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· By benchen71 · Published 2024-02-06T05:00:57.537Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a 4-word phrase heard in the context of advice giving
I'm really hoping this one turns out to be fun; I certainly had fun putting it together! The answer to the meta is a 4-word phrase heard in the context of advice giving. Answer & explanation: https://xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=156711#p156711
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here: https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about/interest4.html. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!
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  • SamKat9 🤓9:30 · 2024-02-06T06:52:53.774Z
    haha, this was clever. Thanks Ben!
    • Laura M 🤓9:40 · 2024-02-06T08:27:30.338Z
      Fun! Had to think about it for a minute, the first thing my brain came up with was "put yourself in my place" which obviously wasn't quite it!
      • benchen71 constructor · 2024-02-06T09:18:32.765Z
        That's 5 words! :-)
      • lbray53 2s · 2024-02-06T13:54:51.231Z
        I had Between You and I even though I knew that was incorrect grammatically. I should have known better! Fun puzzle.
        • ajk 9:12 · 2024-02-08T16:53:24.973Z
          yeah I considered that one too, but discarded it for the reason you mention. Was tempting though. :)
        • Darth 17:56 · 2024-02-06T13:53:55.583Z
          Fin pizzle, Ben! Thanks! :D
          • benchen71 constructor · 2024-02-06T20:19:08.260Z
            Nuce!
          • Dave C 3s · 2024-02-06T14:18:30.550Z
            At first I wanted something "I ____for you"...
            • hoover 2s · 2024-02-06T14:16:18.096Z
              Ha ha! Looked at the themers for a few seconds and said, ya know, ....
              • DCBilly 🤓1:47 · 2024-02-06T14:32:11.809Z
                Made me think of "Nothing Compares 2 U"
                • Ergcat 12:35 · 2024-02-06T14:44:13.927Z
                  Clever puzzle! Thanks, Ben!
                  • Capn Rick 🤓9:52 · 2024-02-06T14:32:38.896Z
                    Good one, Ben! Very clever.
                    • MatthewL 🤓9:25 · 2024-02-06T15:26:52.700Z
                      Tried "in my humble opinion" first, but then saw the correct answer. Clever. And, learned something new -- never heard of a RUSK before. Thanks for the puzzle, Ben!
                      • benchen71 constructor · 2024-02-07T00:26:14.250Z
                        Apparently, when I was a baby I really enjoyed vegemite-flavoured rusks. And people wonder why we Aussies like vegemite! :D
                        • ajk 9:12 · 2024-02-08T16:54:35.279Z
                          Pretty sure that violates the Geneva conventions 😂
                      • KayW 12:01 · 2024-02-06T18:51:07.875Z
                        That WAS fun - thanks Ben!
                        • HeadinHome 🤓6:44 · 2024-02-06T19:12:55.290Z
                          This solution had to percolate down. I knew I was looking for a phrase about I and U, but it took a little while. “Better U than I” and “I was once U” occurred to me. Also “U are where I was,” but frustratingly 5 words not 4. This was a fun one!
                          • Carolyn 3s · 2024-02-06T19:35:50.522Z
                            Very clever. Saw it right away but it took a bit to come up with the correct wording!
                            • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓4:30 · 2024-02-06T21:33:53.944Z
                              Fun, thank you!
                              • whimsy 🤓14:38 · 2024-02-06T23:54:03.993Z
                                Would you believe the first thing I did was to try to find out what UMHO was an acronym for! 😂 So.... 5 i's but 4 words... and then it hit me! Yes -- very fun! Thanks, Ben!
                                • benchen71 constructor · 2024-02-07T00:24:27.475Z
                                  I was hoping the aha moment would be a good one with this puzzle!
