We're Coming Apart!
◆ · By Mikey G · Published 2023-09-16T17:00:26.061Z
Meta Prompt
[Level 2] The answer to the meta is a numerical sports term.
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- Answer: SEVEN-TEN SPLITExplanation: A bit of a SAD27ALugubrious[---] one, perhaps? There are seven longer entries in the grid that "split" the word TEN, either as TE * N or T * EN, suggesting our meta answer. Note the "anchor" entries (first and last) of BOLE1ATree trunk[----] and LING69AMa who wrote "Severance" and "Bliss Montage"[----], suggesting the sport in question. We also have a quasi-connection to the puzzle number, since 7 x 10 = 70.
- KayW 🤓10:42 · 2023-09-16T18:18:05.354Zwoohoo! I got a sportsing one! On the second try! (first guess was BIG TEN) loved the cluing as always. Clever meta.
- whimsy 🤓22:13 · 2023-09-16T18:37:39.465ZGah! Just noticed the NW and SE this very minute! Makes sense in MikeyG world!
- boharr 22s · 2023-09-16T18:45:28.115ZThanks, Mikey
- Nice puzzle!! I first failed to notice the raven, tells on, and tres bien so I only considered the four 11 letter entries… saw that TEN was split with exactly 8 letters in-between so I googled if 8-10 split was a thing and wondered to myself why didn’t Mikey go with 7-10 split instead? It’s infinitely much more familiar
- I K Snamhcok 2s · 2023-09-16T20:52:05.425ZFun puzzle, Mikey! NOW PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO GET THE CUBS WINNING AGAIN!!!!!
- Bbaack 25:06 · 2023-09-16T20:49:37.666ZThis one was right up my alley!
- Hector 10:47 · 2023-09-16T22:47:29.979ZWho do you think you are? I am! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G74ZHWcsbgc
- SamKat9 🤓14:24 · 2023-09-16T22:49:03.778ZGood one, it made me think! Thank you!
- hoover 8s · 2023-09-16T23:51:05.529ZThank you for 1A1ATree trunk[----] and 69A69AMa who wrote "Severance" and "Bliss Montage"[----] or I never would have gotten it! Oh hey, 7 times 10 is 70, hmm...
- Joe 🤓11:06 · 2023-09-17T12:39:11.263ZGood lord. I submitted a wrong guess because I misread the prompt every single time I looked at it! Thought it said "team" instead of "term." So I was like, is "The 700 Club" a bowling team somehow?? Very cute meta. I also loved BOLE1ATree trunk[----] and LING69AMa who wrote "Severance" and "Bliss Montage"[----].
- You might not be the only one! I think someone else was thinking 76ers or 49ers or something like that.
- Katiedid 🤓2:27 · 2023-09-21T17:55:39.105ZOMG. I finally got it today, but for the first couple of days, I read "team" every time. BOLE1ATree trunk[----] LING69AMa who wrote "Severance" and "Bliss Montage"[----] is great.
- A little struggle with “7-ten-ing stretch” until I saw the BOLE1ATree trunk[----] LING69AMa who wrote "Severance" and "Bliss Montage"[----]. I appreciated the Friday level cluing.
- And I didn't even realize it was leaning in that direction!
- Berto 🤓2:56 · 2023-09-17T15:11:05.390ZTook me a few attempts before I realized I needed to add “split” to complete the term! No longer feeling like a turkey..
- Qmark 3s · 2023-09-18T02:04:09.773ZAnother fun meta puzzle, Mikey...thanks! Love that 7 & 10 "factored" into the answer for puzzle #70.
- Laura M 🤓17:43 · 2023-09-20T19:07:05.041ZNice one! Unfortunately I made two incorrect guesses based on assuming there must be a sports term I was unfamiliar with. Not an unreasonable assumption, to be fair :-)
- HeadinHome 🤓2:06 · 2023-09-20T22:39:05.503ZTried split tens first… a poker term (apparently)… and apparently poker is considered a sport?? Seven ten-splits makes more sense. ( :
- ReB 3s · 2023-09-22T01:07:01.508ZIndeed, I was one of those who read the prompt as TEAM instead of TERM.Once I saw that first nudge to correct that misreading, along with your private nudge of looking at the first and last word (which sounded out as BOWLING), I immediately knew the answer - as I had been spot on about the mechanism except that the misdirection I encountered from my misreading plus an inadvertent red herring (31D31DContenders (hint: no one ever says this)[-----]) sent me down a rabbit hole.I still think that 76ers is a viable alternative had the prompt been TEAM. Very cleverly done.
