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◆ · By Mikey G · Published 2022-11-26T18:00:02.768Z

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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  • Philip Chow 🤓10:16 · 2022-11-27T18:12:28.041Z
    happy thanksgiving! thankful for your puzzles :)
    • Bbaack 26:26 · 2022-11-27T22:58:31.849Z
      That was a fun one, with extra gravy!
      • KayW 🤓10:47 · 2022-11-28T00:20:52.515Z
        I gobbled this one up! Thanks for a meta that is definitely NO turkey
        • DIS 🤓8:53 · 2022-11-28T16:33:29.857Z
          Yummy!
          • rjy 5s · 2022-11-28T17:23:38.651Z
            Nice one, Mikey! Took awhile to get it to congeal (the meta, not the gravy)... rabbit holes galore: thrown by 37D Some are early ... BIRDS?? or 12D Balkan citizen ... Part of Turkey is part of the Balkans; or 30A: there is a Great Wall of Turkey; or notions of Turkey Spam (58D) or Turkey Bacon (36A)... or dare I say 15A "Wow, that describes me exactly" ... turkey??? I daren't 🤣. But once it gelled (like cranberries) it was an elegant solve. Enjoyed it!!
            • DrTom 3s · 2022-11-29T18:41:55.809Z
              I 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 · 2022-12-01T15:45:01.208Z
                Definitely needed the nudges on this one! Thanks
                • hoover 3s · 2022-12-02T18:57:10.434Z
                  I definitely had TURKEY in the grid for 38A until it didn't fit. That helped.
                  • Laura M 🤓22:34 · 2022-12-03T05:17:35.691Z
                    I 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!
                    Play today's daily mini crossword
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                    What you may do before eating a Thanksgiving dish
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                    1. 1A
                      What you may do before eating a Thanksgiving dish
                    2. 7A
                      Rapscallions
                    3. 13A
                      Just one mistake (a slow day for me)
                    4. 15A
                      "Wow, that describes me exactly"
                    5. 16A
                      Once upon a time
                    6. 17A
                      Country whose capital ends in "la Vella"
                    7. 18A
                      It may be square ("Hey, MIKE fits!")
                    8. 19A
                      Play conclusion?
                    9. 21A
                      Last word in the name of a city in a middle Eastern country
                    10. 22A
                      First "meal" you need when you find each gobbler's entry
                    11. 27A
                      Mo. in which National Men Make Dinner Day is celebrated ("Who wants pizza???")
                    12. 30A
                      It helped finance the construction of the Great Wall
                    13. 31A
                      Buddy who's (likely) not an elf
                    14. 34A
                      Illustrious
                    15. 36A
                      Add bacon to a cheeseburger, for example (at least in my opinion - don't tell my cardiologist)
                    16. 38A
                      Words heard once you get three strikes in a row
                    17. 39A
                      Leave, in slang (fine by me - gives me more crossword time!)
                    18. 40A
                      How I often go
                    19. 42A
                      What it seems like I always do right before catching a typo
                    20. 43A
                      Freetown's currency
                    21. 44A
                      Saharan sanctuaries
                    22. 45A
                      Number of instances of "fowl language" you need to catch in these clues
                    23. 47A
                      Shirley of "Goldfinger"
                    24. 49A
                      Rival of Roger, colloquially, who played him in many a wild game
                    25. 52A
                      They're far from basic
                    26. 54A
                      In medias ___ (how "The Odyssey" begins)
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                      Cryptic time! "Tree seen through broken panes (5)"
                    28. 56A
                      Spearheaded
                    29. 57A
                      What you might say in chess after a poor unsuccessful play
                    30. 60A
                      Cape ___
                    31. 61A
                      "Of course you need new glasses! What'd I tell you???"
                    32. 62A
                      Second "meal" you need when you find each gobbler's entry
                    33. 63A
                      Company that apparently isn't around anymore since GE bought it in 1986 (I just learned this)
                    34. 64A
                      That, in Toledo
                    35. 65A
                      A pro at defib (and that's de-truth!)
                    36. 66A
                      Group of preschoolers?
                    37. 67A
                      Number of letters in the answer to the meta
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                      Drive, e.g.
                    2. 2D
                      Alphabetically first 4-letter Best Picture
                    3. 3D
                      Some old smartphone precursor (anagram of ROTE)
                    4. 4D
                      What comes before mañana?
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                      When I say I'm coming, which is probably at least one hour before I even leave my apartment: Abbr.
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                      Throw on the floor?
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                      He's such a mama's boy
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                      Cape ___
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                      Bellowing
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                      First name of the man who was told that one of his television ideas didn't "have enough jeopardies"
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                      ___-mutuel betting
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                      Balkan citizen
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                      Ford purportedly claimed that you could have this product "in any color...as long as it is black"
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                      Place for which Gauguin went gaga
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                      Mel who could have said, "Yes, I batted .304 with the Giants, but my biggest accomplishment is appearing in so many crosswords"
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                      Spurious
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                      Company whose first Color of the Year was cerulean, in 2000
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                      Lusaka native
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                      Many "Lost Generation" poets
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                      R&B artist who was Badger on the UK "Masked Singer"
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                      "I think that dark sky is portentous." "___ to that!"
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                      Everyone's viewing it - you should too!
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                      Santa Claus and the penguin never got along because they were ___
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                      Bard of ___ (Shakespeare, who was really good at selling things door to door)
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                      Furnish
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                      "You don't have to!"
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                      Some are early
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                      Most accessible
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                      ___ Daddy (Midwestern barbecue sauce with a pun name)
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                      Spurious
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                      Like Slurpees but probably way healthier
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                      Hardy heroine
                    33. 50D
                      I was going to enclose my yard, but I'm on the ___ about it
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                      Ban's UN predecessor
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                      A or B
                    36. 55D
                      Feed the kitty
                    37. 58D
                      Band Weird Al parodied with "Spam"
                    38. 59D
                      Miracle-___ (it'll be a miracle if I clue this another way)
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