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The meta answer is a #1 hit song from the 1990s.
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  • crosstina aquafina 🤓8:16 · 2024-03-25T06:44:12.371Z
    THRILLING
    • Rich I 🤓3:56 · 2024-03-27T00:42:45.634Z
      delightful!
      • Nora 🤓5:26 · 2024-03-29T02:44:37.259Z
        Thank you I love this meta, it is from the first tape I ever bought (dating myself?)
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        "High speed rail" option in the Northeast (and the start of the story)
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        Across
        1. 1A
          "High speed rail" option in the Northeast (and the start of the story)
        2. 6A
          Lil ___ X, who has no relation to ___
        3. 9A
          Supervisor type
        4. 13A
          Synthetic fiber labeled by the Guardian as "confusing"
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          Common newspaper name
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          Actively not good
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          "Rebel rebel, your face is ___" (David Bowie)
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          Seen on the internet?
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          Big party
        10. 19A
          *Pay close attention
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          "Smart" one
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          Polynesian paste
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          *Understood
        14. 26A
          *Not us
        15. 28A
          *Location
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          "'Greatest Story Ever Told' Has Gimmicky ___ Ex Machina Ending" (Onion headline)
        17. 33A
          More certain of
        18. 35A
          Taylor Swift: The __ Tour (Taylor's Version), Starring Taylor Swift And Featuring The Music Of Taylor Swift
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          Word before "tube" or "circle"
        20. 38A
          Stitching line
        21. 40A
          Where your brain tricks you into thinking you make decisions from
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          Ancient city known for its Creed (the answer here is not Tallahassee)
        23. 43A
          "You need an NDA"
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          Put to good ___
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          *"Wow!"
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          *Enjoy
        27. 49A
          *Host
        28. 51A
          More angry
        29. 52A
          Zero for Britons
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          *Not difficult
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          *Geese formation
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          *Fee when something doesn't come for free
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          Amorphous masses
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          Wading bird called a "bin chicken" in Australia
        35. 65A
          Befit
        36. 67A
          Sean who played Samwise in "Lord of the Rings"
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          Sisters of Charity, e.g.
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          Fitzgerald in the Grammy Hall of Fame
        39. 70A
          *"___ regret this!!"
        40. 71A
          *"Get it??"
        41. 72A
          Egyptian canal locale (and the end of the story)
        Down
        1. 1D
          Disappearing body of water
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          Sleeveless undershirt
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          What to look with
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          Completely adrift
        5. 5D
          American aperture artisan Adams
        6. 6D
          "Anyone interested? ....Anyone?"
        7. 7D
          Tingling sensation whose popularity can be traced back to Ying Yang Twins' "Wait (The Whisper Song") [citation needed]
        8. 8D
          Let your tea do its thing
        9. 9D
          Enchant
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          Cricket field shape
        11. 11D
          Stereotypical cooling spot for a pie
        12. 12D
          Perform well, as might a drag queen or murderer
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          Machu ___
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          Brooklyn ballers
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          Dandy type
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          Blue role for Williams or Smith
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          1/16 of a pound
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          Connect (with)
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          Get into a debate with someone even though you don't want to, say
        20. 30D
          Short answer to "Why?"
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          Punta del ___, Uruguay
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          "That's right!"
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          Shoyu or tonkotsu dish
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          Short move?
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          Do as someone else does
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          Say aloud, as grievances
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          McDonald of "The Kids in the Hall"
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          Antarctic Volcano named after the Greek personification of darkness
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          Shuts, as a door
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          Name for a prophetess
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          Website whose name suggests an electronic body of water because ... that's where auctions are? Wait maybe I'm wrong
        32. 54D
          "And one more thing!"
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          Speech by POTUS
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          "___ Kleine Nachtmusik"
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          George Takei role
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          Game piece in Azul
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          Late night sketch show
        38. 64D
          Dir. from Leeds to London
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          "Looney Tunes" character noted for its subtle and nuanced portrayal of an Australian
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