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In Space No One Can Hear You Scream (Meta)

◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2022-08-16T05:40:16.025Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a song title
Noises in space movies/shows really annoy me. Pew pew! Kaboom! Bah humbug! Even a hard sci-fi show like "The Expanse" (which is absolutely excellent in every other respect and you should definitely watch it if you haven't already) falls afoul of this problem. So get stuck into this meta puzzle to find out: i) which show got it right, and ii) the answer to the meta which is a song title. Answer and explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=103459#p103459
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  • Dow Jones 3s · 2022-08-16T06:52:24.549Z
    Fun one, Ben !! Great song. Thanks for sharing this puzzle.
    • woozy 19:38 · 2022-08-16T07:15:01.646Z
      Fun! Easy. And I love that show.
      • benchen71 constructor · 2022-08-16T22:43:25.010Z
        It was the best!
      • Laura M 🤓12:17 · 2022-08-16T07:12:44.657Z
        Great puzzle! Love 42A so much! (By any chance was this meta inspired by the recent Only Murders in the Building?)
        • benchen71 constructor · 2022-08-16T12:21:14.239Z
          No. This was constructed ages ago. But I smiled while watching that episode knowing this puzzle was coming up!
        • dplass 10:23 · 2022-08-16T11:23:45.153Z
          Nice.
          • hoover 3s · 2022-08-16T12:17:05.745Z
            Ha! That was actually running through my head as I was solving the grid!
            • benchen71 constructor · 2022-08-16T22:43:12.212Z
              That's cool!
            • Meg 9s · 2022-08-16T12:17:29.541Z
              Nice!! A great Tuesday morning challenge.
              • boharr 4s · 2022-08-16T13:24:24.794Z
                Enjoyed it. Thanks.
                • Tyrpmom 2s · 2022-08-16T15:45:59.224Z
                  Fun one. Thanks.
                  • DIS 🤓11:31 · 2022-08-16T17:40:33.595Z
                    Really nice construction -- lots of fun!
                    • Gutman 2s · 2022-08-16T19:17:10.557Z
                      Listen to the version by Disturbed
                      • lbray53 4s · 2022-08-16T21:49:08.314Z
                        Totally agree. And I was a huge fan of the original.
                        • benchen71 constructor · 2022-08-16T22:42:53.876Z
                          Yes, that's a great cover.
                        • JHSeeman 4s · 2022-08-16T21:10:00.652Z
                          Fun puzzle and Meta. Thanks
                          • kieranjboyd 🤓9:19 · 2022-08-16T23:11:21.967Z
                            Wasn't expecting to see Zoë Coombs Marr in a crossword today! I'm sure Dave would be confused but chuffed. Nice one!
                            • benchen71 constructor · 2022-08-17T01:12:14.636Z
                              Definitely obscure. But there's enough in the clue for Google to help everyone else!
                            • ReB 5s · 2022-08-16T23:15:52.451Z
                              Fun and a relief after earlier near misses. Your helpful clue hints guided my way. Very appropriate answer.
                              • DrTom 3s · 2022-08-17T00:39:24.103Z
                                Ben, GREAT puzzle. Once I got over trying desperately to overcomplicate it (and did I EVER), the beauty appeared. I tried so hard to tie song titles with the word BLACK to every entry. I mean what else could the Wicked Witch be than a "Black Magic Woman" and Identical half - well Black is Black, Furry family friend = Black Dog...I could go on. But the mastery showed in the simplicity and how well everything tied together. As my Brit fiends say to me "Good Effort"
                                • benchen71 constructor · 2022-08-17T01:13:29.418Z
                                  Glad you made it in the end! After the reveal, I'll talk about the two earlier versions of this puzzle. Your experience is proof that I made the right decision!
                                  • DrTom 29s · 2022-08-19T04:14:44.493Z
                                    Well. I'll look forward to that.
                                • Tom Wilson 12:12 · 2022-08-17T03:56:53.661Z
                                  I'd better not miss this one: Tom Wilson was the producer on that song!
                                  • Ergcat 15:19 · 2022-08-17T15:29:24.767Z
                                    Thanks, Ben! Great song and clever tie-in with your space theme!
                                    • Cindy Heisler 1s · 2022-08-17T20:58:24.558Z
                                      Great meta. I love the song. Thanks, Ben.
                                      • Bbaack 21:24 · 2022-08-18T00:41:33.838Z
                                        Fun one, and brought up some nice memories!
                                        • Carolyn 37:48 · 2022-08-20T02:07:32.225Z
                                          Oops, forgot the actual name of the song! Thank goodness for second tries. Finally got back to this after being exiled from our home for termite fumigation. Nice meta!
                                          • benchen71 constructor · 2022-08-20T04:14:43.720Z
                                            I allowed for four possible answers: SOUND OF SILENCE, THE SOUND OF SILENCE, SOUNDS OF SILENCE and THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE. I didn't want anyone getting that close and then thinking they were in a rabbit hole. Or did you try something completely different?
                                            • Carolyn 37:48 · 2022-08-22T19:29:36.542Z
                                              No, I tried "Hello Darkness....." without thinking about the actual song title. Immediately figured it out. Not a problem.
                                          • Qmark 4s · 2022-08-20T14:32:16.942Z
                                            Challenging fill but fun mechanism...thanks Ben!
                                            • Sharkicicles 2s · 2022-08-20T16:23:47.230Z
                                              I got it at HELLO DARK and then proceeded to enter the wrong S&G song 2 or 3 times.
                                              • emmie 11:30 · 2022-08-21T16:42:12.523Z
                                                Amazing!
