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◆ · By woozy · Published 2023-04-03T07:27:33.452Z

Okay, this isn't a meta but it should be fun. And there is a challenge to figure out. It's just not a cypher.
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  • whimsy 🤓24:47 · 2023-04-06T01:32:06.812Z
    Quite interesting and cute! Managed to get it all with no google but then did go back to check some I didn't know the actual titles of -- Monsoon, which ended up being one of my favorites (along with those parakeets on the Orient Express! :))
    • KayW 16:24 · 2023-04-06T03:12:24.345Z
      This was as fun as a meta once I figured out what to do. Thanks!
      And I win the 14A contest. I gave up and revealed the grid because I looked it over several times and couldn't find anything "wrong". I had OUTCLOD instead of OUTPLOD LOL.
      • KayW 16:24 · 2023-04-06T03:49:15.198Z
        I really liked RAINDROP WEDDING, BUILDING, and TREE GUMP. Very clever de-pluralizations! (Metropolis- the 80s Moroder version- was a favorite of mine too. I might rewatch tonight if I can stay awake)
        • KayW 16:24 · 2023-04-06T03:51:25.987Z
          and of course A CROW ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS- brilliant!
          • woozy constructor · 2023-04-06T23:05:22.093Z
            I can't take credit for either the idea of depluralizing movies or A CROW ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, or TREE GUMP or LION AND PREJUDICE. But I can and do take credit for thinking to make a crossword out of this, and BUILDING, and RAINDROP WEDDING (and all the ONES and PERSONS).
            If we can to TV shows I'd have liked to have done "One creature of an indeterminate size" but... well, there are limits.
        Play today's daily mini crossword
        1A
        (1995) Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt hunt a serial killer
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        1. 1A
          (1995) Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt hunt a serial killer
        2. 4A
          (1968) The Odd ------: Gene Saks adaptation of the Niel Simon play
        3. 10A
          (1963) Semi-autobiographical movie directed by Fredrico Fellini
        4. 13A
          Japanese computer giant
        5. 14A
          Beat an opponent in a contest to see who is slowest and tedious
        6. 16A
          High rocky offshore island of Rotuma, Fiji
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          Moody rock genre that becomes a fish if you add a letter to it
        8. 18A
          Milan Opera House
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          Mil. branch that fights on the seas
        10. 20A
          (1999) The ---- Sense: A young boy perceives dead people
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          (1987) Steve Martin and John Candy struggle to get home for Thanksgiving
        12. 24A
          Cereal
        13. 26A
          The quality of being egg-shaped
        14. 27A
          (2001) -------- Wedding: Much ado about the preparations for an Indian marriage ceremony
        15. 31A
          It's prime factors are II and CCLI.... and it's square free.
        16. 32A
          What a texter thinks
        17. 33A
          More dry.
        18. 35A
          (1974, 2017) ----- on the Orient Express: There have been many adaptations of this Agatha Christie mystery. The 1974 version brought back the lovely Lauren Bacall while the 2017 featured an increasingly sophisticated Penelope Cruz. Don't make me choose.
        19. 39A
          From whence one hears 28D
        20. 41A
          Listless boredom that drives me to create crosswords
        21. 43A
          Slippery. Like a fish.... like a snake-like fish
        22. 44A
          (2006) ----- on a Plane: A reptile gets on an aircraft. The title says it all.
        23. 46A
          Corrects and revises
        24. 48A
          Abbreviation for an paper in Ohio.... It's serves the Dayton community. It comes out daily. It reports the News....
        25. 49A
          Monogram of the author of "Wuthering Heights" if her middle name wasn't Jane but something like Louisa or Lydia or something like that
        26. 51A
          (1965) Jason Robards, Barbara Harris. Comedy drama about an unconventional single man who faces losing custody of his 12-year old nephew.
        27. 53A
          (1927) Fritz Lang's masterpiece about a futuristic divide between workers and elite.
        28. 57A
          "---'s Books" Telegraph avenue icon in Berkeley, Ca since 1959
        29. 58A
          Poetic foot that is self descriptive. Two short syllables followed by a long stressed syllable.
        30. 59A
          (1940, 2015) ---- and Prejudice: Adaptations of Jane Austin's classic.
        31. 62A
          Mathematical notation denoting the concept of a function approaching a limit (sorta, not really...)
        32. 63A
          Acupressure massage
        33. 67A
          Chemical symbol for calcium oxide
        34. 69A
          Response to something really cool
        35. 70A
          To sleep, perchance -- -----
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          Brown shade
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          (1968) Stanley Kubrick's Space Odyssey
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          (2010) Action; dir. Scott Stewart, starring, Peter Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Adrianne Palicki. A roadside diner is attacked by a demonic force and an archangel saves them.
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          (1979) Blake Edward's comedy where Bo Derek is a perfect ... well, I guess she's phoning it in these days.
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        1. 1D
          (2006) Historical action film about the Battle of Thermopylae
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          Fish that becomes a moody rock genre if you remove a letter from it
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          Joke clue: a request to send money to a Nigerian prince. Serious clue: a course that should tell you never to send money to a Nigerian prince
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          Multi-pieced items
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          The United States in France
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          GPS suggestions
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          The entry would not be accepted in the Scrabble Players Championship.
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          King of Norway, 1957-91
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          What gasoline for U.S. passenger cars has been required to have since 1996
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          1/16 of a pound
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          Cryptonomicon author Stephenson and namesakes
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          Roof overhangs
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          National flower of Mexico
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          --- Chaney. Man of a thousand faces
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          Where to put a severed finger
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          (1994) ---- Gump: Tom Hank's plays a simple man who experiences all historic events of the 50s through the 70s.
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          Opportunity for potential adopters to visit and look over an available pet; similar to what a realtor will do with a house on the weekend, but with a canine.
        18. 27D
          Tears
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          Enthusiastic agreement
        20. 29D
          Hawkeye State
        21. 30D
          River 95 miles (153 kilometers) long in northwestern France flowing north into the Bay of the Seine (gotta love Merriam-Websters)
        22. 34D
          Spoil forever
        23. 36D
          Second try
        24. 37D
          What 38D is according to the first clue
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          A runic letter used in Middle English to represent a labio-velar approximant. ... Too obsure? Okay, Actor who played Uncle Albert in "Mary Poppins"
        26. 40D
          A smart slap with the palm of the hand
        27. 42D
          (1993) Schindler's ----: An industrialist rescues a persecuted Jew in Hitler's Germany
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          Card player who is dealt to first
        29. 47D
          In a spread sheet with many variables, where you would enter the data for the 19th variable
        30. 50D
          Only chess piece that can never move to a square of a different color
        31. 52D
          Flowered neckware
        32. 53D
          Bear in "The Jungle Book"
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          Labor group
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          Rather formal answer to "Are you that guy?"
        35. 56D
          An influx of the 14th letter?
        36. 60D
          "Hey, Little Dog. Go get ----bunny". What I'd say to my Little Dog when I wanted her to get the toy of the rabbit with eight legs. (Sniff. I miss my Little Dog sooooo much....)
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          Tandoor bread
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          Companion to DEP at an airport
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          French possessive familiarly
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          Portuguese for saint
        41. 68D
          (2003) Drama. Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed. A mother's relationship with her daughter becomes strained as the girl enters... toddler-hood?
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