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Metaphorical Animals (Meta)

· By benchen71 · Published 2023-04-11T06:00:10.247Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a metaphorical animal which is found in the tech industry
I know what I was trying to do with this meta. Hopefully, you'll work it out, too! If you do you will arrive at the answer to the meta: a metaphorical animal which is found in the tech industry. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=126625#p126625
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here: https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about/interest4.html. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!
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  • markhr 🤓10:06 · 2023-04-11T07:59:25.598Z
    Moat crossed. Was not familiar with this particular term, but I guess I learned something. Thanks. Ben.
    • Qmark 4s · 2023-04-11T12:44:55.215Z
      Enjoyed the puzzle. There were 2 animal metaphors I was not familiar with, but always love to learn new things while doing meta puzzles...Thanks again Ben!
      • benchen71 constructor · 2023-04-11T23:45:40.450Z
        Which two?
      • Darth 🤓9:14 · 2023-04-11T13:06:51.906Z
        Well, I learned something new today. :D
        • boharr 3s · 2023-04-11T13:02:23.438Z
          Term not familiar to me either. Needed Google.
          • Ergcat 🤓13:46 · 2023-04-11T15:50:04.946Z
            Learned some new things today! Nice puzzle, Ben!
            • Carolyn 3s · 2023-04-11T15:56:47.418Z
              Never heard of it, but thank goodness for Google! Enjoyed the puzzle.
              • Bird Lives 4s · 2023-04-11T16:33:24.636Z
                This rara avis was new to me too. At least there was no red herring.
                • benchen71 constructor · 2023-04-11T23:45:05.062Z
                  I thought it might be a bit much to put a red herring into this puzzle! :D
                • I K Snamhcok 2s · 2023-04-11T17:34:48.193Z
                  Ditto below. Had never heard of it, but learned. Thanks, Ben!
                  • hoover 2s · 2023-04-11T18:10:39.186Z
                    Always nice to learn a gnu ptarmagin.
                    • benchen71 constructor · 2023-04-11T23:44:31.083Z
                      Ooh, nice one!
                    • Bbaack 🤓11:43 · 2023-04-11T18:11:22.173Z
                      Fun one, and I learned something!
                      • Meg 2s · 2023-04-11T18:14:28.935Z
                        Not a metaphor I’d ever heard of. I figure another year or two of Ben's puzzles and I’ll be ready to move to Australia and fit right in!
                        • benchen71 constructor · 2023-04-11T23:43:10.148Z
                          None of these metaphorical animals are limited to Australia. ;-)
                        • KayW 🤓6:44 · 2023-04-11T21:55:48.510Z
                          That was a new term to me! I spent more time "hunting down" this animal than I did solving the puzzle and identifying the themers. Thanks for a fun and educational puzzle, Ben!
                        • Laura M 🤓5:59 · 2023-04-11T22:26:07.144Z
                          Nice! Hadn't heard of this or the gray rhino.
                        • ReB 4s · 2023-04-12T00:43:05.858Z
                          As others have noted, this was a new term to me as well. Needed a nudge to narrow down my google search enough to find the animal. Nice puzzle.
                          • MatthewL 🤓6:35 · 2023-04-12T17:21:07.442Z
                            Finally got it with a bit of a nudge to guide my Google search. New to me as well.
                            • THC 🤓1:38 · 2023-04-12T22:54:09.906Z
                              Thanks, Ben!
                              • Teamdoubletow 6s · 2023-04-13T00:29:27.817Z
                                We needed that last nudge despite all our prior googling to find the animal. Very interesting!
                                • DrTom 4s · 2023-04-13T03:52:12.421Z
                                  Well I had everything I needed except I had never heard of a WARRANT CANARY and no amount of Googling would turn it up. WARRANT BIRD gave me pages from every Wildlife and Game control service in the US. Metaphorical animal in tech yielded a lot of Unicorns, Spiders, Ants as well as a publication that recurred frequently; "God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning". It was not until I got the final nudge about the mining industry (and being originally from NE Pennsylvania I was all too aware of the canary in the coal mine) that I was able to find CANARY WARRANT. So, I've crossed the MOAT and I guess learned somehting new, except I am not sure I entirely understand what a WARRANT CANARY is? Ah well, all the solves cannot be pretty!
                                  • Clark E Tripe 🤓8:28 · 2023-04-13T14:28:02.234Z
                                    Nice one, Mr. Chen71! We use warrant canaries all the time here in Linux Habitation. One of my jobs is to change the newspaper in the cages.
                                    • SJMcK 🤓9:02 · 2023-04-13T18:48:06.907Z
                                      Florence Nightingale is not a metaphorical animal. She was an actual person named Florence Nightingale.
                                      • benchen71 constructor · 2023-04-13T22:27:54.844Z
                                        True, but there is a "Florence Nightingale" syndrome. I figured that gave me a bit of wiggle room!
