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· By Mikey G

Meta Prompt
[Level 3.5] The answer to the meta is an 18-letter phrase.
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  • SamKat9 🤓14:40 · 2023-10-15T00:02:57.589Z
    Thank you for the very cool puzzle! Actually a tricky mechanism for someone who doesn't know much about golf, but my brain seemed to be coming up with good ideas today!
    • Mikey G constructor · 2023-10-15T02:12:07.731Z
      I know so little about it, haha. It was a very frantic evening once I realized #72 would be a perfect golf meta (total par in 18 holes). Off to the races I went!
      • Peter Abide 8s · 2023-10-18T17:10:40.174Z
        Loved this one! Stuck in the clue references to "#s'" (sixth, second, three, eight), I never thought to look at the Meta #. That would have sent me to "par". :(
    • Meg 2s · 2023-10-15T00:26:58.089Z
      So glad I didn’t have to match the grid to a map of the course! Thanks, Mikey.
      • boharr 5s · 2023-10-15T01:10:14.798Z
        Fore! Got waylaid at Amen Corner but survived. Thanks Mikey.
        • Mikey G constructor · 2023-10-15T15:18:28.706Z
          The 18-letter phrase was almost FOREGONE CONCLUSION, haha. You've earned your green jacket!
        • benchen71 7s · 2023-10-15T01:51:31.138Z
          I've learned to always refer to the puzzle number for a Mikey meta! This, in conjunction with 56A, got me onto the correct course. ;-)
          • Mikey G constructor · 2023-10-15T15:19:05.837Z
            Sometimes, it'll help! This was not originally #72, but when I needed to whip up an alternate, I thought of this, and a lot of things followed!
          • KayW 🤓12:32 · 2023-10-15T02:21:42.286Z
            OMG!!! I solved a sportsing meta!! LOL. This one is brilliant. Thanks Mikey
            • woozy 24:54 · 2023-10-21T05:07:14.042Z
              I'm.... in awe. My lack of sporting knowledge made this totally alien to me.
            • oldjudge 5s · 2023-10-15T04:08:28.257Z
              Quick solve--wonderful puzzle!
              • Hector 🤓13:17 · 2023-10-15T15:22:22.460Z
                Did this the hard way, not getting the clever par indexing until after solving. Maybe it's that inn my experience those strange "par" numbers never seem to have any remote relevance to actual golfing.
                • Mikey G constructor · 2023-10-15T16:33:09.163Z
                  "So, par for the course is 72." "Okay...that's just for the first hole, right?"
                • lbray53 2s · 2023-10-15T15:10:27.550Z
                  LOVED THIS! Golf references I noticed (intentional or not): AUGUST (intentional I am sure), ARNIE, PYLE (ERNIE in clue made me think of ERNIE ELS, chip in the clue for BLOC, Green in Greenhorn clue. The last step was a little "ROUGH" but I managed to save par!
                  • Mikey G constructor · 2023-10-15T15:27:43.999Z
                    Answer: JUST GOING FOR A DRIVE
                    Explanation: Per the central entry of AUGUSTA, the repeated references to "course" (serendipitously ARNIE and ATEE also came up), and the fact we're looking for an 18-letter phrase, this is most definitely golf-related. But, more specifically, it's related to the Augusta golf course that has been the centerpiece of the Masters for nearly 100 years. Also, just as overtly, precisely 18 entries' clues start with PAR. Take the nth letter of each of these entries, where n is the par of each hole in Augusta (for the record, these 18 pars are 454343454443545344). For example, the first PAR clue is 1-A's SUBJ, and the 4th letter of the entry is "J." Complete this 18 times for the punningly fitting phrase JUST GOING FOR A DRIVE, the answer to the meta.
                    • Nick 🤓16:27 · 2023-10-23T19:11:06.296Z
                      This is so incredibly impressive and thoughtful. I would love to know more about your process here. I'm sure it's a little of everything but how did you start?
                    • FrankieHeck 13:07 · 2023-10-15T17:08:59.418Z
                      Lots of fun! Everything I know about golf, I've learned from crossword puzzles. But thanks to this one, I know a little more.
                      • I K Snamhcok 2s · 2023-10-15T18:24:30.854Z
                        Another wonderful Pun of a Kind! Well, that’s par for the course. (How many have already used this pun? I didn’t read below. If I knew more golf lingo, maybe I could have been more original. Anyway … much fun! Thanks, Mikey!)
                        • LesY 5s · 2023-10-15T23:02:40.406Z
                          That was pretty genius!
