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Pass The Stuffing (Meta)

· By benchen71 · Published 2024-11-26T05:00:54.941Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is what's being stuffed
This Thanksgiving meta was inspired by a solver's comment on last year's MOAT Thanksgiving meta. (Thanks, HeadinHome!) Oh, and don't, whatever you do, go back and look at that comment before solving this one, because you will very definitely spoil the solution! The answer to the meta is what's being stuffed.
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here: https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about/interest4.html. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!
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  • benchen71 constructor · 2024-11-26T05:00:54.941Z
    This meta was inspired by a solver's comment on last year's Thanksgiving-themed MOAT (https://crosshare.org/crosswords/ibXuRWfIvitNOE5VyFKa/sounds-like-a-simpsons-holiday-special-meta). Thank-you HeadinHome - this one's for you!
    • HeadinHome 🤓5:33 · 2024-11-26T05:00:54.941Z
      The wrong answer to the Simpson puzzle was the right answer here! Love. Note: The hashtag at 48A did not appear on here (Crosshare) so that clue was blank, but I had already done the puzzle on a PDF screenshot so I knew the clue. This was a super smooth grid and a very quick meta solve, but maybe because it was so fresh in my mind from the Simpsons Holiday Special puzzle!
      • benchen71 constructor · 2024-11-26T05:00:54.941Z
        Thanks for picking up on the error. I forgot that hashtags are part of Crosshare's markup, and so have to be specially handled to make it appear. I will remedy that immediately!
        • woozy 🤓11:20 · 2024-11-26T16:30:13.812Z
          Hmm, what do hashtags do? I'm impressed with Crosshares markup but sort of muffed they don't have a guide manual
      • Carolyn 3s · 2024-11-26T06:09:19.788Z
        Lots of fun! Happy Thanksgiving!
        • markhr 🤓11:17 · 2024-11-26T06:21:37.119Z
          Smooth puzzle. Enjoyed it.
          • Berto 1s · 2024-11-26T12:02:26.074Z
            That took the perfect amount of time. Now off to work! Thanks Ben!
            • whimsy 🤓9:50 · 2024-11-26T15:35:50.040Z
              Cute and fun! Thanks, Ben! Now can I go look?
              • KayW 🤓3:29 · 2024-11-26T16:11:42.828Z
                Thanks for a fun and clever homage to a US holiday, Ben!
                • MatthewL 🤓6:03 · 2024-11-26T17:10:21.443Z
                  A puzzle stuffed with fun clues. Had to google 18A though, to see what that was all about. Thanks for the T-day puzzle, Ben!
                  • HeadinHome 🤓5:33 · 2024-11-26T18:41:34.198Z
                    Yep - now I remember this one from last year!
                    • benchen71 constructor · 2024-11-26T23:23:01.247Z
                      Do you want to test solve next year's? 😁
                    • imontoo 3s · 2024-11-26T19:08:37.336Z
                      Fun one, Ben. Thanks!
                      • Qmark 3s · 2024-11-26T19:04:00.153Z
                        Fun one...thanks Ben!
                        • Tyrpmom 12:35 · 2024-11-26T19:18:39.768Z
                          Sounds pretty good. Has anyone actually eaten one?
                          • Morendil 🤓6:11 · 2024-11-26T18:46:56.458Z
                            Feeling "stuffed with gratitude" for an enjoyable grid and seasonal meta. (Non-US solver, but well aware of the tradition.)
                            • Bird Lives 4s · 2024-11-26T19:08:28.721Z
                              I've heard that a turducken is hard to make, but this one was pretty easy. Also, the word looks much better broken into three-letter pieces. Unbroken, it looks decidedly unappetizing.
                              • eric99 10s · 2024-11-26T20:08:41.808Z
                                Fun if quite easy.
                                My actual solving time was probably around 6 or 7 minutes.
                                I’m not sure I understand 15A. Is that a reference to an “agony aunt?” If so, is that what we in the States call an advice columnist?
                                Thanks!
                                • benchen71 constructor · 2024-11-26T20:16:40.274Z
                                  Yep.
                                • Dave C 4s · 2024-11-26T22:12:32.067Z
                                  Nice and easy. Happy Thanksgiving, even in Australia.
                                  • benchen71 constructor · 2024-11-26T23:22:25.640Z
                                    Thanks!
