Make It a Triple!

◆ · By Mikey G

Meta Prompt

[Level 1] The answer to the meta is a 2-word redundancy.

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Comments

Mikey G constructor · 2024-10-19T17:00:13.981Z
Answer: CHAI TEA

Explanation: There are several triplets of letters in the grid, relatively symmetrically placed; these are of the letters C, H, A, and I (the only instance of any consecutive letters in the grid). They are all in the shape of the letter "T," making CHAI TEA our final 2-word answer.

Now, what's this about a redundancy? Well, "chai" actually derives from a word that literally means tea, so "chai tea" is basically just "tea tea." Of course, phrases like "masala chai" and "chai latte" are non-redundancies. Feel free to let me know about other redundancies, such as "ATM machine" or "Sahara Desert" (whose first name also translates to "desert"!) in the comments!
Meg 3s · 2024-10-19T17:51:26.215Z
Almost as bad as the La Brea tar pits!
- Mikey G constructor · 2024-10-19T20:53:17.854Z
  Look what I'm learning - didn't know that, actually!
- woozy 🤓8:26 · 2024-10-19T21:39:59.755Z
  And the Sierra Nevada mountains, the ATM machine, PIN number, etc. etc.
frostyjhammer 🤓5:38 · 2024-10-19T17:53:19.652Z
My favorite is "PIN Number" =`:^>
KayW 🤓6:15 · 2024-10-19T17:56:27.040Z
I enjoy this redundant beverage almost as much as I enjoy your puzzles. Thanks Mikey! Let me SPELL OUT IN DETAIL my PIN NUMBER for the ATM MACHINE so we can buy RICE PILAF, NAAN BREAD. SHRIMP SCAMPI and AHI TUNA.
- Mikey G constructor · 2024-10-19T23:21:05.188Z
  Now I'm hungry, doubly so!!
boharr 2s · 2024-10-19T18:18:12.095Z
Thanks, Mikey.
Tom Wilson 🤓1:02 · 2024-10-19T18:49:58.368Z
Yes, PIN number is a doozy! (Along with "OPEC countries" and that nuptial invitation to "Please RSVP.")
- Mikey G constructor · 2024-10-19T23:20:55.516Z
  Oooh, fun ones!
Bbaack 13:46 · 2024-10-19T18:50:21.269Z
Nice! Another one is Rio Grande river...
MatthewL 🤓6:19 · 2024-10-19T19:35:48.817Z
Fun. Thanks for taking it easy on us this week, Mikey!
Carolyn 3s · 2024-10-19T20:08:09.115Z
Very nice!
woozy 🤓8:26 · 2024-10-19T21:38:21.603Z
Whew. I almost didn't get this.

You knew, there are two types of people: Those who can infer from incomplete data.

