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· By Mikey G · Published 2022-07-02T17:00:25.747Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a 4-word song title.
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  • Abide 🤓12:47 · 2022-07-02T19:51:53.512Z
    Heading there now!... (the park, not Chicago)
    • Gutman 2s · 2022-07-02T20:57:10.807Z
      Great clues. I laughed at 5 down (among others)
      • Mikey G constructor · 2022-07-04T01:51:54.210Z
        I don't know what it says about me that I looked at that just now and had a good chuckle. To quote my mom, "At least you think you're entertaining."
      • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-07-02T20:54:27.569Z
        Great puzzle, Mikey. Perfect for this weekend. Have a safe and happy 4th!
        • Mikey G constructor · 2022-07-04T01:51:22.602Z
          You as well, thanks!
        • woozy 28:13 · 2022-07-02T21:50:55.958Z
          Well, I think I've heard this song a few times on the radio but I never heard the lyrics and goggling and getting the result I really thought I had never heard of it.
          But hitting play I guess I have actually heard of it. But I only remember the first few lines and the only words I remember is "Saturday".
          Good puzzle. I like that I could work it out without knowing anything about the song.
          • Mikey G constructor · 2022-07-03T15:47:38.048Z
            Someone else said something similar! I wonder how many other songs over the years I have applied the wrong title to!
            • woozy 28:13 · 2022-07-03T18:02:18.035Z
              Is that the wrong title? I wouldn't know. Not my area of expertise. I barely have heard of the song.
              • Mikey G constructor · 2022-07-04T01:51:12.568Z
                No, it's definitely "Saturday in the Park" - I think your comment was more about only hearing a word hear and there. Someone else said they weren't sure what the title was, maybe just "Fourth of July" or something of that nature. I'm splitting hairs, but I always thought Tom Petty's classic was "Waiting Is the Hardest Part" until recently, but it's technically just "The Waiting." Live and learn!
          • whimsy 🤓21:27 · 2022-07-02T23:08:09.856Z
            Oh ho! Love it! So appropriate. Thanks, Mikey!
            • lbray53 2s · 2022-07-02T23:14:03.068Z
              From the first album I ever bought. I used my high school graduation money to buy a stereo and some albums. I was a late starter.
              • Mikey G constructor · 2022-07-03T15:46:29.962Z
                That's so epic, though! I don't know if it has the same nostalgic effect, but my first CD was the greatest hits of the Beach Boys, for what it's worth!
                • lbray53 2s · 2022-07-04T00:31:17.816Z
                  I still love that group. We heard them in Milwaukee at the Riverside Theater two years ago. Amazing show!
              • dplass 7s · 2022-07-02T23:49:53.050Z
                Ugh, I was 75% done and then it refreshed with an empty grid...hence my 7s solve time. I got the meta all by myself though.
                • boharr 18s · 2022-07-03T02:42:23.861Z
                  Fun one. Thanks
                  • Tyrpmom 2s · 2022-07-03T04:29:07.361Z
                    Nice one!
                    • KayW 🤓9:40 · 2022-07-03T18:11:19.480Z
                      LOL given that I'm a native Chicagoan of a certain age, I am REALLY embarrassed I didn't get this on the first shot (I went with THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER) Fun puzzle and clues as always!
                      • Dow Jones 3s · 2022-07-03T20:15:25.813Z
                        Your grids are so interesting to solve and your metas are superb. Great band, song and blast from the past.
                        • Mikey G constructor · 2022-07-04T01:52:41.645Z
                          Thanks so much - that's quite kind of you! Their horns were so great, and I'd love to take a deeper dive into some of their stuff.
                        • Toast 🤓59s · 2022-07-03T23:24:23.228Z
                          Not to be confused with Sunday in the Park with George, but that's six words and consequently a whole musical.
                          • rjy 3s · 2022-07-05T10:22:36.516Z
                            Thanks Mikey, enjoyed it! Fun clueing as always… Embarrassed to have had to google for the answer, having been a lifelong Chicago fan, certainly of maybe their first dozen or so albums. Any brass player growing up in the 70s was all over their sound…
                            • Mikey G constructor · 2022-07-05T12:55:59.430Z
                              Love their unique, grooving sound!
                            • DIS 🤓8:37 · 2022-07-05T14:45:30.190Z
                              Now I know what will be going through my head the rest of the day. Fun puzzle.
                              • Laura M 🤓19:28 · 2022-07-05T17:01:59.453Z
                                Love Chicago! Saw them in concert in '85 (I think).
