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◆◆ · By Pandora's Blocks Meta Crosswords · Published 2020-09-20T02:05:05.797Z

Constructor's Note
Constructor: Will P. The answer to this week's meta is something that was released in 1984.
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  • Mike D 11:30 · 2020-09-20T12:24:57.964Z
    Nice one will - I loved GREECE, BUCKERA, and ANNESLACE. I got stuck in the NW w/ ANCHO/FEH and the SE w/ RACEDUP/EPURE/REPAD. Gotta study up on my peppers 😂. Time for the meta 🤔
    • Mike D 11:30 · 2020-09-21T00:40:57.177Z
      Finally got the meta (with a little help from Will) - amazing puzzle!
    • Anonymous Crossharer 20:22 · 2020-09-24T14:53:27.494Z
      Nice puzzle, Will. On to the meta...
      1A alternative clue?: Inventor of the toilet.
      Play today's daily mini crossword
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      Toilet, crassly (As Emma pointed out, this one instantly fails the breakfast test. Oh well!)
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      1. 1A
        Toilet, crassly (As Emma pointed out, this one instantly fails the breakfast test. Oh well!)
      2. 8A
        Old saying
      3. 13A
        Add color to, one-by-one
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        Not in a million years
      5. 15A
        Like the Mosque of Córdoba
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        Requiring attention
      7. 17A
        "Ugh!"
      8. 18A
        Bro
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        Surname for Old Man Winter
      10. 23A
        Nozzles found in many chemistry laboratories
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        Maker of British sports cars: Abbr.
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        Units that (when combined) compose the letter-named pieces in the game of Tetris
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        Country that's a homophone of a 1978 film
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        Most naked
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        "___ in bed because [it] is halfway between life and dreaming, our own consciousness in someone else's mind." (Anna Quindlen quote)
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        Prefix with -puncture
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        Stein
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        At sea, to a Parisian
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        Test
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        Orangutan, for example
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        "This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its ___." (Monty Python quote)
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        Approached quickly
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        Its capital is Accra
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        Time period when Showalter was manager, perhaps
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        Bathroom floor pieces, often
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        Got a base hit
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        Wheat is often separated from it
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        More unusual
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        Poblano pepper
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        Reason for someone to yell "Get a room!": Abbr.
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        Autism, e.g.
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        "Brown ___ Girl" (Van Morrison song)
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        Made a new hole
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        Queen ___, another name for wild carrot
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        Chicka___ (bird)
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        Dr. alternative
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        High school diploma alternative: Abbr.
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        Suffix with quack- or tomfool-
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        "Yabba ___ doo!"
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        Male ox
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        They're used for shooting
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        "Born ___" (Bruce Springsteen song)
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        Highest card
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        Soccer stats
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        Plane that makes a boom: Abbr.
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        "Rabbit ___" (novel by John Updike)
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        43rd POTUS
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        Singer Des'___
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        Before, to Poe
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        Provides outfits for
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        Knocked boots, perhaps: Abbr.
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        Sketch, in Paris
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        Upholster again
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        Hawaiian island home to Kihei
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        Upper execs, collectively
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        "___ see!" ("Now, it makes sense!")
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        Actor Penn of "Designated Survivor"
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        Zürich to Munich dir.
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        ICU professional
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        Heart signal test: Abbr.
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