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

· By Abide · Published over 1 year ago

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 · over 1 year ago
    Nice! Thanks for the puzzle.
    • kymike 3s · over 1 year ago
      WSJ meta worthy! Fun one.
      • boharr 7s · over 1 year ago
        Oh I struggle with phonetics. Always a challenge for me.
        • michaelm 🤓1:53 · over 1 year ago
          Thanks as always Peter and Happy Holidays!
          • Capn Rick 4s · over 1 year ago
            Fun one Peter! Thank you and happy holidays!
            • DIS 🤓7:01 · over 1 year ago
              Nicely done!
              • Carolyn 12s · over 1 year ago
                Very nice! Merry Christmas and thanks for the puzzle.
                • Meg 3s · over 1 year ago
                  Nice one!
                  • whimsy 🤓16:13 · over 1 year ago
                    Fun! I was first fooled by the clueing for 35D
                    35DIt's said to make you smile[------]
                    , and then from there I continued to be fooled into looking for M-O-U-S-E throughout the grid!
                    • Bbaack 17:59 · over 1 year ago
                      Very nice, thanks for the timely puzzle!
                      • Laura M 🤓14:04 · over 1 year ago
                        Cute!
                        • wendy walker 5s · over 1 year ago
                          Peter, this was brilliant. Thank you!
                          • I K Snamhcok 3s · over 1 year ago
                            Loved it! MC&HNY!!
                            • Abide constructor · over 1 year ago
                              Your name seems familiar... :)
                            • Hector 3s · over 1 year ago
                              Very nice. Thanks, Peter!
                              • minimuggle 🤓11:44 · over 1 year ago
                                Happy Holidays to all
                                • MamaEllen 2s · over 1 year ago
                                  Fun one! Merry Christmas 🙂
                                  • Qmark 7s · over 1 year ago
                                    Thanks!
                                    • Cindy Heisler 2s · over 1 year ago
                                      Great puzzle. Thanks, Peter!
                                      • Mike D 🤓6:23 · over 1 year ago
                                        Very nice!
                                        • Abide constructor · over 1 year ago
                                          And huge thanks for all you do Mike!
                                          • Mike D 🤓6:23 · over 1 year ago
                                            😊😊
                                        • William D 10:29 · over 1 year ago
                                          Nice puzzle thanks!
                                          • noneuclidean 🤓12:54 · over 1 year ago
                                            put in night at first and was momentarily confused about why it wasn't accepted... good one!
                                            • THC 🤓4:12 · over 1 year ago
                                              Happy Holidays!
                                              1A
                                              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
                                              6. 16A
                                                Longoria or LaRue
                                              7. 17A
                                                Barbershop sharpeners
                                              8. 18A
                                                *Toymaking, for the Clauses, e.g.
                                              9. 20A
                                                Beavers leave them
                                              10. 21A
                                                Handheld console before Nintendo DS (hidden in "Pong ball")
                                              11. 22A
                                                Saint, to Kanye
                                              12. 23A
                                                With 51- Across
                                                51ASee 23-Across[---------]
                                                , Christmas carol that is NOT the meta answer
                                              13. 25A
                                                Queen who courted Solomon
                                              14. 28A
                                                Buck, in retro slang
                                              15. 29A
                                                Way past the expiration date
                                              16. 31A
                                                Checked the box
                                              17. 32A
                                                Make like a mooch (or pooch)
                                              18. 34A
                                                Biloxi Shuckers, for one
                                              19. 35A
                                                *Holiday sparkler?
                                              20. 38A
                                                Words in a Twitter bio, perhaps
                                              21. 41A
                                                Birthplace of MLK
                                              22. 42A
                                                Like easy-to-get meds
                                              23. 45A
                                                Decathlete's many
                                              24. 47A
                                                Film crew assistant
                                              25. 50A
                                                Image consultants, for short
                                              26. 51A
                                                See 23-Across
                                                23AWith 51- Across, Christmas carol that is NOT the meta answer[---------]
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                                                Put to good ___
                                              28. 54A
                                                Place for a bud or stud
                                              29. 55A
                                                Untouchable Eliot
                                              30. 56A
                                                *"I've been good Santa, ___!"
                                              31. 59A
                                                Burst into flames
                                              32. 61A
                                                Helping hand
                                              33. 62A
                                                Loafer's bottom
                                              34. 63A
                                                *"Wait...are those reindeer hooves?"
                                              35. 64A
                                                "Jenny from the Block" singer, to fans
                                              36. 65A
                                                "___ queen!"
                                              37. 66A
                                                Didn't bolt
                                              Down
                                              1. 1D
                                                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
                                              10. 10D
                                                Biometric ID method seen in spy movies
                                              11. 11D
                                                Special quality for detail
                                              12. 12D
                                                ER drippers
                                              13. 13D
                                                County prosecutors, for short
                                              14. 19D
                                                Part of a protestor's chant
                                              15. 21D
                                                " ___ while they're hot!"
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                                                Publish private info online
                                              17. 24D
                                                Capital of Tasmania
                                              18. 26D
                                                "Don't ___ jerk"
                                              19. 27D
                                                High USN rank
                                              20. 30D
                                                Bald baby
                                              21. 33D
                                                Honor roll stat
                                              22. 35D
                                                It's said to make you smile
                                              23. 36D
                                                Company that distills half the world's cognac
                                              24. 37D
                                                Being tried, in lawyerspeak
                                              25. 38D
                                                Gas treatment brand
                                              26. 39D
                                                Laugh syllable repeated after "hardy"
                                              27. 40D
                                                Major Madrid daily
                                              28. 42D
                                                Result of not eschewing the fat
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                                                One surrounded by raised glasses
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                                                Exotic dancer Lili St. ___
                                              31. 46D
                                                Bloats
                                              32. 48D
                                                Karaoke Night shout
                                              33. 49D
                                                Hush-hush org.
                                              34. 52D
                                                Funk icon Isaac (the other one)
                                              35. 56D
                                                The fifth pillar of Islam
                                              36. 57D
                                                Deep fryer liquid
                                              37. 58D
                                                Burnt-crisp link
                                              38. 59D
                                                They, in Calais
                                              39. 60D
                                                Fitting final entry
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