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· By Pandora's Blocks Weekly Meta Crossword · Published 2022-06-12T12:55:21.352Z

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The answer to this week's meta is a drink brand.
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  • Capn Rick 🤓8:18 · 2022-06-12T13:32:32.727Z
    Nice one, Will!
    • Schmeel 2s · 2022-06-12T14:07:18.222Z
      Fun puzzle!
      • Hector 3s · 2022-06-12T13:49:22.666Z
        Really liked this one. Thank you!
        • Mwoychick 🤓1:58 · 2022-06-12T14:20:16.599Z
          Thanks for the puzzle, Will - I didn’t solve last week’s but I got this one!
          • Qmark 7s · 2022-06-12T14:55:00.707Z
            Another fun mechanism, Will!
            • I K Snamhcok 3s · 2022-06-12T14:43:21.018Z
              Good one!
              • William D 🤓10:11 · 2022-06-12T14:54:58.143Z
                Nice one! Thanks for the puzzle!
                • DebbieC 🤓19:07 · 2022-06-12T15:24:02.882Z
                  Lovely! Just the right amount of challenge for a Sunday morning. Thanks for the wake-up.
                  • Abide 🤓13:36 · 2022-06-12T15:15:25.938Z
                    Just right difficulty....cheers🥂🥃🍹🍷
                    • Sfull411 🤓5:08 · 2022-06-12T16:02:59.227Z
                      Thanks for the puzzle. Good fun!
                      • Bbaack 🤓17:11 · 2022-06-12T15:44:15.480Z
                        That was a fun one, thanks!
                        • boharr 5s · 2022-06-12T16:06:28.847Z
                          Fun one
                          • dplass 9:09 · 2022-06-12T16:29:53.728Z
                            Got it on the second guess....now to whine,er , I mean, find, the mechanism.
                            • Caroline 🤓7:29 · 2022-06-14T17:17:02.794Z
                              Same... I must be partway there because I deduced the answer, but I cant make it click.
                            • Joe 🤓14:53 · 2022-06-12T16:39:47.393Z
                              Nice one. Perfect difficulty level for my sleepy brain today.
                              • wendy walker 10s · 2022-06-12T16:18:47.964Z
                                Lots of fun, Will! Thanks!
                                • hoover 🤓7:30 · 2022-06-12T18:36:21.784Z
                                  Now I'm thirsty!
                                  • CPJohnson 7s · 2022-06-12T18:21:02.583Z
                                    Thanks, Will!
                                    • MamaEllen 2s · 2022-06-12T19:22:31.543Z
                                      Finally! I’ve been in a rut!
                                      • Tyrpmom 3s · 2022-06-12T19:59:10.557Z
                                        Refreshing
                                        • MARR71 3s · 2022-06-12T21:09:06.919Z
                                          OMG two weeks in a row with no hints. Love Will's metas!
                                          • Bird Lives 4s · 2022-06-12T20:55:33.014Z
                                            Cheers!
                                            • KayW 🤓7:30 · 2022-06-12T22:32:27.683Z
                                              Fun! Thanks, Will!
                                              • ReB 4s · 2022-06-13T01:50:55.722Z
                                                Interesting that we had "mixed drinks" as the unstated second-step theme.
                                                • whimsy 🤓17:36 · 2022-06-13T02:29:58.680Z
                                                  Still haven't figured out how to get the last letter but lots of fun getting the first five! Thanks, Will!
                                                  • MajordomoTom 🤓11:10 · 2022-06-13T03:01:43.857Z
                                                    Bra >> Brandy >> Deny >> E
                                                    • dplass 9:09 · 2022-06-13T21:10:57.882Z
                                                      Wow. No wonder I couldn't figure out the mechanism... whoosh right over me head.
                                                      • MajordomoTom 🤓11:10 · 2022-06-13T23:13:07.336Z
                                                        ... by looking at all words with an "E" in them, extracting said "E", and seeing if the remaining letters would do anything as a libation with either "SHELF" or "BRA". Obviously, the "BRA" was what I was looking for (and we can stop there if you want to).
                                                        • dplass 9:09 · 2022-06-14T18:52:12.960Z
                                                          Oh I meant I don't know what the mechanism is for ANY48A"At ___ given moment..."[---] of them...I just guessed a 6 letter drink brand...
                                                        • MajordomoTom 🤓11:10 · 2022-06-13T23:11:31.305Z
                                                          I had to back solve that one.
                                                    • MajordomoTom 🤓11:10 · 2022-06-13T03:00:46.247Z
                                                      took a bit of help from Will, got a bit "mixered up" in some of my attempts.
                                                      • Katiedid 🤓8:32 · 2022-06-13T04:04:03.305Z
                                                        Yay, a two week streak! Fun, but for me, it was harder than last week's.
                                                        • Jeff G 5s · 2022-06-13T11:32:54.837Z
                                                          Excellent meta! Thanks Will!
                                                          • DrTom 3s · 2022-06-13T16:32:30.158Z
                                                            Nice bit of prestidigitation Will, enjoyed it once I caught on!
