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Like Magic (Meta)

◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2021-11-02T05:00:00.174Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is an adjective
We're all fascinated by magicians: sleight of hand, misdirection, smoke, mirrors, and elaborate mechanical devices. Well, this meta has all of those things and more! Your task is to work out how it's done and come up with the answer to the meta, which is an adjective. Answer and explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?t=1274&p=72908#p72908
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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  • benchen71 constructor · 2021-11-02T05:00:00.174Z
    I went back and forth on this one. On the one hand, it breaks the interlocking rule; so I tried to do a version that eliminated that problem. Then I noticed that two of the key meta words weren't symmetrical; that was too important, so it was back to non-interlocking. Forgive me!
    • Meg 3s · 2021-11-02T14:04:31.143Z
      Easy peasy (nice for a MOAT)
      • boharr 3s · 2021-11-02T15:14:00.388Z
        Much fun. Thanks
        • whimsy 🤓17:46 · 2021-11-02T17:55:09.491Z
          Rules, pfft! It's all about the fun - which it was!
          • Mike D 6:01 · 2021-11-02T19:10:13.832Z
            Really fun meta mechanism! The grid was overall super smooth though I did run into some trouble in the NE corner
            • Bird Lives 4s · 2021-11-04T18:45:23.417Z
              Not difficult but satisfying, especially the immortal hand or eye aspect. But no allusion to early rap?
              Play today's daily mini crossword
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              Steeped leaf beverage
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              1. 1A
                Steeped leaf beverage
              2. 4A
                Lead singer of Radiohead, ___ Yorke
              3. 8A
                Limited edition designer collectible figure
              4. 14A
                Hairpiece, slangily
              5. 15A
                Warrior princess
              6. 16A
                Capital city of Punjab province, Pakistan
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                Exist
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                After that
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                Band with obvious Greek influences, ___ To Cashmere
              10. 20A
                Type of poisonous toad taking over eastern Australia
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                Received an F
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                Dinners specifically designed for children
              13. 27A
                Orb of the face
              14. 29A
                What you do to a thirst
              15. 30A
                Town in Shrek with the best welcome song ever ("Wipe your... face!")
              16. 33A
                Question
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                Characters that might appear 120 degrees clockwise from XII
              18. 37A
                Resident of Tibet's capital
              19. 39A
                "I will be crystal clear about this" (with "for you", the prospective meta solver)
              20. 43A
                What I hope you have avoided when filling out this grid
              21. 44A
                Actor who made her cinematic debut opposite Eddie Murphy in "Imagine That", ___ Shahidi
              22. 45A
                "The ___ is cast" (Caesar, after crossing the Rubicon)
              23. 46A
                As slow as a ___
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                What you get a lot of in crswds
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                Large body of water
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                Longtime moderator of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"
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                Over, but slangily
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                "I did it for the ___"
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                Wallace's silent canine sidekick
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                Win by a ___ (just a bit)
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                Cosmetics company, Mary ___
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                The Red Baron, for example
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                To do with the mouth
              34. 69A
                Member-owned organization that helps Aussies save for future education costs (abbr.)
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                Comic relief in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Nick ___
              36. 71A
                ___ of the woods
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                Child's frequent question
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                "Let's make ___!" (leave)
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                European train network
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                A hidden one can cause relationship issues
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                SMS
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                Laugh sound, but you're not rolling on the floor
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                Single
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                Gender-specific sickness
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                Flight of the Concords show within a show, "___ the Racist Dragon"
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                Addams Family actor, ___ Julia
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                Number of blind mice in a nursery rhyme
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                "See?"
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                Close friend of Waititi (and Thompson?)
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                "I agree" (but slangily)
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                What "Polar" replaced in a popular Australian ice cream treat in 2020
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                US communication system for those who cannot hear
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                "Sid ___ Civilization" series of computer games
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                "I'm going for ___ in the ocean."
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                Jacob's brother
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                Earthenware vessel used by the Pueblo
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                Former French president, Jacques ___
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                Nautical unit (abbr.)
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                Equivalent of ISBN, but for journals
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                Drum played by the Moorish people of North Africa
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                Illuminator in an electronic circuit
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                Greek equivalent of Discordia, goddess of strife
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                Children's arboreal construction
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                Country singer, ___ Lovett
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                Transportation statistic (abbr.)
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                Type of clothing patch
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                Retired network television journalist and author, Tom ___
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                Slangy word for a friendship (or put an eyelid accessory back on again)
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                Jungian term for a union of opposites
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                Set as a goal
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                One-named singer for the Velvet Underground (an anagram of COIN for those of you born after 1988)
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                Brangelina or Bennifer, for example
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                Gift of the ___
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                Animated movie about a Brazilian macaw now unfortunately extinct in the wild
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                Unprocessed mine material
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                Cul-de-___ (dead end)
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                Yellowstone Park animal
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