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Alien Abduction (Meta)

◆ · By Wendy Walker and Abide · Published by Abide · Published 2024-10-09T18:33:07.361Z

Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a six-letter word.
Collaboration meta with Wendy Walker
Nudges and puzzle discussion at https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?t=3166 where this puzzle was published earlier this week.
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    Communication device
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    1. 1A
      Communication device
    2. 6A
      Parental nickname
    3. 10A
      Vehicles that claim to offer "sheer driving pleasure"
    4. 14A
      Apply sunscreen, perhaps
    5. 15A
      Bullring bravos
    6. 16A
      "Que ___, ___"
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      "The Waste Land" author
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      Poems praising a person or object
    9. 19A
      "Got two fives for ___?"
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      Monitor usage of a certain proofreading mark?
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      "Yes, go on"
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      "No strong opinion either way"
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      Components in a COVID test kit
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      Caribbean resort
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      Garam ___ (Indian spice mix)
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      Legal claim
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      Bad mood
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      ___ McLachlan ("Adia" singer)
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      What the A in A.M. stands for
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      Gin mixer
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      Low-cal milk
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      Statistician's tool for checking relevance
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      Means of transportation
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      Wolfe of detective fiction
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      Takes a dive
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      Reporter's bread and butter
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      "Like a Rolling ___"
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      Part of many African American church names
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      RR stop
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      Assist as a spotter?
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      Of two minds
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      Sharif who played Zhivago
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      ___ Howard, when he played Opie
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      Swedish furniture chain
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      Pocket bread
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      Misbehave
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      It comes after sow
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      Armstrong took a groundbreaking one
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      Where the heart is
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      Get ready for, hastily
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      Luau dance
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      Life review
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      Queen of Jordan
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      Lay to rest
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      Doggie
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      He played a TV combat surgeon
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      Fellow
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      Evaluate
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      Youth org.
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      Pushy promoter of puzzles like this one?
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      Little songbirds
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      Dune composition
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      Slightest
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      "___ brillig ..."
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      "Sadly, I must decline"
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      "___ too proud to beg"
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      Venue for students looking to improve their SAT scores?
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      Agcy. that administers World Heritage Sites
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      Opposite of plus
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      Keep ___ (persist)
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      Muscle that has its own machine at the gym
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      Hurricane-tracking agcy.
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      Well ventilated
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      Managed care grp.
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      Spoiler alert! Kramer's given name
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      Sushi bar staple
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      Boogies at a jazz club
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      ___ firma
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      Add fuel to
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      "That's ___!" (words heard after the final shot)
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      Recipe direction
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      Give off
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      ___ Modern (London art museum)
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      Former NYC mayor Ed
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      Not fooled by
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      "E pluribus ___"
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      Use a keyboard
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      Brief period of inactivity
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