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Bird Blind

◆◆ · By woozy · Published 2022-08-27T08:41:29.164Z

Meta Prompt
This is a meta puzzle. It has an answer.
Okay. The grid is kind of tough. I have more the usual number of "woozyisms" (cobbled multiword phrases with surreal clues to make the unnatural phrases have some logistical meaning) and more acronyms than I like. I did the grid before I had learned a few tricks.
The meta is... I don't know. I think the mechanism is hard but the pointers are easy. I realize the prompt is useless but the mechanism should provide all you need.
Anyway... it's about bird watching and who doesn't love bird watching? (Or at least pretend they appreciate it.)
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  • Capn Rick solved 2022-08-27T13:20:21.395Z
  • Hector solved 2022-08-27T14:31:25.929Z
  • boharr solved 2022-08-27T14:51:57.376Z
  • whimsy solved 2022-08-27T19:31:06.733Z
  • Meg solved 2022-08-27T19:34:07.981Z
  • Cindy Weatherman solved 2022-08-27T19:58:26.793Z
  • edestlin solved 2022-08-27T23:18:27.803Z
  • Laura M solved 2022-08-28T05:38:13.393Z
  • benchen71 solved 2022-08-28T12:20:25.079Z
  • andeux solved 2022-08-29T21:43:55.355Z
  • Carolyn solved 2022-08-30T16:38:38.229Z
  • Ergcat solved 2022-08-31T19:01:23.921Z
  • Darrell solved 2022-09-01T20:34:46.364Z
  • hoover solved 2022-09-02T18:08:43.800Z
  • Julia solved 2022-09-03T18:11:16.895Z
  • I K Snamhcok solved 2022-09-10T18:34:23.994Z