                          • Darth 27:31 · 2023-10-16T01:45:45.489Z
                            Lol! This puzzle was fantastic! Awesome construction, Mikey!
                            • MatthewL 🤓16:35 · 2023-10-16T17:07:40.103Z
                              Fantastic puzzle, Mikey! Solved the grid yesterday, but had no idea what to do, so it was looking a little rough. Took a mulligan today and decided to print out the puzzle, and then AUGUSTA jumped out at me, and then all the clues starting with PAR. Pretty clear what to do after that, and it became a tap in. A lot of fun. Thanks!
                              • Mikey G constructor · 2023-10-22T05:13:08.478Z
                                I think I have a 90-minute rule on metas online - if I can't get it by then, to the printer I go! Sometimes, I see what I need to almost immediately, so maybe it's the tactile sensation of reworking the grid or looking at it in front of me. Thanks for solving!
                              • Berto 6:49 · 2023-10-17T03:49:15.471Z
                                Got it!! Suddenly had a moment of clarity as I thought about “par” and remembered seeing “parsley” and “parlays” next to each other - and got excited when there were exactly 18 similar clues - followed by a sinking feeling as the first letters spelt out gibberish. But 98 dn came to the rescue! Couldn’t believe it as a phrase unfolded before my eyes! Very cool, Mikey!
                                • Mikey G constructor · 2023-10-22T05:13:55.259Z
                                  As much as I love initial letters, which is pretty standard fare, it's nice when we can bend that a bit. It was unplanned, but yes, some of the "par" clues being next to each other also offered a bit of a nudge in that direction. Thanks!
                                • Philip Chow 🤓18:12 · 2023-10-17T10:14:54.875Z
                                  I had to put this down several times and revisiting before figuring out what to do with all the PAR words… golf isn’t exactly my forte but googling is! So once I googled “Augusta golf”… that lead me to the Masters and everything came together… brilliant construction!!
                                  • Mikey G constructor · 2023-10-22T05:14:33.328Z
                                    Yeah, golf is absolutely not mine either - trust me, I had to look at the list of pars and my words at least three times to make sure things were...up to par (had to). And "Augusta golf" does get you what you need - I checked that also!!
                                  • merlinnimue 14:12 · 2023-10-17T18:45:27.049Z
                                    i cant... i just... how... to come up with such an idea... and then to carry it out... just when i think its all been done, you geniuses continue to blow me away... sorry for being so lame, i don't have any words, so ill leave them to you superstars... i just... i dont... i cant even...
                                    • Mikey G constructor · 2023-10-22T05:16:11.204Z
                                      I am still like this with some of the WSJ and MGWCC puzzles. I think that's what got me hooked on metas in the first place. Sometimes, the fill is...sub-par (pardon the pun), but when you see what's going on, the epiphany is worth it. If you ever want to try your hand at constructing if you haven't already, keep it up! And, of course, keep solving also - that's also a great experience!!
                                    • JHSeeman 2s · 2023-10-18T01:27:53.077Z
                                      Wow...frigging awesome....I was wondering early on whether it would be par for augusta......took me a bit to see par. Incredible puzzle and meta. Loved it.
                                      • Mikey G constructor · 2023-10-22T05:17:08.076Z
                                        I believe (?) that courses can have different pars, and if you asked me to name the most famous course, that'd be my vote, only because I love March Madness and they often plug that since that's mid-April or so!
                                      • Laura M 🤓14:34 · 2023-10-18T21:30:24.453Z
                                        Loved it! I forgot to come back to this one for a few days, after I didn't solve the meta right away, but I'm glad I remembered!
                                        • DrTom 3s · 2023-10-20T18:48:26.268Z
                                          Another fantastic puzzle and clever mechanism. I struggled a little with the fill, then chased "courses" (MAIN, CHEESE) and ATEE, ADROP for a while, then started looking for golf terms in the clues. I saw GREENhorn, MASTERcard, CHIP, COURSE and then saw PARabola! Of course I immediately saw PARody and thought, "well that can't be it" when I saw PARade, PARsley and some others. Quickly got to 18 so that had to be it, but stuttered with the letters that spelled nothing. "Hmm, why would he pick only one golf course, oh heck I know and also know why none of his theme answers are more than 5 letters!"
                                          I'm not really a golfer (more of a ball drowner) but the way to the 19th hole became evident quickly. Thanks Mike, loved it!