I guess I'm the type who would say, "hey, I don't see myself in that description"
ELSavage 🤓7:04 · 2024-10-19T21:52:59.655Z
That was fun. Apparently no one yet has been seen driving their Sport SUV. Also, if you haven't added the word 'pleonasm' to your vocabulary, check it out.
hoover 2s · 2024-10-19T22:18:22.368Z
Thanks for the mewling kitten after last week's ferocious hellcat. I haven't even finished the grid yet, but because of the way I solve, I had already done 8D when I got to 32A, whose clue pretty much gives away the show.
- Mikey G constructor · 2024-10-19T23:21:58.698Z
  The cat was much tamer this week!
whimsy 9:42 · 2024-10-19T23:48:33.576Z
Well, some of us like our redundancy hardcore, like me and Roseanne Roseannadanna. Thanks, Mikey!
Abide 🤓7:03 · 2024-10-20T01:12:15.598Z
Filing a protest that CHAI TEAS was deemed incorrect.
- Mikey G constructor · 2024-10-20T04:57:07.862Z
  Our judges have ruled that that is acceptable and you should be able to put that in now. And that's no TEAS! (Actually, it's several.)
Darth 🤓10:05 · 2024-10-19T20:46:12.953Z
Redundancy and repetition sometimes bothers and annoys me... but not often! :P Great and wonderful puz, Mikey!
Deb W 🤓5:55 · 2024-10-20T17:39:08.226Z
OMG I got one without a nudge. I know it's a "one" but it makes me happy.
- Mikey G constructor · 2024-10-21T22:18:59.500Z
  There you go! Always gives me a thrill, no matter the level!
DrTom 🤓12:40 · 2024-10-21T02:48:19.297Z
I guess it was a SUDDEN INSPIRATION that got me to the answer.....
DrTom 🤓12:40 · 2024-10-21T02:44:02.925Z
I had CHAI from the start but it never occured to me that CHAI actually means "Tea" - DUH!
Gutman 2s · 2024-10-21T19:57:49.842Z
Fun
kurtalert 🤓6:20 · 2024-10-22T04:37:57.054Z
Neat one :-) I made a big batch of chai concentrate a few weeks ago. Was better cold than hot. Need to find a better hot recipe!
- Mikey G constructor · 2024-10-31T18:58:06.742Z
  I'm all about iced beverages!
syoustra 🤓6:49 · 2024-10-23T02:45:48.293Z
Brilliant .... and hilarious!
Bird Lives 7s · 2024-10-25T02:56:20.228Z
As the barista said handing me a stray, If at first you don't suck tea, chai chai again.
Meta World Peace 5s · 2024-10-26T12:25:56.067Z
Wonder if this goes well with mahi-mahi (my working guess during my roughly clockwise solving path through the grid starting at noon--the C came last!)?
Qmark 3s · 2024-10-31T13:55:54.268Z
Late to the puzzle due to vacay time....thanks Mikey!
- Mikey G constructor · 2024-10-31T18:58:24.088Z
  Still just as fun - we've kept the chai warm for you! Or cold, whatever you like!

Part of many Brazilian place names

Across

1A
Part of many Brazilian place names
4A
Get rid of
8A
Not to
11A
FDR agency
12A
"This relaxing Level 1 meta feels good!"
13A
Threw one's hat in the ring
14A
Tempo (the delivery boy's speed is a paper clip)
15A
Big Apple neighborhood
16A
First word in both a Beethoven and a Bobbie Gentry title
17A
"I'll bring my own luggage, just ___"
19A
Heart, in Hamburg (use four of six letters in ZITHER)
21A
Graphic beginning?
22A
Good, in Grenada
25A
"You've got two choices, that's it"
27A
Early online protocol that would be revealed in its entirety in the "Wheel of Fortune" bonus round
28A
Pop's partner (Mikey G's really likes the meta answer!)
30A
Penlight batteries
32A
Roman triumvirates? (Yes, a semi-dupe with what's crossing it - I wonder why...)
33A
"___! I need some peak! ___! Not just any peak! ___! You know I need some peak! ___!"
34A
I don't have enough puns about highway entrances - I'll have to ___ up my efforts
35A
Oh, it's nothing, really
36A
Ancient music storage devices (You hear of what's new now? They're called records!)
37A
Enjoys the diner things in life
38A
Joe and others

Down

1D
Paltry
2D
Florida State in 2023, briefly
3D
Graphic beginning?
4D
What a "great" dog, no bones about it!
5D
Greek sailors ___ their boat (and then have some pi)
6D
"It all makes sense now!"
7D
Friend who said "If you want to receive e-mails about my upcoming shows, then please give me money so I can buy a computer"
8D
Movie that's coming to theaters in 2027, so start thawing it now
9D
"Totes tubular!"
10D
Three Dog Night song written by Harry Nilsson
14D
"The Sweetness at the Bottom of the ___" (Alan Bradley novel)
18D
1957 Jimmy Dorsey song whose title explains what a puzzle of mine without puns is
20D
"Should we use inches or centimeters?" "I'll have to make a ___ on that"
23D
Diamond and others
24D
Periods that go at the end, maybe?: Abbr.
26D
[I'm the best sheep ever, and don't you forget it]
27D
Six of these are in a fl. oz.
28D
Apple offering or cheese partner (now I'm hungry)
29D
Antediluvian
31D
Qty.