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◆ · By Emma Oxford and Will Pfadenhauer · Published by Pandora's Blocks Meta Crosswords · Published 2023-01-29T14:00:34.039Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to this week's meta is an eight-letter trademark.
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  • FrankieHeck 🤓10:50 · 2023-01-29T14:23:37.847Z
    Happy Birthday, Emma! Thanks for the fun puzzle.
    • ChrisCross 🤓7:52 · 2023-01-29T14:54:20.916Z
      Enjoyable paper product!
      • Qmark 3s · 2023-01-29T15:33:53.386Z
        That was very enjoyable, Emma and Will...thanks!
        • Mwoychick 🤓11:16 · 2023-01-29T15:19:30.829Z
          Happy Birthday, Emma!
          • spotter 9:14 · 2023-01-29T15:25:38.782Z
            Happy Birthday Emma! And I appreciated the clueing for 59D Will! 😉
            • Pandora's Blocks Weekly Meta Crossword publisher · 2023-01-29T17:37:28.695Z
              That was Emma's clue! But I agree, it's a good one!
            • I K Snamhcok 🤓14:53 · 2023-01-29T15:57:44.628Z
              Best on your b’day, Emma!
              • boharr 3s · 2023-01-29T17:50:29.806Z
                Thank you and happy birthday, Emma!
                • Sfull411 🤓7:33 · 2023-01-29T19:06:57.325Z
                  Happy birthday!
                  • MARR71 3s · 2023-01-29T19:01:23.092Z
                    Sure would like to test the theory that you get bonus meta karma by getting your caffeine fix drinking from a Pandora's Blocks mug! Fun puzzle Emma!
                    • Joe 🤓7:05 · 2023-01-29T18:42:46.493Z
                      Happy birthday, Emma, and thanks for the puz!
                      • whimsy 🤓14:02 · 2023-01-29T18:53:25.438Z
                        Delightful! Happy Birthday Emma! May the sprinkles be with you!
                        • heidi 3s · 2023-01-29T19:14:23.432Z
                          Happy Birthday Emma! Thanks for the puzzle!
                          • Abide 🤓17:47 · 2023-01-29T19:20:00.758Z
                            Great puzzle. This mechanism was the 29th thing I tried !
                            • auee89 3s · 2023-01-29T19:51:41.626Z
                              Thanks Emma! Happy Birthday!
                              • K7 🤓11:22 · 2023-01-29T20:33:31.710Z
                                Happy Birthday Emma! Nice puzzle!
                                • Snood 5:22 · 2023-01-29T20:14:48.409Z
                                  Very clever and current cluing! Lots of fun. Thank you.
                                  • Laura M 🤓11:15 · 2023-01-29T20:54:39.659Z
                                    Nice! Happy Birthday, Emma!
                                    • ajk 🤓11:59 · 2023-01-29T21:58:16.901Z
                                      Fun indeed. Happy birthday!
                                      • KayW 🤓13:23 · 2023-01-29T22:03:22.499Z
                                        Happy Birthday Emma - hope your celebration involves FUNFETTI!
                                        • Dave C 7s · 2023-01-29T22:37:14.180Z
                                          Fun one
                                          • Carolyn 6s · 2023-01-29T22:18:09.771Z
                                            Fun!
                                            • Darth 15:09 · 2023-01-30T04:59:38.095Z
                                              Nice idea! Thanks, and happy birthday!
                                              • bergie 🤓10:34 · 2023-01-30T07:31:15.618Z
                                                Fun puzzle, thanks!
                                                • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2023-01-30T14:54:29.229Z
                                                  Happy Birthday, Emma!
                                                  • THC 🤓3:25 · 2023-01-30T16:12:33.074Z
                                                    Thanks, Will & Emma! Thought for sure the answer would be HARPO INC (Oprah's trademark) since her 69th birthday was 1/29, the release day of your puzzle.
                                                    • Flinty Steve 3s · 2023-01-30T18:13:06.761Z
                                                      Took a second, but lots of fun!
                                                      • Tyrpmom 2s · 2023-01-30T18:59:41.346Z
                                                        Happy belated birthday!
                                                        • rjy 2s · 2023-01-30T19:48:41.248Z
                                                          Struggled a bit, but it finally fell… thanks, Emma, enjoyed it!
                                                          • hazmat 🤓11:20 · 2023-01-30T23:22:39.677Z
                                                            Happy Birthday Emma! Thanks for the enjoyable (;) puzzle.
                                                            • ReB 3s · 2023-01-31T21:58:10.170Z
                                                              Took me a couple of passes before I finally looked more closely at the title and then everything fell into place. A nice birthday gift from Emma.
                                                              • Bbaack 28:34 · 2023-02-01T16:50:01.129Z
                                                                Happy birthday Emma!
                                                                • Jimbo 12s · 2023-02-02T04:11:45.475Z
                                                                  I was totally flummoxed, convinced that having a birthday on the 24th supported the idea of subbing in the corresponding letter from the alphabet (X) for the position in the clue. Nope! There they were in the grid, hiding in plain sight. Thank you for your present to us, birthday girl.