                                          • Mikey G constructor · 2023-10-22T05:18:37.349Z
                                            Oh my goodness, I did use MasterCard in a clue, didn't I? That was completely unintended - that was cool. It took forever to get an 18-letter phrase; other candidates were FOREGONE CONCLUSION and something with MASTERFUL but couldn't get the rest of it to work. Yeah, a lot of golf stuff did creep in...just putting it out there!
                                            • DrTom 3s · 2023-10-23T04:46:50.427Z
                                              Well it might have been worse; I HOPE YOU ARE UP TO PAR. is 18
                                          • woozy 24:54 · 2023-10-21T05:04:44.415Z
                                            Yeah. Never would have gotten this. Had no idea par refered to specific holes and that there were different pars for each hole. Should have seen the pars though and should have seen the golf references but I didn't. When I got nudge one, I figured the idea was the holes in the clues but there were only 14 fill in the blank clues. (They started spelling MAIL MIL... which was tempting for a while). So I had to go to nudge 2 and beyond. Nudge 4: Huh? there is? Okay. So each hole on a course has a specific name. Google... nothing. Nudge 5: That "term". huh? I thought he said there were 18 terms. Nudge 6: Okay, he's talking of "par" but what do par have to with the holes. Any we SAAB... etc. isn't it. Nudge 7 and 8, yeah, yeah, I have no idea that's why I'm looking. Nudge 9. Okay, still can't see anything about how Augusta differs from others. Nudge 10: What? They do? I had utterly no idea!
                                            • Mikey G constructor · 2023-10-22T05:19:54.400Z
                                              My knowing there are specific pars for each hole is honestly about the extent of my golf knowledge. Could do miniature golf, maybe, and even that's a stretch, haha. I am just amazed at how people can use the laws of mathematics or whatever else they do to get that ball in the hole in so few swings.
                                              • woozy 24:54 · 2023-10-22T16:07:16.370Z
                                                Well, I did not know that much. And 72 being par for a course.... might as well state John Phillip Sousa is the favorite composer among Venusians.
                                            • DCBilly 🤓15:30 · 2023-10-21T14:13:01.712Z
                                              Haha, I actually knew the back nine holes by heart so I did them first before checking my less certain memory of the front nine.
                                              • Mikey G constructor · 2023-10-22T05:20:15.354Z
                                                If I had to guess, I might just put "4" all the way down and hope for the best, haha.
                                              • Katiedid 🤓3:16 · 2023-10-21T14:22:37.449Z
                                                Very cool! I only needed the first nudge. I think if I solved on paper, I might have noticed the 18 par clues earlier.
                                                • Carolyn 4s · 2023-10-21T16:56:02.498Z
                                                  I saw the golf connection right away, but never figured out I had to look up the pars. What a puzzle!
                                                  • Joe 🤓13:33 · 2023-10-21T18:26:11.349Z
                                                    Whew. I figured it was Augusta National. Then I Googled and saw that all the holes had names. Got lost and never came back. Thanks for the great puzzle AND for the hints, of which I needed most.
                                                    • Mikey G constructor · 2023-10-22T05:20:35.485Z
                                                      It was tempting to connect to the names of the holes - I didn't know that until making this puzzle either!
                                                    • ReB 4s · 2023-10-21T21:53:47.522Z
                                                      How appropriate that you picked a par 72 golf course for your #72 puzzle, Quite an intricate mechanism - I can see why you needed a larger grid. Remarkable that you could find 18 clues starting with PAR whose grid entries each had the correct letter at the correct location in the answer word, and fit them all in sequence.
                                                      I did see Augusta in the middle and knew if was a golf course, but needed nudging to keep me from looking for other "courses" and to focus my search. The 4th nudge started things moving and the 5th yielded me a wonderful AHA moment. At that point, I was ready to shoot a round on the course at even par (with the help of the Masters course map, complete with pictures, at https://www.masters.com/en_US/course/index.html).
                                                      • Mikey G constructor · 2023-10-22T05:21:47.107Z
                                                        This meta is always going to have a special place in my heart, if only for the backstory in how it was created in such a pressure-cooker amount of time and the fact I could get the 72 connection in there. Keep in mind 72 is my par...for the first hole (maybe).
                                                      • ReB 4s · 2023-10-21T21:34:21.900Z
                                                        Quite a thorough mechanism. I knew that Augusta was the name of a renowned golf course, but needed the nudges to keep me from looking for other kinds of "courses" and then to focus me more precisely. The 4th nudge started to dislodge me, and the 5th nudge broke things open in a wonderful AHA moment.
                                                        I then was ready without further ado to shoot a round at even par (with the help of the 2023 Masters course map complete with pictures at https://www.masters.com/en_US/course/index.html).
