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◆ · By kieranjboyd · Published 2023-10-21T00:10:15.587Z

Some hints for finding the meta once you've solved the crossword, but only if you really need help:
  1. Thirteen symmetrically-positioned entries are involved, including the two hints.
  2. Of the parts combined in order, over half are modified first, either by being converted, reduced, or redirected.
  3. Once you've assembled the meta string, you should know what to do with it (I certainly do).
    Still don't have it? Okay fine, the meta is the WEB SITE as follows: TINY + URL + . (DOT) + com (COMM) + / (SLASH) + y ("WHY") + 3 (THREE) + yhs (SHY, "Not forward") + 7 (SEVEN) + 4 (FOUR) + P ("PEE") - that all makes tinyurl.com/y3yhs74p
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  • Nick 🤓4:48 · 2023-10-21T01:14:23.944Z
    Very fun! Nicely constructed :) Still working on the right meta solution, I think . . .
    • Val Daquila 🤓5:31 · 2023-10-21T01:41:18.885Z
      Fun! It's been awhile since I've gotten that particular message.
      • Neathery 5:08 · 2023-10-21T14:41:55.408Z
        Thanks!
        • Philip Chow 5:04 · 2023-10-21T20:08:46.506Z
          Omg 😂😂😂
          • JR 🤓7:27 · 2023-10-21T20:41:59.555Z
            * 23D along *
            • T. G. 8:35 · 2023-10-22T21:04:43.538Z
              So good!!!
              • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓2:41 · 2023-10-23T00:38:21.728Z
                I am part of the way to the meta, but honestly I'm scared to enter shortened URLs without being sure they're related to this…
                • Account 🤓12:16 · 2023-10-23T17:15:44.729Z
                  This is the second time today that someone sent me there. Great job!
                  • ditfos 🤓6:49 · 2023-10-24T01:33:07.240Z
                    I solved the meta first try, and my reward was really something. Well done on an exceptional puzzle.
                    Play today's daily mini crossword
                    1A
                    Wee
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                    Across
                    1. 1A
                      Wee
                    2. 5A
                      Link, online
                    3. 8A
                      Irish moonshine
                    4. 10A
                      "I've told you ___ thousand times!"
                    5. 11A
                      Rouses
                    6. 12A
                      Nickname for Dorothy
                    7. 13A
                      The C of IOC, briefly [with a superfluous letter, in regards to the meta]
                    8. 14A
                      Cut, as in cloth or prices
                    9. 16A
                      One-word question [that sounds like a letter]
                    10. 17A
                      Blueprint
                    11. 19A
                      Ten minus 25A
                    12. 20A
                      LaKeith Stanfield's 'Atlanta' character
                    13. 22A
                      Not forward [that description also applies to how the letters of this answer contributes to the meta, literally]
                    14. 25A
                      Ten minus 19A
                    15. 26A
                      Event in a cricket game when the ball crosses the boundary after bouncing, scoring 26A points
                    16. 27A
                      Wee [this also sounds like a letter]
                    17. 28A
                      St. Louis sports team, familiarly (who must be pretty sheepish)
                    18. 31A
                      Slip up
                    19. 32A
                      Edmonton sports team (who must really love lubricating machinery)
                    20. 33A
                      Famed construction by Charlotte in children's literature [hint …]
                    21. 34A
                      Spot [… hint]
                    Down
                    1. 1D
                      Chuckie, Phil, and Lil's friend
                    2. 2D
                      Couple of tabloids?
                    3. 3D
                      'Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!' console
                    4. 4D
                      Still
                    5. 5D
                      Clear by undoing the work of a beaver
                    6. 6D
                      Stuart ___, American astronaut on Apollo 14 whose surname rhymes with "Medusa"
                    7. 7D
                      Wood strip
                    8. 8D
                      Tigger, Rabbit, and Eeyore's friend
                    9. 9D
                      Noms
                    10. 11D
                      Unscrewing direction (abbr.)
                    11. 15D
                      Sheltered side
                    12. 17D
                      Main religion of Japan (where I am now on holiday!)
                    13. 18D
                      Grand ___ (wine designation)
                    14. 19D
                      Uno e due
                    15. 20D
                      '____, John' (hypothetical Taylor Swift parody about a relationship with an agricultural pioneer)
                    16. 21D
                      "God is ___" (Buckminster Fuller poem that suggests divinity is found in action rather than things)
                    17. 22D
                      "… sugar is sweet, and ___ you!"
                    18. 23D
                      Contributes without knowing the words to a song
                    19. 24D
                      Mos. and mos.
                    20. 25D
                      Vomit
                    21. 26D
                      Sweat
                    22. 29D
                      Gendered towel designation
                    23. 30D
                      Yale student
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