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◆◆ · By Mikey G · Published 2023-02-25T21:00:33.739Z
Meta Prompt
[Level 2.5]: The answer to the meta consists of two 7-letter words.
This is my 49th puzzle for "Pun of a Kind." Hope you enjoy!
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- Meg solved 2023-02-25T22:30:01.102Z
- dannyvee solved 2023-02-25T22:54:36.183Z
- Matt A solved 2023-02-25T23:13:38.388Z
- DJB solved 2023-02-25T23:33:50.701Z
- Bbaack solved 2023-02-25T23:49:35.116Z
- Hector solved 2023-02-26T00:18:54.815Z
- oldjudge solved 2023-02-26T00:37:24.065Z
- West solved 2023-02-26T00:57:26.261Z
- DIS solved 2023-02-26T01:18:26.342Z
- woozy solved 2023-02-26T01:58:14.016Z
- Golem solved 2023-02-26T02:08:19.391Z
- Julie bookworm solved 2023-02-26T04:34:06.100Z
- frostyjhammer solved 2023-02-26T05:13:04.656Z
- Abide solved 2023-02-26T05:40:07.217Z
- Laura M solved 2023-02-26T06:50:10.995Z
- LesY solved 2023-02-26T12:11:52.423Z
- I K Snamhcok solved 2023-02-26T12:53:53.980Z
- BarbaraK solved 2023-02-26T13:33:19.349Z
- boharr solved 2023-02-26T13:36:59.131Z
- JR solved 2023-02-26T14:12:28.312Z
- BrennerTJ solved 2023-02-26T17:36:44.196Z
- MatthewL solved 2023-02-26T19:08:08.079Z
- Jasonbr solved 2023-02-26T21:04:33.795Z
- Myelbow solved 2023-02-26T21:26:21.830Z
- Carolyn solved 2023-02-26T21:28:24.306Z
- Bob J solved 2023-02-26T21:49:36.497Z
- lbray53 solved 2023-02-27T14:17:36.163Z
- rjy solved 2023-02-27T16:21:57.539Z
- FrankieHeck solved 2023-02-27T23:53:03.393Z
- Account solved 2023-02-28T01:27:34.205Z
- Darth solved 2023-02-28T04:22:35.481Z
- Mr Tex solved 2023-02-28T12:25:50.511Z
- andeux solved 2023-02-28T18:17:31.270Z
- Schmeel solved 2023-02-28T19:25:46.580Z
- Joe solved 2023-02-28T21:30:00.569Z
- KayW solved 2023-03-01T01:07:50.351Z
- rickybillingsgate solved 2023-03-01T21:43:19.422Z
- heidi solved 2023-03-01T22:16:05.467Z
- DrTom solved 2023-03-02T19:41:39.491Z
- THC solved 2023-03-02T19:55:26.402Z
- whimsy solved 2023-03-02T21:47:13.632Z
- Alvibu67 solved 2023-03-02T21:49:28.741Z
- Pair O Ducks solved 2023-03-02T22:50:12.036Z
- Tane solved 2023-03-02T23:38:06.919Z
- danschwartz solved 2023-03-03T02:11:53.724Z
- Dow Jones solved 2023-03-03T08:20:15.266Z
- Capn Rick solved 2023-03-03T14:11:11.536Z
- RPardoe solved 2023-03-04T00:30:07.938Z
- smartbohemian solved 2023-03-04T00:57:40.621Z
- Alex Sisti solved 2023-03-05T13:46:10.834Z
- ajk solved 2023-03-05T21:40:54.195Z
- Darrell solved 2023-03-06T00:15:17.979Z
- Cindy Heisler solved 2023-03-06T14:51:23.458Z
- Tyrpmom solved 2023-03-07T05:26:32.277Z
- Steve M solved 2023-03-07T17:42:18.125Z
- Qmark solved 2023-03-13T11:59:03.202Z
- Katiedid solved 2023-03-16T14:32:04.712Z
- Liam O'Brien solved 2023-03-29T13:16:49.017Z
- Philip Chow solved 2023-07-16T07:14:12.988Z
- kurtalert solved 2023-11-07T15:01:11.409Z
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- Meg 4s · 2023-02-25T22:30:22.086ZThanks, Mikey. That was fun!
- dannyvee 5s · 2023-02-25T22:54:56.640ZLoved it!
- DJB 2s · 2023-02-25T23:34:10.705ZNice one!
- Bbaack 23:21 · 2023-02-25T23:50:07.365ZNicely done, thanks!
- Hector 7:40 · 2023-02-26T00:23:11.338ZNice; I didn't notice that the ambiguous cells were at perfect square locations until after submitting, when I wondered whether you might have left an easter egg at the perfect squares. D'oh! Well done.
- Yep, that is the Easter egg itself! A bit circular, but I'll take it!
- didn't even get that until post-solve. very clever!
- Oh wow-- that ratchets this one into CATSTEVENS /YUSUFISLAM territory!
- DIS 🤓18:45 · 2023-02-26T01:20:05.639ZI give it 7 stars.
- The more I think about it the cleverer that is.By the way. I just bought a house (escrow closed Thurs and we pick up the keys tomorrow) and the most difficult part of any house buying is learning you damned new address. But my address is 7249. ... So I figured it'd be easy to remember that it is seven squared listed twice. (Seriously That's been in my mind for seven weeks)
- I love address math like that!! Wild how this fits perfectly with your new address!
