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What Time Is It?

· By Mwoychick · Published 2022-11-09T13:34:28.688Z

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Your directive: find a word that relates to 15 grid entries
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  • Tom Wilson 🤓5:49 · 2022-11-09T13:58:33.949Z
    Nicely done, Mark. Those of us with erratic solving skills - let along the ability to actually build one! - appreciate the cleverness of those who construct metas, whether new to the game or accomplished veterans. Looking forward to much more from you!
    • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-09T16:29:11.398Z
      Thanks, Tom - I have a few more in the works :)
    • Darth 🤓7:59 · 2022-11-09T14:07:19.369Z
      It's prime time! Thank you, Mark!
      • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-09T16:29:22.990Z
        Thanks for solving, Darth!
      • Hector 3s · 2022-11-09T14:57:57.218Z
        Wow, that's a lot of (prime) territory in a small grid taken up by theme entries! I only noticed the entries' connection to 'prime' after submitting (I had seen that the entries clued by two meanings had prime numbers). So I really solved with only half of the mechanism. Anyone solve with only the other half?
        • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-09T16:33:19.012Z
          I'm curious to know what path(s) solvers find, too. I used the smaller grid, partly to make the intersecting prime clue numbers easier to handle and also because 13 is a prime. I would have liked to have only 13 themers for the same reason but it was not to be
        • boharr 3s · 2022-11-09T15:34:11.900Z
          Fun one. Thanks, Mark
          • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-09T16:33:33.020Z
            Thanks, boharr!
          • Qmark 4s · 2022-11-09T15:31:40.225Z
            Thanks Mark!
            • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-09T16:33:42.651Z
              Thanks for solving!
            • wendy walker 3s · 2022-11-09T16:00:15.692Z
              Terrific puzzle, Mark! Thanks!
              • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-09T16:34:01.134Z
                Thank you, Wendy
              • Bird Lives 4s · 2022-11-09T15:53:05.347Z
                Successful maiden voyage. Is there more to the ORs than just as theme markers in the clues? Those two in 44A44AState of a boutique after a blowout sale, perhaps[-------------] have me puzzled.
                • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-09T16:35:22.727Z
                  Thanks, Jay. The ORs are just to denote the theme entries. Their appearance in 44A44AState of a boutique after a blowout sale, perhaps[-------------] is just an oversight/coincidence on my part
                • Alex Sisti 3s · 2022-11-09T16:16:30.461Z
                  Nicely done!!
                  • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-09T18:08:17.909Z
                    Thanks for solving, Al!
                  • woozy 23:28 · 2022-11-09T17:38:25.918Z
                    Fun! I have found all the 15 entries.
                    But by a funny coincidence I have recently constructed this puzzle with a similar theme! https://crosshare.org/crosswords/7lpVOdgoWPR9I9LHdiU4/principal-ideal-originalwell-not-so-original
                    • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-09T18:08:40.425Z
                      Thanks, Woozy, I'll try it out
                    • DrTom 4s · 2022-11-09T20:16:26.543Z
                      Mark has clawed his way into our hearts with this MEOW. His mechanism is doubly sweet because there are two ways you can arrive - I mean along with all of the other constraints he put this into a GRID with a size that is a Prime number - genius. I was delighted when I got a chance to be one of his testers.
                      • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-10T00:44:46.445Z
                        Thanks, DrTom!
                      • Laura M 🤓12:20 · 2022-11-09T22:24:15.437Z
                        Fun! I don't think I understand quite all 15 of them but close enough :-)
                        • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-10T00:45:31.240Z
                          Thanks for solving, Laura - I'll provide all 15 with the reveal next Tuesday
                        • BrennerTJ 🤓50s · 2022-11-10T02:29:32.260Z
                          Great puzzle! I figured the answer from some of the words alone and only then noticed the number sequence.
                          • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-10T03:17:08.398Z
                            Thanks for solving, and glad you enjoyed it!
                          • Teamdoubletow 2s · 2022-11-10T03:44:38.881Z
                            My husband enjoyed figured this one out! Great puzzle
                            • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-10T04:32:53.657Z
                              Thanks for solving!
                            • whimsy 🤓9:36 · 2022-11-10T03:50:02.340Z
                              Yes, I test solved -- and yes, it took me all day (and a poke in the head from DrTom) to remember how to solve again!
                              Good going, Mark!
