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◆ · By whimsy · Published 2022-03-13T17:31:33.753Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is: With "The," a character in a well-known movie.
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  • Capn Rick solved 2022-03-15T00:52:37.467Z
  • Hector solved 2022-03-23T13:54:49.227Z
  • Meg solved 2022-03-23T14:14:18.858Z
  • boharr solved 2022-03-23T15:26:13.114Z
  • dplass solved 2022-03-23T15:50:41.342Z
  • woozy solved 2022-03-23T18:12:23.693Z
  • Laura M solved 2022-03-23T19:04:27.338Z
  • oldjudge solved 2022-03-23T19:30:05.646Z
  • Gutman solved 2022-03-23T21:16:24.061Z
  • Tyrpmom solved 2022-03-23T23:20:27.504Z
  • Dave C solved 2022-03-24T00:05:30.721Z
  • Dow Jones solved 2022-03-24T01:41:09.104Z
  • BarbaraK solved 2022-03-24T01:54:21.535Z
  • Bbaack solved 2022-03-24T05:02:41.212Z
  • KayW solved 2022-03-24T16:19:42.625Z
  • Carolyn solved 2022-03-24T16:45:05.914Z
  • Cindy Heisler solved 2022-03-24T19:26:48.879Z
  • Wendy S HeadinHome solved 2022-03-24T20:53:51.493Z
  • Mwoychick solved 2022-03-25T13:18:25.897Z
  • Jack Sullivan solved 2022-03-26T19:16:11.504Z
  • MamaEllen solved 2022-03-29T16:13:49.504Z

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  • Hector 4s · 2022-03-23T13:55:04.682Z
    Oooh, cool one, thank you!
    • whimsy constructor · 2022-03-23T17:52:36.449Z
      Thanks, Hector!
    • Meg 4s · 2022-03-23T14:35:06.156Z
      First, I thought it was the horse of a different color. Then down the rabbit hole of ROYGBIV. Nice mechanism!
      • whimsy constructor · 2022-03-23T17:52:49.385Z
        Love this thought!
      • boharr 3s · 2022-03-23T15:26:51.679Z
        Clever. Over at 67A gave it to me.
        • whimsy constructor · 2022-03-23T18:35:56.336Z
          The clue for that entry was what I kicked up a notch in order to make it so people could actually solve! :)
        • dplass 8:34 · 2022-03-23T15:50:57.238Z
          Guessed about 39 things before found it. Still have no idea why.
          • whimsy constructor · 2022-03-23T18:43:38.504Z
            67A, 8D, and 62D are the admittedly obscure hints; in combination with 46D. Was hoping that and the rainbow of symmetric color entries would do the trick. The title is a cue to look at the letters over (above) the central letters of the colors of the rainbow.
            • dplass 8:34 · 2022-03-23T19:14:03.688Z
              Ha, thanks for the explanation. I would have never gotten this, though. Thanks for the puzzle!
          • Laura M 🤓21:06 · 2022-03-23T19:05:45.609Z
            Nicely put together!
            • Tyrpmom 47:11 · 2022-03-23T23:21:24.596Z
              Nicely done. Thanks.
              • Dow Jones 4s · 2022-03-24T01:44:50.163Z
                Got it after the clue change of 67A. Thanks for the fun, Whimsy.
                • Bbaack 21:46 · 2022-03-24T05:05:27.440Z
                  Nice one! Now I have that song in my head...
                  • KayW 9:41 · 2022-03-24T16:20:13.586Z
                    Brilliant construction and fun - thanks!!
                    • Carolyn 3s · 2022-03-24T16:46:55.870Z
                      Lots of fun, but needed the corrections! ROYGBIV threw me, but now I get it.
                      • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-03-24T19:28:18.610Z
                        I had the correct movie right from the start, but it took me forever to figure out how to get the character. Very good meta!!
                        • Wendy S HeadinHome 🤓22:39 · 2022-03-24T20:54:43.034Z
                          WOW that was tough! I actually had looked at the central two letters of all the colors, but not the 2 OVER the central two letters. Nice twist!
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                            Not hip
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                            Mlle., in Madrid
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                            Agent
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                            "The Color ________" 1983 Pulitzer novel
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                            New Mexico arts mecca
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                            Outback bird
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                            Majestic equines
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                            Icy venue
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                            "Chen" in construction
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                            ________ and Castle (Southern terminus of Bakerloo line)
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                            Advise of danger
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                            Isaiah who plays for Oklahoma City Thunder
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                            Fruit that's its color
                          14. 26A
                            Lady_____ or _____ Lives
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                            Small deer
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                            Escort into a 71A
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                            Woodland-inspired shade of green
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                            Good _______; online mart for canine lovers
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                            More persnickety
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                            Undergo renal treatment
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                            Nikola who ran out of gas
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                            Little _______Books; mementos of childhood
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                            Kindled again
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                            Manage a grab
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                            "It will come ___ surprise..."
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                            January birthstone
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                            Mineral for babies' bottoms
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                            Ass talk
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                            Prime tickets: Front __________
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                            Addams cousin
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                            Poetic 67A
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                            Weather systems
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                            DVD forerunner
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                            ______ the moon, which you might be when you figure out the key to solving the meta
                          35. 68A
                            Duke Ellington's "Mood _______"
                          36. 69A
                            ___ Paulo
                          37. 70A
                            ABC affiliate out of Scranton
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                            Venice's La Fenice, for one
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                            Big Brown (Hi ship4u!)
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                            Cashew, e.g.
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                            Native Canadian
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                            German auto
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                            With more mileage
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                            "Riders on the Storm" group in Paris?
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                            What the Whiffenpoofs did
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                            Well, at least this didn't fall on Al's parade
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                            Kemo Sabe's sidekick
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                            "Don't ____; don't tell"
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                            Get on the train in Berlin once more
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                            A butterfly might do this from a chrysalis
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                            DrTom
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                            "Game of Thrones" airer
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                            City outside Anchorage from which you can't actually see Russia
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                            Yangtze River Delta city and site of Lingwei Taoist Temple (Hello Google my old friend...)
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                            Texter's closest pal
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                            Promise to pay
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                            Monopoly spots with trains (Abbv.)
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                            Karma with a kid
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                            Turf my lawn or get off it!
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                            Lucky numero
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                            Laugh attack
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                            "Kidnapped" initialism
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                            QBs want these
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                            No drama
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                            Brian of rock
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                            Belgian diamond center
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                            Roy's abbreviated mnemonic for those arcs of color in the sky
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                            Kitt who asks for a lot
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                            How Larry the rodent in a Spanish cartoon signs his checks? (He's not actually a character so don't Google for this one)
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                            Some small batteries
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                            Treasure find
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                            Chili con ___
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                            "Hansel and Gretel" prop
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                            Dravidian ethnic group of Tamil (or Spanish for "all")
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                            Huff
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                            Place for a figurehead
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                            Foundation established by golfer Woods
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                            Phillipa of "Hamilton"
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