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To Boldly Go (Meta)

◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2022-06-21T06:00:12.178Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a two word location suggested by the 3 long entries
I was trying to create an easy meta with this puzzle. But the grid had other ideas! I think you will find some challenges here. But persevere! I've tried to put lots of footholds in the clues, so if one area proves difficult, move to another region, and before you know it you will have it. Then you can turn to the meta, the answer to which is a two word location suggested by the 3 long entries. Answer and explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=97620#p97620
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here: https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about/interest4.html. US$10 gives you access to 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game. You won't quite know what to expect: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, sometimes all of those, and sometimes none! One thing is for sure, these are some of the more creative metas my brain has been able to come up with. And there's more: this time there's a mega-meta!
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  • Laura M 🤓10:32 · 2022-06-21T08:01:22.412Z
    Fun and clever while still being a "week one," which I appreciate :-)
    • kieranjboyd 🤓6:53 · 2022-06-21T11:45:08.367Z
      I rarely get your metas, do glad I persevered! Nice one, with theming throughout.
      • whimsy 🤓13:40 · 2022-06-21T12:34:58.268Z
        Just what Laura said. Enjoyed this -- Thanks, Ben!
        • woozy 🤓12:54 · 2022-06-21T14:50:51.953Z
          Oh, what a pun.
          • Carolyn 3s · 2022-06-21T15:21:53.674Z
            Enjoyed it! Thanks so much
            • dplass 🤓8:06 · 2022-06-21T15:55:35.917Z
              Cute! Anything with space gets a bonus point from me. Thanks for the puzzle
              • Capn Rick 🤓13:23 · 2022-06-22T01:00:35.282Z
                Nice job, Ben! Thanks!
                • Yash Pujara 24:35 · 2022-06-22T06:04:09.189Z
                  fun!
                  • Cindy Heisler 5s · 2022-06-22T12:32:06.028Z
                    Good one, Ben. Thanks!!
                    • Bbaack 17:32 · 2022-06-22T14:03:17.515Z
                      That was fun, thanks Ben!
                      • I K Snamhcok 2s · 2022-06-23T14:18:51.607Z
                        Nice coming home from vacation to a relatively easy, yet very fun MOAT. Thanks, Ben!
                        • Qmark 5s · 2022-06-27T11:41:07.343Z
                          Lots of theme-related clues...a fun one! Thanks!
                          • DrTom 4s · 2022-06-28T03:47:49.012Z
                            Well it took me two tries because I felt it could be nothing else than the intro to every Star Trek episode, "Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before!". I saw Space at the frontiers of the long answers and figured I had it. Yes Ben I saw that Space was the outermost part of each of those entries but I went with the common phrase of James T. Kirk. Liked it all the same.
                            Play today's daily mini crossword
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                              Halley's ___
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                              ___ nova
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                              Media-monitoring org.
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                              "Moonraker" star, Roger ___
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                              Winning team, when the score is 3-2, for example
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                              What gets covered by a 19 down during winter
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                              Oxymoronic way of describing interior design that can't decide whether it's minimalist or luxurious?
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                              Acronym for sludge-to-oil reactor system (it's a real thing - trust me!)
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                              69 across, for example, for short
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                              Feel sore
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                              Customary routine
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                              Nationality of Aristarchus, the first to suggest a heliocentric model of the solar system
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                              Speed of the Earth in its orbit: 67,000 ___
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                              Bernie Sanders, for example, for short
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                              Mosque official
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                              "I'm reconsidering base-jumping off this sky-scraper!!!!"
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                              Music genre associated with Jay-Z
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                              Stereotypical Queen Elizabeth quote: "We are not ___"
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                              Totally unnecessary opening of a book, often written by someone other than the author?
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                              Highly seasoned Italian sausage
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                              Hawaiian dish
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                              What Prometheus stole from the gods
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                              Created
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                              "Couldn't agree more!"
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                              Polynesian figurine
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                              Angel dust, for short
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                              25 down invented in the 1880s by George Howard Monks
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                              Plasterer's daily cleansing, toning, and moisturising routine?
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                              Use a chair
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                              "A mouse!!!!!"
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                              Worn away
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                              Number of Earth's moons
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                              Downright mean
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                              Small stream
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                              One of a belt located between Mars and Jupiter's orbits
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                              Traditional Mexican folk music, performed by a small group of strolling musicians
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                              Language Jesus probably spoke (c.f. 37 down)
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                              Colour of unbleached linen
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                              Proof of ownership
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                              "If ___" ("Allow me")
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                              Indoor plant holders
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                              Event hosts
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                              Neptune, but not Pluto
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                              "I agree"
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                              Go for a ___ the pool (swim)
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                              Glide on the surface of Europa, perhaps
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                              Surprise victory
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                              "MacGyver" actor, Dana ___
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                              Entreaty
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                              Life partner
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                              Surface ___ of Jupiter is 61.42 billion sq. km.
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                              Australian astronomer known for his work on dark matter and the structure and evolution of the Milky Way Galaxy, ___ Freeman
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                              Pivotal
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                              Tolkien tree-person
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