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◆◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2022-12-27T05:00:51.766Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a computer-animated short film
Ewe will have to excuse the puns, but meta puzzles come in all sheeps and sizes. If I can ram the point home, this one is definitely on the herd side! But if you keep at it ewe will find the answer to the meta, which is a computer-animated short film. Happy new shear, everyone! Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=116386#p116386
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  • Meg 2s · 2022-12-27T14:50:43.061Z
    Now to backsolve!
    • rjy 11s · 2022-12-27T16:08:42.220Z
      Same… my love of Pixar had me try Boundin first, then Purl. But why? There are P, U, R, L kind of adjacent to the asterisked entries, but I couldn’t construct some sort of circle or oval that contained them, particularly starting from within the entries. At a loss for backsolving this…
      • dplass 8:29 · 2022-12-27T16:57:50.320Z
        Same and same
        • Meg 2s · 2022-12-27T17:25:32.496Z
          Pm me on the forum if you want a nudge. I don’t want to put the 4 things here because I think a lot of people will get the meta answer without seeing them and I don’t want to spoil anything.
        • Meg 2s · 2022-12-27T16:50:44.926Z
          I found them all! Thanks to a helpful Muggle.
        • Jaclyn 7:05 · 2022-12-27T21:15:03.921Z
          I also got the answer without knowing why. I did that with the MMM this week, too. Not sure what to make of that!
          • Darth 21:25 · 2022-12-27T22:01:02.041Z
            I got the answer via the metanism, but needed Google to confirm as a movie title. Thanks, Ben.
            • Joe 9:51 · 2022-12-27T22:46:04.373Z
              Same as Darth, I needed to Google once I got to the answer. My fault and not the puzzle's, certainly. But I'm a film nerd! Can't wait to watch it now.
              • benchen71 constructor · 2022-12-28T00:06:22.055Z
                Yes, it's available to watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6uuIHpFkuo
              • woozy 34:44 · 2022-12-27T23:33:44.970Z
                Okay...... so if we take the letters after the last letters in JIMBO and MENS, and the letters before the last letters in KEBS and JLO and we get P,U,R,L but... that can't be it.....
                • benchen71 constructor · 2022-12-28T00:07:17.089Z
                  Those are the meta answer letters. But there is a way to highlight them so there is no doubt whatsoever!
                • woozy 34:44 · 2022-12-27T23:30:28.364Z
                  Okay, not searching on films about sheep but about knitting. Okay. What the heck is the knitting circle supposed to mean.
                  I'd kind of like it if the BO's in JIMBO, HOBO, BORAT, etc. referred to little BO peep, but I know they don't.
                  • I K Snamhcok 1s · 2022-12-27T23:46:08.465Z
                    Like some here, I have the answer, and I see the P-U-R-L more or less contained, but I don’t yet understand the metanism. Meg, you may be hearing from me via PM. In the meantime, my wife — a knitter, not a puzzler — is taking a look.
                    • woozy 34:44 · 2022-12-27T23:54:10.236Z
                      Oh, I get it!
                      That's pretty hidden and hard to see. (BTW, is it spelled BOOTIE or BOOTY?)
                    • Dave C 3s · 2022-12-28T01:18:13.102Z
                      Don't have the mechanism yet...
                      • whimsy 🤓12:11 · 2022-12-28T03:37:47.730Z
                        Very intricately woven together, Ben! Got the mechanism, then enough of the answer to infer, and confirm on google. Finally found how to get the last letter; had been aiming for the wrong L!
                        • BarbaraK 3s · 2022-12-28T04:31:25.238Z
                          Wanted to put "stitch and bitch" in 40A; that's what I've always heard them called :)
                          Took a bit to parse that central clue. First thing I tried didn't work. (Looks like we're not posting spoilers here for the folks who guess the movie and then figure out the mechanism?) But once I got one I was sure of, the rest were easy enough to find.
                          • benchen71 constructor · 2022-12-28T05:42:11.458Z
                            It took a bit to write that central clue!
                          • wendy walker 3s · 2022-12-28T22:32:50.652Z
                            Barbara K turned me on to this puzzle as knitting is one of our mutual hobbies (along with, of course, meta puzzles). The movie looks terrific. Thanks, Ben!
                            • benchen71 constructor · 2022-12-28T23:51:13.283Z
                              You may have missed the post (https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?t=1990#p115794) but this puzzle was dedicated to you in thanks for creating the MMM prize and then sending it all the way to Australia!
                              • wendy walker 3s · 2022-12-30T01:28:27.034Z
                                Oh my gosh, Ben! That is so sweet of you! Today I came across the lengthy customs form for shipping the prize and I had the satisfaction of tossing it out, knowing the gift had safely reached its destination.
                            • DrTom 30:36 · 2022-12-28T22:23:24.373Z
                              The first time I filled in the grid and just went with the sheepy Pixar film I saw BOUNDIN. When that was not right I went back tp try to do it right, and this time I succeeded; guess I should not have been such a knit wit.
                              • benchen71 constructor · 2022-12-28T23:51:31.346Z
                                Groan!
                              • Dow Jones 3s · 2022-12-29T08:23:07.458Z
                                The metanism was hard to spot. Thanks for the nudges, Ben.
                                • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-12-29T14:40:22.954Z
                                  40A was helpful, but it still took me a while to find the letters. It wasn't until I Googled some short films that I saw it. Clever puzzle! Thanks.
