Aye Aye, Captain!
■ · By Capn Rick · Published 10 days ago
Meta Prompt: The meta answer is something you may find on a ship.
Hint: Did you notice the repetitive clues for 30D and the central 39A?
Hint: Wait! Wait! Even the title has repetition!
Hint: Gee, I'm pretty famished right now. In fact, you could say I'm "hungry like a wolf".
Hint: After you've found the 6 symmetrically-placed grid entries that can be repeated, look for alternate clues that fit these new phrases.
Hint: The first letters of the original answers to the alternate clues (in grid order) spell the meta answer, which has two meanings in this puzzle.
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- Hector 4s · 10 days agoHear, hear
- Laura M 🤓7:02 · 9 days agoHector got here first and stole my comment :-) Great meta!
- Meg 7s · 9 days agoNice construction! Everything came together quite nicely.
- Darth 6:10 · 9 days agoThat hit the spot! Well done, Cap'n!
- I K Snamhcok 1s · 9 days agoGood one! Thanks, Matey!
- MatthewL 🤓5:38 · 9 days agoVery clever puzzle. Couldn't see anything for a bit, but then the clouds parted, and it was smooth sailing.
- Ergcat 12:05 · 9 days agoGood one! Saw it right away except I had “tsked” for “well, well” instead of “oho” ! But I went back through and fixed it! Thanks, Cap’n! I am on a ship right now but no parrots! We are going to Antarctica in search of penguins!
- Thanks for solving, Ergcat. Good luck searching for those penguins in Antarctica. I'll be on a sunny beach in Aruba where there may indeed be a few parrots.
- Ergcat 12:05 · 9 days agoHave a great time!
- ChrisCross 🤓7:32 · 9 days agoLoved it. I kind of cheated in that I was stuck in a rabbit hole of double letters, and I likely wouldn't have dropped it if I didn't see forum comments mentioning little rabbit holes and calling the meta clever. (Not that double letters aren't clever, to anyone who has made a double-letter meta.)
- Thanks, Chris. You're the second person to mention the double letters rabbit hole. I hadn't realized there were that many, but looking back I do find several instances.
- I tried looking at double letters two different ways before I had the headslap moment.
- BethA 4s · 9 days agoThanks for the puzzle!
- Carolyn 3s · 9 days agoReally, really enjoyed that one!
- rjy 4s · 9 days agoNice, Cap'n! I was also trapped in double letters, esp with TEN36DREPEATS
TENRoyal flush card39Ain the center, and there were 9 double-lettered across words. It's stupid how many time I looked for a 10th. Nice AHA when all was said and done!REPEATSSays again- Yes, the double letters rabbit hole has proved to be quite deep, rjy. Thanks for solving.
- auee89 3s · 9 days agoThanks Cap'n! Looked for "i"s at first, then quickly moved on once seeing repeats. Nice one.
- I was wondering if anyone would consider the "i"s, auee89. Glad you found the right path.
- oldjudge 7s · 9 days agoThat was fun ——bye bye
- Bird Lives 4s · 9 days agoI was hoping for PIRATE PARROT since in some regions of our land these are almost homonyms. Plus, I don't think Princess and Carnival are known for having budgies and macaws aboard along with their contagious microorganisms.
- Fun even the second time around! By the way, do you know what the Pennsylvania Dutch call their parrot? PollyAmish, ba dum tss.
- Oog.... did I have sleepy eyes last night!I couldn't find any clue that would be "fifty-fifty" so I chose 33D33DDepartment of Labor division because a division could be half for you and half for my for AROROT which I anagrammed to Oar Rot.
OSHADept. of Labor divisionOkay, in the morning..... sheesh- No prob, woozy. I can imagine that OAR ROT can also be found on some ships. :)
- Eric Porter 53s · 8 days agoNice. My first thought didn't quite work. I still can't figure out the other 'R'. I have Knock Knock -> Riff. It must be Rosa, but can't figure out how.
- Thanks for solving, Eric. The other R comes from THERE42ATHERE
THEREYonder42A= "Everything will be just fine" (Relax).THEREYonder
- ReB 4s · 8 days agoHear hear! Need a cracker? Took a bit a head scratching until I looked at the title again and decided to look for grid words that could be doubled. Had to look up 16A16Ato confirm there actually was a British band by that name.
