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Stock Characters

◆ · By Cory Calhoun

Meta Prompt
Hint: Look for a famous song. (Additional note: This is a slightly reworked 2nd version of this puzzle. Edited to remove some potentially questionable content. If you've already solved this meta once, the meta answer is still the same. Thanks!)
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  • Cory Calhoun constructor · 2024-12-01T08:09:02.866Z
    The meta answer is OLD MACDONALD HAD A FARM. (Hint: Look for a famous song.) The puzzle's title was "Stock Characters." The word "characters" can refer to letters, and "stock" can refer to livestock or animals.
    The four longest Across entries all had one thing in common: the only vowels they each add were E I E I O, and in that order. No extras, and no A, U, or Y. That is, each feature the same five "characters" (in this case, vowel letters) that are the refrain of a song about farm live"stock." ... which is OLD MACDONALD HAD A FARM, the answer that satisfies the puzzle's hint.
    • Abide 4s · 2024-12-01T14:04:24.753Z
      Great puzzle. Can you reach out to me at thedudepuzzles@gmail.com? I’d like to feature this or another of yours on the Muggles forum.
      • rjy 39:32 · 2024-12-07T14:21:10.831Z
        Stare stare stare, nothing nothing nothing…. GOT IT! Clever fun!
        • Cory Calhoun constructor · 2024-12-07T17:33:37.028Z
          Thanks! This one is definitely a "wait for the pattern to leap out at you" kind :) Cheers!
        • DrTom 7s · 2024-12-25T17:15:29.621Z
          Well I entered Old Macdonald and I guess it wasn't enough, but I am counting myself as solved. I went through each themer crossing out the common letters in each and got EION. Then I went back and saw that EI was repeated and in order and followed by O, so...a letter letter here, a letter letter there, here a letter, there a letter everywhere a letter letter. Our friend Cory had a farm....
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