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These Puns Go to Eleven
◆ · By Mikey G · Published 2022-11-11T23:12:19.118Z
Meta Prompt
[Level 2] The 11-letter answer to the meta is a word that describes how I write my clues.
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- Hector solved 2022-11-12T00:21:37.046Z
- Meg solved 2022-11-12T13:15:45.324Z
- HeadinHome solved 2022-11-12T13:46:43.682Z
- Cindy Weatherman solved 2022-11-12T14:08:41.584Z
- boharr solved 2022-11-12T14:12:51.035Z
- spotter solved 2022-11-12T15:03:01.668Z
- Myelbow solved 2022-11-12T16:31:59.768Z
- KayW solved 2022-11-12T18:58:04.585Z
- oldjudge solved 2022-11-12T19:52:44.785Z
- ChrisCross solved 2022-11-12T22:16:37.773Z
- Laura M solved 2022-11-12T23:53:09.393Z
- I K Snamhcok solved 2022-11-13T00:03:07.302Z
- whimsy solved 2022-11-13T00:15:35.880Z
- FrankieHeck solved 2022-11-13T00:26:58.875Z
- Abide solved 2022-11-13T00:47:53.174Z
- Mr Tex solved 2022-11-13T03:56:41.628Z
- edestlin solved 2022-11-13T17:28:43.930Z
- andeux solved 2022-11-13T19:43:12.309Z
- lbray53 solved 2022-11-14T00:17:52.890Z
- Jim Dean solved 2022-11-14T01:01:50.228Z
- Darth solved 2022-11-14T01:24:29.009Z
- DJB solved 2022-11-14T01:55:26.480Z
- Alex Sisti solved 2022-11-14T14:18:41.912Z
- Schmeel solved 2022-11-14T20:26:47.706Z
- Gutman solved 2022-11-14T21:07:35.207Z
- DIS solved 2022-11-15T16:37:07.483Z
- JHSeeman solved 2022-11-16T14:46:09.897Z
- benchen71 solved 2022-11-16T22:33:11.835Z
- Bbaack solved 2022-11-16T22:49:59.111Z
- dplass solved 2022-11-17T02:36:27.614Z
- Darrell solved 2022-11-17T03:54:47.870Z
- BrennerTJ solved 2022-11-17T16:58:08.174Z
- woozy solved 2022-11-17T17:37:38.525Z
- Capn Rick solved 2022-11-17T18:26:16.878Z
- Dow Jones solved 2022-11-17T18:40:53.547Z
- Pair O Ducks solved 2022-11-18T08:13:05.304Z
- LesY solved 2022-11-18T12:26:14.052Z
- DrTom solved 2022-11-18T13:10:34.928Z
- syd solved 2022-11-18T15:44:26.729Z
- Cindy Heisler solved 2022-11-19T23:28:17.322Z
- BarbaraK solved 2022-11-20T00:01:36.577Z
- markhr solved 2022-11-20T00:09:51.428Z
- Frisco17 solved 2022-11-20T19:25:51.811Z
- Tyrpmom solved 2022-11-24T05:51:44.662Z
Comments
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- Hector 3s · 2022-11-12T00:23:19.222ZThanks! Fun solve.
- Meg 2s · 2022-11-12T13:16:03.599ZNice Aha!
- HeadinHome 🤓18:03 · 2022-11-12T13:48:56.621Z(*KNEW)
- HeadinHome 🤓18:03 · 2022-11-12T13:47:52.870ZI anagrammed to get the answer, but it wasn’t difficult (know to put LY at the end). Was there a method to the letter order that I overlooked? This must have been quite a challenge to pull off… bravo!
- If there was a way to do that, I maybe could've thought of that! Maybe first appearance of each letter from top to bottom? I was so harried trying to make sure only those 11 letters appeared and figured, as you did, LY pretty much goes at the end - and if you know I'm FACETIOUS at everything, that helps!So, yeah, although not ideal, just a basic anagram this time. :)
- Well, the vowels are in order, with y at the end. What a showoff!
- HeadinHome 🤓18:03 · 2022-11-14T11:46:00.553ZI got no problem with a basic anagram! just have found that when I resort to it, I’m often missing an elegance that others see. I cannot imagine how you did this with only 11 letters!
- whimsy 🤓14:11 · 2022-11-13T00:19:40.278ZMy story too! :D
- boharr 3s · 2022-11-12T14:13:33.115ZDon't repeat yourself or anything. Haha.
- ChrisCross 🤓12:17 · 2022-11-12T22:17:32.995ZWow. Incredible
- I K Snamhcok 3s · 2022-11-13T00:03:46.656ZCool! Thanks, Mikey!
