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Colorful Words (Persian)

◆ · By DrTom · Published 2024-06-05T11:30:09.496Z

Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a colorful word people use when discussing the police
OK, last weeks was WAY easy I was told, and the only way it was a Calico was if you tried to do the grid blindfolded...
Fine, let's see if I can have something for everyone. This puzzle started simple and then there were a few changes for PC reasons and then there were some changes for clarity, then I made some changes to make it a little harder, then someone else thought, well you can make it harder still if you....
In the end I had KITTEN, PERSIAN, PUMA, LION...which one to pick. To heck with it, I'll do a smorgasbord. You will see that I have included one of each versions and you can choose which one you feel either comfortable or like wasting your time on. There are no pictures of the GRIDS because if I did that I would be giving away the puzzle I am afraid, but of course you are free to look at/solve them all, and that may help you if you get stuck. Because there are several versions and each step “down” reveals a little bit more (the KITTEN is a different grid and concept completely, but the answer and mechanism are pretty much the same) I probably will not post Friday nudges. But, as you all know you can PM me for assistance anytime.
Difficulty Level: Kitten to Lion of course
So go ahead and pick the one you think you’d like to try…and get ready for a litany of colorful words! Oh and when I post the solvers I will note which one was solved: KITTEN, PERSIAN, PUMA or LION.
Thanks to my diligent and long-suffering testers: Cinny, Bird Lives, pchow13, hcbirker
The Reveal
Six (6) entries become colors when the meta mechanism (a three letter entry has two letters that correspond to the first two letters of a corresponding entry, cancel out the two common letters and you are left with a color) is applied. Depending on the version [PERSIAN, PUMA, LION] either the three letter entry had an asterisk, the corresponding entry had an asterisk, no entry had asterisks.
STREAM and STR =CREAM=C
DERANGE and DEO =ORANGE=O
BOINK and BOP =PINK=P
HILUM + HIP= PLUM=P
IMBONY and IME=EBONY=E
NOOSE and NOR=ROSE=R
When arranged in order of the longer word you get COPPER, a colorful word people use when discussing the police
For a graphic representation of the solve go to:
https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?t=2944
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  • ajk 3s · 2024-06-05T18:22:41.282Z
    Took me longer to see this one than the PUMA where I originally solved 😂😂
    • DrTom constructor · 2024-06-05T19:56:57.463Z
      Well the PUMA had the last half of the color, the idea was that with the PERSIAN I gave you the three letter start (ex. *BOP and yes it did tie in with last week) and then the "colorful word" with the same intro letters (BOINK). Cancel the common letters (only the "colorful" words have the possibility to do that because there are no other words that start with the same two letters of the "colorful" words - unless I missed one) and you have a color.
      You can thank Connections for this puzzle, they had the INK, RANGE, LACK, etc and I though - "Oh I can steal that!"
      • ajk 3s · 2024-06-06T00:12:56.264Z
        Yeah, I can see how this is more info, but the * on the actual color words in PUMA got me there quicker. In this one it took a few beats to figure out what to do with those 3 letter ones. I think this is my favorite version :)
    • woozy 🤓5:01 · 2024-06-05T20:33:17.390Z
      Oh, I get the persian now! And I get we you categorized it easier than the puma.
      • KayW 🤓4:00 · 2024-06-05T22:25:02.799Z
        Wow. Okay I needed to do LION/PUMA/PERSIAN before I saw how to link everything up. VERY nice - the different versions were staged nudges. Very cool concept. Thanks for creating all these flavors!
        • LB800 3s · 2024-06-05T22:57:18.269Z
          I could only access the Lion version (?). Super fun meta, Dr. Tom!
        • rjy 3s · 2024-06-06T16:20:07.584Z
          Solved LION but came to each to see the differences... loved the concept in this one as well!
          Play today's daily mini crossword
          1A
          Sing the praises of, probably so everyone can hear
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          Across
          1. 1A
            Sing the praises of, probably so everyone can hear
          2. 5A
            Single female
          3. 9A
            Compulsive smoke blowers, for short
          4. 14A
            Irish, once
          5. 15A
            Just
          6. 16A
            Chick that gives a hoot
          7. 17A
            Johnny Gilbert, for example
          8. 19A
            Director of "Get Out" and "Us", Jordan
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            * Neither's partner
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            A place to row, row your boat
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            Wicked and corrupt
          12. 24A
            "Cheap Thrills" singer
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            "Wow, that was close"
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            Bambi's aunt
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            Drive nuts
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            Knock on the noggin
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            Steed and Peel
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            Forever and a day
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            Duster
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            French friend
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            Crosby Show son
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            Where UNC, NC State, and Va. Tech play
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            Forgers workshops
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            Black-eyed pea's "black eye", botanically
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            Emulates Houdini
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            Take for a ride, perhaps
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            Bart's saxy sister
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            Famed ballet co.
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            Exasperated cry
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            Skeleton's self description
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            * Monogram for "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" poet
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            "___ the one less traveled by", Frost
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            Things that will grind you down
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            Loop in a lasso
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            Make-up artist?
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            Bill from Philadelphia
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            Broke it off
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            Fast time
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            Raggedy looking boy
          Down
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            Go full tilt
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            River under the Ponte Vecchio
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            "Anchors Aweigh" readiness gp.
          4. 4D
            * Latin God
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            Art in small pieces
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            Price hike; Abbr.
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            Shakespeare told us it "knits up the ravell'd sleave of care"
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            Wine from the Northern Rhone
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            * 40's and 50's music genre
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            Popeye's nephew ___ Pea
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            Football team
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            Put in a different URL
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            Designator of a grave event
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            Employing
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            Let ___ (please stop pestering)
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            Beach shoe
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            Pursue romantically
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            Shout when a fish hits a barrier
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            "Locomotion" little girl
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            Big name in camping
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            Historical focus
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            Because
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            Txt for texting
          24. 39D
            * "___ Mine", Beatles song
          25. 41D
            * Fashionable body joint?
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            Spec you might see for a roomy flat?
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            C.I.A. predecessor
          28. 45D
            "__ de sac"
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            CDLI x II
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            "Painting ___, not a skill"
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            Places to buy yogurt
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            Fan of the Who
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            Tight with
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            Ship of a fictitious mutiny
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            Stuff you are not supposed to sweat
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            Hoffman of "The Chicago Seven"
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            Kinky thing in the back yard
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            Major Algerian port city
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            "Frozen" reindeer
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            Take the bar
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            "Teach Your Children" group, initially
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            One simple sneaker
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            Draft letters
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