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■ · By Pandora's Blocks Weekly Meta Crossword · Published 10 months ago

Meta Prompt: The answer to this week's meta is a 7-letter word.
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  • elian 7:43 · 10 months ago
    super smooth solve! fun as always thanks will :)
    • THC 🤓4:07 · 10 months ago
      A special gift today!
      • Meg 2s · 10 months ago
        Very nice! Over too soon.
        • boharr 4s · 10 months ago
          Fun one. Thanks, Will.
          • Flinty Steve 3s · 10 months ago
            Nice puzzle - thanks!
            • whimsy 12:33 · 10 months ago
              Ooh, shiny!! Liked it a lot!
              • MajordomoTom 10:05 · 10 months ago
                :)
              • LuckyGuest 3s · 10 months ago
                Really nice construction...
                • Tyrpmom 🤓3:15 · 10 months ago
                  Perfect Sunday morning puzzle.
                  • MajordomoTom 10:05 · 10 months ago
                    had to back-solve the second letter, but liked this a fair amount.
                    The fourth letter - for that stone, I found two answers in my research, but only one of the letters worked.
                    Nice puzzle, not too tough.
                    • MamaEllen 3s · 10 months ago
                      Loved this one! Thanks Will!
                      • DIS 🤓7:04 · 10 months ago
                        Fun -- thanks.
                        • lbray53 7s · 10 months ago
                          Fun. Thanks.
                          • hbxwords 🤓4:15 · 10 months ago
                            Found a bunch of conflicting sources for this. Once I found a Wiki page, all became clear. Very nice!!!
                            • Sfull411 🤓3:56 · 10 months ago
                              Thanks, Will!
                              • David Plass 2:02 · 10 months ago
                                Nice, thanks for the puzzle
                                • MARR71 3s · 10 months ago
                                  Fun puzzle but frustrated by too many variations on the gift list. Sometimes Google is not your friend!
                                  • wendy walker 4s · 10 months ago
                                    Yes, I had to Google!
                                    • Louis D 3s · 10 months ago
                                      I second what hbxwords said.
                                      • bunella 🤓1:06 · 10 months ago
                                        Took me 4 guesses but i got it.
                                        • Qmark 🤓8:05 · 10 months ago
                                          Another great puzzle, Will!
                                          • William D 9:02 · 10 months ago
                                            Thanks!
                                            • Meta World Peace 3s · 10 months ago
                                              I knew there was a good reason I kept the shopping bag from my last visit to the Hallmark greeting card store!
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                                              Across
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                                                Havana's country
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                                                A.F.C. Richmond's gaffer
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                                                Previous name of Ho Chi Minh City
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                                                Org. with a "Know Your Rights" webpage
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                                                Buddy, in Bordeaux
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                                                Refuse to notice
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                                                [Gift]
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                                                Actor Odom Jr. of "Central Park"
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                                                Actor Channing of "Magic Mike"
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                                                Russian or Pole, for example
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                                                Ensures that one is old enough
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                                                Rank under Lt. Col.
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                                                The corresponding sign has a white triangle inside a red triangle
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                                                Like many houses around Halloween
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                                                Completely evaporated
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                                                The Astros recently won it: Abbr.
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                                                "Obviously!"
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                                                Many a Cyber Monday event
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                                                Ghostly sound
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                                                [Gift]
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                                                Messenger molecule
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                                                ___ sanctum
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                                                Chinese Chairman
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                                                Equipment
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                                                Event roughly equivalent to a 16K
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                                                Give new life to, as an old house
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                                                Sydney ___ House
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                                                WWII vehicle
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                                                It's both a name and a field of study
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                                                Simplicity
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                                                Items used to navigate whitewater
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                                                Grandmother, in Guadalajara
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                                                [Gift]
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                                                King James
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                                                Subj. for speakers of many different tongues
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                                                "Now it makes sense!"
                                              37. 72A
                                                Actress Hannigan of "How I Met Your Mother"
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                                                Pig's quarters
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                                                They/___ pronouns
                                              Down
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                                                Rank for Raymond Holt but not a common cereal mascot: Abbr.
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                                                Sch. in the "City of Angels"
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                                                Sound like a sheep
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                                                Yearly periods before winter
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                                                ___ France ("Queer Eye" fashion expert)
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                                                Why Eastern Michigan University picked the eagles as their mascot instead of these birds is beyond me
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                                                Adverb for how many concert halls are lit
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                                                [Gift]
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                                                "When I was your ___ ..."
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                                                Guts
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                                                [Gift]
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                                                "...___ it just me?"
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                                                Maiden name precursor
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                                                "___ a loss for words" ("You've left me speechless")
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                                                Scholarship, for example
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                                                ___ mind trick
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                                                Broke an oath
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                                                Behavioral pattern
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                                                How Kevin McCallister was left
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                                                State sch. in Mansfield
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                                                "Don't Start Now" artist ___ Lipa
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                                                Egged on
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                                                Forearm bones
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                                                [Gift]
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                                                "Let me think..."
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                                                Faucet problem
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                                                Shell propeller
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                                                Christmas carol
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                                                Folks with forceful feelings
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                                                Had some success at the plate
                                              31. 50D
                                                "I Hope You Dance" singer Womack
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                                                Word after Paleozoic or Mesozoic
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                                                Fig. used as a starting point in car negotiations
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                                                Total fools
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                                                Second son of Eve
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                                                [Gift]
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                                                Sunrise direction
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                                                Wait for a bite
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                                                Ash or Oak, for example
                                              40. 64D
                                                Appear
                                              41. 65D
                                                In the style of
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                                                Bathroom, in Bristol
                                              43. 68D
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