WELLWater sourceNicely done.- Thanks, ReB. Glad you were able to find "DURAN17ADURAN
DURAN"No mas" boxer Roberto17A". They were pretty popular in the 1980s.DURAN"No mas" boxer Roberto
- Teamdoubletow 3s · 8 days agoLovely puzzle... Lots of rabbit holes!
- Glad you and Alex were able to figure it out, Ali. Thanks for solving!
- Nancygo 10:52 · 7 days agoSo many rabbit holes! I needed all the nudges.
- kurtalert 🤓6:51 · 7 days agoThis was great! Thanks!
- KayW 🤓5:23 · 7 days agonudge nudge wink winked ashore. Or aboard. Or wherever it is I am. Another good one, Capn!
- Sharkicicles 2s · 7 days agoFirst puzzle on the replacement iPad :) thanks Captain!
- Way to go, Sharkicicles! Glad you didn't have to resort to pencil and paper!
- Bbaack 🤓16:13 · 7 days agoI fell into all the rabbit holes others have mentioned, so needed the nudges to climb out. Fun and clever one as always, thanks!
- TMart 🤓8:22 · 5 days agoNice one - thanks, Cap'n!
- michaelm 🤓4:09 · 5 days agoDown down the double letter well well I I went went. When I finally climbed back out Friday, there there it was was. Great job Cap'n and congrats on the Matt G mention!
- Thanks for solving, michaelm. And a big "Aye Aye" regarding Matt's mention! What an honor that was!
- Loved it! Got to 17-Across17Aand thought, "Huh, isn't there a much more common way to clue this?"
DURAN"No mas" boxer Roberto - Jeff G 5s · 3 days agoExcellent meta! Just right on the difficulty meter. Duran Duran was my in. Thanks for sharing the puzzle.
- Qmark 4s · 3 days agoManaged to solve it with the help of the 3rd Nudge...super puzzle Rick!
1AUnconscious states
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Across
- 1AUnconscious states
- 6AEqual
- 10APet adoption org.
- 14ADodge
- 15AGlamour rival
- 16AWater source
- 17A"No mas" boxer Roberto
- 18APub orders
- 19A"Right away!"
- 20AActress and activist Milano
- 22AAs we speak
- 24A___ one's laurels
- 26A"Scream" director Craven
- 27APart of a comic's routine, perhaps
- 28AWorkers' earnings
- 32AActivist Parks
- 35AYoung newts
- 37ACriticize
- 38ASugary suffix
- 39ASays again
- 41A"What have we here?!"
- 42AYonder
- 44A"Les Etats-___"
- 45ADecor or fabric finish?
- 46AKing Arthur's realm
- 48AAliases, for short
- 50ACul-de-___
- 51AVIPs of the Old West
- 55AStimpy, on "The Ren & Stimpy Show"
- 58AActor Day-Lewis
- 59ATomato variety
- 60ASci-fi sightings
- 62AGrant money?
- 63APork serving
- 64AActress Turner
- 65ASlippery as ___
- 66AInquires
- 67ABand in Britain
- 68AAbe's South Dakota neighbor
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- 1DFragrant wood
- 2DSmall egg
- 3D"The Bells of St. ___"
- 4D2019 film whose title means "to the stars"
- 5DKarate instructor
- 6DSplit ___ soup
- 7DComic DeGeneres
- 8DMountain's height: Abbr.
- 9DStitched again
- 10DFrozen dinner brand
- 11DCancun coin
- 12DLobster portion
- 13DSwiss peak
- 21DCommercial cost
- 23DBottle parts
- 25DDelay (old style)
- 28DOld Testament prophet
- 29DNot worth debating
- 30DSay again
- 31DHershey's toffee bar
- 32DCampus military org.
- 33DDept. of Labor division
- 34DAppear to be
- 36DRoyal flush card
- 39D"Everything will be just fine"
- 40DExpressed disapproval
- 43DHikes the football again
- 45DUtterly absurd
- 47DSupernatural
- 49DFormer PLO leader
- 51DRock
- 52DEmulated a "Spirit of '76" guy
- 53DCelebrated
- 54DWith cunning
- 55DMineral-hardness scale
- 56DRun ___ (go wild)
- 57DAt a distance
- 59DColor TV pioneer
- 61DJazz instrument
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