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Off the Grid 43: How Clever (meta)

· By damefox · Published 2024-02-04T17:00:22.305Z

Meta Prompt
The meta answer is the five-letter word that should go in the missing ???? of the grid. It's up to you to figure out whether this grid is missing its top row, right column, bottom row, or left column, as well as what word should go there.
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Leaderboard (updated hourly)

  • Hector solved 2024-02-04T17:01:13.660Z
  • Jake A solved 2024-02-04T17:22:28.619Z
  • hutthutthutt solved 2024-02-04T17:44:30.113Z
  • THC solved 2024-02-04T17:48:32.037Z
  • sledge solved 2024-02-04T17:52:34.322Z
  • Mr Tex solved 2024-02-04T18:08:37.111Z
  • Philip Chow solved 2024-02-04T18:34:37.938Z
  • Mike D solved 2024-02-04T19:58:46.868Z
  • Schmeel solved 2024-02-04T20:33:14.745Z
  • grandperoxide solved 2024-02-04T20:48:03.918Z
  • Kent D solved 2024-02-04T21:14:52.902Z
  • pain solved 2024-02-04T21:53:31.634Z
  • whimsy solved 2024-02-04T21:56:51.185Z
  • frostyjhammer solved 2024-02-04T22:10:10.168Z
  • sss solved 2024-02-04T22:10:10.620Z
  • emmie solved 2024-02-04T22:29:05.112Z
  • Adam Doctoroff solved 2024-02-05T00:07:45.711Z
  • Meg solved 2024-02-05T00:12:00.306Z
  • neku solved 2024-02-05T00:49:16.621Z
  • Sendhil Revuluri solved 2024-02-05T00:51:51.717Z
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  • Oliver solved 2024-02-05T02:04:14.065Z
  • pat solved 2024-02-05T02:09:26.121Z
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  • benchen71 solved 2024-02-05T03:32:10.557Z
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  • JWords solved 2024-02-05T09:56:40.384Z
  • Grant Kennell solved 2024-02-05T12:11:19.849Z
  • Jen S solved 2024-02-05T13:19:42.360Z
  • Puzzled solved 2024-02-05T15:03:41.238Z
  • ShadowKnew solved 2024-02-05T18:57:33.302Z
  • Pair O Ducks solved 2024-02-06T03:32:26.510Z
  • AxelPlays solved 2024-02-06T13:37:09.367Z
  • parliboy solved 2024-02-06T17:16:36.819Z
  • iceman solved 2024-02-06T23:09:46.555Z
  • Kent solved 2024-02-07T02:46:11.733Z
  • dooiemus solved 2024-02-08T20:13:44.029Z
  • Adam solved 2024-02-08T21:54:09.749Z
  • elutionary solved 2024-02-08T22:16:10.876Z
  • Anonym00se solved 2024-02-09T05:32:37.807Z
  • SamuRai solved 2024-02-11T02:43:00.295Z
  • crgbsly solved 2024-02-11T16:33:18.848Z
  • Brandon solved 2024-02-12T04:33:17.374Z
  • Salty solved 2024-03-02T05:34:26.281Z
  • Julie bookworm solved 2024-03-03T03:35:26.925Z
  • Bad At Puzzles solved 2024-03-08T14:14:03.690Z
  • zombie solved 2024-03-10T21:54:52.883Z
  • SporcleMirror solved 2024-03-18T08:16:06.901Z
  • klambie solved 2024-04-18T16:29:22.223Z
  • Depp Alexander solved 2024-04-24T01:17:20.757Z

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  • Jake A 🤓1:05 · 2024-02-04T17:23:42.073Z
    Splendid! I should have known those dancers aren’t B- or even C-list!
    • Mike D 🤓43s · 2024-02-04T19:59:23.374Z
      Heh I went through both of those as well 😂
    • THC 🤓9:21 · 2024-02-04T17:48:49.592Z
      Thanks Emma!
      • Hector 🤓38s · 2024-02-04T19:24:37.265Z
        OUT📦
        • Kent D 🤓45s · 2024-02-04T21:20:06.903Z
          As always a great puzzle, thank you! 👍
          • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓30s · 2024-02-05T00:52:04.112Z
            Fun, thank you!
            • Adam Doctoroff 🤓18s · 2024-02-05T00:58:03.879Z
              always very clever, Emma!
              1A
              Visibly astonished
              1
              2
              3
              4
              5
              6
              7
              8
              9
              Across
              1. 1A
                Visibly astonished
              2. 6A
                Seussian creature who "speaks for the trees"
              3. 7A
                Whence the celebrities who find themselves on "Dancing with the Stars," stereotypically
              4. 8A
                Overjoy
              5. 9A
                This sentence is one and if only I had put a comma after "one," it wouldn't be.
              Down
              1. 1D
                Trees used by Fender to make electric guitars
              2. 2D
                "My precious" speaker
              3. 3D
                Pop star Grande
              4. 4D
                Leader of a flock
              5. 5D
                Scope
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