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Meta-thesis

◆ · By Bird Lives · Published 2022-06-06T12:00:25.249Z

Meta Prompt
The answer is a surname.
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  • Mikey G solved 2022-06-12T02:24:39.999Z
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  • madhatter5 2s · 2022-06-06T13:00:01.792Z
    Peat nuzzle!
    • Hector 14:32 · 2022-06-06T14:29:13.850Z
      Nice! Took a while to unstick the assumption that EDNA was the CRUSTY TART.
      • Bird Lives constructor · 2022-06-06T15:27:19.021Z
        You're not the only one whom she tempted that way.
      • I K Snamhcok 2s · 2022-06-06T14:41:11.250Z
        Cough the ouch!
        • boharr 3s · 2022-06-06T15:15:06.487Z
          Clever and fun. Thanks.
          • woozy 34:02 · 2022-06-06T16:01:52.483Z
            Oh, you are a funny man.
            • Bbaack 29:57 · 2022-06-06T16:12:07.816Z
              Mate Greta!
              • Chaddog 41:56 · 2022-06-06T17:09:03.590Z
                Good one. Thanks for the puzzle Jay!
                • Carolyn 3s · 2022-06-06T17:33:54.952Z
                  Loved it! Great start to the week after the epic fail on WSJ.
                  • markhr 🤓20:31 · 2022-06-06T18:08:35.765Z
                    Well that was fun. I had EDNA as the crusty tart as well. Messed things up for a bit. I halfway expected you to work BEERY WENCHES in there somewhere.
                    • Capn Rick 🤓24:20 · 2022-06-06T18:24:41.179Z
                      Nice job, Jay. Love that mechanism!
                      • dplass 11:34 · 2022-06-06T18:21:38.902Z
                        Nice. I had all the right letters but the order was eluding me.
                        • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-06-06T21:27:19.699Z
                          Enjoyed this one. Thanks, Jay!!
                          • Tyrpmom 3s · 2022-06-06T21:41:42.804Z
                            Delightful! Thanks.
                            • Teamdoubletow 7s · 2022-06-07T00:50:38.040Z
                              Very fun and we learned a new word
                              • KayW 5:47 · 2022-06-07T00:54:52.538Z
                                FABULOUS meta - it took me a while to "back-solve" and straighten myself out. At first I had OSSO (BUCO) for the RACK OF LAMB and EDNA as the FUNNY MAN.
                                • Laura M 🤓56:08 · 2022-06-07T01:19:07.030Z
                                  Nice one! My solve time for the grid is embarrassing though…Partly I was distracted but partly I I actually am that slow :-)
                                  • BethA 4s · 2022-06-10T20:32:10.160Z
                                    Great puzzle!
                                    • Qmark 4s · 2022-07-12T21:16:45.578Z
                                      did not use the hints and found this a very enjoyable meta to solve...super job!
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                                      Across
                                      1. 1A
                                        Conductor's reading
                                      2. 6A
                                        Org. for men with big antlers?
                                      3. 10A
                                        Serb or Czech
                                      4. 14A
                                        Priest's plate
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                                        Wisc. neighbor
                                      6. 16A
                                        "Still ______" 1976 hit
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                                        Pegasus or Sleipnir
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                                        Soledad on TV
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                                        Table scrap
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                                        Why my laptop is so slow
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                                        Early cable co. bought by AT&T
                                      12. 27A
                                        Understand
                                      13. 29A
                                        Fast flier in its day
                                      14. 30A
                                        "Whether I shall turn out to be the ____ of my own life. . ."
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                                        Avaricious one
                                      16. 34A
                                        John Wayne role, John Havlicek nickname
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                                        They might be rolled or puffed
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                                        _____ culpa
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                                        Friml and Bing of the classical music biz
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                                        Frat dudes
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                                        Link
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                                        Where people toss a lot of bull, or bulls toss a lot of people
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                                        Follower suffix
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                                        Apuleius novel, with "The"
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                                        ___ Def, rapper ("Ms. Fat Booty," etc.)
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                                        Escort
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                                        Like the King's blue shoes
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                                        Lice to begin with
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                                        Embiggen
                                      30. 58A
                                        3401 for garlic, 4605 for escarole
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                                        Oolong, rooibos, etc.
                                      32. 60A
                                        It's longer than 9 Down (alt. spelling)
                                      33. 62A
                                        Strong embraces
                                      34. 65A
                                        ____ Buco
                                      35. 68A
                                        ____ disant
                                      36. 70A
                                        David Attenborough got a degree there; Mick Jagger dropped out
                                      37. 71A
                                        Signs like an illiterate
                                      38. 72A
                                        Breda or Haarlem
                                      39. 75A
                                        Campus political org. active in the 60s
                                      40. 77A
                                        Like the Belmont Stakes
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                                        Reliable wheelbarrow
                                      42. 84A
                                        Lets the pigs out
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                                        Where Kilroy was
                                      44. 86A
                                        Assuages
                                      45. 87A
                                        Teases
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                                        Funny Aussie Dame
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                                        Pipe cleaner
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                                        Banana Boat letters
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                                        Michael Ovitz's company
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                                        Legal bookie joint letters
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                                        Move, to a real estate broker
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                                        Kind of snack bar
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                                        NYC alternative to the IRT and IND
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                                        Epitome of easiness, or so it's said
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                                        They take torts and contracts
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                                        It's shorter than 60 Across but longer than a hyphen
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                                        The state of many medieval peasants
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                                        Whence Sancerre and Vouvray
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                                        Lend _____, listen up
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                                        Cash alternative
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                                        Tik follower
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                                        Westworld home
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                                        Tennis great Graf to friends
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                                        Percent of emails where someone followed the link, abbr.
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                                        Wireless network that loves magenta
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                                        Get cruder
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                                        The bottom line is . . .
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                                        Tigers of Sri Lanka
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                                        Sierra to NATO troops
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                                        They make up Maslow's hierarchy
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                                        "Gray's Anatomy" role
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                                        Type of massive cyber attack
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                                        Enjoyed immensely
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                                        Super Mario of the Penguins
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                                        It's on the cutting-room floor
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                                        Sound of a small pin in a large balloon
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                                        Islands near Fiji
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                                        Sixteen oz.
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                                        Prepare for action (or with a metathesis, what you are now filling)
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                                        Challenge to _____
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                                        Sicilian with overhead concerns
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                                        The last ordinal
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                                        Brand that might have fueled a Packard
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                                        Before the west was won or the Grinch stole Christmas
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                                        Gofer
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                                        Chose a new hair color
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                                        What British noses detect
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                                        Like most Saudis
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                                        Part two of the solution
                                      43. 69D
                                        "The Lady ______"
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                                        Solo in space
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                                        Festoons on Halloween
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                                        Simba's not-very-avuncular uncle
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                                        Final resting place for some
                                      48. 80D
                                        Red or Dead
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                                        Simile center
                                      50. 82D
                                        Toon chihuahua
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                                        General on the menu
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