                                                • I K Snamhcok 1s · 2022-08-23T16:00:54.823Z
                                                  Came to this one late. (Was traveling.) Probably already revealed, but still fun. Good one, Ben!
                                                  • kurtalert 12:43 · 2022-08-25T16:05:06.966Z
                                                    Great one! Thanks Ben!
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                                                    Violet's brother in a family of supers
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                                                      Violet's brother in a family of supers
                                                    2. 5A
                                                      Hardrock band, known for their face paint, stage outfits and * greeting involving a cheek
                                                    3. 9A
                                                      Boo's nickname for Sully in "Monsters Inc." and * a fictional character popular in Japan
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                                                      Sea eagle
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                                                      Louisiana tribe
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                                                      Prime minister of Pakistan, ___ Khan (and a very well-known cricketer to Aussies of my vintage!)
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                                                      Close at hand
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                                                      Grow weary
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                                                      "This is not ___" (Rene Magritte's famous painting's more common name)
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                                                      Author, ___ Jong
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                                                      Margaret Mitchell novel, "___ with the Wind" that has * dropped off the digital scene
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                                                      Stone and Bronze, for two, or * medieval times
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                                                      Caviar source
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                                                      Brandy ___, popular snacks in Australia similar to Italian cannoli
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                                                      Whisky producer since 1814, ___ Lomond Distillery, or * another Scottish body of water
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                                                      "___ by any other name...", namely * the first name of the woman who becomes the Wicked Witch of the East in "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West"
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                                                      Border
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                                                      Number that most amps go up to (but not Spinal Tap's!)
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                                                      "I'm ___ this. Can you give me a hand?"
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                                                      Him in French (see 30 down)
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                                                      One of the only sci-fi shows to handle space correctly as far as audio is concerned
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                                                      Vietnamese-Australian painter (and an anagram of HAN)
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                                                      Discontinued peer-to-peer file sharing application that was used to share music back in the day
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                                                      Spanish aunt
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                                                      Suffix for juli- (producing a word often associated with carrots)
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                                                      River of North Rhine-Westphalia and * a speculative philosophy that aimed to transmute base metals into gold
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                                                      Young lady in * a Macaulay Culkin movie
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                                                      Plumbing issues
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                                                      Recording studio effect that makes everything more "echoey"
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                                                      Identical * half of a saying that laments how situations remain unchanged
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                                                      Hotel employee who might play * a card game with one too many cards to form a full set of pairs
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                                                      Google phone (latest version is the 6a)
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                                                      Come ___ (mature)
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                                                      Wife of Osiris in Egyptian mythology
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                                                      Classical portico or roofed colonnade
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                                                      Chris de Burgh song, "Lady ___"
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                                                      Bout enders, for short
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                                                      Trump son that Stephen Colbert impersonates by first drying his upper teeth with a finger
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                                                      Person who likes to dress up in costume as an animal like * the family pet, for example
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                                                      Z in DMZ and * an unfortunate place to be when unrequited love is also involved
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                                                      Polio vaccine developer, Jonas ___
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                                                      First-magnitude star in the constellation of Cygnus
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                                                      Large west African tree
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                                                      Animal known for its lack of speed
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                                                      Agatha Christie's Belgian detective, ___ Poirot
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                                                      Actress who plays Darcy in the first two Thor movies, ___ Dennings
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                                                      Beatnik's "Understood!"
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                                                      Period of time after an eclipse, when the Sun, Earth, and Moon return to approximately the same relative geometry so that a nearly identical eclipse will occur (thanks, Wikipedia, I learned something new today!)
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                                                      Reddish-brown pigment named after a city in Tuscany
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                                                      Korean automaker
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                                                      What I hope you don't hit searching for the answer to the meta
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                                                      Branch of mathematics known for SOHCAHTOA
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                                                      Sticky ___ (in Australia); Scotch ___ (in the US)
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                                                      Chemistry suffixes used to denote the presence of a triple bond
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                                                      In the past
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                                                      What "shell-like" refers to in Cockney slang
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                                                      When Romeo first meets Juliet
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                                                      Steven Wright comedy album, "I Have a ___"
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                                                      Sa in English (see 41 across)
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                                                      Scottish actor, ___ McGregor, known for holding the high ground
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                                                      Large deer species
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                                                      Artist ___ Lipa, whose album "Future Nostalgia" won the Grammy for "Best Pop Vocal Album" in 2021
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                                                      Location in Egypt known for its pyramids
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                                                      Anagram of 36 across
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                                                      Michigan city, ___ Arbor
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                                                      With 60 down: "Take me out to ___, Tell them I ain't comin back" (lyrics from the theme to 42 across, and where to find the answer to the meta)
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                                                      Turn toward
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                                                      "Did you say pig, or ___?" said the Cat ("Alice In Wonderland" quotation)
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                                                      Where a dragon keeps its pile of gold
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                                                      One making an accusation
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                                                      Many Las Vegas impersonators
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                                                      Pork product often served at Christmas time (honey-glazed! Mmmmmm!)
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                                                      Name that means "storm" in Basque
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                                                      Agent, for short
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                                                      Star Trek captain played by Avery Brooks, Benjamin ___
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                                                      Additional
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                                                      Lubricate again
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                                                      See 40 down
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                                                      Useful French phrase meaning "I'm thirsty", "j'ai ___"
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                                                      Association Français pour les Nations Unies, for short
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                                                      Australian comedian, Zoe Coombs ___
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                                                      Singer, Celine ___, who won Eurovision singing for Switzerland
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                                                      Ice cream maker, Joseph ___
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                                                      Opposite of NNW
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