                                                            • THC 🤓7:27 · 2022-06-13T17:59:56.170Z
                                                              A good drink selection.
                                                              • Flinty Steve 3s · 2022-06-13T20:33:53.937Z
                                                                Clever!
                                                                • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-06-14T00:43:41.203Z
                                                                  Cheers, Will!
                                                                  • hbxwords 🤓4:00 · 2022-06-14T02:27:52.280Z
                                                                    Wow, tricky!
                                                                    • Jimbo 🤓19:41 · 2022-06-14T17:10:12.771Z
                                                                      Great meta -- classic hidden-in-plain-sight mechanism. Thanks you.
                                                                      • Burakodrama 2s · 2022-06-15T03:37:22.877Z
                                                                        Good one! I like how all the drinks are half-finished, gives the puzzle a nice tidiness.
                                                                        I guessed the mechanism right away, but I needed Google to figure out half the drinks. Bra was especially tricky lol. Highball I had no idea, I tried High Tea for a while.
                                                                        I'm glad Will asterisked the clues because US Mint would probably mess with a whole lot of solvers (Mint Tea? Mint Julep?)
                                                                        • Meta World Peace 4s · 2022-06-16T02:00:22.360Z
                                                                          Just when you think all the ways to clue AREA2DThe most popular wrong answer submitted to last week's puzzle (which you could indeed calculate by multiplying length by length)[----] have been used up, you crowdsource one more! ;)
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                                                                          1. 1A
                                                                            Agreements
                                                                          2. 6A
                                                                            Its flag features a beehive
                                                                          3. 10A
                                                                            Snow or snap follower
                                                                          4. 13A
                                                                            ___ Belt (constellation)
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                                                                            Only
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                                                                            Tack on
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                                                                            Stinging plant
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                                                                            Nearly*
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                                                                            Fish with a long snout
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                                                                            Finish a gymnastics routine, say
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                                                                            Had a meal
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                                                                            Moneymaker
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                                                                            White, Red, Sky or Woo follower in pro ball
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                                                                            Rainy day fund*
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                                                                            "Choosy moms choose" it
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                                                                            Prefix with -chief or -take
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                                                                            "Sweet ___" (Robert Burns poem)
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                                                                            Not fully reset, as a firearm*
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                                                                            Chica
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                                                                            Person hearing business pitches on an ABC show
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                                                                            Its flag features stars, stripes, and circles
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                                                                            Subject of a Fox show that aired from 2009-2015*
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                                                                            Looks over quickly
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                                                                            "___-haw!"
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                                                                            It's a bit of a breakfast staple
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                                                                            Through the roof*
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                                                                            "At ___ given moment..."
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                                                                            Brain ___
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                                                                            "Me too!"
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                                                                            Assist with a crime
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                                                                            "Ready, ___, go!"
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                                                                            Built-in feature of some camis and tank tops*
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                                                                            Entirely
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                                                                            Jennings of "Jeopardy!"
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                                                                            Nobel Prize-winning chemist Fischer
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                                                                            Superb view
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                                                                            Shifty
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                                                                            Dollar : United States :: ___ : Oman
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                                                                            ___ mix (hiker's snack)
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                                                                            Game that involves tossing table tennis balls into Solo cups
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                                                                            The most popular wrong answer submitted to last week's puzzle (which you could indeed calculate by multiplying length by length)
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                                                                            It might give you lemons
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                                                                            Tater ___
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                                                                            Show with a "Weekend Update" segment
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                                                                            They recently (finally!) won pay that's equal to their male counterpart, for short
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                                                                            Jack of ___ trades
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                                                                            Waited, temporarily
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                                                                            You might be asked to rate it on a scale of 1 to 10
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                                                                            Have the ___ on
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                                                                            You might be prescribed Adderall for it
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                                                                            Former baseball commissioner Bud
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                                                                            Axe
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                                                                            Director Lee of "Life of Pi"
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                                                                            Swiped
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                                                                            ___ Without Hats ("Safety Dance" group)
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                                                                            Notably soft material
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                                                                            Persistently annoying
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                                                                            April 15th submission option
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                                                                            Luxury piece of living room furniture
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                                                                            The ___ on the cake
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                                                                            Smidge
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                                                                            Canadien, to hockey fans
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                                                                            Car, in Caracas
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                                                                            Kill, or kill it
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                                                                            Small shanty
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                                                                            Certain evergreen
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                                                                            Part of GPS, for short
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                                                                            ___ the forest for the trees
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                                                                            Actress McGrath of "Dracula"
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                                                                            "You've got mail!" company
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                                                                            League littler than Little League
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                                                                            Poses a question
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                                                                            Author Silverstein
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                                                                            Make like Shaggy, say
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                                                                            Opera solo
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                                                                            Small ornamental case
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                                                                            Price to pass
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                                                                            Initialism where the I stands for Index
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                                                                            Big name in crosswords, for short
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                                                                            Prefix meaning three
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