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Mini Meta: One down, eight to go

■ · By Joah · Published 2021-07-03T17:48:25.336Z

Meta Prompt
My first (and perhaps the world's smallest) meta!
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Leaderboard (updated hourly)

  • Mike D solved 2021-07-03T18:15:38.262Z
  • Puzzler solved 2021-07-03T19:08:19.932Z
  • Jake A solved 2021-07-03T20:40:08.641Z
  • wisprabbit solved 2021-07-03T21:23:29.152Z
  • Stephen Christie solved 2021-07-03T23:04:29.044Z
  • hbxwords solved 2021-07-04T04:18:20.831Z
  • Puzzling Programmer solved 2021-07-04T11:38:26.588Z
  • Jason S solved 2021-07-04T16:24:37.961Z
  • Jimmy James solved 2021-07-05T14:07:52.846Z
  • V1H solved 2021-07-06T05:43:27.200Z
  • Miles Aronow solved 2021-07-06T15:24:11.878Z
  • DIS solved 2021-07-08T14:18:08.912Z
  • hari solved 2021-07-08T15:21:33.071Z
  • Jon solved 2021-07-10T21:59:08.692Z
  • Lark solved 2021-08-16T23:58:02.884Z
  • Felix Leonhardt solved 2023-07-26T21:11:49.809Z

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  • Joah The Protozoa constructor · 2021-07-03T17:55:08.738Z
    I wasn't sure how many clues you were supposed to give for a meta, but hopefully even non-meta solvers (like me) can figure this out without it being too obvious for others.
    • Joah The Protozoa constructor · 2021-07-03T17:52:10.887Z
      SOLUTION: SODA. The multiple soft drink references and/or the title of the puzzle should have pointed you to 1-Down. If interpreted like a crossword clue location (i.e. 13-Across, 22-Down, 7UP, etc.) you find SODA from reading ADOS backwards, starting at the 7 (S) on the grid.
      • Mike D 🤓47s · 2021-07-03T18:17:50.089Z
        Nice one! I didn’t pick up on the title hint - just the soft drink refs pointed me to 7UP
        • Jake A 🤓20s · 2021-07-03T20:41:26.526Z
          That was a fun one!
          • hbxwords 🤓15s · 2021-07-04T04:18:43.576Z
            Very clever in such a small space!
            • spikeydlux 🤓15s · 2021-07-05T20:05:38.207Z
              Now that I see it I'm smacking my forehead for missing it 🥴
              • V1H 🤓34s · 2021-07-06T05:46:05.622Z
                I had to step away from the puzzle but knew that the title was a clue. Didn't know what 7up had to do with anything but then realized that since there was no 8 down, maybe I could go up like 7 up. Then I saw it. Nice job with this meta.
                • Joah The Protozoa constructor · 2021-07-06T17:09:40.748Z
                  Love to see the thought process! Thanks!
                  • V1H 🤓34s · 2021-07-08T00:48:28.140Z
                    👍
                • stbrolaf 🤓23s · 2021-07-07T16:39:25.753Z
                  Ha, ok, now I get what a META is
                  • DIS 🤓32s · 2021-07-08T14:19:53.195Z
                    Ingenious -- a micro tour de force!
                    • Jon 🤓51s · 2021-07-10T22:00:47.519Z
                      Nice work
                      • Daniel P 🤓39s · 2021-07-11T16:19:39.097Z
                        I think I got thrown off the meta by "eight to go"... is that number a reference to anything, or just chosen at random?
                        • Joah The Protozoa constructor · 2021-07-12T04:39:01.833Z
                          It's a bit of a stretch. The reference was supposed to be that there were in fact nine "answers" in the grid because of the addition of 7-Up, so you still had eight answers to go after solving 1-Down, not seven as one might initially expect, but it didn't land as well as I wanted
                          • Daniel P 🤓39s · 2021-07-14T22:10:36.654Z
                            Oohh, that makes sense! Thanks
                        Play today's daily mini crossword
                        1A
                        Time that some, including Rebecca Black, wake up for school
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                        5
                        6
                        7
                        Across
                        1. 1A
                          Time that some, including Rebecca Black, wake up for school
                        2. 4A
                          Thick Japanese noodle
                        3. 6A
                          Soft drinks (questionable plural), or bursts like a balloon
                        4. 7A
                          One of seven, according to a sailor
                        Down
                        1. 1D
                          Soft drink named for the number of ingredients in the original recipe
                        2. 2D
                          Hullabaloos
                        3. 3D
                          Sulk, as a child not allowed to have a soft drink
                        4. 5D
                          Code-breaking org.
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