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Till the hippopotami;-- said "Ask no further 'What am I?'"

◆◆ · By woozy · Published 2022-07-24T01:53:34.843Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is an animal
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  • benchen71 14:47 · 2022-07-24T08:33:22.856Z
    Yay! Nice one. Your meta creating career is off to a great start. :)
    • whimsy 16:59 · 2022-07-26T18:12:20.060Z
      Had the obvious, but had to find the changes in the clues to make the match. Thanks for the puzzle, wooze!
      • Mr Tex 14:40 · 2022-08-01T00:20:58.646Z
        How is frog the answer? I wish all you composers would post not just the answer but the mechanism by which you arrived at it.
        • woozy constructor · 2022-08-01T02:07:03.348Z
          Look at the first letters of the clues
          K = Seabiscuit & Horse E = Pogo & Opossum R = Nemo & Fish M = Hobbes & Tiger I = Dumbo & Elephant T = Cat & Garfield
          Which yields Kermit the Frog.
        Play today's daily mini crossword
        1A
        Kronberg is home to the oldest known sample of this maritime staple with a long shelf-life; also known as Hard Tack, Sheet Iron and Molar Breaker
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        1. 1A
          Kronberg is home to the oldest known sample of this maritime staple with a long shelf-life; also known as Hard Tack, Sheet Iron and Molar Breaker
        2. 11A
          Now!
        3. 15A
          A scheduled release of a new regimen of optimism?
        4. 16A
          Representative for aquatic life forms
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          The autobiography of a Sulu Hawk-Owl: "My life as --------" (Go ahead and google; I won't tell)
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          Okefenokee Glee 'n Perloo Union per 22A (and definitely not the Soviet secret police from the 20s)
        7. 19A
          What you need to do when you temporarily need extra seating for two to four people
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          French for sun
        9. 22A
          Eclectic jumping toy: ---- stick
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          Reclusive restless Captain of the Nautilus
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          Kentucky Derby participant
        12. 26A
          a surge increase (oddly is meaning remains the same if we add a letter in the third position)
        13. 28A
          It's over! Done! No mas!
        14. 32A
          Iconic Pachyderm
        15. 38A
          Endemic of North America, its only marsupial
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          What you imitate when you fall for the "A little old lady" knock-knock joke
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          Slow-cooked Mexican beef
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          Affliction
        19. 44A
          Monarchy promoting author of "Leviathan"
        20. 46A
          Idiot, Imbecile, Ignoramus
        21. 51A
          The low-down
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          Roquefort relative
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          Aligned displays
        24. 58A
          Twice American president to be assasinated
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          New Mexico's first Catholic archbishop, Jean-Baptiste ----
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          Nature area on Maine's Mt. Desert Island
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          Skin soother
        28. 64A
          "Did you pass your classes at the finishing school?" "No, I passed 'Proper' but I -------"
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          Dogmas
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          Sick of this puzzle? Don't worry; ------- over
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          Acute
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          In Greek this kinda sorta means "New Dawn". In Latin it kinda sorta means "I deny it". In actuality.... its nonsense
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          Mimicing
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          Japanese box lunch
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          In Greek Mythology, the founder of Troy (var.)
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          Northumbrian sack
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          Regulation to remain indoors
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          One French girl friend
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          Frigidly cold
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          the person, thing, or idea that is present or near in place, time, or thought or that has just been mentioned; article
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          LOT Polish Airlines flying out of San Francisco International Airport
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          Member (the largest) of the Feline family
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          Wooden shield used in ancient Greece
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          Furthermost reaches; Ultima -------
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          "--! A two-letter entry. I wasn't expecting that"
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          Solely, merely
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          Public University in Texas established in 1969, home of the Roadrunners
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          Some are non-Euclidean
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          Watch chain
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          Hoppy brew
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          used to introduce a further negative statement; or Fiyero's daughter in the book "Wicked" (not the stage musical)
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          Private business school in Hyderabad, India
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          a handheld computing device and being seen kissing one
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          Norse queen of the Underworld
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          In the style of
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          Flanders, Beatty, Kelly or other
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          Attempt
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          Temperament
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          Advice columnist Van Buren
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          "Who is going to hammer in this thin nail" "---- do it"
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          The highest of the one-L lamas
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          Europe-Asia divider
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          Is it my imagination or am I seeing references to this dumb Michael Keaton movie everywhere? Will this be the new OREO?
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          His theorem describes probabilities based on prior knowledge
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          What one says when one discovers they'll have to make a two letter entry
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          "----'s Place for Smiles"; a pediatric dental practice in Louisiana
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          Acquire knowledge
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          Item listed between "kay brisket" and "em chicken" at "Alfred Betty's house of Alphabetical BBQ"
        39. 55D
          Apparently according to Urban Dictionary this is an abbreviation for "You don't know me". Who knew
        40. 57D
          Moroccan port city (near the National Museum of Ceramics)
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          A Portuguese genre of music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics
        42. 62D
          Tabby
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