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Read Any Good Books Lately?

◆ · By Bird Lives · Published 2023-05-14T12:09:11.317Z

Meta Prompt
The answer is an appropriate 7-letter word.
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  • boharr 3s · 2023-05-14T13:13:39.326Z
    Thanks, Jay
    • I K Snamhcok 2s · 2023-05-14T13:42:22.888Z
      Nice!
      • KayW 🤓9:46 · 2023-05-14T15:15:38.063Z
        Holy parenthetical numbers, Batman! That was fun. Thanks, Jay
        • woozy 15:41 · 2023-05-14T17:22:28.203Z
          I was looking up the verses of each of the books and wondering which translations I had to use.
          • whimsy 🤓19:16 · 2023-05-14T17:49:32.995Z
            Exactly!
            • ReB 21s · 2023-05-15T00:52:07.835Z
              That was my first step after I noticed the books of the Bible. But when that didn't work out, I relooked at the nudges and finally decoded correctly
              • BarbaraK 2s · 2023-05-15T20:14:49.706Z
                Yup. Assumed King James Version. But what does “now from and when let but and” mean? :)
                Who me? Overcomplicate a perfectly nice straightforward meta?
              • MatthewL 28:02 · 2023-05-14T17:03:46.175Z
                Very nicely done, Jay! Grid was much harder than usual, I guess of necessity. Ashamed to say I used "reveal" a lot.
                • whimsy 🤓19:16 · 2023-05-14T17:53:48.983Z
                  I got so used to the CCCCs that now I'm forgetting to submit on Crosshare! :) Great puzzle, Jay! (Especially once I found out that I didn't have to cite chapter and verse... How devilishly clever your attempt to lead us astray!)
                  • ReB 21s · 2023-05-15T00:54:11.718Z
                    Needed the nudges to figure the decoding mechanism, Nicely plotted out.
                    • Tyrpmom 45:21 · 2023-05-15T19:14:43.562Z
                      Well done. Thanks.
                      • ajk 21:41 · 2023-05-15T20:04:25.942Z
                        Nice kickoff. Took me too long to decode nudge 6. Sufficiently so that I'd already guessed the answer from nudge 7. :)
                        • Mwoychick 17:09 · 2023-05-16T02:01:10.382Z
                          Got it, thank you, Jay! Very satisfying solve.
                          • Carolyn 5s · 2023-05-16T04:56:11.390Z
                            Really enjoyed that!
                            • Qmark 3s · 2023-05-18T13:26:36.640Z
                              Fun puzzle...thanks Jay!
                              • PuzNewbie 30:00 · 2023-05-19T00:49:13.677Z
                                Started yesterday and used the clues. Did a bit of overcomplication first. Nice meta!
                                Play today's daily mini crossword
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                                Ziegfeld, Mrs. Capp, et al.
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                                Across
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                                  Ziegfeld, Mrs. Capp, et al.
                                2. 5A
                                  Yankee great who once lived in the building I now live in (4;7)
                                3. 13A
                                  Sandwich with corned beef, sauerkraut, and Russian
                                4. 15A
                                  Evolutionary throwbacks
                                5. 16A
                                  Boxing biopic
                                6. 17A
                                  Cause for school detention
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                                  They're easy to factor (4;3)
                                8. 20A
                                  Short plays (4;1)
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                                  Track shape
                                10. 25A
                                  Against against
                                11. 26A
                                  Bobby who famously homered in1951
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                                  Middle of a Napoleonic palindrome
                                13. 32A
                                  It's usually above 0 on a laptop
                                14. 34A
                                  Part of a Secret Service agent's gear
                                15. 36A
                                  Something to equal or surpass (2;5)
                                16. 40A
                                  Poetic source of a jug of wine and a loaf of bread
                                17. 43A
                                  Chow
                                18. 47A
                                  "If you ask me. . ."
                                19. 48A
                                  One who happens in Vegas and stays in Vegas
                                20. 52A
                                  Hwy. offense
                                21. 53A
                                  Madonna asked him not to preach
                                22. 55A
                                  Flattery that may get you somewhere (3;4)
                                23. 57A
                                  Hay that can be used as fodder (5;6)
                                24. 62A
                                  Jennifer from White Lotus
                                25. 65A
                                  Genghis Khan, for one
                                26. 66A
                                  Plan to win
                                27. 67A
                                  Soviet co-ops
                                28. 68A
                                  "Little Earthquakes" singer (1;2)
                                29. 69A
                                  Medieval serf that lives on in crosswords
                                Down
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                                  What the hero who comes to save the day might say
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                                  Name in early film production
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                                  Keegan-Michael Key was his anger translator
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                                  Choose
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                                  Gilead product long ago
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                                  Run ___, what regulars do at the local bar
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                                  Lessen
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                                  At least once
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                                  Soap brand that's over a century old
                                10. 10D
                                  Exploit
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                                  ___ Sq. in NYC
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                                  Cabinet dept.
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                                  Scam
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                                  The Choral Symphony
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                                  Provider of entertainment for GIs
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                                  Five for Caesar
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                                  Curve
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                                  Filmdom's Ang or Spike
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                                  Zubin the conductor
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                                  Pianist who is requested to play it
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                                  ____ pro nobis
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                                  Network for the Car Guys
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                                  Where to catch Jazz and Magic
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                                  Presidential nickname
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                                  Article in Der Spiegel
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                                  Bill the Science Guy
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                                  LeBron for more than half his NBA career, briefly
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                                  Copy audio files
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                                  Ms. Thurman
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                                  Jazz style pioneered by Bird
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                                  Admin. in the Nat'l. Guard
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                                  Like some punches
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                                  Women of vision
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                                  Summer hours
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                                  Jungian concept
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                                  Words Mr. Nice Guy follows
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                                  Loser to 35 Down
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                                  Habitual ways
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                                  Was she a source of tickets for The Beatles?
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                                  Same, in the footnotes
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                                  Waffle brand
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                                  Tunis rulers ("Didja ever have one of those Tunis rulers?")
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                                  Clock setting in Chicago
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                                  Lead in to laryngology
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                                  Bobby the Bruin
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