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The Woman in White (Inspired by the WSJ Contest)

◆ · By BarbaraK · Published 2023-02-20T05:08:31.955Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to this contest is an American First Lady.
This is inspired by and based on Mike Shenk’s WSJ crossword contest from February 17, 2023.
While solving, I had an idea what the mechanism was going to be. It wasn’t, so I decided to try to make one where it is.
You will almost certainly need google to solve this meta.
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Leaderboard (updated hourly)

  • Snood solved 2023-02-20T05:46:51.204Z
  • NancyA solved 2023-02-20T06:00:28.720Z
  • woozy solved 2023-02-20T06:47:53.651Z
  • Schmeel solved 2023-02-20T08:22:42.841Z
  • benchen71 solved 2023-02-20T09:28:32.819Z
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  • whimsy solved 2023-02-20T16:05:23.007Z
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  • Bird Lives solved 2023-02-21T03:28:15.080Z
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  • TMart solved 2023-02-23T15:34:36.168Z
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  • Snood 9:43 · 2023-02-20T05:48:45.355Z
    Being on the West Coast, I'm awake and tried your puzzle. Great first puzzle! Fell into place quickly as i looked at this for the WSJ. Keep em coming! Thanks for sharing.
    • woozy 10:18 · 2023-02-20T06:50:14.955Z
      That was very clever.
      Your grid and cluing were excellent. You have a knack for these.
      I kind of wonder why on earth were you using the same clues and idea of the contest but when I figured what was going on it was excellent!
      (Did have to wikipedia a LONG way to find the proper first lady....)
      • Ergcat 12:49 · 2023-02-20T15:41:28.616Z
        Me too!
      • Schmeel 13:16 · 2023-02-20T08:28:02.468Z
        Amazing! Thanks for the puzzle.
        • benchen71 6:17 · 2023-02-20T09:30:09.363Z
          Love it! When I got to NANCY I was looking for BOBBINS until I saw that she had a stage name.
          • Mwoychick 🤓11:20 · 2023-02-20T14:46:20.439Z
            Well done - enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing your puzzle, Barbara
            • dplass 7:51 · 2023-02-20T15:49:25.588Z
              Sadly whenever theres a "reveal" button I cannot help but mash it ...still need to actually solve...
              • whimsy 🤓11:30 · 2023-02-20T16:08:02.270Z
                Excellent! Glad you found a time and a fun way to make your first puzzle.
                • Ergcat 12:49 · 2023-02-20T15:41:07.638Z
                  Excellent first puzzle! Thank you, Barbara! Hope to see more from you in the future!
                  • Darth 10:44 · 2023-02-20T15:46:54.346Z
                    Love this! (I still needed to use Google, of course.) Excellent puzzle. We need to see more from you, Barbara!
                    • rjy 🤓18:42 · 2023-02-20T16:18:24.221Z
                      Nice twist, Barbara!
                      • shalmanezer 12:15 · 2023-02-20T16:43:14.295Z
                        I also went down the maiden name rabbit hole for WSJ. Especially since long answers end with names, and 8D ends with "Miss"
                        • NancyA 🤓28:48 · 2023-02-20T17:38:53.463Z
                          This takes rabbit hole narratives to a new level. I am rooting for you to be the XWord Rabbit's choice for the Golden Rabbit Hole Award.
                          • boharr 11s · 2023-02-20T18:10:37.667Z
                            Great fun. You should do a MMM>
                            • kymike 4s · 2023-02-20T18:19:11.614Z
                              Learned a lot. Thanks for a fun remix.
                              • BethA 🤓10:41 · 2023-02-20T18:15:30.154Z
                                Thanks very much for the puzzle! Enjoyed it! Neat way to demonstrate that rabbit hole!
                                • wendy walker 7s · 2023-02-20T21:22:11.194Z
                                  Barbara, that was wonderful! Really enjoyed it. Please do more!
                                  • KayW 🤓7:12 · 2023-02-20T23:06:30.930Z
                                    Woohoo!! EXCELLENT debut meta Barbara!!! And I actually HAD the maiden names written down in my notes for the first puzzle as I was solving as it was one of the paths I took. I hope we'll be seeing more from you!
                                    • Mikey G 🤓4:48 · 2023-02-20T23:17:01.454Z
                                      Learned something new, and I loved this remix!!
                                      • Bird Lives 4s · 2023-02-21T03:29:17.328Z
                                        Terrific idea and execution, and a bit more challenging than the original.
                                        • TMart 10:42 · 2023-02-23T15:34:54.162Z
                                          Nicely done!
                                          • Caroline 🤓5:27 · 2023-02-24T22:39:48.833Z
                                            Nice one!
                                            • Hidden in 3D 🤓27:35 · 2023-02-25T16:02:00.381Z
                                              Barbara, this was fantastic! I truly expect that you will be bringing us more wonderful metas soon. Thank you!
                                              • michaelm 🤓9:01 · 2023-03-09T19:02:01.405Z
                                                Wow Barbara, just got back to this one. Very nice! Thanks!
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                                                  Sticker no.
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                                                  Appearance
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                                                  Gift tag word
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                                                  Oklahoma tribe
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                                                  Common ____ (which is not all that common)
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                                                  Tomato variety
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                                                  Actress Cannon
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                                                  Punch
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                                                  Calmly
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                                                  Equestrians
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                                                  Abner, for one
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                                                  “I think not”
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                                                  Zany
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                                                  Sophisticated aircraft navigation device. (Sure, could just say “type of car radio”, but how boring)
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                                                  Poem's final stanza
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                                                  “My bad!”
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                                                  Leaves home?
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                                                  Cabinet agency that deals with schools (var)
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                                                  ___ Ababa
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                                                  Parts of heads or corn plants
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                                                  To be in Paris
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                                                  Reciprocal of cosecant
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                                                  Arnaz of "I Love Lucy"
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                                                  Peer Gynt's mother
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                                                  Maiden name of First Lady Mary Lincoln
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                                                  Brian, Joe, Kay, Peter, and Bob for the Muggle site
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                                                  Eyelid problem
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                                                  Working at a baseball game
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                                                  Twenty fins
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                                                  Blatant
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                                                  Popular Ford
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                                                  Vietnamese dress
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                                                  Old money in Paris
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                                                  Compassion
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                                                  Meeting, slangily
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                                                  Garden spot
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                                                  Adolescent stress
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                                                  Reason not to borrow a hairbrush
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                                                  Telluride and Santa Fe, for two
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                                                  Singer India.___
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                                                  Oliver's lover in "Call Me by Your Name"
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                                                  Transmit
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                                                  Origin
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                                                  High bond rating
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