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Pointing Towards Success

◆ · By Lydia Roth & Christina Bodensiek · Published by Pandora's Blocks Meta Crosswords · Published 2022-07-17T13:00:36.811Z

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The answer to this week's meta is a 7-letter word.
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  • Carolyn B 🤓9:55 · 2022-07-17T13:21:57.942Z
    This mechanism was so cool!!
    • boharr 3s · 2022-07-17T13:33:27.151Z
      Congrats on a fun first puzzle!
      • dplass 🤓8:58 · 2022-07-17T13:20:04.641Z
        Nice.
        • Capn Rick 🤓7:57 · 2022-07-17T13:18:11.086Z
          Nice puzzle, Lydia & Christina!
          • Joe 🤓8:08 · 2022-07-17T14:05:41.946Z
            Am I first? Happy to be here. Nice puzzle! I'll take the W.
            • wendy walker 3s · 2022-07-17T14:07:40.245Z
              Nice job!
              • MamaEllen 2s · 2022-07-17T14:17:56.920Z
                Sweet victory!!
                • Hector 3s · 2022-07-17T14:25:58.941Z
                  Love the grid and the cluing. Thanks!
                  • I K Snamhcok 2s · 2022-07-17T15:04:02.812Z
                    Very nice!
                    • KayW 🤓8:37 · 2022-07-17T15:30:32.987Z
                      Fantastic debut - hope to see more from this dynamic duo!
                      • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-07-17T16:11:04.181Z
                        Fun puzzle and meta. Great job Lydia and Christina.
                        • Joshua 🤓27:26 · 2022-07-17T16:20:54.592Z
                          Really fun puzzle! Thank you L+C. I got confused by an extra "Y" in my meta result. Did I goof something?
                          • Caroline 🤓7:51 · 2022-07-17T18:49:45.050Z
                            You only use the letters that appear below the "arrows" (an I above a V). So the letter you get from DIVVY is V, not Y - is that where you went wrong?
                            • rjy 11s · 2022-07-18T00:21:51.896Z
                              Ahhh, I had the same prob, thinking the Vs were the pointers, but it was the I+Vs. Clever, enjoyed it!
                              • Joshua 🤓27:26 · 2022-07-18T06:16:30.653Z
                                Ah that's where I went wrong! Thanks
                                • ken 12s · 2022-07-18T15:31:35.955Z
                                  almost fell for that trap too! took a minute to figure out why those two Vs weren't pointers. very nice puzzle.
                            • rickybillingsgate 🤓4:48 · 2022-07-17T16:53:16.446Z
                              Nice!
                              • Carolyn 3s · 2022-07-17T16:59:30.486Z
                                Very nice! Enjoyed the clues.
                                • Flinty Steve 2s · 2022-07-17T17:05:05.026Z
                                  Good work!
                                  • Laura M 🤓8:02 · 2022-07-17T17:48:58.625Z
                                    Fun one, thanks!
                                    • hazmat 🤓10:02 · 2022-07-17T17:58:40.221Z
                                      Congrats!
                                      • THC 🤓5:44 · 2022-07-17T18:38:45.538Z
                                        Thanks Lydia & Christina for a fun Sunday puzzle!
                                        • Qmark 4s · 2022-07-17T18:27:31.084Z
                                          Nice job...congratulations on your first meta!
                                          • MajordomoTom 🤓10:53 · 2022-07-17T19:41:04.289Z
                                            hmmm, the first "V" in "Vivre" somewhat bothers me, but very nice.
                                            • Bird Lives 9s · 2022-07-17T20:15:37.780Z
                                              Good mechanism, though I can't help thinking I've seen something similar before. I was hesitant to submit because I had Input/Output (IO) problems. But hey, it's Crosshare -- I could just keep guessing.
                                              • MamaEllen 2s · 2022-07-18T01:40:49.840Z
                                                A muggle meta Monday done by Al Sisti I believe?
                                              • whimsy 🤓13:45 · 2022-07-18T00:06:14.251Z
                                                Thank you for the fun puzzle, Lydia and Christina & congrats on your debut!
                                                • Sfull411 🤓4:14 · 2022-07-18T01:06:19.188Z
                                                  Great puzzle! I loved the clueing!
                                                  • William D 🤓7:47 · 2022-07-18T08:09:32.450Z
                                                    Thanks!
                                                    • Charles Montpetit 🤓2:13 · 2022-07-19T02:02:49.859Z
                                                      Fun, with fresh entries and cluing!
