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· By Mikey G

Meta Prompt
The three-word answer to the meta, illustrated repeatedly in the grid, is where I'm going on vacation.
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  • whimsy solved 2022-05-29T00:21:07.392Z
  • Capn Rick solved 2022-05-29T01:44:17.515Z
  • Alex E solved 2022-05-29T02:37:48.082Z
  • Hector solved 2022-05-29T02:39:41.340Z
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  • whimsy 🤓15:56 · 2022-05-29T00:25:30.818Z
    I chortled when I got this!
    • Capn Rick 🤓11:38 · 2022-05-29T01:44:59.555Z
      Same here, Claudia. I always laugh while solving Mikey's metas.
      • Hector 20s · 2022-05-29T02:44:41.161Z
        I was fairly sure it was the Debot Center at the U of Wisconsin Stevens Point campus, but that turned out to be a red herring I guess
        • whimsy 🤓15:56 · 2022-05-29T04:31:34.366Z
          Yes! Either that or spending a week watching robotic vacuums at work! :)
          • Chaddog 🤓18:32 · 2022-06-01T18:54:13.374Z
            I thought it was New Xade, Botswana and just figured he was a very ambitious vacationer. Then I saw the title.
          • benchen71 🤓8:15 · 2022-05-29T07:05:26.264Z
            Fun one! Great cluing as usual.
            • madhatter5 3s · 2022-05-29T10:21:52.473Z
              PFFFFFFFFT
              • Mikey G constructor · 2022-05-29T14:21:58.644Z
                I'll take that as a compliment. 🤣🤣
              • boharr 3s · 2022-05-29T14:58:36.245Z
                Finally!
                • woozy 16:15 · 2022-05-29T16:07:07.891Z
                  Ha. Ha. Ha.
                  • KayW 11:05 · 2022-05-29T17:19:29.623Z
                    LOL tried typing a 2-word answer. TWICE. Before I re-read the instructions. Great cluing and meta. And given my 2 failed tries, maybe I should go there too!
                    • Bird Lives 🤓16:42 · 2022-06-02T17:55:55.623Z
                      Same here
                    • C64 3s · 2022-05-29T17:46:20.961Z
                      Just another week or two of polynomial functions, yeah?
                      • Mikey G constructor · 2022-05-29T21:00:28.109Z
                        I'm on vacation now, actually, but then I've got 7 weeks of summer school, which means lots of curriculum planning!
                      • Laura M 🤓11:44 · 2022-05-29T20:59:26.947Z
                        Got it after a badly-thought-out first submission :-) Nice one!
                        • Tom Wilson 🤓1:32 · 2022-05-31T21:01:52.633Z
                          Your cluing never fails to entertain - if not provoke full-tilt belly laughs - and there's always such satisfaction when I properly land. Thanks for the ride; I hope your wish comes true!
                          • Mikey G constructor · 2022-06-04T04:48:25.271Z
                            You are far too kind! Here's hoping!!
                          • DIS 🤓7:49 · 2022-05-31T21:09:48.072Z
                            Hilarious -- great finish.
                            • Chaddog 🤓18:32 · 2022-06-01T18:50:26.270Z
                              The facepalm after spending time twirling the Earth in Google Maps looking for inspiration will be felt for a while. Thanks for the fun puzzle!
                              • Carolyn 10s · 2022-06-01T21:59:34.193Z
                                Cute! Grid harder than the meta.
                                • Bird Lives 🤓16:42 · 2022-06-02T17:54:51.810Z
                                  Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
                                  • Mikey G constructor · 2022-06-04T04:48:08.443Z
                                    Hey, it's my students' response to my lectures!
                                  • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-06-02T18:11:42.109Z
                                    Finally got it after a nudge. I was wording it every which way but the correct way.
                                    1A
                                    Begs for more salmon-flavored crunchies, maybe
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                                    Across
                                    1. 1A
                                      Begs for more salmon-flavored crunchies, maybe
                                    2. 5A
                                      Clothes for senators
                                    3. 10A
                                      Florida city, for short
                                    4. 14A
                                      First of all?