                                • Mikey G constructor · 2022-07-06T01:02:23.844Z
                                  That sounds like a fun one!!
                                • Carolyn 3s · 2022-07-07T19:47:17.226Z
                                  Grid tougher than the meta, but enjoyed it a lot! Thanks
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                                    Skill
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                                    First name of singer of "I Will Remember You" and "Angel" (sponsored by Kleenex)
                                  3. 9A
                                    "Dude!"
                                  4. 12A
                                    Drops on the ground
                                  5. 13A
                                    Digression
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                                    Smart person?
                                  7. 15A
                                    "Yeah, no clue on this Level 7 meta"
                                  8. 17A
                                    Book after Micah
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                                    Writer's block?
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                                    Place
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                                    He was terrible
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                                    "The sky's the limit!"
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                                    "This decision is of nary a consequence"
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                                    If you see one, you might be swamped (it's found in a swamp, folks)
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                                    You might pick it (like if the orthopedic surgeon overcharges you)
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                                    Acrobat attachment?
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                                    Led
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                                    Oodles
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                                    Novel ending?
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                                    Trick ending? (I'm really sorry but not really)
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                                    When I got out of my car at the US mint, I stopped ___ dime
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                                    Some fabled bird (please ignore this entire row of the grid, thank you very much)
                                  23. 42A
                                    Period that might be ushered in (this is not meta-related, since it is not an across entry of at least 8 letters and does not match the symmetrical pattern of all the relevant multi-word entries and you're welcome)
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                                    May it be with you
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                                    Put on
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                                    "Go away!" (said to a sneaker salesperson, perhaps?)
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                                    Ink cartridge color
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                                    Collective term for journalists
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                                    "Why, certainly!"
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                                    "Cat on ___ Tin Roof" (play that is actually not about felines, so I found out the hard way)
                                  31. 58A
                                    Rough
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                                    14-legged crustaceans that have a simple gut (so do I)
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                                    Touch of color
                                  34. 63A
                                    Canada Day
                                  35. 65A
                                    Some jeans
                                  36. 66A
                                    24th of 24
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                                    Org. whose first Entertainer of the Year was Eddy Arnold in 1967
                                  38. 68A
                                    Lugubrious
                                  39. 69A
                                    "Later, ___!"
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                                    Presidential monogram between FDR and DDE
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                                    40-30, perhaps
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                                    Ctrl-Y command
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                                    Four (but you don't have to look for squares in the grid this time)
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                                    Took no further action
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                                    Obliquely (or what the caterpillar does to figure out how to work harder)
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                                    What you might possess if you have a zest for life
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                                    Kerfuffle
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                                    Chop down
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                                    Affair I haven't yet been invited to
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                                    Post-injury program
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                                    Eyes
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                                    "That's ___!"
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                                    State whose shape is almost a trapezoid
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                                    Oldest March
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                                    Where the first phone call goes to
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                                    Trampled
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                                    TV network that has people who are way too cheery hawking stuff that is way too overpriced
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                                    Conservationist, zookeeper, and "Dancing with the Stars" champion Bindi
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                                    Made fun of
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                                    You can get a lot here
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                                    Even though the manufacturer of miniature Statues of Liberty said she wasn't interested in me, I will always ___ for her
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                                    Winter vehicle that sounds like my Ginger in a blizzard
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                                    ___ Majesty (you've got the first letter, at least!)
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                                    Expungement
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                                    Half-___ (68-Across excuse for a cup of coffee)
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                                    When the actors forgot their lines, the director made a ___
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                                    [I know this! I really know it this time! I promise I won't just put my hand down and say I forgot!]
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                                    Carried out (kind of a dupe with an across entry - sorry about that)
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                                    Schlep
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                                    Studying tentacled sea creatures can really ___ your time
                                  31. 48D
                                    Divs. of days
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                                    Sends packing
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                                    Half of a carefree phrase (I can't say the first part without giving part of this entry away!)
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                                    Rosh Hashanah horn
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                                    Mo. for baseball playoffs!!!!!
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                                    Stymies a scheme
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                                    Former Crete capital (found in "All you can eat")
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                                    "___ you beat me!" (sore loser's statement that I may or may not have said before - I'm not competitive, but I want to win)
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                                    GI awards (all letters are consonants found in order, albeit not consecutively, in Iowa's capital)
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                                    "I need this book on probability ___!"
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                                    ___ the memory (I wished it burned calories)
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                                    "All I remember about that movie is ___ dancing" - my mom, on "Pulp Fiction"
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