17D"Here's the thing..."
- 22DWhat good puns are
- 23DCandy show abbreviation
- 24DDoctrine (but not about Fido)
- 26D___-chic (fashion aesthetic)
- 27DWhere things might stick
- 29DDo-say connection
- 30DRice, e.g.
- 32DIt's scary when popped
- 33DWestern city whose famed nickname is quasi-oxymoronic
- 34D157.5 degrees from N
- 36DIRS ID
- 37D"Act your age, not your shoe size!"
- 38DExpeditious
- 39DFinding this at the beach is a shore thing
- 43DThe dwarves but not if Snow White comes to the party
- 44DIndignation
- 45DIf you meet a trio of them, they might be the three Muscat-eers (groan)
- 47DCores
- 48DThe documentary on wise birds was such ___!
- 49DYou might take a gander at one
- 51DActor in 1992's "A River Runs Through It"
- 53DWhat certain records may have
- 55DGod, to Godard
- 56DCamped across the country, perhaps
- 57DYoda, for one
- 60DMusic genre my mother derides as "beeps and boops": Abbr.
- 61DRx watchdog
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