                                  • Tyrpmom 10s · 2022-12-29T15:20:53.625Z
                                    So hidden! Even knowing exactly what to do they are hard to find.
                                    • Ergcat 19:15 · 2022-12-29T16:36:06.885Z
                                      Finally got it with the nudges. I hadn’t been looking for knitted items in the knitting circles. Very clever construction!
                                      • KayW 9:56 · 2022-12-29T17:40:42.975Z
                                        Got it with the nudges. And of course had to watch the film once I found it. Thanks Ben!
                                        • Carolyn 3s · 2022-12-30T17:28:04.927Z
                                          Thanks! Definitely needed the nudges.
                                          • Laura M 🤓27:14 · 2022-12-30T20:19:23.344Z
                                            Needed the nudges, I am very bad at this sort of meta. Cute little animated movie, I hadn't heard of it before!
                                            • Bbaack 14:18 · 2022-12-30T23:34:46.579Z
                                              Late to the party, but was nudged home. Thanks Ben, and Happy New Year!
                                              • Qmark 3s · 2022-12-31T18:18:58.511Z
                                                Thanks Ben! That's one I haven't seen...but I plan to check it out online today.
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                                                Wes Anderson movie, "The ___ Budapest Hotel"
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                                                  Wes Anderson movie, "The ___ Budapest Hotel"
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                                                  Title of the film with the subtitle "Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
                                                3. 11A
                                                  Big shot (abbr.)
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                                                  On the periphery
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                                                  Her most recent album was titled "30"
                                                6. 16A
                                                  Anger
                                                7. 17A
                                                  * One of the bullies in "The Simpsons", ___ Jones
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                                                  Make more pleasant
                                                9. 19A
                                                  "___ on your life!" (never!)
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                                                  Suffix for hero (if the hero is a she)
                                                11. 21A
                                                  21st in an alphabetised list of geometric exact locations
                                                12. 23A
                                                  * Part of a department store for those looking for "masculine" clothing
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                                                  ___ Entertainment, who produced "The Return of the Pink Panther" and "The Dark Crystal" (abbr.)
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                                                  Ear-related
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                                                  Battle scar
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                                                  "Seal" in French (or, if you would prefer, Georges ___, the international jurist and member of the United Nations International Law Commission from its inception)
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                                                  Region
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                                                  Vader's daughter
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                                                  Actor Morales and namesakes
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                                                  Groups of crafters who meet to discuss wool-related projects and exchange yarns, that start in the asterisked entries and what you need to look inside of to find the answer to the meta (although, to be honest, they are more like ovals)
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                                                  Itty-bitty
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                                                  Reps.
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                                                  Vagabond
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                                                  Curriculum vitae
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                                                  Auction house founded in London
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                                                  * Abbr. for the Bureau of Standards of Kenya
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                                                  "___ the land of the free..."
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                                                  Best Picture of 1958
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                                                  Make another request, for short
                                                30. 59A
                                                  * "Out of Sight" star, familiarly
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                                                  Praiseful poem
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                                                  Drug agent, slangily
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                                                  Cross-dressing Chinese warrior, as seen in a Disney animated film
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                                                  Lair
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                                                  "That's true; however..."
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                                                  Lake in Northern Finland, to Swedes
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                                                  Day after Fri.
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                                                  Takes a breather
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                                                  Cities, but before they get big enough to call a city
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                                                  Building that has seen better days
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                                                  "Come __, bro!" (let's start fighting)
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                                                  Wyo. neighbor
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                                                  "___ the ground, and give me 20!"
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                                                  Gurbani Judge, better known as VJ ___
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                                                  Vision-impaired Norse god (who makes up for it with his ravens, apparently)
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                                                  Verso's opposite
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                                                  Indigenous Alaskans
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                                                  Mathematical base that we all use all the time
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                                                  Climbing plant
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                                                  Main element in steel
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                                                  Teachers' favorites
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                                                  Japanese city on the Edo River, a center for the manufacture of textiles
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                                                  Bakery employee who adds the inscription to a cake
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                                                  One who disturbs a sleeping dog
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                                                  Wild water buffalo (Bubalus ___)
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                                                  "Take the ___" (steer, but in the days before cars)
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                                                  "99 Luftballons" singer
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                                                  Actor who originated the dual roles of the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical "Hamilton", Daveed ___
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                                                  Arabic name for the Egyptian balsam tree (and an anagram of "ballo")
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                                                  "___ omission" (leave out an important fact in order to foster a misconception)
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                                                  Land east of Westeros and north of Sothoryos and Ulthos
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                                                  Alternative name for the prelude in a play?
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                                                  Fourth herb in the Simon & Garfunkle song, but with its second letter removed for no other reason than to make this clue possible
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                                                  "How do ___ this thing?" (it's out of control!)
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                                                  It keeps your car in place, slangily
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                                                  Cyclist's protection
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                                                  Belgrade natives
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                                                  7 down and Thor, for example
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                                                  Thought or concept
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                                                  Someone who might might buy things in 23 across, for short
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                                                  "___ above the rest"
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                                                  Pans partners
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                                                  "The Hunger Games" star, familiarly
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                                                  "That'll ___ ya!"
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                                                  ___ and zeros (binary digits)
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                                                  Neither partner
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                                                  What you call when you only have a single card left in the game of the same name
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