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First Quarter (meta)

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Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a six-letter word.
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  • Hector solved 2024-01-25T17:37:15.448Z
  • Pair O Ducks solved 2024-01-25T20:05:12.582Z
  • Adam Doctoroff solved 2024-01-25T22:32:50.865Z
  • Cindy Weatherman solved 2024-01-25T22:39:59.543Z
  • Meg solved 2024-01-25T22:45:34.812Z
  • andeux solved 2024-01-25T22:48:10.658Z
  • benchen71 solved 2024-01-26T00:25:39.896Z
  • KayW solved 2024-01-26T01:07:38.975Z
  • boharr solved 2024-01-26T01:24:53.382Z
  • markhr solved 2024-01-26T01:25:40.031Z
  • SamKat9 solved 2024-01-26T05:42:38.857Z
  • Danny K Bernstein solved 2024-01-26T14:31:33.562Z
  • DIS solved 2024-01-26T19:54:56.520Z
  • Laura M solved 2024-01-27T00:37:30.680Z
  • I K Snamhcok solved 2024-01-31T21:31:32.209Z

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  • Hector 🤓6:24 · 2024-01-25T17:41:57.059Z
    D'oh! I was sure the fact that there are 1- 2- 3- and 4-letter words in each themer had something to do with the meta. I tried to use the word lengths to index into the 4-letter entries alongside the themers... Tried to make a week 1 into a week 3, I guess. Thanks, ricky!
    • Pair O Ducks 🤓6:11 · 2024-01-25T20:06:47.542Z
      Me too! Only I didn't think to try looking at the entries alongside, but I was certain the 1-2-3-4 patterns were involved, until, well, they weren't!
    • Meg 9s · 2024-01-25T22:46:38.178Z
      Ditto Hector's paths. Gotta stop making things so complicated!
      • benchen71 3s · 2024-01-26T00:28:29.104Z
        I noticed the themers were all 4-word phrases, so wrote out the first letters of each. At that point I saw DOLLAR, but it was a nice confirming touch to realise that those letters came from the 4-letter words!
        • markhr 🤓3:59 · 2024-01-26T01:28:14.266Z
          Done. Did he ever give the solution to Peak Performance? I never figured that one out.
          • rickybillingsgate constructor · 2024-01-26T21:59:30.189Z
            Uh oh I may have forgotten to post the answer I'll look into it
          • KayW 🤓7:39 · 2024-01-26T01:07:58.317Z
            Fun one - thanks!
            • SamKat9 🤓10:51 · 2024-01-26T05:43:59.766Z
              Thank you for the puzzle! Something told me to organize the words in the themers by length and it worked!
              • Laura M 🤓6:42 · 2024-01-27T00:38:31.663Z
                Enjoyed this, thanks!
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                Across
                1. 1A
                  Crunch targets
                2. 4A
                  Uttered
                3. 8A
                  Zip
                4. 12A
                  Put on
                5. 13A
                  Downright
                6. 15A
                  Unite
                7. 16A
                  "I really need you to spell it out"
                8. 19A
                  14-Down (on)
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                  Sonic creator
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                  Ton of simultaneous challenges
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                  Crummy car
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                  Mo. no. 11
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                  Pesce ___ (Italian version of sashimi)
                14. 29A
                  Native people of the Caribbean
                15. 33A
                  In a sticky situation
                16. 39A
                  Secretary of War and Tenn. city namesake
                17. 40A
                  Number of words in this clue minus seven
                18. 41A
                  Sound sleepers?
                19. 43A
                  Cinque meno due
                20. 44A
                  Krist's Nirvana bandmate
                21. 46A
                  Last
                22. 48A
                  Fun and games
                23. 50A
                  Wear away
                24. 51A
                  Affectionate emoticon
                25. 53A
                  Wipe out
                26. 56A
                  Snack consisting of celery, peanut butter, and raisins
                27. 60A
                  Boundary
                28. 64A
                  Versifier
                29. 65A
                  "That guy's tearing it up!"
                30. 67A
                  Couple of celebs?
                31. 68A
                  Up and at 'em
                32. 69A
                  "Help!" letters
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                  Right-hand person
                34. 71A
                  Crafter's online outlet
                35. 72A
                  Entry that looks a lot like 51-Across but is in fact a word for a female sheep
                Down
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                  Throws on
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                  Carried
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                  Little obstruction
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                  Result for one who 1-Downs
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                  First-string set
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                  ___-disco (spacy 80s Euroclub music)
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                  Supernatural adversary
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                  Actor with 5 Emmy noms for playing Ryan on "The Office"
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                  Horse color
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                  "Unless my memory deceives me," online
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                  Number of times between never and twice
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                  19-Across (on)
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                  Ralph Emerson's middle name
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                  Bad review
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                  Little one
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                  Seemingly forever
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                  Barbecues, e.g.
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                  Accumulate, as a bill
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                  Gestating, after "in"
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                  Cleaved
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                  U.S.-Canada defense letters
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                  Kind of daisy
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                  Director Lee currently working on a Bruce Lee biopic
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                  Cutesy UK word for bathroom
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                  One of the Gershwins
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                  More than one of the Spice Girls
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                  Fella
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                  "Donkey Kong Country" platform, briefly
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                  "I got this! Really!"
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                  Actress Judy of "Archer" and "Arrested Development"
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                  Exact number of Spice Girls named 37-Down
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                  Granite State sch.
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                  Borden milk mascot
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                  Pigeon perch
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                  Feminist New Wave filmmaker Varda
                36. 56D
                  Western Samoa's capital
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                  "Me? Hardly"
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                  Began, with "off"
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                  ___ Lingus (carrier to Dublin)
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                  Medicinal measure
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                  Beam with happiness
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                  "... or ___!" (ultimatum ender)
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                  "Doesn't matter to me"
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