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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
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- SamKat9 🤓9:30 · 2024-02-06T06:52:53.774Zhaha, this was clever. Thanks Ben!
- Laura M 🤓9:40 · 2024-02-06T08:27:30.338ZFun! 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!
- I had Between You and I even though I knew that was incorrect grammatically. I should have known better! Fun puzzle.
- yeah I considered that one too, but discarded it for the reason you mention. Was tempting though. :)
- Dave C 3s · 2024-02-06T14:18:30.550ZAt first I wanted something "I ____for you"...
- hoover 2s · 2024-02-06T14:16:18.096ZHa ha! Looked at the themers for a few seconds and said, ya know, ....
- DCBilly 🤓1:47 · 2024-02-06T14:32:11.809ZMade me think of "Nothing Compares 2 U"
- Ergcat 12:35 · 2024-02-06T14:44:13.927ZClever puzzle! Thanks, Ben!
- MatthewL 🤓9:25 · 2024-02-06T15:26:52.700ZTried "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!
- HeadinHome 🤓6:44 · 2024-02-06T19:12:55.290ZThis 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 · 2024-02-06T19:35:50.522ZVery clever. Saw it right away but it took a bit to come up with the correct wording!
- whimsy 🤓14:38 · 2024-02-06T23:54:03.993ZWould 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!- I was hoping the aha moment would be a good one with this puzzle!
- 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
- 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! :-)
- 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!
- 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
- 1A"___ we forget"
- 5AWith 9 across: Steal teething biscuits from babies?
- 9ASee 5 across
- 14AReturning sound
- 15A"The Man Who Mistook His Wife For ___" (book by Oliver Sacks)
- 16AGive advice, such as the theme entries in this crossword
- 17AOpera highlight
- 18ABelly button accumulation
- 19APlace to stay (if you have a car)
- 20AMove your investment dollars elsewhere?
- 23AStrong desires
- 24ARita ___-Waititi
- 25AMoody music genre
- 28ALikely will
- 31AFaux ___
- 34ABolivia's capital
- 36AJr.'s son, perhaps
- 37A13 down in English
- 38AAvail yourself of an additional burro?
- 42AHalf of the base times height, for a triangle
- 43ALawyer (abbr.)
- 44AMathematician who solved the Konigsberg Bridge problem
- 45AGet ___ of (discard)
- 46A"King of Cocaine", Pablo ___
- 49AJoan Cusack's actress sister
- 50APhysicians, for short
- 51A"And that's just one of its many ___"
- 53AExpand one's cranial capacities?
- 60A"Spanglish" actress, Tea ___
- 61A___-dieu (prayer bench)
- 62A"___ and the Last Dragon" (Disney animated movie)
- 63APachacutec, for example
- 64AYemeni port
- 65AScottish valley
- 66AWith 67 across: Create one deadly sin?
- 67ASee 66 across
- 68AEffortlessness
Down
- 1DPage of a book
- 2DShade of beige
- 3DLower leg
- 4DSycophant
- 5DPointy ends of an eagle
- 6DBuddhism doctrine of nonviolence
- 7DOrson Welles role
- 8DVapor___ (Venetian boat)
- 9D1989 biographical film depicting the story of a Salvadoran archbishop
- 10D"When you wish ___ star..."
- 11DConstruction area
- 12DWas familiar with
- 13D37 across in French
- 21DGrab forcibly
- 22DOut
- 25D"Enigma Variations" composer
- 26DFather of the husband of 24 across, for example
- 27DChose
- 29DPrefix with -gram or -graph
- 30DSpanish uncle
- 31DPop singer, ___ Abdul
- 32D"I Still Call Australia Home" singer/songwriter, Peter ___
- 33DSerious and unrelenting, like the back of a boat
- 35DBand that sang the theme song for "The Living Daylights" (they weren't one hit wonders; really!)
- 37DDallas school (abbr.)
- 39DImpudent (but in a good way)
- 40DAnd so on (abbr.)
- 41DJason Mantzoukas' character on "The Good Place"
- 46DCountess Mountbatten of Burma
- 47DHides the most important piece of a story within other distracting information
- 48DThumbs-up
- 50D"Glass Onion" actress, Janelle ___
- 52DPower glitch
- 53D"The Notebook" actress, ___ Rowlands
- 54DBetween a ___ and a hard place
- 55DAustralia's national gemstone
- 56DPakistani language
- 57DDamien Chazelle movie, "___ Land"
- 58DCaustic chemicals
- 59DOf sound mind
- 60DCalculus abbr.
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