                              • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-10T04:33:24.423Z
                                Thanks for test solving and re-solving, Whimsy!
                              • dplass 🤓5:04 · 2022-11-10T15:18:14.584Z
                                Why PRIME TIME? (Full dislocusre, I gave up and mashed "reveal". I do see the 15 prime answers with "or" in the clues, but... why TIME?)
                                • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-10T16:08:34.943Z
                                  Both PRIME and PRIME TIME are accepted answers. Each of the prime number clues has a grid answer that goes with the word PRIME, and I included PRIME TIME as an answer for solvers who answered the "What time is it?" Question with "Prime Time"
                                  • dplass 🤓5:04 · 2022-11-11T01:02:35.744Z
                                    Oh. I never heard of half of them .
                                • KayW 🤓6:30 · 2022-11-11T22:21:46.914Z
                                  DOH!!! the nudges didn't tell me anything I hadn't already noticed/guessed. But I just couldn't come up with that magic word until today. Very clever - and an impressive FEAT11DAccomplishment or film (Abbr.)[----] (not abbr)
                                  • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-11T23:19:18.746Z
                                    Congrats, KayW - thanks for solving!
                                  • Carolyn 6s · 2022-11-12T19:10:07.441Z
                                    That wasn’t easy but got it without nudges!
                                    • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-12T19:22:18.969Z
                                      Congrats, and thanks for solving!
                                    • Sharkicicles 2s · 2022-11-12T20:39:22.226Z
                                      Great puzzle!
                                      • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-12T22:22:14.786Z
                                        Thank you, and thanks for solving!
                                      • frostyjhammer 🤓7:11 · 2022-11-13T17:07:54.512Z
                                        Well done! I put together a little spreadsheet with fifteen rows, and there -- in the first column -- the answer was staring me in the face.
                                        Not that I saw the answer there 😆
                                        Looking forward to more!
                                        • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-13T18:25:57.431Z
                                          Congrats, and thanks for solving!
                                        • ReB 21s · 2022-11-14T04:40:57.018Z
                                          Having the themer clues be prime numbers was most ingenious.
                                          • Mwoychick constructor · 2022-11-15T16:06:50.626Z
                                            Thanks for solving!
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                                            Text, briefly
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                                            The Eagles' "___ Eyes"
                                          3. 8A
                                            Jump again
                                          4. 10A
                                            Nas song, with "The"
                                          5. 14A
                                            View through the lens of supply and demand, for example
                                          6. 16A
                                            Cooked up schemes
                                          7. 17A
                                            A 2D2DLunar cycle or calendar page[-----] or loan letters
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                                            Vow
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                                            Tend (to) or diplomat
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                                            Tease or a barbecue bit
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                                            El ___ (weather phenomenon)
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                                            Fitting room activities
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                                            Selling points or desirable holdings
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                                            Jack of “Dragnet”
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                                            "Wet/dry" buy
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                                            FIFA token that honors retired footballers
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                                            Earthy deposit
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                                            Sandwich or area of study (Abbr.)
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                                            Orchestrate
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                                            State of a boutique after a blowout sale, perhaps
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                                            _____ as a whistle
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                                            Deceive
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                                            Absolut rival
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                                            Corn unit
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                                            Pass quickly
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                                            Lunar cycle or calendar page
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                                            Primer pooch or location
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                                            Stockpiled
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                                            Manitoba airport or many 2D2DLunar cycle or calendar page[-----]
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                                            “The Addams Family” cousin
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                                            "___ are fast, yeses take time" or figs.
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                                            School assignment
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                                            Cream-filled pastry
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                                            Accomplishment or film (Abbr.)
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                                            Sosamma ____, Indian animal conservationist
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                                            Apt. amenity or the Yukon, for one
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                                            Dues payer (Abbr.)
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                                            Actress Peeples
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                                            Connections
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                                            Distress signal
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                                            Possess
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                                            Japanese computer giant
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                                            Entrepreneur-aiding org.
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                                            Boxer Holyfield
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                                            Big box store or apple, to Tell
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                                            Medical prefix meaning "hard"
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                                            Bright
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                                            Rae of "Insecure"
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                                            Uses scissors or cold ___
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                                            Amer. Library Assn. regional group reading program
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                                            AMA members
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                                            "West Side Story" song
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                                            Actor's quest or function
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                                            "Treasure Island" monogram
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                                            "A mouse!"
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                                            Doris, Dennis or calendar square
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