                                  1A
                                  Snakes that did for Cleopatra
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                                  Across
                                  1. 1A
                                    Snakes that did for Cleopatra
                                  2. 5A
                                    Item of clothing featured in Taylor Swift's "All Too Well"
                                  3. 10A
                                    Tax pros
                                  4. 14A
                                    Supermarket dept. with slicers
                                  5. 15A
                                    Melodic
                                  6. 16A
                                    Gentleman's companion
                                  7. 17A
                                    Bibliography abbr.
                                  8. 18A
                                    Aunt in a newspaper?
                                  9. 19A
                                    "All's well that ___ well"
                                  10. 20A
                                    Standing for a life-drawing class, perhaps
                                  11. 22A
                                    Porridge component
                                  12. 23A
                                    Belly, to a tot
                                  13. 24A
                                    Ready to go
                                  14. 25A
                                    Shapka ushanka
                                  15. 28A
                                    Hide away
                                  16. 30A
                                    Wiser, maybe
                                  17. 33A
                                    Self-image
                                  18. 34A
                                    "Could've Been" band
                                  19. 36A
                                    ___ Lingus
                                  20. 37A
                                    Riff used to "catch" the listener's ear
                                  21. 38A
                                    Common occurence at Thanksgiving
                                  22. 42A
                                    Born and ___
                                  23. 43A
                                    Ormfay of Atinlay
                                  24. 44A
                                    Time delay
                                  25. 45A
                                    Prohibition
                                  26. 46A
                                    Bet prefix
                                  27. 48A
                                    #
                                  28. 52A
                                    Overcast
                                  29. 54A
                                    Comprehended
                                  30. 56A
                                    DiCaprio, familiarly
                                  31. 57A
                                    LP insert?
                                  32. 58A
                                    One tidying the garden beds
                                  33. 61A
                                    "Tick, tick... ___!" (Larson musical)
                                  34. 63A
                                    Company named after the most active volcano in Europe
                                  35. 64A
                                    Woody's son
                                  36. 65A
                                    These words, literally
                                  37. 66A
                                    Laurel's partner
                                  38. 67A
                                    Parisian location
                                  39. 68A
                                    "___ la vie!"
                                  40. 69A
                                    Fields of study
                                  41. 70A
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                                  Down
                                  1. 1D
                                    Skilled ones
                                  2. 2D
                                    Begin a journey
                                  3. 3D
                                    State of matter
                                  4. 4D
                                    Riverbed sediment
                                  5. 5D
                                    Look intently
                                  6. 6D
                                    "___, ergo sum"
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                                    "It's ___ issue!" (of no concern)
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                                    Used a doorbell
                                  9. 9D
                                    Go by plane
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                                    Unobstructed
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                                    Collective noun for gods
                                  12. 12D
                                    Go on to say
                                  13. 13D
                                    The S of CBS
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                                    House that falls in an Edgar Allan Poe story
                                  15. 22D
                                    Owned by us
                                  16. 25D
                                    Untamed
                                  17. 26D
                                    Bug-eyed
                                  18. 27D
                                    Tik___ (app)
                                  19. 29D
                                    Lose a layer of skin
                                  20. 31D
                                    React mirthfully
                                  21. 32D
                                    Next mo.
                                  22. 35D
                                    Answer
                                  23. 37D
                                    Word before time or tide
                                  24. 38D
                                    Not written
                                  25. 39D
                                    Like most of the animals in Australia, seemingly
                                  26. 40D
                                    Tzatziki or taramosalata, for example
                                  27. 41D
                                    Take a bite of
                                  28. 42D
                                    English channel?
                                  29. 46D
                                    Fuss and bother
                                  30. 47D
                                    List at a meeting
                                  31. 49D
                                    Buzz in space?
                                  32. 50D
                                    Swayed because of dizziness
                                  33. 51D
                                    Permeable
                                  34. 53D
                                    Not yet achieved, as goals
                                  35. 55D
                                    Gives the go-ahead
                                  36. 58D
                                    Tear partner
                                  37. 59D
                                    French 101 verb
                                  38. 60D
                                    Simba's queen
                                  39. 61D
                                    Email secretly, for short
                                  40. 62D
                                    "Beautiful goal!" (but in Spanish)
                                  41. 63D
                                    "I've just worked out the answer to the meta!"
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