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· By ajk · Published 2023-11-12T05:00:06.920Z

Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a two-word classic rock song
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  • lbray53 3s · 2023-11-12T12:48:03.895Z
    Sssolved. Fun. Thanks.
    • ajk constructor · 2023-11-12T15:19:36.733Z
      Thanks :)
    • DCBilly 10:04 · 2023-11-12T13:34:30.968Z
      Saw what you did there, 36D36DConfronted, as an overbearing Boss, perhaps[---------]
      • ajk constructor · 2023-11-12T15:20:42.791Z
        Heh. There was a version without the asterisks where that little hint was more significant. But that version was a bit chewy for an SSS. :)
      • boharr 3s · 2023-11-12T14:13:33.876Z
        Fun one. Thanks, Alan.
        • ajk constructor · 2023-11-12T15:20:53.151Z
          You're welcome, thanks.
        • I K Snamhcok 2:18 · 2023-11-12T14:27:06.661Z
          A classic, I’m sure. Though I’ll admit, I can’t hum it or recall any lyrics. “Born to Run”, yes. But that’s just me. I believe I was listening mainly to Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye around that time!
          • ajk constructor · 2023-11-12T15:21:02.568Z
            Nothing wrong with that. :)
          • michaelm 🤓16:43 · 2023-11-12T15:02:14.426Z
            The screen door slams…. It’s going to be another earworm day. Great job, thanks Alan!
            • ajk constructor · 2023-11-12T16:59:58.701Z
              :) thanks. And I'm with you on the earworm. 🤣
            • Berto 🤓3:28 · 2023-11-12T15:02:53.427Z
              Sssolved - don’t recognize the tune, but now have AC/DC stuck in my head lol
              • ajk constructor · 2023-11-12T17:00:23.732Z
                Ha. Equal opportunity earworm generation. :)
              • merlinnimue 🤓8:46 · 2023-11-12T15:30:54.315Z
                Nice
                • ajk constructor · 2023-11-12T17:00:34.080Z
                  Thanks for solving. :)
                • MatthewL 🤓10:31 · 2023-11-12T15:37:18.125Z
                  Fun. Just my speed for a lazy Sunday morning. Thanks Alan!
                  • ajk constructor · 2023-11-12T17:00:46.895Z
                    You're welcome. Glad you liked it.
                  • Bird Lives 4s · 2023-11-12T15:30:39.305Z
                    Not a song I know well -- I really ain't that young anymore -- but the title was very familiar. (I would have been lost without the asterisks.)
                    • ajk constructor · 2023-11-12T17:01:28.095Z
                      I see what you did there. ;)
                    • Mwoychick 🤓13:08 · 2023-11-12T15:48:33.713Z
                      Got it - very nice puzzle, Alan, and perfect for a SSSunday
                      • ajk constructor · 2023-11-12T17:01:41.311Z
                        Thanks!
                      • KayW 🤓9:27 · 2023-11-12T16:17:57.566Z
                        Great meta and great song - thanks Alan!
                        • ajk constructor · 2023-11-12T17:01:54.816Z
                          You're welcome. Glad you liked it.
                        • JHSeeman 2s · 2023-11-12T16:15:44.498Z
                          As someone who grew up in jersey in contractually obligated to know bruce songs. Fun puzzle.
                          • ajk constructor · 2023-11-12T17:03:02.882Z
                            :) An earlier version of the clue for TOLL73A**Fee often collected at booths[----] was something like "Tax typically collected at a booth, say in New Jersey" but I figured that was a little too on the nose :)
                          • Carolyn 2s · 2023-11-12T16:29:07.606Z
                            Fun! Didn’t know the title but easy solve. Perfect for a Sunday.
                            • ajk constructor · 2023-11-12T17:04:11.915Z
                              Glad to hear that one can get there without knowing the song. That was definitely part of the plan. :)
                            • whimsy 15:58 · 2023-11-12T16:41:38.836Z
                              While I, shamefully perhaps, haven't really followed current music since the early 70's, the brother who clued me in to metas also educated me on this musician. 😄 Thanks for a fun one, Alan!
