Lexicon Devil #Enigmarch 2023 Day 1: KEY
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Lexicon Devil #Enigmarch 2023 Day 1: KEY

◆◆ · By rickybillingsgate

Meta Prompt
There's a secret key to this puzzle.
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  • dplass 1:29 · 2023-03-02T03:30:42.705Z
    I don't understand 5A5ABoost someone else's 280-character message, say[-----] or 7A7A180 degrees from NW[-----]... or what eminor means.
    • Jon 3:23 · 2023-03-02T04:50:48.599Z
      E minor is the key. I'm with you on 55ABoost someone else's 280-character message, say[-----] and 7A7A180 degrees from NW[-----].
      • dplass 1:29 · 2023-03-02T13:42:25.056Z
        THE key...of what? Also, I mashed "give up" because...I have no idea what's going on in this puzzle.
        • rickybillingsgate constructor · 2023-03-02T15:54:04.050Z
          The prompt is "there's a secret key to this puzzle." The clues for 5A5ABoost someone else's 280-character message, say[-----] and 7A7A180 degrees from NW[-----] are for the two-letter answers RT and SE. But the full entries are REMIT5ABoost someone else's 280-character message, say[-----] / SNORE7A180 degrees from NW[-----]. The unclued "secret" letters, in grid order, are EMINOR, which is a musical key, and the meta answer.
          • Jon 3:23 · 2023-03-03T06:13:41.066Z
            Thanks.
        • Adam 🤓2:03 · 2023-03-02T15:44:08.421Z
          RT=retweet and SE=southeast fit the clues. The extra letters in the middle gave the meta.
      • Jon 3:23 · 2023-03-02T04:49:34.205Z
        Clever.
        • HeadinHome 🤓2:12 · 2023-03-07T03:10:42.838Z
          had to reveal the meta answer b/c confused… now I see what you’re up to, I’ll try the next for realz.
          • Abide 2:15 · 2023-03-10T04:41:44.097Z
            Just found these. No reveal for this one! Very cool!
            1A
            Key periods
            1
            2
            3
            4
            5
            6
            7
            8
            Across
            1. 1A
              Key periods
            2. 5A
              Boost someone else's 280-character message, say
            3. 7A
              180 degrees from NW
            4. 8A
              Key lime, for one
            Down
            1. 1D
              Places to get IVs and NSAIDs
            2. 2D
              It's key to keeping the keys
            3. 3D
              Latin love
            4. 4D
              "Aye aye, ___"... No, wait, that's a pirate. Replace pirate with knight
            5. 6D
              Garment that rhymes with "key"
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