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PCC#6 "When One of Us Shines, All of Us Shine"

◆◆ · By Philip Chow · Published 2023-09-02T07:21:39.570Z

Meta Prompt
[Level 1] Meta prompt: The answer to the meta is a #1 song from the 1980s that would make an apt title for this puzzle
Note: Googling is encouraged as there are a lot of names in this puzzle - I apologize for the subpar fill... hope the payoff is worth it!
Hint #1: some solvers love them, some solvers hate them... rebus squares! but these aren't just ordinary rebuses
Hint #2: the rebus squares are bidirectional and contain characters from a TV show as well as a part of a plant
Hint #3: what is the shared surname of the TV show characters? (not the surname of the actors)
Hint #4: the band's name of the meta answer song is the answer to 41-Down
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Leaderboard (updated hourly)

  • emmie solved 2023-09-02T14:51:56.294Z
  • Mr Tex solved 2023-09-02T15:31:42.027Z
  • Nick solved 2023-09-02T16:46:37.242Z
  • damefox solved 2023-09-02T17:04:17.646Z
  • Hector solved 2023-09-02T17:22:15.755Z
  • T. G. solved 2023-09-02T17:28:35.604Z
  • Jim23809 solved 2023-09-02T17:40:09.360Z
  • FrankieHeck solved 2023-09-02T17:52:05.783Z
  • Paul S solved 2023-09-02T19:52:59.967Z
  • witchmina solved 2023-09-03T00:39:16.748Z
  • Slime Hudson solved 2023-09-03T02:29:35.298Z
  • LasersharpAurora solved 2023-09-03T13:54:38.296Z
  • merlinnimue solved 2023-09-03T17:39:01.178Z
  • Sendhil Revuluri solved 2023-09-03T17:44:58.876Z
  • Shivangi solved 2023-09-04T06:43:39.010Z
  • Larry Edelstein solved 2023-09-08T23:45:26.004Z
  • dooiemus solved 2023-09-11T11:22:42.055Z
  • kurtalert solved 2023-09-13T18:42:02.657Z
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  • emmie 🤓11:40 · 2023-09-02T14:52:06.294Z
    So fun!
    • Philip Chow constructor · 2023-09-03T18:48:03.783Z
      thank you for solving :)... i had this puzzle in reserve for a while (originally slotted it as a themed puzzle with the meta answer as the title, but figured i could retrofit or tweak most of my themed puzzles as metas by just adding a prompt)
    • T. G. 9:14 · 2023-09-02T17:28:54.191Z
      I feel A Chorus Line coming on....
      • Philip Chow constructor · 2023-09-03T18:39:32.795Z
        i love your chorus line series! i'm using it as inspiration for a future meta
        • T. G. 9:14 · 2023-09-03T22:21:52.275Z
          I am so excited for this!
      • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓6:00 · 2023-09-03T17:46:38.450Z
        Loved the puzzle! (My wife is a big fan of the show so that helped me not be totally confused… it's always rough when 1A doesn't register!) And I even got to the meta (the prompt should have been enough, but did make use of a hint!)
        • Philip Chow constructor · 2023-09-03T18:51:20.650Z
          thanks! my biggest concern was that either the show or the song would not be familiar enough... so i prefaced with "googling is encouraged"... it's a fun show... the title "when one of us shines, we all shine" is a quotable line from Moira in the show. I wanted to add an "Ew, David!" reference somewhere in the puzzle since that's much more iconic but figured repeating David again would look weird
        • merlinnimue 15:54 · 2023-09-03T17:46:00.954Z
          i was stymied by the rebus squares and did not know what to put in them (was it just one of the names? i put full "names")
          thanks for putting in the show references, otherwise i would have been up schitt's creek without a paddle
          • Philip Chow constructor · 2023-09-03T18:38:20.534Z
            that's a good point about how to enter the rebus squares... were you trying to put "ALEXIS/THORN" in the top left rebus? Crosshare doesn't support the slash (which i wanted to include) so i went with just having one directions for the solution (either the ROSE name or the THORN)... i'm going to go back and add ALEXISTHORN and THORNALEXIS as alt solutions in case anyone tries them... they look a bit clunky jamming it all into one square but it does illustrate the title much better - thank you for the feedback and for solving!
            • merlinnimue 15:54 · 2023-09-03T21:51:34.070Z
              for the record i put eg ALEXISTHORN
          • kurtalert 🤓9:01 · 2023-09-13T18:42:21.949Z
            hah, awesome. what a good show, great puzzle. thanks!
            Play today's daily mini crossword
            1A
            She played Rory Gilmore in "Gilmore Girls" and Emily Malek in "The Handmaid's Tale"
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            Across
            1. 1A
              She played Rory Gilmore in "Gilmore Girls" and Emily Malek in "The Handmaid's Tale"
            2. 8A
              Memorable line in "The Shining" that Jack Nicholson ad-libbed in reference to Ed McMahon's "Tonight Show" catchphrase
            3. 14A
              Colorful African bird also called a banana eater (anagram of "our coat")
            4. 15A
              Small version of a dog breed that can be chocolate, yellow, or black
            5. 16A
              Admit, as a wrongdoing
            6. 17A
              Pope who initiated the First Crusade (whose regnal name is Country singer Keith and whose regnal number is the second)
            7. 18A
              One of 60 billion in a min.