                              • ajk constructor · 2023-11-12T17:03:46.713Z
                                You're very welcome. :)
                              • SamKat9 🤓15:04 · 2023-11-12T17:22:12.794Z
                                SSSolved, very nice! Now I get 36D36DConfronted, as an overbearing Boss, perhaps[---------] :)
                                • ajk constructor · 2023-11-12T19:07:55.911Z
                                  :) Glad you liked it
                                • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2023-11-12T17:20:06.315Z
                                  I have to admit that I didn't get this until my husband sang the song to me. And he is always telling me he can't solve metas! Ha! Thanks, Alan!!
                                  • ajk constructor · 2023-11-12T19:08:07.312Z
                                    Hahaha. Excellent.
                                    • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2023-11-13T00:24:24.997Z
                                      The best part is that when I Googled the song, I realized he was singing the Ballad to Thunder Road by Robert Mitchum, not Bruce Springsteen's Thunder Road. That should tell you how old we are!!!
                                      • ajk constructor · 2023-11-13T04:33:13.209Z
                                        :) :)
                                  • Darth 🤓13:44 · 2023-11-12T21:58:31.419Z
                                    Fun puz, ajk. I'd never heard of this song before, so thank you for the music lesson, too. ;)
                                    • ajk constructor · 2023-11-13T04:33:24.758Z
                                      You're very welcome :)
                                    • Qmark 3s · 2023-11-13T00:32:13.794Z
                                      A classic! Thanks Alan!
                                      • ajk constructor · 2023-11-13T04:33:33.925Z
                                        Glad you liked it. :)
                                      • Sharkicicles 2s · 2023-11-13T02:06:52.562Z
                                        Wonderful. Saw the Boss about 15 years ago at the United Center, sadly without the E Street band.
                                        • ajk constructor · 2023-11-13T04:33:43.658Z
                                          Jealous :)
                                        • Tyrpmom 28:04 · 2023-11-13T04:03:24.162Z
                                          Thanks for the puzzle.
                                          • ajk constructor · 2023-11-13T04:33:51.742Z
                                            You're welcome!
                                          • DrTom 🤓19:21 · 2023-11-13T15:51:29.103Z
                                            Very apPEALing. I was afraid I’d CRASH, but luckily I did not have any trouble on the SILK delivery, still I was hoping for some moonshine at the completion (let’s see how many boomers get that one!) Thanks Alan!
                                            • ajk constructor · 2023-11-13T17:12:12.840Z
                                              lol I see what you did there. Glad you liked it.
                                            • kurtalert 🤓7:08 · 2023-11-13T22:24:11.666Z
                                              very cool - thanks!
                                              • ajk constructor · 2023-11-13T22:40:04.695Z
                                                You're welcome :)
                                              • woozy 16:04 · 2023-11-13T23:38:15.394Z
                                                So. Looking at the grid I had to ask myself "So... was there I song called 'Thunder Road'?"
                                                I guess the answer is probably yes....
                                                • DrTom 🤓19:21 · 2023-11-14T05:46:48.014Z
                                                  Yeah, little known guy name of Springsteen did it.😂
                                                  • hoover 5s · 2023-11-19T16:58:01.772Z
                                                    Me too, and after Googling it and listening to a few clips from YouTube, I'm still not sure I've ever heard the song.
                                                    • woozy 16:04 · 2023-11-19T18:50:54.261Z
                                                      Hmm. I assumed I'd know it when I heard it. (Pop music is always background music so I never know the name of any of it or who performs it but I usually recognize it). But no.... I never heard of it nor ever heard it.
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                                                  *Applaud
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                                                  Across
                                                  1. 1A
                                                    *Applaud
                                                  2. 5A
                                                    Stylish
                                                  3. 9A
                                                    **Brewer's holy place?
                                                  4. 14A
                                                    Flight prefix or candy bar
                                                  5. 15A
                                                    Something sworn (or used to swear)
                                                  6. 16A
                                                    Take a stab at
                                                  7. 17A
                                                    Short paths?
                                                  8. 18A
                                                    Hair-like structures
                                                  9. 19A
                                                    "____ Derringer" 50s western that's definitely not classic
                                                  10. 20A
                                                    Type of sunblock?