- Laura M 🤓40:08 · 2023-02-26T06:52:34.408ZNice one! In hindsight I should have guessed it much faster :-)
- I K Snamhcok 1s · 2023-02-26T12:54:30.742ZBeauty! You’re getting really good at this, Mikey.
- boharr 7s · 2023-02-26T13:38:09.582ZVery very nice
- MatthewL 15:08 · 2023-02-26T19:09:17.645ZReally liked this one. Very clever!
- Bob J 50s · 2023-02-26T21:50:25.361ZA fun aha moment - thanks for the puzzle!
- FrankieHeck 16:12 · 2023-02-27T23:55:28.671ZTook me two days to solve this one, and that's my favorite kind of meta. Very elegant, indeed!
- Darth 14:32 · 2023-02-28T04:25:22.387ZPerfect! ;) Thanks, Mikey!
- Schmeel 13:28 · 2023-02-28T19:28:13.566ZGreat puzzle! I had to come back to it (at least) seven times till I got it!
- Joe 12:19 · 2023-02-28T21:31:18.421ZLoved this! It was a great hunt at the end. MRT was the last to fall.
- Well I ALMOST had it the other day via a different mechanism, or at least I had the idea via a different mechanism. Very clever, and I had ALOE and AMS down originally and did NOT say to myself (stupid Tom) "hey that could be either!" . Clever idea, and very hard to see even when you see it (as I just made reference to). I'll go back now and find the rest, I only had three of them but it was almost intuitive what it would be once I had PEF and SQA.
- Alvibu67 34:05 · 2023-03-02T21:53:43.277ZThanks for the great puzzle! I knew there was something off about this puzzle, put thanks to your nudges I didn’t have to askew.
Cheers!- As opposed to the normal level of offness.
Thanks for the solve!
- whimsy 18:52 · 2023-03-02T21:53:59.272ZWowza! (Took me almost a whole week!) Super puzzle, Mikey!
- Dow Jones 3s · 2023-03-03T08:25:55.524ZGot it with the nudges (all except the alternative letter at 4A/4D). Thanks, Mikey !!
- jaycee 3:22:51 · 2023-03-05T02:42:13.250ZOver my head. -
- Cindy Heisler 2s · 2023-03-06T14:53:34.001ZNeeded the first couple nudges to help me see what I should have seen. Great meta!!
- Tyrpmom 2s · 2023-03-07T05:35:30.725ZReally tricky to see. Nicely done.
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- 1A___ green
- 4AThey may fill a very large saucer, briefly
- 7AAbbr. related to an important internal component
- 10ACountry named after element #47, for short
- 11AMen who let the dogs out
- 13ASome PC key
- 14ACar that was named after the founder's daughter
- 16AIt might store water
- 17AMakes an oopsie-woopsie
- 18ADavis, for one
- 20APark place?
- 21AThey help set locks
- 22AFling
- 23AIt contains uracil but not thymine
- 24ATeam member who often defeated opponents in the 1980s
- 27AIndividual familiar with substituting one quantity for another
- 31A___-Magnon (early human who appeared in more crosswords than he solved)
- 32AWord in the clue to 11-Across
- 33ABallpark figs. (I usually eat hot dogs)
- 34AFirst word in a Napoleonic palindrome
- 35AFormer GM line
- 36AKey in music (I had a pun here, but you already know how it fell)
- 38AI raced my friend to see who could make the quickest Windsor knot - it ended in ___
- 39A"A ___ of Two Kitties" (Ginger Cat's autobiography)
- 40AWhat smart omelet chefs are
- 44AHesitant sounds
- 45A"Double ___" (Marc Summers game show)
- 46AIsland chain?
- 47ASee 21-Down
- 48A4, commonly
- 49ASource of a liquid
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- 1DCharacter in a long-running NBC sitcom
- 2DMiddle word in a Napoleonic palindrome
- 3DAccepts
- 4DHe was seen on screens in the 1980s
- 5DSmidgens
- 6D"Then ___ Was Gone" (Lisa Jewell thriller)
- 7DHalcyon
- 8DSubterfuge
- 9DIt could be used for transportation, for short
- 12DOK
- 15DFirst 5-letter Best Picture title of the 21st century
- 16DSome radios
- 19DSecond word in a cruciverbalist's favorite ball game
- 20DTake off
- 21DI found some 47-Across in my fireplace: I had ___ expectations
- 22DHBO alternative
- 24DVerb related to a bridge mishap
- 25DBig city sights, maybe
- 26D2,000-lb. wts.
- 28DLast word in a Napoleonic palindrome
- 29DWhat my heart did when it saw the grilled cheese sandwich (my one true love)
- 30D"The Color Purple" protagonist
- 34DIt's not nothing
- 35D"___ Birds" (Sarah Addison Allen novel)
- 36DThey might be adorned with accessories
- 37DSole, e.g.
- 38DCity in Uttar Pradesh with a famed mausoleum
- 39DIt's been oolong since I've had this beverage LOL
- 41DGeneration, e.g.
- 42DOrg. that hates traffic
- 43DNurse
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