- Feel bad about the red herring still...but not about you misreading, bahaha. (I think this happened with another meta once!)
- Needed a few of the nudges, but I finally got it! Nice one, Mikey!
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Across
- 1ATree trunk
- 5AI was planning to buy a new bookcase, but I'll ___ that idea for now
- 11AShift : Z :: ___ : Q
- 14A"Excuse me! I'm right here!"
- 15ARolled on down the runway
- 16AWood band, briefly
- 17AWhat I use to make my avocado toast (holy guacamole)
- 19AEarlier
- 20AAirport abbr. that I'm sure is always complete accurate
- 21AStark identity
- 23AType of flower that becomes a type of lily when an "E" is added to the beginning
- 27ALugubrious
- 29ATears
- 30AIts author described it as "a poem that should suit at once the popular and the critical taste"
- 32A"___ Jungle Out There" (Randy Newman's theme to "Monk")
- 33ABook about hats worn by Scottish females: "Head of the ___"
- 34AKind
- 35ALancashire ___ (British meat-and-onion stew)
- 38ASmall quantity?
- 39AGoes "MOM!!!!!," perhaps
- 41ALug
- 42AAt the cookoff, the chef hoped to gain the ___ hand
- 44ASound made when encountering a Level 5 meta, perhaps
- 45AHalf a fish ("What's a ___?" "Nothing, what's the ___ with you?")
- 46ASome remote needs
- 47ANice compliment
- 49AUp
- 51AEnd of a crossword?
- 52A"Breaking Bad" network (that looks bizarre when typed out like this)
- 53AWillow's older sister in District 12, in a 2008 young adult novel
- 55AWhat a lousy pick
- 57ASeine-sational sight
- 58ASolid with the fewest amount of faces
- 64ABlue Jays, on scoreboards
- 65AIts flag has black, red, and yellow stripes with a crane in the middle
- 66A"You spent all that in Dubuque?" "Yeah, now ___ lot of money"
- 67ACurry, e.g.
- 68AGot at least 3/5 of the questions right, likely
- 69AMa who wrote "Severance" and "Bliss Montage"
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- 1DHit singles, maybe?
- 2D"So that's your game!"
- 3DIf you stay up all night in one, it's pasture bedtime LOL
- 4DCommon pair?
- 5D"Don't you dare expunge that!"
- 6DI tried to get my friends to purchase a giant slab of concrete, but it was a ___
- 7DOuter: Prefix
- 8D"I'm so mad about that!" "You're ___ in the past, man"
- 9DZig or zag
- 10DHe said, "Like we say in the sewer, 'Time and tide wait for no man'"
- 11DJames or Antetokounmpo in 2023's NBA All-Star Game
- 12DWhat scum!
- 13DWindfalls
- 18DGiga- times 1,000
- 22DGerman-born American dubbed the "father of the American cartoon"
- 23DBook of legends
- 24DName on Wikipedia page "List of individual cetaceans"
- 25DWhat I would only ever watch on TV if I'm really, really, really bored
- 26DSee 59-Down59DWorkers in 26-Down[---]
- 28DShort socks
- 31DContenders (hint: no one ever says this)
- 32D"Fingers crossed!"
- 36DReacted to fireworks (or a well-constructed crossword)
- 37D"The Biggest Ball of ___ in Minnesota" (Weird Al Yankovic song)
- 39DRock a dance competition, colloquially (how I spend my free time)
- 40DCourt, perhaps
- 43D"I have to clean this entire French bakery by myself!" "What a ___"
- 45DWharton deg.
- 48DSurfeit
- 49DTough Japanese watchdog
- 50DWaving goodbye to the Hair Barn: "___, farewell!"
- 51D"¿Cómo ___?"
- 54DSonic platform
- 56D"___ a lovely evening, but this wasn't it" (classic snarky parting line)
- 59DWorkers in 26-Down26DSee 59-Down[---]
- 60DTommy Pickles' younger "Rugrats" brother (with a great pun name)
- 61DKing of France?
- 62DLast word of film title with line "There's no crying in baseball!"
- 63DHector
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