                                                                  • MatthewL 🤓9:10 · 2023-02-02T22:58:48.226Z
                                                                    Finally! Happy (belated) birthday!
                                                                    • Burakodrama 3s · 2023-02-04T05:46:04.224Z
                                                                      Fun puzzle! Or rather it would've been because I got the logic down with my first idea, got the right combo but then failed to parse it and subsequently turned it into a frustrating experience lol. Here are some other eight letter combinations that I tried after my first and apparently very successful attempt: HDDXBIKH, CALKHORN, KBYCOLNR, KOLKOTNR, BALSOETA, OLRUQSOO... I don't remember how I got at least half of these lol.
                                                                      • Meta World Peace 4s · 2023-02-04T13:16:58.912Z
                                                                        From the birthplace of Funfetti (Pillsbury HQ, Minneapolis), happy birthday Emma!
                                                                        Play today's daily mini crossword
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                                                                          Wide divide
                                                                        2. 5A
                                                                          "The way things stand..."
                                                                        3. 11A
                                                                          "Car Talk" network
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                                                                          ___-B (common dental brand)
                                                                        5. 15A
                                                                          "Aw nuts"
                                                                        6. 16A
                                                                          Second Elizabethan ___ (historical period from 1952-2022)
                                                                        7. 17A
                                                                          (6,1) Politician who once introduced himself with, "For those of you who don't know me, I'm Michelle's husband"
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                                                                          Goal
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                                                                          Clean ___
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                                                                          Dianne Feinstein and Katie Porter, e.g.
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                                                                          Conveniences sometimes with inconvenient fees
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                                                                          Ran, as ink
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                                                                          One of two countries that borders the largest freshwater lake (by surface area) in the world
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                                                                          (4,5) Winner of the first season of "American Idol" who performed at the second inauguration of 17-Across
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                                                                          "Because I ___!"
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                                                                          Over the ___ (old)
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                                                                          "___ you serious?"
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                                                                          Some long-lasting bulbs
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                                                                          Reward for a win
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                                                                          Pet lovers' org.
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                                                                          Hosp. areas
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                                                                          "I ___ you" ("I get it")
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                                                                          Unlike a wallflower
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                                                                          (2,8) One of the two "no-names" alluded to in Vulture's 2009 article "Marvel Rolls Dice, Casts No-names for 'Thor'"
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                                                                          "Get ___" (2017 Jordan Peele film)
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                                                                          Quaker abolitionist Lucretia
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                                                                          Gutter site
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                                                                          [I'm shocked!]
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                                                                          Santa's helpers
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                                                                          Diagnostic test done in a tube
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                                                                          (3,7) Blues singer who won her first Grammy in 1990 and her most recent one in 2023
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                                                                          Astronaut Jemison who was the first Black woman to go to space
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                                                                          Runs real fast
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                                                                          Org. for Hoosiers and Tar Heels
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                                                                          Muscles worked by crunches
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                                                                          Together, as a marching band
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                                                                          Muscle many vaccines are injected into, for short
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                                                                          Whoopie pies, to a Pittsburgher
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                                                                          Russian river
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                                                                          Recurring role for Angelina
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                                                                          Trucks for hauling equipment
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                                                                          "All good!"
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                                                                          Slapdash
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                                                                          "___ remiss if I didn't say..."
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                                                                          Airport conveyance
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                                                                          Pet food brand owned by the same company that makes M&Ms
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                                                                          Amtrak stop: Abbr.
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                                                                          Spick and span
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                                                                          Proper to the point of stuffiness
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                                                                          Cleveland football team... wait no, Los Angeles football team... wait no, St. Louis football team... wait no, I was right the second time, Los Angeles football team
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                                                                          Set pieces in "Chicago"
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                                                                          Pose (a question)
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                                                                          Skipped the pomp and circumstance, in a way
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                                                                          Most Disney animated features
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                                                                          Do this to your bowl (which should be glass or metal, not plastic) and beaters (or whisk) before trying to make homemade whipped cream
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                                                                          Former US Rep. Cheney
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                                                                          Collaborator with Tove Lo on "Heroes (We Could Be)"
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                                                                          Killer whale (although it's actually a species of dolphin)
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                                                                          Matt's "White Collar" role
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                                                                          Coin opening
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                                                                          Dynamic opening?
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                                                                          Taylor Swift album featuring "22" and "I Knew You Were Trouble"
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                                                                          Where you can find Loch Lomond and Loch Ness
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                                                                          In shape
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                                                                          One in a raft?
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                                                                          Emerald or pistachio
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                                                                          Word after Roman or Galactic
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                                                                          Castmate of Saoirse, Eliza, and Florence in 2019's "Little Women"
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                                                                          ___ League (regional organization in Africa and Western Asia)
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                                                                          Henchman
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                                                                          Picnic ruiners
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                                                                          Obnoxious kid
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                                                                          Bad habit, maybe
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                                                                          List-ending abbr.
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                                                                          "Now!"
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                                                                          Alleged "health" measure created by Adolphe Quetelet - a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician, and sociologist who among his many achievements was notably not a healthcare practitioner
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                                                                          Medium's claim
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