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PCC#8 "Broken spirits"

◆ · By Philip Chow · Published 2023-09-16T05:39:16.071Z

Meta Prompt
[Level 3] Meta: the solution to the meta is the name of a German beer
Hint 1: the name of five drinks are hidden in the puzzle
Hint 2: take the title literally
Hint 3: broken (across a black square), spirits (as in alcoholic spirits)
Hint 4: the five alcoholic drinks have something in common
Hint 5: what color is absinthe?
caveat: for the meta solution, consider the color of the drink itself, not the bottle
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  • Philip Chow constructor · 2023-09-16T05:53:39.485Z
    Explanation: five spirits or cocktails are broken across two entries... (CHART1AStatistical diagram[-----]/REUSE6A"Reduce, ___, recycle" [-----]), (GRASS20AIt's always greener on the other side, so they say[-----]/HOPPER22A"Nighthawks" painter Edward[------]), (MID33APrefix for "summer" in a Shakespeare title[---]/ORI34A"Either you do it, ___ will!" (2 wds.)[---]), (BASIL48APesto ingredient[-----]/GIMLET50ATool for boring holes[------]), (ABS65A"Six-pack" muscles[---]/INTHE66A"We're ___ Money" ("Gold Diggers of 1933" song performed by Ginger Rogers, 2 wds.)[-----])... they are all alcoholic drinks that are green. Googling "German beer green" yields the meta solution of "Berliner Weisse"... if you ever get the chance to try it, I highly recommend it... the green one is flavored with sweet woodruff syrup. Happy Oktoberfest! (which oddly begins in September instead of October)
    • kieranjboyd 🤓6:58 · 2023-09-16T11:46:20.409Z
      me, solving 39A39AMelbourne-based cruciverbalist Kieran Boyd (@kieranjboyd) or Ben Chenoweth (@benchen71), for example[------]
      Didn't even need any hints! Great find with 1A1AStatistical diagram[-----] 6A6A"Reduce, ___, recycle" [-----]
      • Philip Chow constructor · 2023-09-16T15:09:52.254Z
        Thanks! That was the seed entry - I made sure to place it at 1A1AStatistical diagram[-----] since it was the most concealed (in my opinion)… in an earlier version, I split ‘grasshopper’ as (gras/shopper) but the fill was so ugly I had to move things around… I’m going to guess that (grass/hopper) will be the toehold for most solvers
      • kurtalert 🤓4:25 · 2023-09-16T15:24:00.655Z
        Very nice! Took me a bit to figure out exactly which direction to take green German beer- lots of distraction out there about how that's the normal color for German beer bottles.
        • Philip Chow constructor · 2023-09-18T18:25:10.890Z
          That’s a very good point I hadn’t considered - I just added a caveat in the list of hints since I’m getting quite a few green-bottled beer submissions
        • Hector 🤓6:25 · 2023-09-16T16:41:19.761Z
          Nice aha, thank you!
          • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓3:28 · 2023-09-19T14:40:46.237Z
            Fun, thank you! (Definitely heard of most of the drinks, except a 48A48APesto ingredient[-----] 50A50ATool for boring holes[------] — and definitely hadn't heard of BERLINER WEISSE GRUN.)
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            1. 1A
              Statistical diagram
            2. 6A
              "Reduce, ___, recycle"
            3. 11A
              Concealed
            4. 14A
              Celestial body with a tail
            5. 15A
              $100 bill, in old slang (the first letter refers to the Roman numeral for 100, hyph.)
            6. 16A
              Cool ___ cucumber (2 wds.)
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              Outbid at the last second, as on eBay
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              Real life
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              It's always greener on the other side, so they say
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              "Nighthawks" painter Edward
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              "Jurassic Park" director Spielberg
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              Marine biologist Sylvia featured in "Seaspiracy"
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              Plopped down
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              Chocolate substitute
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              Plunder
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              Prefix for "summer" in a Shakespeare title
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              "Either you do it, ___ will!" (2 wds.)
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              Gradually withdrawing (from)
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              Legal term for surrender claim to
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              Melbourne-based cruciverbalist Kieran Boyd (@kieranjboyd) or Ben Chenoweth (@benchen71), for example
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              Review writers or members of the peanut gallery
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              Controversial flavor enhancer in American Chinese food: Abbr.
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              "I tried so hard and got so far / But in the ___ it doesn't even matter" (Linkin Park)
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              ___ Major (Big Dipper constellation)
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              Siberian native
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              Lionel Messi's home nation: Abbr.
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              Pesto ingredient
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              Tool for boring holes
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              "Give me a sec" (3 wds.)
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              Shows signs of boredom
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              Most like the Cheshire Cat's grin (showing lots of pearly whites)
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              Like a dirty chimney
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              Directional suffix for "west"
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              Classic Puccini opera (anagram of TACOS)
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              Mistake
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              "Six-pack" muscles
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              "We're ___ Money" ("Gold Diggers of 1933" song performed by Ginger Rogers, 2 wds.)
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              Jumps over
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              Includes in an email, briefly
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              ___ Kong
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              "The Kite Runner" protagonist
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              Fancy word for meal
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              Method for checking a statistical hypothesis (hyph.)
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              Color TV pioneer
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              Optical illusion artist M.C. ___
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              Thus far (3 wds.)
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              Split pea, for one
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              Leg of a cycling race such as the Tour De France
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              Extremely terrifying story (hyph.)
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              "Das ___ gut!" (German for "That's good!")
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              "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" band Green ___
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              Acquires knowledge
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              Sworn to ___ (promised to keep information confidential)
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              Stunt guitarist for Frank Zappa
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              "Every cloud has a silver ___"
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              Double-___ sword
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              ___ Nevada (mountain range)
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              "It was me, I let the dogs out" and "I stole the cookie from the cookie jar"
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              Like many wild creatures or the name of a 2011 movie based on a classic fairy tale (with Beauty in its title)
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              Nickname for Wrigley Field hero Ernie Banks (2 wds.)
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              Org. in "The Six Million Dollar Man" whose second initial stands for Scientific
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              Month before the month in which Oktoberfest begins: Abbr.
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              "If ___ broke, don't fix it" (2 wds.)
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              Most flavored with a certain herb (popular in turkey stuffing and sausages)
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              It's "the word" when you're being silent
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              Tacky trinkets and knickknacks
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              On the clock (2 wds.)
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              "Chicago Hope" actress Christine
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              Assuages
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              Containment theory psychoanalyst Wilfred
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              Seaweed used to wrap onigiri (Japanese rice balls)
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              What The Supremes told us to do "in the name of love"
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              Green beverage like matcha or sencha
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              Valuable sphere sought in "Guardians of the Galaxy"
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              ___ kwon do (Korean martial art)
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              There are 100 of them in a century: Abbr.
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