                                                        I can see why you needed a larger grid, Quite remarkable you could find 18 clues starting with PAR whose grid entries had the correct letters at the necessary locations.
                                                        • whimsy 🤓22:58 · 2023-10-21T22:06:13.104Z
                                                          Never noticed the PARs until the nudges! What I noticed was all the grid entries ending in O -- OSLO with SLO was near the top, and ELMO with MO was diametrically opposite. Was looking for letters in between such that I could come up with something like: "Let's see that in SLO-MO."
                                                          • Capn Rick 16:06 · 2023-10-22T02:47:42.620Z
                                                            Awesome construction, Mikey! Augusta is my favorite course, but I never would've completed this round without the wedges er... nudges. 😄 You are definitely a meta "Master"!
                                                            • Mikey G constructor · 2023-10-23T17:29:20.297Z
                                                              You are too kind, thanks! Now if only my golf and bowling scores could switch!!
                                                            • Tyrpmom 🤓35:11 · 2023-10-22T02:40:21.905Z
                                                              Wow. What an excellent puzzle.
                                                              • kurtalert 🤓8:16 · 2023-10-23T15:12:35.687Z
                                                                Hole-y guacamole. This was amazing. Needed the nudges, but still super fun to work through with those in hand!
                                                                • Nick 🤓16:27 · 2023-10-23T19:07:45.931Z
                                                                  Love the clues! Such a fun puzzle.
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                                                                  Across
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                                                                    Part of a sentence: Abbr.
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                                                                    Last word in CCR song title that my grandfather loved to sing as "There's a bathroom on the right"
                                                                  3. 11A
                                                                    Parting word that's often starting in Wordle
                                                                  4. 16A
                                                                    City in Czechoslovakia?
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                                                                    Response I'll give to "Happy birthday!" if I'm not thinking
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                                                                    Parsley relative
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                                                                    Parlays, e.g. (I wager you've heard of these)
                                                                  8. 20A
                                                                    Evasive football maneuver that's not a "beginning walk," hint hint (come on, Broncos)
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                                                                    ___ : 1955 :: Gigi : 1958
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                                                                    There are 8,760 in a yr.
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                                                                    Parking garage mishap that can leave a bad impression, har har
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                                                                    Kitchenware brand that's an anagram of Pepsi's rival
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                                                                    Once in ___ moon (I had a pun about moons, but it would crater)
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                                                                    "What did I tell you??"
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                                                                    Penultimate Greek letter
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                                                                    Parade vehicle (or a drink you could have there!)
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                                                                    "Mood ___" whose 15-minute version I started right now (I clued 25 entries by the time it finished)
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                                                                    Pie or sardine pans (probs not the same)
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                                                                    "Did you build the cabin yet?" "I think so, let me check my ___"
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                                                                    Schwarzenegger's birthplace: Abbr.
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                                                                    Sets
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                                                                    Brazil, e.g.
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                                                                    Parabola, hyperbola, circle, or ellipse
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                                                                    Parody, or what you can do to a Broadway show that is one
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                                                                    Foofaraw or kerfuffle
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                                                                    I mean, it's not nothing (it's the exact opposite)
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                                                                    Integral's calculation, in calculus
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                                                                    Parlance
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                                                                    That's a wrap!
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                                                                    Second-largest metro area in Georgia, of course!
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                                                                    Exigency
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                                                                    Parent company of Kool-Aid and Velveeta (fine dining)
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                                                                    Sunbathes on the beach after dividing sines by cosines (math "humor")
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                                                                    MLB playoffs month (next year, Cubs!)
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                                                                    Abbr. in a 2001 Pixar film title
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                                                                    "Fry while stirring" (Mom clued this)
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                                                                    Parachute fabric
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                                                                    Prevaricate
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                                                                    Parcel of earth (and 1/41 of a promise, counting the mule)
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                                                                    "Eight ___ Out" (1988 baseball film)
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                                                                    Com I'm not really a big fan of
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                                                                    More, if you're a minimalist
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                                                                    Guarantee against loss
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                                                                    Few ___ (almost none)
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                                                                    Skosh
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                                                                    Take home
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                                                                    Paramecium's propulsion
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                                                                    Parroted ("Squawk! Polly wants a meta!")
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                                                                    Duds
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                                                                    Lang. central to Sara Novic's 2022 novel "True Biz"
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                                                                    Parfait portion that ice cream about
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                                                                    "Took you long enough!"
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                                                                    Paramount (when I visit the farmer's market, I get a pear amount)
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                                                                    Modesto vintner I don't wine about
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                                                                    Parisian pyramid ("I ___ this place!")