- Laura M 🤓10:11 · 2022-11-12T23:54:49.509ZNice construction!
- whimsy 🤓14:11 · 2022-11-13T00:21:02.176ZOh my goodness! What a laugh!Thank you for it, Mikey!
- To saucy life!
- HeadinHome 🤓18:03 · 2022-11-14T11:47:18.982Zvery clever, Peter!!
- Darth 🤓13:13 · 2022-11-14T01:25:29.387ZLol. Loved it! Thanks, Mikey.
- Darth 🤓13:13 · 2022-11-14T01:29:57.788ZHey Mikey, I solved the puzzle, but it didn't register it on the leader board. I got a message to sign in with Google. Was it possible that I didn't have that little box checked when I submitted my answer?
- Bbaack 🤓13:21 · 2022-11-16T22:52:33.244ZI relied on the hints to free the cat. Very nice construction, thanks for the fun!
- Nudge 4: I am never going to solve puzzles where I have to note that letters aren't used.Good puzzle. Lot's of fun!
- Late to the party, but I finally got it with the nudges. Nice one, Mikey!
- Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-11-19T23:30:24.335ZI can't believe that is the answer. Right from the beginning that was my answer, but I couldn't figure out the mechanism to justify it. Then I saw the nudges -- aha!!! Another great one, Mikey!!
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- 1AMinor place?
- 5AFish make great band members because they know all the ___
- 11AIt'll come before "you forget"
- 12A"Well, aren't you a fancypants?"
- 13AWhen I want to see footage of people having a nice "trip," I tune into the ___
- 15A"Grey ___" (Elton John tune)
- 16AHe just wanted to leave, but then his wife got all salty
- 17ASee 35-Down
- 19AType of sauce
- 22AThe feuding optometrists could never ___
- 27AHHH
- 28AResolve
- 29ASinging syllables (I won't demonstrate)
- 30ACrosswordese golfer Aoki
- 31ASmart people?
- 33AGoals for candidates
- 37A"You said I couldn't produce this attaché all by myself, but I think I've made my ___"
- 39ABit of animation
- 40ALabor over
- 43ASecond word in the nation whose capital is Ouagadougou
- 44AI just wrote a set of classical compositions about working in a cubicle; it's the ___
- 46AOne-kind link (or Pun-Kind, as far as I'm concerned!)
- 47ALow digit
- 48ASecond word in a rhyming cocktail
- 51ASnowman in "Frozen" who says "Oh, look at that...I've been impaled" (what people solving my puzzles say as well)
- 54AMy friends are bickering about who gets access to the restricted area, but I'm going to ___
- 58AKeys
- 59ACryptic time! "Kansas town in violation (4)"
- 60ADances or dips
- 61A"11 Items or ___" (oddly specific advice I followed when creating this puzzle's grid)
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- 1DTV character whose original name was Gordon Shumway
- 2DRed and others
- 3DMan, for one (semi-dupe with 58-Across but you'll live)
- 4DThey're full of legends
- 5DFa-la link (again, I'm not singing)
- 6DAnthracite
- 7D"And, then..."
- 8DA band's final gig of the night, say
- 9DPeyton's brother
- 10DType of fly
- 14D"Great Compromiser" Henry who really "sculpted" a lot of legislation LOL
- 18D"___ of the D'Urbervilles" (1892 Thomas Hardy novel)
- 20DPopeye says, "Olive her!"
- 21D"___-haw!"
- 22DWard of "Gone Girl," and I want to read the book version soon (no spoilers!)
- 23DCryptic time! "List shortener that gets back late (4)"
- 24DAssuage
- 25DNeedle
- 26DChiwere speaker
- 30D"The Love Boat" bartender that greets visitors to the Muggles forum
- 32DMIV/IV
- 34DCruciverbalists' favorite 4-letter food that is not OREO (probably healthier too)
- 35D17-Across, for one
- 36DBlackthorn
- 38DThis is a real dele breaker (I'm hilarious)
- 40DExcessively
- 41D"Didn't you turn on the lights already?" "Yeah, something seems ___"
- 42DMaybe not even
- 43DHeat source
- 45DSanta can use the chimney - it'll ___ him just fine!
- 49DThey have it!
- 50DScintilla
- 52D"He makes no friend who never made ___" (Tennyson line)
- 53DSon, near the Seine
- 54D"___ boom bah" ("the sound made when a sheep explodes" in a classic Johnny Carson sketch)
- 55DScreening org.
- 56DPreamble to the Constitution?
- 57DThey're often grad students, briefly
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