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Pet Sounds (Meta)

◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2024-01-09T05:00:13.258Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is what you can hear hiding in the puzzle
I can't really say too much about this one without spoiling it, so I won't. The answer to the meta is what you can hear hiding in the puzzle. Answer & explanation (and nyan cat gif): https://xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=153689#p153689
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  • SamKat9 🤓13:19 · 2024-01-09T05:52:20.511Z
    Very cute puzzle, thanks Ben!
    • woozy 12:25 · 2024-01-09T07:05:41.619Z
      Oh. That was so cute. But did I miss something with the YINYANG?
      • benchen71 constructor · 2024-01-09T08:40:07.185Z
        NYAN is Japanese for MEOW! :D
        • woozy 12:25 · 2024-01-09T16:10:38.867Z
          I thought it might be something like that. Were there 4 themers in all?
          • benchen71 constructor · 2024-01-09T20:43:29.339Z
            Yes.
        • hoover 7s · 2024-01-09T16:22:13.541Z
        • Laura M 🤓9:06 · 2024-01-09T08:20:22.499Z
          Fun!
          • boharr 13s · 2024-01-09T13:38:46.663Z
            cat
            • boharr 13s · 2024-01-09T13:43:12.070Z
              I submitted Cat and then Cats. Both were deemed incorrect. Lowercase cat was accepted. Then I had to quit and reload Crosshare in order to comment.
              • benchen71 constructor · 2024-01-09T20:44:11.119Z
                Crosshare is having some issues it seems.
              • MatthewL 🤓7:13 · 2024-01-09T15:00:16.583Z
                Fun one, Ben. Guess this would have been too on the nose for a Wednesday? Thanks for the puzzle!
                • Darth 10:14 · 2024-01-09T15:26:35.830Z
                  I heard the sound of an angry cat and wondered if the central word in the grid was part of the meta ... a DOG backing away? But then the cat was quietly content, so I decided not. :D Thanks, Ben.
                  • Ergcat 🤓13:09 · 2024-01-09T16:12:31.635Z
                    Nice one! I saw the hiss and meow but then got distracted by all the MA’s in the grid so I guessed “goat” ! But who has a pet goat? Then I looked more and saw Purr! So it has to be a CAT! Duh! 🤦🏻‍♀️ Thanks, Ben!
                    • Carolyn 3s · 2024-01-09T18:17:02.071Z
                      Cute! It makes up for all the time I spent on the MGWCC ;)
                      • Bird Lives 3s · 2024-01-09T20:27:54.596Z
                        SamKat9, Ergcat -- they had it easy. But that's not me. Those of us with non-feline or even feline-aversive identities had to work for it. Fun nevertheless, and an exceptional album.
                        • KayW 🤓6:38 · 2024-01-09T21:06:08.300Z
                          Nice one!!! Yeah I fell for the Beach Boys red herring at first... even tho you explicitly said this has nothing to do with them.
                          • ajk 🤓6:56 · 2024-01-10T00:41:25.856Z
                            lol tried 'a cat' first
                            • SJMcK 8:35 · 2024-01-10T00:47:35.572Z
                              Good puzzle except for 33A / 38D.
                              • DrTom 5s · 2024-01-10T04:59:40.933Z
                                Well that was a hard one, not the solve, the entry. I had cat noise, cat noises, cats, animal sounds....I was WAY over thinking. I did also toy with GOAT for a few reasons: (1) the album in question (the Beach Boys best by most estimates) has them playing with GOATS on the cover. (2) the Beach Boys had a song about a GTO...commonly referred to as a GOAT. I was originally confused by the HISS PURR MEOW and did not know Japanese for MEOW so I thought there might be animal(s) sounds (Snake, ?, Cat, Cat) and was thinking there was maybe an abbreviation I was missing. In the end all was well, and it reminded me of some of my favorite BB songs. Thanks Ben
                                • HeadinHome 🤓1:25 · 2024-01-10T05:44:44.737Z
                                  Huh - yes it really could be that simple! ( : Is SPIT one of them? (It’s vertical, but I can certainly hear a cat doing that.). I also looked for ACK, thinking of that awful looking Bill the Cat meme. Might have worked into 59A.
