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Looking At The World From The Bottom Of A Well (Meta)

· By benchen71 · Published 2024-10-01T06:00:01.548Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta can be seen from the bottom of a well
I had never heard of Mike Doughty or the band he used to front, Soul Coughing. But when Paste Magazine included a song called "Looking At The World From The Bottom Of A Well" on one of their monthly sample CDs, I was hooked. Turns out Mike had just released the first single from his latest solo album "Haughty Melodic" (which, for us cryptic crossworders, is an anagram of the artist's fuller name, Michael Doughty.) It's a catchy little tune, quite simple in its chord structure, but the end result is extremely memorable. So much so that, nearly 20 years later, this song has become the inspiration for a "week 1" meta. The answer to the meta can be seen from the bottom of a well. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=180954#p180954
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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  • kurtalert 🤓3:36 · 2024-10-01T12:53:41.520Z
    Neat, thanks Ben :-)
    • imontoo 2s · 2024-10-01T14:10:13.240Z
      Nice one, Ben. Thanks.
      • Tyrpmom 2s · 2024-10-01T13:58:16.786Z
        I’m throwing a coin in this well hoping to see the solution to the MGWCC. 😁
        • benchen71 constructor · 2024-10-02T02:37:52.251Z
          Sorry, but I don't think this will help at all! :-(
          • Tyrpmom 2s · 2024-10-02T03:09:54.999Z
            I have a few more hours. I think I’m getting there.
        • Carolyn 15:06 · 2024-10-01T16:18:59.811Z
          Sparkling!
          • MatthewL 🤓6:05 · 2024-10-01T16:18:22.229Z
            Thanks for taking it easy on us this week! Also, love the shoutout at 48A -- one of my favorite artists, both with the 10,000 Maniacs and on her own.
            • Steve M 35:12 · 2024-10-01T17:34:49.076Z
              Got it! Things are looking up! Thanks!
              • KayW 🤓7:02 · 2024-10-01T22:22:25.066Z
                Nice one! Thanks Ben!
                • HeadinHome 🤓4:00 · 2024-10-02T00:48:13.949Z
                  Well thanks!!
                  • benchen71 constructor · 2024-10-02T02:38:20.532Z
                    You are well come!
                  • Dave C 4s · 2024-10-02T00:53:23.025Z
                    Thanks, Ben.
                    • DrTom 3s · 2024-10-02T15:49:39.701Z
                      Fun puzzle that evokes a very serene thought (unless you are actually stuck in the bottom of a well!). At first I did not see the last well and got RATS, which I suppose is a possibility but not as satisfying.
                      Thanks Ben
                      • ajk 🤓7:20 · 2024-10-04T19:04:34.708Z
                        Just now getting to it (insert work grumble), but speedy solve. Fun one, thanks.
                        • Qmark 3s · 2024-10-05T14:13:37.024Z
                          Got to the puzzle late, but loved it Ben! no nudges needed
                          • Lorraine 11:49 · 2024-10-10T18:24:18.611Z
                            Challenging! Ty!
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                            Stuns, in a good way
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                            Across
                            1. 1A
                              Stuns, in a good way
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                              Taika Waititi, for example
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                              Fictional chocolate factory owner
                            4. 14A
                              Noggin notion
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                              Vein contents
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                              Call off the romance
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                              Bagpiper's attire
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                              NaCl, for example
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                              Andean pack animal
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                              Relative by marriage
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                              Lento
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                              Couple in the tabloids
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                              "The Music Man" setting
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                              Is no longer
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                              Prohibit
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                              Give temporarily
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                              Pancrustacean hexapod invertebrate
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                              crosshare.___
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                              Doesn't win
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                              Δ
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                              Slangy assent
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                              Latin eggs
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                              Ignited again
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                              Sprang up
                            25. 45A
                              Physicist whose name is associated with a paradox concerning the discrepancy between the lack of conclusive evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life and the apparently high likelihood of its existence
                            26. 47A
                              Misfortune
                            27. 48A
                              One of 10,000 in a band fronted by Natalie Merchant, apparently
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                              Apt acronym for the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria
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                              Place to stay
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                              That thing's
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                              Take a chance
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                              Min. fractions
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                              Piece of parchment
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                              Back-to-health process
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                              Reach
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                              Fashion designer Christian ___
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                              News story's first sentence
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                              They have the meats, supposedly
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                              Shirt brand that was not started by a Superman baddie
                            40. 70A
                              "___ bien!"
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                              Under siege
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                              The Darlings' dog
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                              Taxpayer IDs
                            Down
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                              Collaborative website
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                              Thor's father
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                              Gumboots in Britain
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                              Occupied, as a table
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                              Bout enders
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                              Nest eggs, briefly
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                              What Professor Higgins might have said to Miss Doolittle when he was pleasantly surprised by her transformation
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                              Response to "Not so!"
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                              Golden Horseshoe waterway that passes through the Southern Ontario city of Niagara Falls
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                              Nothing but
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                              Confidentiality doc.
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                              Kipling novel
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                              One ___ time (individually)
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                              Price (less transportation) charged by the producer for petroleum or natural gas
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                              1914-18 conflict, for short
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                              "Milk me!"
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                              People who desire happiness or success for others
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                              "Lights, camera, ___!"
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                              Southernmost borough of New York City, ___ Island
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                              Powder cleanser with a French name
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                              Where Noah's Ark landed
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                              Dating from
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                              Get it
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                              ___ Lee cheesecakes
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                              CBS forensic drama
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                              Event hosts (abbr.)
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                              Coupe or sedan
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                              Sculptor of "The Thinker"
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                              Ancient Britons
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                              Eyelid problem
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                              "I'm not saying you're not mentally ill, for all I know, you're crazy as a ___!" (Brad Pitt's character in "12 Monkeys")
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                              Gulf near Yemen
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                              Good Queen ___ (Elizabeth I)
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                              Gift of the ___
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                              Prior to, poetically
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                              Recipe amt.
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                              Nutritional fig.
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