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· By Abide · Published 2024-03-24T12:06:41.557Z

Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a movie.
Nudge #1 : Focus on the animals at the end of the theme entries
Nudge #2 : Also look at the last Across entry
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  • boharr 6s · 2024-03-24T14:08:22.786Z
    Thanks, Peter.
    • frostyjhammer 🤓10:20 · 2024-03-24T14:26:11.776Z
      Oh my! Nice, easy meta for a Sunday morning, thank you!
      • Carolyn 3s · 2024-03-24T14:46:26.899Z
        Very cute! Enjoyed it.
        • MatthewL 🤓6:43 · 2024-03-24T17:03:32.072Z
          Fun one. Took me a minute, but finally saw it (got too focused on REBEL YELL). Thanks for the puzzle, Peter!
          • Bird Lives 4s · 2024-03-24T17:05:57.941Z
            Nice one. I did one last year with the same answer. Yours is easier and a lot more fun.
            • David 🤓2:25 · 2024-03-24T17:26:47.903Z
              One of the first metas I've ever solved! Nice puzzle. Thanks.
              • Qmark 3s · 2024-03-24T18:33:01.018Z
                Super fun...thanks!
                • whimsy 🤓10:35 · 2024-03-24T19:06:17.620Z
                  Well bless my flying monkeys! Got it! Thanks, Peter -- Fun!
                  • hoover 3s · 2024-03-24T20:12:42.650Z
                    I just followed the yellow brick road...
                    • Philip Chow 🤓7:28 · 2024-03-24T22:03:50.972Z
                      fun puzzle!! i missed the OHMY easter egg
                      • KayW 🤓6:18 · 2024-03-24T22:05:18.706Z
                        Nice one!! I confess I rolled my eyes when I saw the title, but very little sportsing knowledge was required. I could guess or get the sports-themed entries from the crosses, and the meta answer was right up my yellow brick alley. Thanks Peter!
                        • emmie 🤓5:47 · 2024-03-25T00:14:28.711Z
                          Very fun!
                          • JHSeeman 3s · 2024-03-25T00:46:59.969Z
                            fun one thanks
                            • ReB 4s · 2024-03-25T03:03:03.355Z
                              Fun and a relief from the other weekend metas. Thanks
                              • Tyrpmom 🤓17:58 · 2024-03-25T04:15:23.164Z
                                Well darn. I was hoping to use my vast knowledge of sports. Heehee.
                                • Darth 12:58 · 2024-03-25T13:10:29.801Z
                                  I was "offline" for a few days... so just got to this now. Not familiar with 71A, but it was simply perfect! Thanks, Peter.
                                • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2024-03-25T14:19:29.684Z
                                  I got a late start on metas this week. This one was fun. Thanks, Peter!
                                  • DrTom 3s · 2024-03-25T16:30:33.550Z
                                    I was looking for SCARE and CROW or TIN and MAN split in the grid somewhere, but didn't see it. Bu I am sure there are things I missed, I always do. Would it have been right if I put in THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ....perhaps you need to go off to see if it will😊
                                    Thanks for an enjoyable AM exercise Peter.
                                    • Laura M 🤓6:16 · 2024-03-25T19:35:23.668Z
                                      Loved it! Nice misdirect on the "sports meta" :-)
                                      • Sharkicicles 3s · 2024-03-25T20:39:48.931Z
                                        Thanks Mr Abide! Needed a cooldown meta after all the job interviews and things over the last week.
                                        • woozy 🤓11:35 · 2024-03-26T03:25:56.034Z
                                          Oh, I should not have let the sports theme deter me. Not when its a wizard of Oz theme
                                          • ajk 🤓7:01 · 2024-03-26T04:02:50.411Z
                                            LOL need the third nudge, and then google, because I haven't seen the movie since I was a kid. My original path: we have the football LIONS, the basketball TIGERS, and the baseball BEARS, so clearly we're looking for a hockey team, and The Mighty DUCKS seems to fit pretty well :) Oh well. Can't win 'em all. :) Fun stuff, thanks.
                                            • Abide constructor · 2024-03-27T19:17:10.219Z
                                              At least you didn't need the 4th nudge!
                                              • ajk 🤓7:01 · 2024-03-27T20:43:24.446Z
                                                😂
                                            • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓3:42 · 2024-03-27T20:03:02.412Z
                                              Thanks for the very gentle meta and the prominent entry into the mechanism!
                                              • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓3:42 · 2024-03-27T20:04:06.842Z
                                                FYI tiny spelling error in the clue to 43A.
                                                • Abide constructor · 2024-03-27T23:18:12.237Z
                                                  Thanks; fixed
                                                • michaelm 🤓7:44 · 2024-03-28T15:39:19.989Z
                                                  Thanks, Peter! Does Thursday morning count? Nice tie-in with Dick Enberg, who broadcast UCLA basketball for years, then coached by John Wooden, the Wizard of Westwood.