                                  • Sharkicicles 🤓7:04 · 2024-01-10T16:37:28.241Z
                                    Bill the Cat is AWESOME.
                                  • Sharkicicles 🤓7:04 · 2024-01-10T16:38:18.792Z
                                    Had some issues submitting to crosshare myself, but the puzzle itself was really enjoyable!
                                    • kurtalert 🤓5:07 · 2024-01-10T23:08:17.533Z
                                      Hah, cute. Thanks Ben!
                                      Play today's daily mini crossword
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                                      "___ John B"
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                                      Across
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                                        "___ John B"
                                      2. 6A
                                        Adult insect
                                      3. 11A
                                        ___ wheels ("Ooh, shiny!)
                                      4. 14A
                                        Instrument that is tuned with a hammer
                                      5. 15A
                                        Relating to form
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                                        Under the weather
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                                        Possible answer to the question, "What flavor is that quark?"
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                                        Modify, as a law
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                                        Maiden name preceder
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                                        "Young man, you come here right ___!"
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                                        "Wouldn't it be ___"
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                                        Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko (that, at least, is googleable; the other option was "Exclamation found in Shakespeare that might mean 'cease'")
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                                        Flat ___ pancake
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                                        What Santa's laugh consists of
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                                        Camera type, for short
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                                        Black and white symbol
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                                        2 days before 38 down
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                                        Mission that was the location for a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution
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                                        King Saul's medium's town
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                                        Apple music players
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                                        "___ only knows"
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                                        Frighten
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                                        Free of charge
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                                        As a friend, in French (and the title of S07E15 of "The X Files")
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                                        Gaping chasm
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                                        Encouraged (with "on")
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                                        Sommelier's prefix
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                                        Sixth sense, for short
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                                        Upper house rep.
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                                        Sailing far from land
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                                        "Don't ___ (put your head on my shoulder)"
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                                        Holders of property deeds
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                                        "You have 3 choices: option C, B, ___"
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                                        Instrument with bellows
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                                        Elijah Wood or Aston Kutcher, for example
                                      36. 68A
                                        Pen name?
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                                        People that get things done
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                                        Civil war historian, Shelby ___
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                                        Hairy Tibetan
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                                        Nemesis
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                                        "___ there's an answer" (but it's got absolutely nothing to do with the Beach Boys)
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                                        ___ the dummy (loses one's temper)
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                                        Gracefully slender
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                                        Green place in a desert
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                                        Difficult burdens
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                                        Bursts, as a balloon
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                                        Apple computers
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                                        "Aquaman" star, Jason ___
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                                        Arabian gulf
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                                        Person who said, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win"
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                                        Long in the tooth
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                                        Short skirt
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                                        Obi Wan actor, ___ Guiness
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                                        Elation
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                                        Voice of Darth Vader, James ___ Jones
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                                        "Bye Bye Bye" band
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                                        Outfit for a newborn
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                                        Things that go "pew pew pew" in space movies
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                                        "The greatest teacher, failure is" speaker
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                                        First line of the Ogden Nash poem entitled "Fleas" (the second, and last, line is "had 'em")
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                                        With 49 down: Writer/director of "Sleepless In Seattle"
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                                        Got bigger
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                                        Transgressions
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                                        Per unit
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                                        Bean curd
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                                        Long in the tooth
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                                        2 days after 33 across
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                                        Jason Mantzoukas' character in "The Good Place"
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                                        Stereo predecessor
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                                        See 31 down
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                                        "___ of the North" (1922 silent documentary)
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                                        Insincere flattery
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                                        Wee
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                                        Apply a patch
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                                        Poet's Muse
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                                        Good ___ (restored)
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                                        Hardworking English character actor, ___ Jones
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                                        Aussie equivalent of a Grammy
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                                        "Jesus looked at him and loved him. 'One thing you ___,' he said. 'Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.'" (Mark 10:21)
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                                        Curved molding
                                      40. 64D
                                        Something that really needs to be added to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
                                      41. 66D
                                        Something 57 down might inspire
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