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  • Capn Rick 10:48 · 2022-08-27T13:21:31.968Z
    Tough grid, but gettable meta, woozy. Hit me right in my ornithological wheelhouse!
    • Hector 3:10 · 2022-08-27T14:32:52.489Z
      Dipped into the NW of the grid just to get a taste (no time this morning) and that was enough to solve on a wing and a prayer. Thanks!
      • whimsy 29:01 · 2022-08-27T19:33:28.024Z
        Lots of fun, which is what counts! (IMO)
        • Laura M 23:20 · 2022-08-28T05:39:27.782Z
          I had some doubts while solving the grid but it turned out really fun! Thanks!
          • benchen71 21:20 · 2022-08-28T12:21:16.912Z
            That was really good. Your best effort so far.
            • Carolyn 11s · 2022-08-30T16:39:38.351Z
              I am an avid birder, so even though the grid was really tough, the aha was fun. Thanks!
              • Ergcat 7:08 · 2022-08-31T19:03:27.183Z
                Yay! I did it! Sorta surprised that I figured the metanism …. Haha! Good one! Enjoyed it! Thank you , Woozy!
                • I K Snamhcok 1s · 2022-09-10T18:35:00.100Z
                  Tres bien!
                  Play today's daily mini crossword
                  1A
                  Cleansing (Metam Responsum)
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                  Across
                  1. 1A
                    Cleansing (Metam Responsum)
                  2. 10A
                    Taxi Service run by Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman but not Spider-man (This isn't actually a woozyism as there is a movie with Mr. T with this title but I like my clue better)
                  3. 15A
                    Not just the one ache; the pair of them
                  4. 16A
                    Line of travel
                  5. 17A
                    Thrombolytic therapy (Accipitridae Accipiter)
                  6. 18A
                    Eclipse shadow
                  7. 19A
                    St. Louis Ultimate Association. (The Frisbee enthusiasts couldn't come up with a catchier acronym?)
                  8. 20A
                    If Zsa-zsa had a nephew named after the director of Hayden Planetarium... (weird clue? .... Must be a woozyism.... there are quite a few other woozyisms that I won't bother pointing out. You've been warned.)
                  9. 22A
                    Idiots (Threskiarnithidae Theristicus)
                  10. 24A
                    From Jan. 1 until now
                  11. 25A
                    Former command of the US air force, private Catholic college with a great books curriculum, Native Regional Corporation of Alaska, the second half a breath mint, the middle third of a pen and pencil game, and others
                  12. 27A
                    Divine tatting
                  13. 29A
                    MacGrawful actress
                  14. 30A
                    Dispossession, casualty, defeat
                  15. 31A
                    Like the sword in "Jabberwocky"
                  16. 35A
                    Payment owed on a candy dispenser
                  17. 37A
                    Jane Goodall's son when he became head of a major corporation
                  18. 38A
                    Took a hatchet to spiky Hawaiian volcanic rock (possibly because it hurt to walk on it in bare feet)
                  19. 39A
                    Antic (in the singular and at a non-specified elevation)
                  20. 40A
                    Pizarro's quest
                  21. 41A
                    Blocking the goal to prevent the banned pesticide from scoring
                  22. 43A
                    The type of monitors I had for my 386, my 486 and even my very first Pentium
                  23. 44A
                    Abbreviation for converting the written word to synthesized vocal sounds
                  24. 47A
                    Virgo (Laridae Sterna)
                  25. 49A
                    Deck finish for preventing rain damage
                  26. 51A
                    Real-time Disc Operating System
                  27. 53A
                    If I had even one sniff it would bore me terrifically too, but ---- kick out of you
                  28. 54A
                    Came to one's senses (Anatidae Cygnus)
                  29. 57A
                    A Scottish variety of this clothing is sometimes called a jupe. Apparently most people don't know that (I didn't).
                  30. 58A
                    Flat
                  31. 59A
                    Son of Sarek and Amanda Grayson, brother to Sybok and Michael Burnham
                  32. 60A
                    What the C. administrator installed to allow cable-free communication (Troglodytidae Campylorhychus)
                  Down
                  1. 1D
                    West Bird's Head languages (of New Guinea)
                  2. 2D
                    Tools for tilling
                  3. 3D
                    Accentuate with a tilt
                  4. 4D
                    Hums monotonously (like an engine or someone idly strumming an instrument)
                  5. 5D
                    Incorp. (var. abb.); or to pierce something online (hey, as far as clues go we can do anything online so long as we put the proper prefix on it)
                  6. 6D
                    The present
                  7. 7D
                    Ferric price
                  8. 8D
                    the 50 daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea'; or a family of polychaete worms
                  9. 9D
                    Gastronomic ability; or a casualty of a Garden Snake; or sick of Greasy Spoon Kitchens
                  10. 10D
                    The one who manufactures the meth (Anatidae Anas)
                  11. 11D
                    A big sleep (and if you add an L it becomes a city where you can do "The" big sleep)
                  12. 12D
                    The Chicago athlete put his gear in a small compartment
                  13. 13D
                    Jogging along (as a horse); or where you are when you begin to decay
                  14. 14D
                    Facial hair
                  15. 21D
                    Yeast or baking powder
                  16. 23D
                    Where to soak swollen heads
                  17. 25D
                    Spanish appetizer (singular)
                  18. 26D
                    Jeopardy host Trebek-- departed but not forgotten
                  19. 28D
                    Unit of work (or what I say when I'm told I have to work)
                  20. 30D
                    Railroad yard to main line connector (Alaudidae Alauda)
                  21. 32D
                    Predictions of recovery
                  22. 33D
                    Distinctive air
                  23. 34D
                    These corporate takeovers made 37A's reign a short one
                  24. 36D
                    Dungeons, Dragons ... and Dwarves? A shoe size that is an extreme in being medium? Oh, I admit it. There's no such word as this entry.
                  25. 37D
                    America's was from 1861 to 1865. England's was from 1642 to 1651
                  26. 39D
                    Plug-in for that programming language that was designed to be platform independent
                  27. 42D
                    Teeter-totter
                  28. 43D
                    Class of French feudal temporal officers or advocates who originally represented the abbeys or bishops
                  29. 44D
                    Kind of like 22A but not part of the meta
                  30. 45D
                    Remain on base until the ball is touched
                  31. 46D
                    Shorthand expert
                  32. 48D
                    Gnu Regression, Econometrics and Time-series Library (not Hansl's sister)
                  33. 50D
                    Of, relating to, or involving analysis of cultural phenomena from the perspective of one who does not participate in the culture being studied (suffix)
                  34. 52D
                    Male progeny
                  35. 55D
                    Botch up the Royal Radar Establishment (a cryptic clue)
                  36. 56D
                    National Terminal Number (yeah, I don't know what it is either)
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