            8. 19A
              Helen ___ who had "the face that launched a thousand ships"
            9. 21A
              Home of Tel Aviv: Abbr.
            10. 22A
              Suffix with "palm" or "amor"
            11. 24A
              Sacred river in Coleridge's "Kubla Khan" that sounds like a furry 1980s TV alien
            12. 25A
              Give ___ to (acknowledge silently)
            13. 26A
              Baseball Hall-of-Famer Mel
            14. 27A
              🤣🤣🤣
            15. 29A
              "I Will Wait" band Mumford & ___
            16. 30A
              U.S. 66, for one
            17. 31A
              Colorado NHL team, for short
            18. 32A
              Village People hit whose title completes the line "It's fun to stay at the..."
            19. 34A
              Musical pause: Var.
            20. 36A
              Like Swiss mountains
            21. 40A
              [I'm shocked!]
            22. 42A
              "Much ___ About Nothing"
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              Opposite of bottom
            24. 44A
              "Seasons in the Sun" songwriter Jacques
            25. 47A
              Work laboriously on
            26. 49A
              Cool ___ cucumber
            27. 50A
              Impose, as a tax [or real-life father/son Eugene and Dan who played TV father/son Johnny Rose and David Rose on "Schitt's Creek"]
            28. 51A
              Weasel relative
            29. 52A
              Prefix for "copter"
            30. 54A
              Coach Parseghian of Notre Dame football
            31. 55A
              Feudal underling (which is 55-Down plus two vowels inserted)
            32. 57A
              "The end is ___!" (apocalyptic warning)
            33. 59A
              Summons in a loud voice
            34. 61A
              Showy flower that is one letter off from the name of the band with the hit "Smooth"
            35. 63A
              Cottage cheese brand
            36. 64A
              "Ohh... that finally makes sense"
            37. 65A
              She portrayed Kate Moseley in "The Cutting Edge" and voiced Nala in "The Lion King"
            38. 66A
              Symbol featured on the flag of 21-Across
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              "Sling Blade" actor Billy Bob or "Our Town" playwright Wilder
            2. 2D
              Fan-made, anthropomorphized, and gender-swapped version of a Super Mario villain with horns and fangs
            3. 3D
              Ornamental crescents (French for "little moons")
            4. 4D
              Fancy medical term for "burp"
            5. 5D
              Fist bump, in slang
            6. 6D
              Opposite of endo-
            7. 7D
              Shower sponge scrubbers
            8. 8D
              Protaganist and friend of Baymax in "Big Hero 6" with an alliterative name
            9. 9D
              Phonetic term used by some nonbinary people
            10. 10D
              Narrow inlet
            11. 11D
              Pacific weather phenomenon with a Spanish name
            12. 12D
              Belgian style of brew (French for "season")
            13. 13D
              Colleen McCullough novel, with "The" (best-selling book in Australian history)
            14. 15D
              Kind of bed that folds into a wall [or actress Annie who played Alexis Rose on "Schitt's Creek"]
            15. 20D
              LOL, WTF, SMH, or 20-Down
            16. 23D
              "Gone With the Wind" family name [or actress Catherine who played Moira Rose on "Schitt's Creek"]
            17. 25D
              "Now!"
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              Tolkien creature
            19. 28D
              Phrase you might hear on International Talk Like a Pirate Day
            20. 33D
              Fabric
            21. 35D
              Not attractive (like some of the fill in this grid... I'm so sorry)
            22. 37D
              Rosemary Clooney song "Mambo ___"
            23. 38D
              Nothing to suggest, as foul play
            24. 39D
              Govt. pollution watchdog
            25. 41D
              Skull-and-crossbones stuff
            26. 42D
              Strong chemical bases derived from metals found in group 1 of the periodic table
            27. 44D
              Sloe-bearing bush whose fruit is used to flavor gin (and whose name starts with a color)
            28. 45D
              Seed again, as a tournament bracket
            29. 46D
              Measure of central tendency in probability theory (in which the "e" stands for expected)
            30. 48D
              ___ and outs
            31. 53D
              "Abandon hope all ye who ___ here"
            32. 55D
              Outdoor camping flask manufacturer who gets its name from a hollow container used to hold liquid with all the vowels removed
            33. 56D
              Stand the test of time
            34. 58D
              Prickly shrub with red berries that sounds like Nathaniel who wrote "The Scarlet Letter"
            35. 60D
              So-called "bad" cholesterol (HDL is the "good" one)
            36. 62D
              Teacher's union: Abbr.
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