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Think About It (Meta)

■ · By Conical · Published 2021-12-13T05:08:33.587Z

Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a four letter word. Extra hint: for the final step, the relevant things will be "in order".
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  • Conical constructor · 2021-12-13T05:28:50.685Z
    Meta solution: As per the title, you need to think about "it". Four clues contain the letters "it" consecutively in that order.
    If you remove the letters "it", you form four new clues that are alternative clues to four other entries in the puzzle.
    "Bite (on)" (6A) -> "Be (on)" -> OCCUR (28A) ("Christmas will occur on Saturday this year.")
    "Whiten" (31A) -> "When" -> TIME (20A)
    "Finite" (50A) -> "Fine" -> PENALTY (47A)
    "Gravity, for one" (22D) -> "Gravy, for one" -> SAUCE (1A)
    Taking the first letters of these four entries, in order of how they appear in the grid from top to bottom, forms the meta answer, STOP. This APTly relates back to the title, as you should want to STOP before making any rash decisions and think about what you're going to do, before actually doing it!
    Play today's daily mini crossword
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    Impertinence
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    Across
    1. 1A
      Impertinence
    2. 6A
      Bite (on)
    3. 11A
      Be a big bother
    4. 12A
      Fulfills, as an obligation
    5. 15A
      Not warranted
    6. 16A
      Reveals one's true feelings
    7. 17A
      Ponce de ___ (Spanish explorer)
    8. 18A
      Butt
    9. 19A
      Water that sounds like a letter
    10. 20A
      Magazine that chooses a Person of the Year
    11. 22A
      Morgan le ___ (fictional enchantress)
    12. 24A
      Tarnish
    13. 27A
      Palindromic Indian bread
    14. 28A
      Cross one's mind
    15. 31A
      Whiten
    16. 33A
      Cooking fat
    17. 34A
      First letter of the Greek alphabet
    18. 35A
      Cul-de-___ (street that's a dead end)
    19. 36A
      Musician Nugent
    20. 37A
      Tried to become president, say
    21. 38A
      Region
    22. 40A
      Prizefighter Muhammad ___
    23. 42A
      Pig enclosure
    24. 43A
      Bra material
    25. 47A
      Result of a sports infraction, maybe
    26. 50A
      Finite
    27. 51A
      More shabby
    28. 52A
      Bear
    29. 53A
      "What ___ to be the matter?"
    30. 54A
      Moved up
    Down
    1. 1D
      "Better Call ___" ("Breaking Bad" prequel)
    2. 2D
      "Get Smart" actress Hathaway
    3. 3D
      Return to an older state
    4. 4D
      ___ Chocula
    5. 5D
      Visual organ
    6. 6D
      Designated
    7. 7D
      Jumps like a kangaroo
    8. 8D
      An hour past noon
    9. 9D
      Day after Sun.
    10. 10D
      Nonthreatening fellow
    11. 13D
      Feel remorseful
    12. 14D
      Mud bath locale
    13. 18D
      Indian nursemaid
    14. 21D
      Of an ancient Peruvian civilization
    15. 22D
      Gravity, for one
    16. 23D
      Great fighter pilot
    17. 24D
      Likely deg. for an entrepreneur
    18. 25D
      Word in tennis scoring
    19. 26D
      Second versions of books, for instance
    20. 29D
      Fair ___ (copyright law doctrine)
    21. 30D
      Common color of licorice
    22. 32D
      Exclamation uttered after an epiphany
    23. 33D
      Snail of "SpongeBob SquarePants"
    24. 35D
      Hypersexualized men
    25. 39D
      "I was at home all night", e.g.
    26. 40D
      Like the name Lily, for a gardener
    27. 41D
      Spot to graze
    28. 42D
      Lily part
    29. 44D
      X or y, on a Cartesian plane
    30. 45D
      Give up, as property
    31. 46D
      "East of ___" (Steinbeck novel)
    32. 48D
      Had for breakfast
    33. 49D
      "This answer is relevant to the meta", e.g.
    34. 50D
      A long way off
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