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◆ · By woozy · Published 2024-10-16T04:14:53.793Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to this meta is one of the grid entries
I thought this would be a cute concept. But, oh brother, did the grid fight me tooth and nail all the way. I finally conceded and made the grid slightly larger and it was a pussy-cat after that.
I rate this one pretty hard, but mostly because the grid is so larger there is lots of room. The cluing... well, I chose for no particular to make them slightly less than easy.
EDIT: GOR-DANG-IT.... I forget to postpone the solution for a week. Okay.... you are all honor-bound not to hit reveal for seven days......
Checking for previous play data...

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  • LarsCaine solved 2024-10-16T13:41:12.050Z
  • Hector solved 2024-10-16T16:49:00.731Z
  • whimsy solved 2024-10-17T00:07:38.162Z
  • Pair O Ducks solved 2024-10-17T12:42:43.955Z

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  • Hector 🤓26:01 · 2024-10-16T16:52:15.025Z
    Nice one! I had SLAM = JAIL (SLAM being slang for prison) initially, so I was looking at CLJNK for a while.
    • woozy constructor · 2024-10-17T01:44:37.767Z
      Eep. Didn't consider that. But That's SLAMMER so... I'm saying I'm still good.
      The MO(R)AN = MOAN also is an issue but as I gave the meaning of the sound effects in a clue and MOAN wasn't one of them... I'm saying I'm still good.
    • whimsy 20:16 · 2024-10-17T00:10:22.946Z
      That strange hookah helped me see what I was supposed to do next! Fun, after it stopped being so mystifying! Thanks, woozy!
      • woozy constructor · 2024-10-17T01:51:18.282Z
        Thank you.
        The Narghile was the main reason I couldn't fit it into a 15x15 grid. I managed to get a rather tight 15x15 grid where I had to make up a lot of woozyisms so as "Name a holy sister = IDNUN" and "Informal autobiography of everyone's favorite late justice= RGBME" or "A bargain on a TV with good visuals=HDDEAL" and so on... I was all set to say, okay, don't like it but I can live with it but then... I discovered I had misspelled NARGHILE as NAGHILE....
        • whimsy 20:16 · 2024-10-19T15:16:36.168Z
          Arrrgh! I feel your pain! 😅 (I would have gotten a chuckle from the "Ratting out Sister Mary So-and-So" clue!)
      Play today's daily mini crossword
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      1. 1A
        Detest
      2. 6A
        Member of a trio of lyrical treats who "never was a descendant of earls"
      3. 11A
        Prison
      4. 15A
        Common name for Fucus vesiculosus also known as "bladderwrack" and "rockweed" (Also 2017 Amazon series starring Glenn Close)
      5. 17A
        Ruling on a point of Islamic law given by a recognized authority
      6. 18A
        Cheese grader
      7. 19A
        Nice pie topper
      8. 21A
        Somehow in the fifth grade we were learning about parallel lines and most of us were saying "parallel means they never touch" and the teacher pointed out these types of lines never touch because they pass each other in space going in different directions but they aren't parallel as they jut out in different directions in space. The visualization of this was amazing to me. No-one else seems to share this sentiment.
      9. 22A
        Make a mistake
      10. 23A
        "_ __ Pogo"; 1952 campaign slogan for a possum
      11. 24A
        What must must become if the yeasts have their way.
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        "Rice-a-roni, the ___ Francisco Treat!" (yeah, we natives just loved that slogan.... sheesh....)
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        Pestering incessantly
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        "First Lady of Texas" Hogg, who did not have a twin sister Ura.
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        Unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate
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        Actor's rep.
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        Molecular forensic testing site
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        Grain found at a beach
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        ___ Faire; place to dress up anachronistically, in short
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        Fourteen pounds
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        Name of George and Laura Bush's cat (which caused some controversy on the subcontinent as many felt this was insulting to their country)
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        Perform on stage
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        Home of the Sun Devils! (I just love clues about college football!.... and everyone loves three-letter acronyms in their crosswords!)
