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Across
  1. 1A
    Early exile
  2. 4A
    Stick
  3. 6A
    Rural utopia
  4. 8A
    "___ Life" (jazz standard written by Billy Strayhorn at age 18)
  5. 9A
    Glass can be found here, briefly
  6. 11A
    NYT rival (get ready for Acronym Fest, folks - not meta-related!!)
  7. 12A
    DC clock setting in winter
  8. 15A
    "So, that's how we solve the meta!"
  9. 17A
    Like some pilots' stunts
  10. 20A
    East, in Essen or another German city starting with "E"
  11. 22A
    "___ the People" (documentary on the Constitution of Video Game Players, which I made up)
  12. 23A
    What hosts, five of whom are hidden in this grid, might do, or have done, on the answer to the meta (a rando center entry, but I couldn't get HOSTS to work!)
  13. 24A
    Going rate?: Abbr.
  14. 25A
    Some HDTVs
  15. 26A
    Queen's servant?
  16. 28A
    QVC rival
  17. 30A
    Compass direction that isn't the one at 38-Down (sorry)
  18. 31A
    First word in the title of Dickens' last completed novel
  19. 32A
    8, often: Abbr.
  20. 34A
    45 and 78, e.g.
  21. 36A
    Have a drink in the afternoon, perhaps
  22. 39A
    "___ what do we do??"
  23. 40A
    Spanish chess piece
Down
  1. 1D
    Misers, colloquially
  2. 2D
    Connecting word
  3. 3D
    Close
  4. 4D
    Crosswords Really Sparkle, for short (we're trying here)
  5. 5D
    Achieving the name of this game earns 25 points
  6. 6D
    "If you don't know anything about cars, you ___!" (This is the only way I will clue this)
  7. 7D
    MLA alternative
  8. 8D
    Fifth-largest Greek city, using all but one letter in the word "SALARIES"
  9. 10D
    Equilateral parallelogram
  10. 11D
    Nash of Sixpence None the Richer
  11. 13D
    "You're the straw that ___ the drink!" (Kramer, to Jerry)
  12. 14D
    Wheel, cap, or coupling, e.g.
  13. 16D
    In accordance with
  14. 17D
    "How'd you do at the cobbling competition?" "I gave it my ___"
  15. 18D
    After the kleptomaniac performed in the orchestra, he took a ___
  16. 19D
    Opening in chess?
  17. 21D
    Article seen hundreds of times in a newspaper
  18. 27D
    Another name for the Italian heirloom tomato
  19. 29D
    Brazil, e.g.
  20. 33D
    It might be ideal
  21. 35D
    Place to park on Sunday
  22. 37D
    DMZ land
  23. 38D
    Compass direction that isn't the one at 30-Across (sorry)
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