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                                                                    "Sesame Street" character who uses illeism
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                                                                    Ewe can count on these animals!
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                                                                    Parmesan, cheddar, or any of my puns (they're pretty gouda)
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                                                                    Guacamole, salsa, and that delicious buffalo-chicken concoction I like
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                                                                    Have a bawl
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                                                                    Function
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                                                                    Deli order ("Hello, deli!")
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                                                                    Sixth book of the Bible
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                                                                    Some are marbles
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                                                                    When my atom loses an electron, I have to keep an ___ it
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                                                                    Swift
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                                                                    "Welp, did what I could..."
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                                                                    Word that is an example of itself
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                                                                    It might be hit with a hammer
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                                                                    Willie of "Eight Is Enough" who becomes a famed college town with initial vowel truncated
                                                                  12. 12D
                                                                    Item to assess your ancestry
                                                                  13. 13D
                                                                    "If my memory serves me correctly...," in texting shorthand
                                                                  14. 14D
                                                                    This, in Toledo
                                                                  15. 15D
                                                                    More casual way to say 57-Down
                                                                  16. 23D
                                                                    "I'm always fixing Eeyore's attachment." "Oh, you must work in ___"
                                                                  17. 26D
                                                                    Half of a 1955 merger, briefly
                                                                  18. 27D
                                                                    The new group of voting constituents is a chip off the old ___
                                                                  19. 28D
                                                                    MasterCard's is basically a Venn diagram
                                                                  20. 29D
                                                                    Fam member
                                                                  21. 30D
                                                                    Good sport for those who horse around
                                                                  22. 33D
                                                                    "Well, if you say so..."
                                                                  23. 34D
                                                                    Insinuate
                                                                  24. 36D
                                                                    Fatuous, like some of my rapid-fire cluing today
                                                                  25. 37D
                                                                    "This dessert tastes delicious!" "Oh, I baked all my hints into it: it's my famous ___ brownie"
                                                                  26. 38D
                                                                    Endured
                                                                  27. 41D
                                                                    Institution that "happens" when the fog lifts in SoCal?
                                                                  28. 43D
                                                                    Show hosted 10 times by Tom Hanks: Abbr.
                                                                  29. 46D
                                                                    Greenhorn
                                                                  30. 47D
                                                                    Trim
                                                                  31. 50D
                                                                    Some marbles
                                                                  32. 52D
                                                                    IHOP starter (my science teacher's pet rabbit was named Pancakes because "if it talked, it would say IHOP!" - this is actually true)
                                                                  33. 53D
                                                                    Dexterity
                                                                  34. 54D
                                                                    Palmer, to pals
                                                                  35. 55D
                                                                    Meet expectations?
                                                                  36. 57D
                                                                    See 15-Down
                                                                  37. 58D
                                                                    Top-notch sauce, so its name proclaims!
                                                                  38. 61D
                                                                    Plane folks, briefly
                                                                  39. 64D
                                                                    They don't believe me!
                                                                  40. 67D
                                                                    It turns litmus red
                                                                  41. 69D
                                                                    Like my sophomore English teacher's grammar quizzes
                                                                  42. 70D
                                                                    "The Princess and the Frog" voice actress Anika ___ Rose
                                                                  43. 73D
                                                                    Strawberry, once
                                                                  44. 75D
                                                                    Mononymous R&B singer whose name is an anagram of a month, a sweet potato, and another woman's name (that should cover it)
                                                                  45. 77D
                                                                    Brosnan role or Cubs pitcher Justin
                                                                  46. 79D
                                                                    Confuse, colloquially (hope you don't get "stuck" on this clue LOL)
                                                                  47. 80D
                                                                    Back up the backup
                                                                  48. 82D
                                                                    Made a movie
                                                                  49. 84D
                                                                    ___ in the bucket
                                                                  50. 87D
                                                                    "I love my recliner!"
                                                                  51. 88D
                                                                    War correspondent Ernie
                                                                  52. 89D
                                                                    Only mineral lower than gypsum on the Mohs scale
                                                                  53. 90D
                                                                    "Then again...," in texting shorthand
                                                                  54. 91D
                                                                    "This comfortable shirt suits me to ___!"
                                                                  55. 92D
                                                                    Some HDTVs
                                                                  56. 94D
                                                                    Some ACT takers
                                                                  57. 96D
                                                                    Pugilist Laila, whose surname is comprised of the same three letters as her first
                                                                  58. 97D
                                                                    Rapscallion
                                                                  59. 98D
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