      24. 47A
        Make someone "it"
      25. 48A
        Where a scream queen earns her title
      26. 52A
        "The Tale of ___ Kitten" by Beatrice Potter (in which it is discovered cats just don't like wearing clothes)
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        Peer-reviewed medical journal covering, well, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, for short (Or Scottish variant of give)
      28. 56A
        Consume
      29. 57A
        Am I the only person who calls the scissors version this kitchen utensil "galley-nippers"? (then again I did have a room-mate who called them "weinie-nabbers")
      30. 61A
        Poor chance of winning, but if you do... what a payout!
      31. 64A
        Toothed cutter
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        Royal title from 42A
      33. 67A
        Here's a toast to you for finding the five sound effects in this grid! (man running into a wall; gunshot; violently shutting a door; resonant reverberation; hitting something hard enough to do damage)
      34. 68A
        Refrain found in Contralto
      35. 70A
        High flier brought down by hubris
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        "___'s Books"; Berkeley institution since 1959
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        It comes back to you
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        Plastic ___ Band
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        Matterhorn and Mount Blanc are two
      40. 78A
        I tried to think of a clever clue for this entry but I got nothing
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        Owns; possesses
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        First name of an artist who didn't paint a pipe
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        What I wish many internet posters had a better grasp of
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        Rapper Whitehead whose debut studio album was cleverly called "All Money is Legal"
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        Have as a goal
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        Soccer position that guards the net
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        Section of hair
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        English Rock band that was popular decades ago
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        What the story of "I love you" has, according to the lyrics
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        While you and I suspected head interrupting wonder (cryptic)
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        Big paint name
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        Tress holder
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        Caveman pal of Ooola, Wonmug, and Guzzle
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        White waters
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        12 years after selling this company, Harland Sanders said, of an outlet in Manhattan, "That's the worst fried chicken I've ever seen"
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        Nasty bug with a nasty name and disgusting-looking pincers (your mileage may vary)
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        Eroded
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        Nasal tone
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        "Ditto"
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        Meat dripping
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        Requests not only that you check in on one's cats while one is away but that you brush their teeth as well, for example
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        Concept
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        Home for gnomes and flamingos and stone ants swinging in swings
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        Rambunctious Party
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        Ray's predecessor and Tea's successor
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        Sounds like some German cars
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        Big spread, with animals
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        Barbed or derisive put-down
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        Functional floor covering
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        TV franchise where a 34A is a frequent setting
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        Small(ish) group of linked computers
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        Ricky's portrayer in a ____Lu production
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        Santa ___ winds
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        What one can do to a question by assuming the central premises that result from the conclusion
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        Lessened and abated
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        Treaty which, according to Ross Perot, would make a giant sucking sound
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        Between Dan Quayle and Dick Cheney
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        Golf peg
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        Subject of David Black's "The Plague Years"
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        Spicy South-Indian soup, reportedly related to mulligatawny
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        Colonel Sebastian; the second most dangerous man in London according to Holmes
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        Gentle and affectionate attention
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        "My, my! That's impressive"
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        "How I like a drink? Alcoholic, of course! After the heavy chapters involving quantum mechanics" is one for the digits of pi
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        Pipe where the smoke is passed through a water basin
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        I didn't need to use this bearded antelope for this corner of the grid but how could I resist?
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        Family member nickname
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        "Earth" prefix
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        Prevents my achieving my objective
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        Sending funds electronically
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        Sesame Street Muppet who is la Monstrua de las Cuevas and had her wings removed for 17 years
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        Bath brand often implored to take me away
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        British prime minister after Major
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        360 degree turn for ENE
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        Verbal
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        Winsor McCay's slumberer
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        Rhyme scheme of "How I like a drink? Alcoholic, of course! Mix it in the kitchen sink? No, I'm not that fussy"
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        "No, it's Thompson, with a P, __ __ psychology" ("And this is Thomson, without a P, __ __ cyclotronic")
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        Remove as in skin or hair
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        Very large deer
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        ___mon alternative to ORG or EDU or NET
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        Vientiane native
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