                                        • SJMcK 🤓9:02 · 2023-04-15T00:18:51.279Z
                                          Well, you’ve got me there. Thanks, Ben
                                          • benchen71 constructor · 2023-04-15T04:53:20.580Z
                                            If I am being completely honest, the syndrome is still named after a person; the "animal" has nothing to do with it. But from memory, I couldn't find a metaphorical animal starting with N so had to go with this one!
                                      • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2023-04-13T23:35:49.263Z
                                        I was tripped up by the 4th animal -- gray ? And since I had never heard the term for the meta answer, I was driving myself crazy looking up gray animals. Two things I will not forget in the future. Thanks for the challenge, Ben!
                                        • JHSeeman 3s · 2023-04-14T17:13:11.191Z
                                          Crossed the Moat, unfortunately work got in the way of my crossword time, hate when that happens. Interestingly was listening to a podcast when this canary came up. You should always look in the terms of service for this.
                                          • jbird 🤓8:30 · 2023-04-15T21:30:26.758Z
                                            I was stuck on “naked as a jay bird”. Was it supposed to be “naked ape”?
                                            • benchen71 constructor · 2023-04-15T23:36:54.906Z
                                              NAKED APE is the metaphorical animal I was thinking of.
                                            • moron 6s · 2023-05-08T04:57:13.446Z
                                              Loved this one! Thanks for being fantastic always.
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                                              Metaphorical animal which goes its own way
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                                                Metaphorical animal which goes its own way
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                                                Bachelor digs
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                                                Alma ___
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                                                Second hand
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                                                Small double reed instrument
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                                                Martini garnish
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                                                Bangkok native
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                                                Stage item
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                                                Metaphorical animal which is also known as a human being
                                              10. 20A
                                                Like a wide grin
                                              11. 22A
                                                Duke of Illyria in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night"
                                              12. 23A
                                                Metaphorical animal which spends a lot of time flexing its muscles and pumping iron
                                              13. 24A
                                                To's partner
                                              14. 25A
                                                "Michael row the boat ___"
                                              15. 29A
                                                What the vicar might say at the conclusion of a hymn, perhaps
                                              16. 34A
                                                Actress and producer, ___ Witherspoon
                                              17. 35A
                                                Robert Francis O'Rourke, familiarly
                                              18. 36A
                                                Metaphorical animal which is the big, obvious danger charging straight at you
                                              19. 37A
                                                Dame known for her lilac-coloured hair and cat eye glasses
                                              20. 38A
                                                Voice of Dory, ___ DeGeneres
                                              21. 39A
                                                Snobs put them on
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                                                Metaphorical animal which is an annoying burden, especially for ancient mariners
                                              23. 41A
                                                Victorian card game, "Old ___"
                                              24. 42A
                                                Author, ___ Calvino
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                                                Outage scope, perhaps
                                              26. 45A
                                                "Brideshead Revisited" author, ___ Waugh
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                                                Futbol chant
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                                                Pub beverage
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                                                See 33 down
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                                                Metaphorical animal which likes to look after sick people and fall in love with them while doing so
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                                                Sales booth
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                                                Film excerpt
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                                                Vessel for Jack and Jill
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                                                "Ready or not, here ___!"
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                                                Cast a ballot
                                              36. 62A
                                                Mosque official
                                              37. 63A
                                                Metaphorical animal which seems threatening but in actuality is unable to withstand challenge
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                                                Pampering places
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                                                Boardroom VIPs
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                                                Instrument that gets seriously overshadowed by the bagpipes in P.D.Q. Bach's "Sinfonia concertante", S. 98.6
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                                                Workplace safety organisation in the US
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                                                Close by
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                                                Revise
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                                                Spinach-loving sailor
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                                                Abraham's name before it was changed
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                                                Way in
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                                                Aug. follower
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                                                5th president of the US, James ___
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                                                Word of regret
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                                                Polynesian figurine
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                                                Divisible by two
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                                                Make over
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                                                Shrek, for example
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                                                Director, ___ Welles
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                                                Celebrated
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                                                Concert venue
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                                                Passover meal
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                                                From now on
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                                                City in the title of Coldplay's "Lovers in Japan" remix
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                                                Show to be false
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                                                Striped stone
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                                                Courtroom event
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                                                Ahead of schedule
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                                                With 48 across: Hypothetical megastructure that completely encompasses a star and captures a large percentage of its solar power output
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                                                Piece of grass
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                                                French novelist, ___ Zola
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                                                Indie folk band, Bon ___
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                                                Employee
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                                                Runs off to marry
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                                                "Battle Angel" of Hollywood
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                                                Omit
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                                                Type size
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                                                Basketball target
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                                                Granny Weatherwax's first name, as spoken by Nanny Ogg (and pretty much nobody else!)
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                                                Box-office failure
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                                                Cast-of-thousands film
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                                                Moniker
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                                                "See you later!"
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                                                Shady trees
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