                                                  • kurtalert 🤓4:03 · 2024-03-29T19:12:14.924Z
                                                    Oh my! Nice puzzle.
                                                    1A
                                                    Flexible, electrically
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                                                    Across
                                                    1. 1A
                                                      Flexible, electrically
                                                    2. 5A
                                                      Fairy particles
                                                    3. 9A
                                                      People on pedestals
                                                    4. 14A
                                                      Rain buckets
                                                    5. 15A
                                                      Where Georgia is
                                                    6. 16A
                                                      Response to a tickle
                                                    7. 17A
                                                      Battle reenactor's cry, perhaps
                                                    8. 19A
                                                      Birdlike
                                                    9. 20A
                                                      National Football League team that plays on Thanksgiving
                                                    10. 22A
                                                      Showing more cleavage
                                                    11. 25A
                                                      ___ Paulo
                                                    12. 26A
                                                      Mandolin's forerunner
                                                    13. 27A
                                                      Place to rest your butt
                                                    14. 29A
                                                      Get hitched
                                                    15. 31A
                                                      Subway stop: Abbr.
                                                    16. 32A
                                                      Show at a trade show
                                                    17. 35A
                                                      Ski cottage
                                                    18. 39A
                                                      Ivy League team in the 1965 Final Four (and 2023 Sweet Sixteen)
                                                    19. 43A
                                                      Justice Sotomayor
                                                    20. 44A
                                                      Words from one who gets it
                                                    21. 45A
                                                      "Whether ___ nobler in the mind...": Hamlet
                                                    22. 46A
                                                      "Ghosts" network
                                                    23. 48A
                                                      Didn't make the playoffs
                                                    24. 51A
                                                      Like some patio furniture
                                                    25. 54A
                                                      DDT banner
                                                    26. 57A
                                                      Gently persuades
                                                    27. 58A
                                                      Little League team sponsored by Chico's Bail Bonds
                                                    28. 61A
                                                      Animal that's a little weaselly?
                                                    29. 62A
                                                      Bayport sleuths of "The Tower Treasure"
                                                    30. 66A
                                                      Italian city known for its cheese
                                                    31. 67A
                                                      Word with rock or rain
                                                    32. 68A
                                                      Decisive defeat
                                                    33. 69A
                                                      Gateway Arch material
                                                    34. 70A
                                                      Tasting like Chardonnay
                                                    35. 71A
                                                      Catchphrase of legendary sportscaster Dick Enberg
                                                    Down
                                                    1. 1D
                                                      Busy time for a CPA
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                                                      Country singer David Allan ___
                                                    3. 3D
                                                      Do some tape editing
                                                    4. 4D
                                                      Many things are bought on it
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                                                      Try to make a quick profit in the stock market
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                                                      A smoker or a toker
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                                                      Ballistic missile holders
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                                                      She played Adrian in "Rocky"
                                                    9. 9D
                                                      Slanted type: Abbr.
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                                                      Slangy term for a Marine
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                                                      Buckeye State sch.
                                                    12. 12D
                                                      Wasn't erect
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                                                      Have a feeling
                                                    14. 18D
                                                      Look like a wolf
                                                    15. 21D
                                                      Ski ___ (way up the mountain)
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                                                      Speaks in gravelly tones
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                                                      The Jetsons' pet
                                                    18. 24D
                                                      Ball's partner
                                                    19. 28D
                                                      Maker of Tundra coolers
                                                    20. 30D
                                                      ___ Lilly (Big Pharma company)
                                                    21. 33D
                                                      Perps' patterns
                                                    22. 34D
                                                      Addition column
                                                    23. 36D
                                                      Treatment for drug addiction
                                                    24. 37D
                                                      Washday target
                                                    25. 38D
                                                      Mississippi quartet
                                                    26. 40D
                                                      The Yankee Clipper, for Joe DiMaggio
                                                    27. 41D
                                                      Taxi
                                                    28. 42D
                                                      Where leaves may be stored
                                                    29. 47D
                                                      Employ a Singer?
                                                    30. 49D
                                                      Conservative in the House of Lords
                                                    31. 50D
                                                      G.I. Joe producer
                                                    32. 51D
                                                      A fluid oz. has two
                                                    33. 52D
                                                      Bother
                                                    34. 53D
                                                      Love to pieces
                                                    35. 55D
                                                      "Go on!"
                                                    36. 56D
                                                      Early counting devices
                                                    37. 59D
                                                      And others, for short
                                                    38. 60D
                                                      "___ go bragh!"
                                                    39. 63D
                                                      "That's a good one!"
                                                    40. 64D
                                                      "That's a good one!"
                                                    41. 65D
                                                      Messy dorm room, say
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