                                                      • Alvibu67 17s · 2022-07-19T02:26:52.312Z
                                                        Great puzzle! Thank you, guest constructors!
                                                        • Abide 🤓10:28 · 2022-07-19T13:47:14.136Z
                                                          ⬇️ ♥️
                                                          It did fall quickly as I remembered Al’s MMM.
                                                          • Abide 🤓10:28 · 2022-07-19T18:09:42.177Z
                                                            Intended this
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                                                            ♥️
                                                          • ReB 4s · 2022-07-19T21:35:02.228Z
                                                            Spotted the mechanism almost immediately after finishing the grid, but for some reason I didn't try left-to-right until a fresh look today. Definitely enjoyable submission from Lydia & Christina.
                                                            • graham 🤓11:09 · 2022-07-20T01:16:12.655Z
                                                              fun :D
                                                              • Meta World Peace 3s · 2022-07-20T21:06:56.862Z
                                                                Way to make "getting an IV" fun! You have bright puzzling futures, Lydia and Christina. I like the DIVVY/PRIVY bookends and JOIE DE VIVRE has to be my favorite theme answer.
                                                                • Ergcat 22:12 · 2022-07-21T20:02:00.246Z
                                                                  Nice mechanism! Saw the abundance of “V” and thought hmmm, looks like an arrow.
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                                                                    Plain
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                                                                    Birds who might try to sell you their wares?
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                                                                    Deride
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                                                                    State with a caucus
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                                                                    Like some modern-day Persians
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                                                                    One's partner
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                                                                    Feb. 14 celebration
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                                                                    Vitality
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                                                                    Carded
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                                                                    Fashion line with a Medusa logo
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                                                                    Sage
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                                                                    First Hebrew letter of the Tetragrammaton
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                                                                    Ponder, with "over"
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                                                                    Mac vs. PC, for one
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                                                                    It's tired
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                                                                    Gobsmacked
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                                                                    Country that shares a border with Guatemala and Mexico
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                                                                    Kilmer of "Top Gun" fame
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                                                                    Every one counts
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                                                                    One source for oil
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                                                                    Intro to an address
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                                                                    Angers
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                                                                    Potent prefix
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                                                                    "Bet you can't eat just one!" sloganeer
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                                                                    Turn away
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                                                                    Carol
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                                                                    Cardinals' home, for short
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                                                                    When here, do as the natives do
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                                                                    It comes between reduce and recycle
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                                                                    Strive (for)
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                                                                    Word on a stub
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                                                                    Unit for rent, in a hotel
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                                                                    Company whose snooping may be blocked by a VPN
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                                                                    Forbidden "snack" for a toddler
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                                                                    Parental doctor in "Stranger Things"
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                                                                    In text speak, alternatively
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                                                                    Animal whose name derives from the Welsh for "dwarf dog"
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                                                                    Jai ___
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                                                                    Griffin with a lovely bunch of coconuts
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                                                                    ___ leches cake
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                                                                    Place for crafty merchants
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                                                                    "This ain't my first ___"
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                                                                    Places where the watermelons grow, in song
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                                                                    Focus of some recent medical research in gene editing
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                                                                    Feeling when life has a certain je ne sais quoi
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                                                                    Charitably fund a chair
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                                                                    Kagan currently in a 6-3 minority
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                                                                    Toothy tool
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                                                                    She famously played an elf of Rivendell
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                                                                    Movement championed by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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                                                                    Turner and King Cole, for two
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                                                                    Lucerne landmark
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                                                                    Blessing
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                                                                    Toy that may be tickled
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                                                                    Word with bee or power
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                                                                    Snack someone might have up their sleeve?
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                                                                    ___ of endearment
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                                                                    East in Ecuador
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                                                                    Boaters, bowlers, or beanies
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                                                                    Tigers of Baton Rouge, for short
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                                                                    Type of show often subbed or dubbed
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                                                                    They may be tickled
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                                                                    Sunny season on the Seine
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                                                                    What many U.S. women lost the right to do on June 24
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                                                                    Grandparent, perhaps
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                                                                    Antlered animals
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                                                                    Doctor down under?
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                                                                    Fjord, sound, or canal, for example
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                                                                    Roebuck partner
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                                                                    Outhouse
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                                                                    Org. for Dudley Do-Right
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                                                                    One source for oil
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                                                                    Signature item
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                                                                    Where you find outdoor things indoors
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