                                • Philip Chow 8:43 · 2024-02-07T03:32:57.431Z
                                  loved it! and your sneaky trap of "IMHO" fits the prompt dammit... this has been in the NYTimes before which helped me come up with the wording (once as the title to a sunday puzzle and once as a revealer)... i like yours a lot more because all the themers fit with advice-giving so it's as tight as ever
                                  • benchen71 constructor · 2024-02-07T20:03:16.149Z
                                    Thanks, Philip. This is indeed essentially just a themed crossword disguised as a meta by making what should have been the puzzle title the meta answer and coming up with a slightly more obscure title! :-)
                                  • DrTom 6s · 2024-02-07T16:17:02.623Z
                                    VERY satusfyung! I entered DO AS I SAY and DO AS I DO, but then the wordplay hut me luke a ton of brucks. Thanks for the puzzle!
                                    • ajk 9:12 · 2024-02-08T16:52:51.969Z
                                      Took me a couple of days to come up with the right phrase, even though I knew instantly it was likely to be something with I and you. (I did try IMHO spelled out first, just in case). Fun idea, thanks.
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                                      "___ we forget"
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                                      Across
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                                        "___ we forget"
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                                        With 9 across: Steal teething biscuits from babies?
                                      3. 9A
                                        See 5 across
                                      4. 14A
                                        Returning sound
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                                        "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For ___" (book by Oliver Sacks)
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                                        Give advice, such as the theme entries in this crossword
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                                        Opera highlight
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                                        Belly button accumulation
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                                        Place to stay (if you have a car)
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                                        Move your investment dollars elsewhere?
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                                        Strong desires
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                                        Rita ___-Waititi
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                                        Moody music genre
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                                        Likely will
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                                        Faux ___
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                                        Bolivia's capital
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                                        Jr.'s son, perhaps
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                                        13 down in English
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                                        Avail yourself of an additional burro?
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                                        Half of the base times height, for a triangle
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                                        Lawyer (abbr.)
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                                        Mathematician who solved the Konigsberg Bridge problem
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                                        Get ___ of (discard)
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                                        "King of Cocaine", Pablo ___
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                                        Joan Cusack's actress sister
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                                        Physicians, for short
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                                        "And that's just one of its many ___"
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                                        Expand one's cranial capacities?
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                                        "Spanglish" actress, Tea ___
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                                        ___-dieu (prayer bench)
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                                        "___ and the Last Dragon" (Disney animated movie)
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                                        Pachacutec, for example
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                                        Yemeni port
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                                        Scottish valley
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                                        With 67 across: Create one deadly sin?
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                                        See 66 across
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                                        Effortlessness
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                                        Page of a book
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                                        Shade of beige
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                                        Lower leg
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                                        Sycophant
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                                        Pointy ends of an eagle
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                                        Buddhism doctrine of nonviolence
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                                        Orson Welles role
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                                        Vapor___ (Venetian boat)
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                                        1989 biographical film depicting the story of a Salvadoran archbishop
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                                        "When you wish ___ star..."
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                                        Construction area
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                                        Was familiar with
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                                        37 across in French
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                                        Grab forcibly
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                                        Out
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                                        "Enigma Variations" composer
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                                        Father of the husband of 24 across, for example
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                                        Chose
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                                        Prefix with -gram or -graph
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                                        Spanish uncle
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                                        Pop singer, ___ Abdul
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                                        "I Still Call Australia Home" singer/songwriter, Peter ___
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                                        Serious and unrelenting, like the back of a boat
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                                        Band that sang the theme song for "The Living Daylights" (they weren't one hit wonders; really!)
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                                        Dallas school (abbr.)
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                                        Impudent (but in a good way)
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                                        And so on (abbr.)
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                                        Jason Mantzoukas' character on "The Good Place"
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                                        Countess Mountbatten of Burma
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                                        Hides the most important piece of a story within other distracting information
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                                        Thumbs-up
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                                        "Glass Onion" actress, Janelle ___
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                                        Power glitch
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                                        "The Notebook" actress, ___ Rowlands
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                                        Between a ___ and a hard place
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                                        Australia's national gemstone
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                                        Pakistani language
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                                        Damien Chazelle movie, "___ Land"
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                                        Caustic chemicals
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                                        Of sound mind
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                                        Calculus abbr.
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