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◆◆ · By Pandora's Blocks Weekly Meta Crossword · Published 2020-08-08T22:28:17.007Z

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Constructor: Will P. The answer to this week's meta is a 4-word phrase
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  • Mike D 25:18 · 2020-08-09T17:13:24.681Z
    Had HEE haw instead of YEE79D____-haw![---] haw and couldn't figure out the SW corner as a result. Another great puzzle, though! Time to try for the meta 😊
    • Will constructor · 2020-08-09T21:11:20.368Z
      Thanks Mike! Glad you enjoyed it. Good luck with the meta - it's tough!
    • Jody 37:13 · 2020-08-10T03:57:26.640Z
      It was great fun, very challenging! I didn't get it all myself, but I had fun. Thank you!
      • Byron 🤓24:29 · 2021-10-27T00:25:21.652Z
        Does the meta work here? 1A1APrefix that has the same meaning as the word above this clue[---] refers to a word above, when there is none, and I can't backsolve from 4A4AAbbrev. for the entry to the left (and the clue above)[---] either.
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        Prefix that has the same meaning as the word above this clue
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        Across
        1. 1A
          Prefix that has the same meaning as the word above this clue
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          Abbrev. for the entry to the left (and the clue above)
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          Repository that is especially low right now (abbrev.)
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          First parts of musicals
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          Sense of self
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          Word overemphasized before "Ohio State University"
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          Parking area
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          Cut (as prices)
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          Didn't wait around for a light to turn green
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          Times when a specific type of woodwind gets to shine
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          Expertise
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          Coffee dispenser (no, it's not just an urn)
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          Thing next to a dryer
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          Peacock streaming service company
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          Met the consequences of 19-Across19ADidn't wait around for a light to turn green[-------]
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          ___ Thai
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          1990 film "_____ for Christmas"
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          Word source for a crossword constructor (abbrev.)
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          Dig in
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          Actress Beckinsale
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          Bellini relative
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          Follows the advice after "Keep Calm"
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          Lycanthropy
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          Little bit of rain
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          Tone deafness
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          Get an ____ effort
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          Act in an ungodly way
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          New York basketballer
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          Grub
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          "It's so cold!"
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          Belongs to the star of "Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers"
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          Watering hole
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          Recent release from Dua Lipa with some important social commentary
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          Exclamations of encouragement in Guadalajara
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          Filtered, as some fancy waters
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          Romantic meeting during the time of COVID-19
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          One way to judge spiders, perhaps
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          Song of praise
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          Author Anaïs
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          "Mr. Blue Sky" artist
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          "_____ the Walrus" (Beatles song)
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          "What _____!" ("Someone should clean this up!")
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          Canadian prov.
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          "Laffty Taffy" artist
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          Canadian channel showing athletes (abbrev.)
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          Plum, last week, for short
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          Gel in a laboratory
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          Thing you shouldn't do, informally
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          "What _____!" ("Such a special occasion")
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          Things that have black squares
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          Knockoff of one of Dorothy's prized possessions, perhaps
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          Ferris' love interest
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          Something to not worry about
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          Hurricane, e.g.
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          Homeowners' grp.
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          Fabric
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          ¿Que ____? (What's up?)
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          Prefix meaning equal
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          Sounds requesting silence
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          "How cute!"
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          Gov't org. focused on plants
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          Colts, on a scoreboard
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          Hoppy brews, for short
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          Grp. based in Brussels
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          Biblical garden
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          Place where people served in the '60s, for short
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          Measurement of fitness (abbrev.)
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          Gov and org alternative
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          You can push it or ride on it
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          Sound from a Turkish pointer
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          Shout of excitement from Tom and Donna on "Parks and Recreation"
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          "Songs in the ____ Life" (Stevie Wonder album)
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          To be, in Mexico City
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          Robber's counterpart in a childhood game
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          Taker of taxes (abbrev.)
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          ___ tu (Italian for "It was you")
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          Denies entry
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          Jack of "Dragnet"
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          Hairstyle
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          Rapper Lanez
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          Take
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          NPR's ___ Glass
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          ___ Lingus
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          Div. where the Mets are currently in last (Go Nats!)
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          Like some curved pasta
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          Not present
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          Logo or emblem, e.g.
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          Soups, in Barcelona
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          Birds that are silent to begin with?
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          Airport near DCA
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          Chilean grassy plain
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          ___ guy walks into a bar...
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          It can have 3 pieces
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          Pitchers' stats.
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          "Crap!"
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          Place where you can be pampered
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          Tip of a Russian peninsula used in Risk?
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          ____-haw!
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