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· By woozy · Published 2022-09-02T20:11:45.984Z

Meta Prompt
The answer is a ten-letter word you must do to solve this meta
This is my attempt at a week 1. It may not be because the themers might be too hard to find. But it still shouldn't be any harder than a week 2, I hope.
I came up with this concept as part of my "So many rabbit holes" puzzle but it became a puzzle of its own.
Oh, by the way 29A29AA lot of mathematicians think we should replace pi with this Greek letter. (You see, pi was defined to be the circumference of a circle divided by its diameter and not its radius so in modern mathematics pi represent half a circle and not a full circle so they want this letter to represent twice pi... oy, don't get me started)[---] is not a themer. It's just me going off on a tangent.
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  • hoover 🤓2:04 · 2022-09-04T21:38:19.961Z
    Whew! I finally coaxed the bunny out of the hole!
    • Laura M 🤓32:38 · 2022-09-05T04:25:00.253Z
      I knew something was going on with the theme clues but it took me a while to see what! Definitely harder than a week 1.
      • woozy constructor · 2022-09-06T00:05:59.715Z
        Answer has 10 letters so: 1234567890
        The unnamed forest outside Shakespeare's Athens and Burzee Forest near L. Frank Baum'S IX are full of these: fairiEs. So 12345E7890
        IF I'VE recalled correctly, iT WOuld gO NExt, right?: REmeMber. So RE34ME7890
        Members of the phylum ofTEN noted for boNINEss: vertebraTEs. So RE34ME78TE
        Gray area without the wEIGHT oF OUR certainty: penUmbrA . So RE3UME7ATE
        This type of boating hazard iS EVEN worse on the norTH REEf: saNdbaR. So RENUMERATE
        Answer: RENUMERATE
        • whimsy 24:13 · 2022-09-06T13:18:38.677Z
          At last! Although my mouth/brain keeps wanting it to be remunerate -- ya know, slip woozy a little something and he'll put you on the solver list! :) Thanks, woozy! (I think.)
          • I K Snamhcok 11s · 2022-09-10T14:39:40.336Z
            Got it. But is RENUMERATE really a word? In any case … much fun!
            1A
            The unnamed forest outside Shakespeare's Athens and Burzee Forest near L. Frank Baum's Ix are full of these*
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            Across
            1. 1A
              The unnamed forest outside Shakespeare's Athens and Burzee Forest near L. Frank Baum's Ix are full of these*
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              Tanning knife, for example
            3. 15A
              Blasphemous
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              Where car-poolers drive
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              Mawkish
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              States categorically
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              Hold responsible
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              "Fahrenheit -----"; a sci-fi novel about a Roman official who burns books.
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              Not interested in romantic relations
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              Solitary social types
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              If I've recalled correctly, it would go next, right?*
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              First Governor of Alaska
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              A lot of mathematicians think we should replace pi with this Greek letter. (You see, pi was defined to be the circumference of a circle divided by its diameter and not its radius so in modern mathematics pi represent half a circle and not a full circle so they want this letter to represent twice pi... oy, don't get me started)
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              Eggy breakfast dish. (I don't think those made with eels would be that delicious.)
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              Initial seeds of ideas
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              Push down
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              Members of the phylum often noted for boniness*
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              Me too
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              Highbrow
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              Movies as a collective body
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              Consume
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              Oh, I see
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              Gray area without the weight of our certainty*
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              The borrowing of a system's software
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              Broad Str.
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              Munro's pen name
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              Saunter
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              Give up principals for material gains
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              Harsh; austere (like a certain Roman statesman)
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              Slightly illiterate phrase "From the library" (however there is an artwork with this title and a line of clothing accessories with this name, so I'll allow it [that and it'd be a real pain to change it now])
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              Ballerina Galina
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              Some pain relievers (frequently addictive)
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              This type of boating hazard is even worse on the north reef*
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              Bungle
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              Represented by continuously variable quantities
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              "Night of the -----" T. Williams play which is the basis of a late Joni Mitchell song
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              Surveyor's assistants who hold the leveling device
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              Person with motor unengaged
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              Biblical predecessor to Samuel
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              Mesh and agree particularly in timing
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              Sedimentary rock
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              First of the Medicis
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              Camper Vans
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              Beverage produced via top fermentation
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              Allegorical stories
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              Main courses (in America-- appetizers elsewhere)
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              Stoops to
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              "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"'s is minutes long
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              Leave in
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              Vacant
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              Barely significant
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              Field of expertise
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              Folklorist brothers
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              Sp. miss
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              'Living Inside Myself' singer Gino
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              obsolete spelling of the Australian ratite bird (perhaps it ended on too much of a good thing)
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              Concerning
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              A leisurely evening stroll that can be plugged into a wall circuit
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              The latest in strainer technology; the Extreme Programming version
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              Ridiculous (such as the idea of an Extreme Programming strainer or a leisurely stroll that run on electricity or setting a dystopian Ray Bradbury novel in ancient Rome)
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              Flavor of Orgeat syrup
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              Mingle, a la the Wizard of Oz
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              Spit
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              A single vehicle
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              Fee schedule
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              The adversary; Mastema; Old Scratch; Lucifer
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              Post-op areas
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              Macabre comic strip by Mark Tatulli
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              Sensei's sash
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              In the style of
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