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You can do better

◆ · By woozy · Published 2023-02-05T06:34:19.936Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is an adjective
You can do better. And so can I. I did this one before but it didn't go over well. But I really liked the mechanism and I think I made it better this time. (Unless I made it too easy.)
(This time I didn't misspell "DIETY".)
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  • KayW 🤓7:48 · 2023-02-10T00:43:29.735Z
    Well! Apparently I CAN'T do better... I am first? is that possible?
    Very clever!! I had a sneaking suspicion about the answer and googling confirmed most of the also-rans. Was there another path to the answer that I leap-frogged over?
    • woozy constructor · 2023-02-10T02:37:55.877Z
      Maybe.... did you take the first letters of the the ones who beat them? That is: Superior Everest California Omega Neil Diamond.
      I'm just glad someone did this
      • KayW 🤓7:48 · 2023-02-11T20:34:21.964Z
        Wow!!! Even "more better". VERY elegant
    Play today's daily mini crossword
    1A
    Fresh-water lake with surface area of 23,146 sq mi. (It is currently suffering an invasion of hyacinths)
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    Across
    1. 1A
      Fresh-water lake with surface area of 23,146 sq mi. (It is currently suffering an invasion of hyacinths)
    2. 9A
      "A" in the NATO alphabet
    3. 13A
      Late in payment
    4. 15A
      Former Thailand
    5. 16A
      What photos in ads seldom are
    6. 18A
      Mountain 28,251 ft above sea level. (George Bell referred to it as "a savage mountain that tries to kill you")
    7. 19A
      Mountain for which a soda company was named
    8. 20A
      Grains that can be rolled or steel-cut
    9. 22A
      Skin art, so to speak
    10. 23A
      U.S. State with a population of 29,145,505. (Its state flower is the bluebonnet [and not the yellow rose])
    11. 25A
      Large swallow
    12. 27A
      "----- cavet" The dog bewares; see what I did there?
    13. 30A
      Deity
    14. 32A
      Furious
    15. 35A
      Steel/Rock-type Pokémon introduced in Generation III. It looks like it ain't nothing but a hound dog to me, but what do I know?
    16. 36A
      Marked for a purpose
    17. 38A
      Greek letter that is 23rd. (In physics, commonly used to represent wave functions)
    18. 39A
      Opposition position
    19. 40A
      What "C" means in William Steig's "CDB"
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      "Where the bee sucks, there suck I; --- cowslip's bell I lie; Gee, I'm the tiniest little guy"; Okay, it's late and I'm getting punchy
    21. 42A
      Courteous
    22. 45A
      What "Oh, roar a roar for Nora; Nora Alice in the night; For she has seen Aurora; Borealis burning bright; A furore for our Nora!; And applaud Aurora seen!; Where, throughout the Summer; has Our Borealis been" is an example of.
    23. 46A
      Perfect and representative
    24. 47A
      Carrier to Stockholm
    25. 48A
      Goes on a tirade
    26. 49A
      Caustic substances
    27. 51A
      The last time one of my puzzles was featured in the New York Times
    28. 53A
      --- de France; region centered in Paris
    29. 55A
      He set foot on the moon at 03:15:16 (UTC) on July 21, 1969. (His first words were "Beautiful View"... we should have sent a poet....)
    30. 57A
      One of these cold guys cometh, but two of them ... come? ..... sigh. Sometimes clever clues just don't work....
    31. 61A
      "---- canem"; Beware of dog
    32. 63A
      Mineral with a Mohs hardness of 9.25. (It was first discovered in Canyon Diablo, AZ, in 1893)
    33. 65A
      Tied
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      Basically an eggless quiche, but savory. And caramelized. Yum.
    35. 67A
      Broad valley
    36. 68A
      Ways out
    Down
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      Ways to go
    2. 2D
      2.54 cm or so
    3. 3D
      Prefix for down, as in ---clysm, or ---comb
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      Place faith upon
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      Gives a speach
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      Take it easy
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      ---- in Ichthyosaur (spelling instructions)
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      Musical compositions having a mixture of free recitative and metrical song
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      Inquire
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      Legal action
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      Seek favor by servile flattery
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      Wild way to run
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      "Ctrl" singer; What? It's not my fault you old fogies haven't heard of her....
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      Aliens
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      Pigs
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      Spies
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      George's lyricist brother
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      Maybe this island is named for wild boars, or maybe it's named for goats. It's hard to tell. Etymology can be ----cious
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      Concerned, bothered (British slang)
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      Volume
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      Neglect
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      Principle
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      Red waxed cheeses
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      "---, as I live, Devil is a cod"; strange theological belief that makes as much sense backwards as forward
    25. 37D
      Set and harden
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      Possible subject of 44D
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      Shell out
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      Aficionado's publication
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      Immediate progenitors
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      Wicker again
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      Total
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      Cap shade
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      Chilled
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      Magma when its above ground
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      Where to see animals
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      Soldiers not accounted for
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      To be in Paris
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      Makes after cost
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      Chemical ending that lists to the right and slightly upward?
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      Faction within a larger body; abbr.
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