                                    5. 15A
                                      Squash, e.g.
                                    6. 16A
                                      Its first trip carried President Chaim Weizmann from Geneva in 1948
                                    7. 17A
                                      Aquatic animal who loves to listen to the less popular sides of 45s?
                                    8. 19A
                                      Word that appears twice in a 1937 Ernest Hemingway book title
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                                      Second take?
                                    10. 21A
                                      The secret agent worked at the magazine office ___
                                    11. 23A
                                      Impolite plant person whose comments might have you saying "I beg your garden???"?
                                    12. 26A
                                      Introduce gradually
                                    13. 29A
                                      Expert
                                    14. 30A
                                      An article on its origins called it "one of the most...momentous developments in...clinical neurology": Abbr.
                                    15. 31A
                                      "And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat ___" (Genesis 5:6)
                                    16. 34A
                                      "Take ___!"
                                    17. 38A
                                      Glass container that once held root beer (my favorite beer) but now contains pieces of paper describing what I'm thankful for?
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                                      Blood component
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                                      Impression
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                                      Parts of handles, perhaps?
                                    21. 45A
                                      Kindergarten break (you know, after learning about mitochondrial DNA and polynomial functions)
                                    22. 47A
                                      "So, how are you doing handling all the responsibilities at the car dealership?" "___"
                                    23. 50A
                                      Having the coins get stuck inside the pinball machine, for one?
                                    24. 55A
                                      Circumference divided by pi
                                    25. 56A
                                      Dentist's demand
                                    26. 60A
                                      Shrek, or me before my morning coffee (or after)
                                    27. 61A
                                      Steer clear of a way meant to reduce wrinkles?
                                    28. 64A
                                      Take in some views?
                                    29. 65A
                                      Fix a road (fun fact: nobody has ever used this word)
                                    30. 66A
                                      "My ocean liner is stuck at the harbor!" "___ happens."
                                    31. 67A
                                      Gait
                                    32. 68A
                                      Rosebud and others
                                    33. 69A
                                      It hosted Eurovision in 1996 and 2010
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                                      Momentum divided by velocity
                                    2. 2D
                                      Change your story, say
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                                      "You can stop walking in that stream soon!" "Good, 'cause I can't ___ any longer!"
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                                      Besmirches
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                                      General who's totally chicken (I'm hilarious)
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                                      Take your pick
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                                      Didn't 29-Across the test but still did pretty well
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                                      Playground retort found in the middle of a Joe Cocker song title
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                                      Layers
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                                      "Tell me how I look in this outfit; I promise I won't get mad whatsoever"
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                                      Legendary king of 69-Across's country
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                                      If you want to go visit these, you're bats!
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                                      On the ball
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                                      Last word in Bob Dylan song title with opening lyric "Early one morning the sun was shining / I was laying in bed"
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                                      A chocoholic's favorite tree, perhaps
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                                      It's a losing proposition
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                                      Lassitude
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                                      Mastermind pieces
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                                      "Take this!" (Me, handing you a book of my puns)
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                                      Spot for culture?
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                                      Anomalous
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                                      "Do we have visual confirmation?"
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                                      "I'm going to leave you in the footnotes, Caesar!" "___, brute?"
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                                      Countertenor counterpart
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                                      One often has many choices
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                                      Savory deli order (and if you get it, something's fishy LOL)
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                                      "There will be no more jokes about my wearing this cloak of invisibility: have ___ myself clear?"
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                                      Wife of ___ (Chaucer character who loved rubber duckies)
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                                      Pan and more
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                                      Belgrade native
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                                      Melodic passage
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                                      Take home GINGER CAT BEST CAT EVER, for example
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                                      Exactitude
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                                      Monte ___
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                                      Cut at an angle
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                                      Pontificate from a lectern
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                                      Unspecified degrees (I'm almost at the end of the puzzle; let this consonant mush slide please)
                                    38. 58D
                                      Besmirch
                                    39. 59D
                                      Dry-erase marker brand that should give me ten free boxes due to this product placement (I can dream)
                                    40. 62D
                                      Palindromic parent
                                    41. 63D
                                      EMT destinations
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