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"Not a Creature Was Stirring..." (Meta)

◆ · By Abide · Published 2021-12-20T13:30:30.224Z

Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a Christmas carol.
Read other comments on the puzzle (or post your own) at this link https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?t=1358 (Nudges/hints are found on pages 3 and 4 of thread)
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  • Dplass 🤓6:34 · 2021-12-20T14:19:00.263Z
    Nice! Thanks for the puzzle.
    • kymike 3s · 2021-12-20T15:38:30.877Z
      WSJ meta worthy! Fun one.
      • boharr 7s · 2021-12-20T15:22:36.652Z
        Oh I struggle with phonetics. Always a challenge for me.
        • michaelm 🤓1:53 · 2021-12-20T15:53:27.527Z
          Thanks as always Peter and Happy Holidays!
          • Capn Rick 4s · 2021-12-20T16:46:16.412Z
            Fun one Peter! Thank you and happy holidays!
            • DIS 🤓7:01 · 2021-12-20T16:56:27.920Z
              Nicely done!
              • Carolyn 12s · 2021-12-20T16:57:58.852Z
                Very nice! Merry Christmas and thanks for the puzzle.
                • Meg 3s · 2021-12-20T17:30:29.290Z
                  Nice one!
                  • whimsy 🤓16:13 · 2021-12-20T17:32:08.981Z
                    Fun! I was first fooled by the clueing for 35D, and then from there I continued to be fooled into looking for M-O-U-S-E throughout the grid!
                    • Bbaack 17:59 · 2021-12-20T18:24:55.280Z
                      Very nice, thanks for the timely puzzle!
                      • Laura M 🤓14:04 · 2021-12-20T19:41:11.410Z
                        Cute!
                        • wendy walker 5s · 2021-12-20T21:55:43.554Z
                          Peter, this was brilliant. Thank you!
                          • I K Snamhcok 3s · 2021-12-20T21:58:40.485Z
                            Loved it! MC&HNY!!
                            • Abide constructor · 2021-12-21T01:55:25.602Z
                              Your name seems familiar... :)
                            • Hector 3s · 2021-12-20T21:48:09.768Z
                              Very nice. Thanks, Peter!
                              • minimuggle 🤓11:44 · 2021-12-20T22:36:18.114Z
                                Happy Holidays to all
                                • MamaEllen 2s · 2021-12-21T07:26:37.989Z
                                  Fun one! Merry Christmas 🙂
                                  • Qmark 7s · 2021-12-22T04:04:30.675Z
                                    Thanks!
                                    • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2021-12-22T22:59:50.898Z
                                      Great puzzle. Thanks, Peter!
                                      • Mike D 🤓6:23 · 2021-12-23T14:57:50.488Z
                                        Very nice!
                                        • Abide constructor · 2021-12-23T16:50:45.039Z
                                          And huge thanks for all you do Mike!
                                          • Mike D 🤓6:23 · 2021-12-23T18:20:02.136Z
                                            😊😊
                                        • William D 10:29 · 2021-12-23T16:01:57.002Z
                                          Nice puzzle thanks!
                                          • noneuclidean 🤓12:54 · 2021-12-24T02:30:04.539Z
                                            put in night at first and was momentarily confused about why it wasn't accepted... good one!
                                            • THC 🤓4:12 · 2021-12-25T14:25:04.769Z
                                              Happy Holidays!
                                              Play today's daily mini crossword
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                                              Operatic roles recorded by Callas (1953) and Moffo (1977)
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                                              1. 1A
                                                Operatic roles recorded by Callas (1953) and Moffo (1977)
                                              2. 7A
                                                Pricey ice chest
                                              3. 11A
                                                Baby billy
                                              4. 14A
                                                *Season when most Christmas shopping occurs
                                              5. 15A
                                                USPS info
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                                                Longoria or LaRue
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                                                Barbershop sharpeners
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                                                *Toymaking, for the Clauses, e.g.
                                              9. 20A
                                                Beavers leave them
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                                                Handheld console before Nintendo DS (hidden in "Pong ball")
                                              11. 22A
                                                Saint, to Kanye
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                                                With 51- Across, Christmas carol that is NOT the meta answer
                                              13. 25A
                                                Queen who courted Solomon
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                                                Buck, in retro slang
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                                                Way past the expiration date
                                              16. 31A
                                                Checked the box
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                                                Make like a mooch (or pooch)
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                                                Biloxi Shuckers, for one
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                                                *Holiday sparkler?
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                                                Words in a Twitter bio, perhaps
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                                                Birthplace of MLK
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                                                Like easy-to-get meds
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                                                Decathlete's many
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                                                Film crew assistant
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                                                Image consultants, for short
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                                                See 23-Across
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                                                Put to good ___
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                                                Place for a bud or stud
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                                                Untouchable Eliot
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                                                *"I've been good Santa, ___!"
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                                                Burst into flames
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                                                Helping hand
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                                                Loafer's bottom
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                                                *"Wait...are those reindeer hooves?"
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                                                "Jenny from the Block" singer, to fans
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                                                "___ queen!"
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                                                Didn't bolt
                                              Down
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                                                Prof.'s helpers
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                                                Not to be ___ (phrase describing someone going the extra mile)
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                                                Wandered off
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                                                Brothers in 2021 headlines
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                                                Intensifies, informally
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                                                Atomic symbols for tin
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                                                Start of Flintstone's yell
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                                                Foreign minister Shevardnadze known as "the face of Perestroika"
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                                                Joe Burrow scores 'em
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                                                Biometric ID method seen in spy movies
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                                                Special quality for detail
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                                                ER drippers
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                                                County prosecutors, for short
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                                                Part of a protestor's chant
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                                                " ___ while they're hot!"
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                                                Publish private info online
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                                                Capital of Tasmania
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                                                "Don't ___ jerk"
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                                                High USN rank
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                                                Bald baby
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                                                Honor roll stat
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                                                It's said to make you smile
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                                                Company that distills half the world's cognac
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                                                Being tried, in lawyerspeak
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                                                Gas treatment brand
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                                                Laugh syllable repeated after "hardy"
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                                                Major Madrid daily
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                                                Result of not eschewing the fat
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                                                One surrounded by raised glasses
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                                                Exotic dancer Lili St. ___
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                                                Bloats
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                                                Karaoke Night shout
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                                                Hush-hush org.
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                                                Funk icon Isaac (the other one)
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                                                The fifth pillar of Islam
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                                                Deep fryer liquid
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                                                Burnt-crisp link
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                                                They, in Calais
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                                                Fitting final entry
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