                                                  11. 23A
                                                    Exclamation of surprise
                                                  12. 24A
                                                    *It's associated with fronts but not backs
                                                  13. 25A
                                                    "I'm going ____" (response to "Are you planning to change?")
                                                  14. 27A
                                                    Attempt to close (as a suitcase, say)
                                                  15. 31A
                                                    **Admission, in a way
                                                  16. 34A
                                                    Brief description of some Monopoly spaces
                                                  17. 37A
                                                    Eastern ____ (Cold War group)
                                                  18. 39A
                                                    "___ cost" (whatever it takes)
                                                  19. 40A
                                                    One way to describe the area to the left or right of the grid, which is sometimes a good place to look for answers
                                                  20. 44A
                                                    Weasel relative featured on House of Lords robes
                                                  21. 45A
                                                    Fly high
                                                  22. 46A
                                                    Bygone rapid transit?
                                                  23. 47A
                                                    *It might involve meteors (or onesies)
                                                  24. 49A
                                                    Holy book
                                                  25. 52A
                                                    Blockade, beaver-style
                                                  26. 54A
                                                    **Fictitious Philly icon
                                                  27. 58A
                                                    Puncture start?
                                                  28. 60A
                                                    Romantic news
                                                  29. 64A
                                                    Jennifer's full last name
                                                  30. 66A
                                                    What you might do after a hard workout?
                                                  31. 67A
                                                    Superhero group that seems like it should have ten members
                                                  32. 68A
                                                    Message on a certain magical cake
                                                  33. 69A
                                                    Montana reservation resident
                                                  34. 70A
                                                    Sarcastic expression of doubt
                                                  35. 71A
                                                    *Number nine is especially appealing for some reason
                                                  36. 72A
                                                    About half a fathom
                                                  37. 73A
                                                    **Fee often collected at booths
                                                  Down
                                                  1. 1D
                                                    Dietary no-nos, for some
                                                  2. 2D
                                                    Sic on, perhaps
                                                  3. 3D
                                                    "You ____ good looking" (Seinfeld's sneeze response)
                                                  4. 4D
                                                    Fakes or models
                                                  5. 5D
                                                    Manilow nightspot or Panamanian airline
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                                                    One type of 24-Across24A*It's associated with fronts but not backs[-----]
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                                                    "____ have to do" (we don't have anything else)
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                                                    Young lady, casually
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                                                    Abnormal
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                                                    Bikini top
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                                                    Not at all
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                                                    Engrave
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                                                    Toy on a string
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                                                    Brief health stat
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                                                    "Happy ____ clam"
                                                  16. 26D
                                                    When the ghost talks to Hamlet
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                                                    Not yet fixed (but not broken)
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                                                    Cheers, in Valencia
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                                                    Unacceptable
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                                                    Gaming console, briefly
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                                                    Quick method
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                                                    Seamstress or Supreme
                                                  23. 35D
                                                    Oft-abbreviated judicial first name
                                                  24. 36D
                                                    Confronted, as an overbearing Boss, perhaps
                                                  25. 38D
                                                    Former Labor secretary Elaine
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                                                    "I just ____ ghost"
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                                                    Detailed, in a way
                                                  28. 43D
                                                    Make a mistake
                                                  29. 48D
                                                    Jack Sparrow's favorite beverage
                                                  30. 50D
                                                    Half the cost of something very expensive?
                                                  31. 51D
                                                    Sartre play depicting hell as other people
                                                  32. 53D
                                                    Weasley child who served as Head Boy
                                                  33. 55D
                                                    Feature of many fast food menus
                                                  34. 56D
                                                    Prepare to be knighted or engaged
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                                                    Titular Streisand character
                                                  36. 58D
                                                    Baldwin who played Donaghy
                                                  37. 59D
                                                    It's mostly combustible
                                                  38. 61D
                                                    Precursor of many bytes or flops
                                                  39. 62D
                                                    Oracle of a sort
                                                  40. 63D
                                                    Approved
                                                  41. 65D
                                                    Second tallest living bird
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