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He Likes His Stock!

◆ · By Darth · Published 2024-12-17T15:00:56.991Z

Meta Prompt
This well-known keeper of livestock is...
This month's midi contest theme is from @girlcow. She chose the perfect theme to inspire me!
You'll come to notice something specific delimited in the midi crossword I've designed here. Finish the grid, then follow the prompt to complete this sentence: "This well-known keeper of livestock is..." Cheers!
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  • Darth constructor · 2024-12-17T15:09:54.150Z
    The answer to the meta is, of course, Old MacDonald. Three symmetrical lines in the grid, as well as the puzzle title, all share the sequence E-I-E-I-O. You may also notice that all clues and words in the grid contain only the vowels E, I, and O, too.
    I have been constructing meta 15x15 puzzles for the past year. This was my second midi to construct and a fun challenge! Thanks for playing! Cheers!
    • woozy 🤓6:34 · 2024-12-17T16:34:23.064Z
      Not sure I understand the reason for the gray squares.
      Would have been great if we coul... oh! Now I get the gray squares! ... d have fit in a BAA. (Maybe an alternative to 33A "What do you think of my argument?" "BAA!")
      • Darth constructor · 2024-12-17T18:21:02.531Z
        Yeah, but I couldn't use BAA since I was restricting myself to only the vowels E, I, and O!
        • woozy 🤓6:34 · 2024-12-17T23:06:13.147Z
          Oh! The vowel restriction is grid-wide!
      • woozy 🤓6:34 · 2024-12-17T16:30:22.347Z
        Well, I had a laugh at that!
        • MatthewL 🤓8:06 · 2024-12-17T17:20:39.366Z
          Very cute. Thanks Darth!
          • Darth constructor · 2024-12-17T18:21:48.625Z
            Thanks for solving! The theme was "Down on the Farm"
          • rjy 7:00 · 2024-12-17T17:54:20.153Z
            Really clever, Darth!
            • Darth constructor · 2024-12-17T18:22:11.610Z
              Thanks, Ray!
            • andeux 🤓2:46 · 2024-12-17T17:55:31.350Z
              Well done. I didn't even notice the vowel restriction. (However recheck one short word in 4D definition)
              • Darth constructor · 2024-12-17T18:52:04.251Z
                Got it! Thanks for catching that! Funny, I was careful not to use "y" as a vowel or diphthong, so then changed that clue last minute because I originally had "in seismology" (y as a vowel)! Not sure how that "a" got in there! ha ...I've fixed it now, but it may take up to an hour to update! Thanks again!
                • hoover 2s · 2024-12-17T19:15:56.802Z
                  Oh wow, I only just now noticed that the clues are restricted to EIO also!
              • hoover 2s · 2024-12-17T19:13:52.872Z
                LOLZ! I tried three different spellings before I realized I was entering the answer into the wrong puzzle. :facepalm:
                • Darth constructor · 2024-12-17T20:34:40.784Z
                  Oh no! Glad you figured it out! Lol
                • KayW 🤓9:15 · 2024-12-17T19:56:59.359Z
                  Well done - and an impressive construction. (Hah. I couldn't even write this short comment and restrict myself to E, I, and O.)
                  • Darth constructor · 2024-12-17T20:34:10.027Z
                    Lol. Yeah, that part was my own self-made challenge. It gets tricky when you realize that final-y is a vowel, too! I changed the clue for Reno from "Biggest Little City in the World"... and there are a few others that I could have done better. Thanks for solving!
                  • InAJelly 8:39 · 2024-12-17T20:10:01.766Z
                    Smells like money! As a native Iowan, I'm glad to see the farmers getting some love! (and some familiar names like the Des Moines Register)
                    • Darth constructor · 2024-12-17T20:37:02.507Z
                      Awesome! I put that one in there for you! ;) Thanks for solving!
                    • pufferfish 7:18 · 2024-12-17T21:46:46.262Z
                      very cool!
                      • Darth constructor · 2024-12-17T22:38:59.003Z
                        Thanks.
                      • benchen71 5:53 · 2024-12-17T22:22:01.310Z
                        And here's me thinking the answer was NOAH because there was not a single A in the grid!
                        • Darth constructor · 2024-12-17T23:53:42.423Z
                          Nice! Lol. Well, Ben, there was NO A or H in the grid, so that might have worked... except that there was also no F, J, Q, U, X, Y or Z. :P
                        • michaelm 🤓6:54 · 2024-12-18T03:38:28.907Z
                          Entire Pinot red wine is opening eight pm ok?
                          • Darth constructor · 2024-12-18T05:27:09.314Z
                            Yes, it'd be right on! ;)
                          Play today's daily mini crossword
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                          Kitchen device
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                          Across
                          1. 1A
                            Kitchen device
                          2. 6A
                            "Who's there?" response
                          3. 11A
                            Skip the big wedding
                          4. 12A
                            Red or green, e.g.
                          5. 13A
                            Redesign of the inside (2 words)
                          6. 15A
                            She sheep
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                            Evening hrs.
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                            GPS diversion
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                            Dice "dot" or lemon seed
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                            Scripto pen competitor
                          11. 27A
                            Something "newish" like the wheel?
                          12. 31A
                            "Who __?" (monotheistic concern)
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                            Sen. Joni ___ (often interviewed in the Des Moines Register)
                          14. 33A
                            Impolite words expressing disbelief
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                            Little tots (the less common spelling)
                          Down
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                            Betting setting (the "biggest little" one in NV!)
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                            Site in the Seine
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                            Milk dispensers?
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                            Prefix for "center" or "dermis"
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                            French philosopher's first "nom" (which doesn't come before the horse!)
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                            Frozen drink
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                            Rocklike ridge
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                            Lose one's footing
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                            Long loose dresses with short sleeves
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                            Goes wrong
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                            Term for children not yet in their teens
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                            Most like slender serpentine fish
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                            Three on some old clocks
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                            Ending for "meteor"
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                            Two or more given HEV models (electric vehicles), when joking!
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                            Snorting sorts
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                            Briefs, in brief
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                            Website for techies
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                            Swine song?
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                            Tolkien tree dwellers
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                            ___ Hill (SF neighborhood)
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                            Prefix denoting "three"
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                            Sweet ending
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