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It Can Go Either Way
◆ · By PuzzleJohn · Published 2023-03-24T03:27:20.538Z
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- I'm terrible at metas so I am having trouble parsing the gimmick here. I understand that across the circled boxes are rebuses for state abbreviations, and that down the letter in the circled box should be read as the letter R. But how are these tied together? How does R relate to states, and is there a revealer that I'm missing? Thanks!
- I don't think it's a meta so much as a themed puzzle. Each of the "swing states" rebuses can either be an R or a D to satisfy the down clue - so it's a reference to American politics where a swing state might go republican or democratic.
- Aha, thank you, didn't even occur to me that those were schrodingers. Makes much more sense!
- Shae 🤓10:16 · 2023-03-24T21:14:48.634ZWell madr
- mimka 1:00:33 · 2023-03-26T18:57:46.677ZChallenging! I got the rebuses but didn't catch on to the D/R pattern until I read others' notes. Impressive!
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Subject of a Magritte painting (or not)
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Across
- 1ASubject of a Magritte painting (or not)
- 5AAlternatives to Twinkies
- 10ADiscreet summons
- 14AMosque VIP
- 15A"Stop!," to Popeye
- 16APopular streaming device
- 17ABust, mid-fib
- 19AJet black
- 20AEgo maniac?
- 21ADVR button
- 23ASlope of y=x
- 24AWent to court?
- 25ANorse explorer
- 28ASomething not free of charge
- 29A"Ticklish" dolls
- 31AMuse often portrayed playing a lyre
- 32ASurfeit
- 34AOrg. that offers motel discounts
- 35AEmulated Forrest Gump
- 36AHotly contested areas in elections ... or two ways to interpret four Down answers
- 40AMurder, in mob talk
- 41ADress (up)
- 42APlace in the overhead bin
- 45AExclamation of exasperation
- 48ASick of it
- 50AObamacare, for short
- 51AExercise area for convicts
- 53AAfter, in Arles
- 55ALens cover
- 56APirate potent potable
- 57AJovovich of "The Fifth Element"
- 58ABe on the lookout for?
- 60ARepublic northwest of Liberia
- 64AIssue for a speech coach
- 65AGovt.-backed security
- 66AWord aptly found in "Kalahari desert"
- 67AJazz players, slangily
- 68AOui and si
- 69A6/6/1944
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- 1DPart of an Insta Story, perhaps
- 2D"How stupid of me!"
- 3DHermione Granger's is an otter
- 4DAct introducer
- 5DYou can deal with it ... or it can be dealt
- 6DLatin for "eggs"
- 7D___ Jordan aka the Green Lantern
- 8DRuler of the afterlife
- 9DRanch animal
- 10DTurn ___ (start making money)
- 11DNeighbor of Arizona
- 12DEvil computer system in 'The Terminator'
- 13DIt's often rented
- 18D"Not cool, man!"**
- 22DPocket aces, say?
- 24DFreak (out)
- 25DKindle read, maybe
- 26D4-Down, at times
- 27DShore eagles
- 30DKent's love interest
- 33DGathering at a campfire?
- 35DBig name in pasta sauce
- 37DBlood of the gods
- 38DMary Lincoln's maiden name
- 39DChris Pratt's role in "Guardians of the Galaxy"
- 43DSuperstate of "1984"
- 44DNo longer is
- 45DIntegral H.S. math class?
- 46D"Aladdin" setting
- 47DMost mature
- 48DFeast's opposite
- 49DIt can precede off
- 52DNeglected
- 54DMake a case
- 57DGI chow
- 59DDecorates on Halloween, say
- 61DAurora, to the Greeks
- 62D34-Across suggestion
- 63DJoseph of frozen dessert fame
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