Each Gobbler
◆ · By Mikey G · Published 4 months ago
Meta Prompt
[Level 3] The answer to the meta is a phrase that I wish applied to solving crosswords.
I hope we all had a happy and healthy Thanksgiving - or at least a happy one! (Like my turkey, I'm stuffed!)
Answer explanation here: https://xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=113886#p113886
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- Bbaack 26:26 · 4 months agoThat was a fun one, with extra gravy!
- KayW 🤓10:47 · 4 months agoI gobbled this one up! Thanks for a meta that is definitely NO turkey
- DIS 🤓8:53 · 4 months agoYummy!
- rjy 5s · 4 months agoNice one, Mikey! Took awhile to get it to congeal (the meta, not the gravy)... rabbit holes galore: thrown by 37D37DSome are early[------]Some are early ... BIRDS?? or 12D12DBalkan citizen[----]Balkan citizen ... Part of Turkey is part of the Balkans; or 30A30AIt helped finance the construction of the Great Wall[-------]: there is a Great Wall of Turkey; or notions of Turkey Spam (58D58DBand Weird Al parodied with "Spam"[---]) or Turkey Bacon (36A36AAdd bacon to a cheeseburger, for example (at least in my opinion - don't tell my cardiologist)[-------])... or dare I say 15A15A"Wow, that describes me exactly"[-------]"Wow, that describes me exactly" ... turkey??? I daren't
. But once it gelled (like cranberries) it was an elegant solve. Enjoyed it!! - DrTom 3s · 4 months agoI am totally embarrassed that I needed all kinds of nudging! I mean this is soooo in my wheelhouse. I had trouble identifying the TURKEYS and was CONVINCED that "Wow that describes me exactly" was one of them. Whether by TRAIN or BOAT it was an interesting trip. Another fun solve from a constructor we should all be thankful for. Thanks Mikey
- Carolyn 3s · 4 months agoDefinitely needed the nudges on this one! Thanks
- hoover 3s · 4 months agoI definitely had TURKEY in the grid for 38A38AWords heard once you get three strikes in a row[------]until it didn't fit. That helped.
- Laura M 🤓22:34 · 4 months agoI really, really thought that I needed to look for rhymes due to the title, and it took the first 5 nudges to put me on the right track. Great puzzle, I guess I just wasn't in the right mindset!
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What you may do before eating a Thanksgiving dish
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Across
- 1AWhat you may do before eating a Thanksgiving dish
- 7ARapscallions
- 13AJust one mistake (a slow day for me)
- 15A"Wow, that describes me exactly"
- 16AOnce upon a time
- 17ACountry whose capital ends in "la Vella"
- 18AIt may be square ("Hey, MIKE fits!")
- 19APlay conclusion?
- 21ALast word in the name of a city in a middle Eastern country
- 22AFirst "meal" you need when you find each gobbler's entry
- 27AMo. in which National Men Make Dinner Day is celebrated ("Who wants pizza???")
- 30AIt helped finance the construction of the Great Wall
- 31ABuddy who's (likely) not an elf
- 34AIllustrious
- 36AAdd bacon to a cheeseburger, for example (at least in my opinion - don't tell my cardiologist)
- 38AWords heard once you get three strikes in a row
- 39ALeave, in slang (fine by me - gives me more crossword time!)
- 40AHow I often go
- 42AWhat it seems like I always do right before catching a typo
- 43AFreetown's currency
- 44ASaharan sanctuaries
- 45ANumber of instances of "fowl language" you need to catch in these clues
- 47AShirley of "Goldfinger"
- 49ARival of Roger, colloquially, who played him in many a wild game
- 52AThey're far from basic
- 54AIn medias ___ (how "The Odyssey" begins)
- 55ACryptic time! "Tree seen through broken panes (5)"
- 56ASpearheaded
- 57AWhat you might say in chess after a poor unsuccessful play
- 60ACape ___
- 61A"Of course you need new glasses! What'd I tell you???"
- 62ASecond "meal" you need when you find each gobbler's entry
- 63ACompany that apparently isn't around anymore since GE bought it in 1986 (I just learned this)
- 64AThat, in Toledo
- 65AA pro at defib (and that's de-truth!)
- 66AGroup of preschoolers?
- 67ANumber of letters in the answer to the meta
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- 1DDrive, e.g.
- 2DAlphabetically first 4-letter Best Picture
- 3DSome old smartphone precursor (anagram of ROTE)
- 4DWhat comes before mañana?
- 5DWhen I say I'm coming, which is probably at least one hour before I even leave my apartment: Abbr.
- 6DThrow on the floor?
- 7DHe's such a mama's boy
- 8DCape ___
- 9DBellowing
- 10DFirst name of the man who was told that one of his television ideas didn't "have enough jeopardies"
- 11D___-mutuel betting
- 12DBalkan citizen
- 14DFord purportedly claimed that you could have this product "in any color...as long as it is black"
- 15DPlace for which Gauguin went gaga
- 20DMel who could have said, "Yes, I batted .304 with the Giants, but my biggest accomplishment is appearing in so many crosswords"
- 23DSpurious
- 24DCompany whose first Color of the Year was cerulean, in 2000
- 25DLusaka native
- 26DMany "Lost Generation" poets
- 27DR&B artist who was Badger on the UK "Masked Singer"
- 28D"I think that dark sky is portentous." "___ to that!"
- 29DEveryone's viewing it - you should too!
- 31DSanta Claus and the penguin never got along because they were ___
- 32DBard of ___ (Shakespeare, who was really good at selling things door to door)
- 33DFurnish
- 35D"You don't have to!"
- 37DSome are early
- 41DMost accessible
- 42D___ Daddy (Midwestern barbecue sauce with a pun name)
- 45DSpurious
- 46DLike Slurpees but probably way healthier
- 48DHardy heroine
- 50DI was going to enclose my yard, but I'm on the ___ about it
- 51DBan's UN predecessor
- 53DA or B
- 55DFeed the kitty
- 58DBand Weird Al parodied with "Spam"
- 59DMiracle-___ (it'll be a miracle if I clue this another way)
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