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You Know the Score

· By Mikey G

Meta Prompt
[Level 1] The answer to the meta is a sports term.
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Leaderboard (updated hourly)

  • DIS solved 2022-10-01T17:35:49.153Z
  • Capn Rick solved 2022-10-01T17:39:33.850Z
  • FrankieHeck solved 2022-10-01T17:40:05.135Z
  • whimsy solved 2022-10-01T18:11:54.452Z
  • oldjudge solved 2022-10-01T18:15:01.687Z
  • KayW solved 2022-10-01T18:21:10.651Z
  • woozy solved 2022-10-01T18:29:29.743Z
  • kurtalert solved 2022-10-01T19:03:02.958Z
  • sss solved 2022-10-01T19:51:20.243Z
  • DebbieC solved 2022-10-01T20:30:06.321Z
  • Meg solved 2022-10-01T21:41:12.279Z
  • Cindy Weatherman solved 2022-10-01T21:50:04.941Z
  • Laura M solved 2022-10-01T22:04:43.182Z
  • Hector solved 2022-10-01T22:45:41.244Z
  • DJB solved 2022-10-01T23:05:17.336Z
  • BarbaraK solved 2022-10-01T23:57:23.437Z
  • Dow Jones solved 2022-10-02T02:01:46.865Z
  • clev solved 2022-10-02T03:18:52.896Z
  • benchen71 solved 2022-10-02T03:33:01.249Z
  • Rufus T Firefly solved 2022-10-02T12:32:54.911Z
  • boharr solved 2022-10-02T13:42:29.315Z
  • edestlin solved 2022-10-02T14:06:43.249Z
  • dplass solved 2022-10-02T16:31:49.003Z
  • GR solved 2022-10-02T17:50:46.852Z
  • andeux solved 2022-10-02T18:27:58.603Z
  • Cindy Heisler solved 2022-10-02T21:13:09.414Z
  • Darrell solved 2022-10-02T22:58:30.900Z
  • Tom Wilson solved 2022-10-03T00:54:54.242Z
  • LesY solved 2022-10-03T11:15:16.097Z
  • Lobsterboys solved 2022-10-03T20:35:15.479Z
  • maturin solved 2022-10-05T19:00:17.528Z
  • Darth solved 2022-10-05T23:38:20.521Z
  • Abide solved 2022-10-07T13:40:43.653Z
  • incandenzant solved 2022-10-07T15:35:33.983Z
  • lbray53 solved 2022-10-07T15:45:09.489Z
  • Dawn Landry solved 2022-10-07T16:28:58.375Z
  • Tyrpmom solved 2022-10-08T13:24:53.050Z
  • frostyjhammer solved 2022-10-08T16:36:01.079Z
  • Jasonbr solved 2022-10-09T00:05:01.824Z
  • I K Snamhcok solved 2022-10-09T19:08:21.250Z
  • SeamusOL solved 2022-10-10T03:29:51.876Z
  • rjy solved 2022-10-11T03:25:46.934Z
  • ahad bawany solved 2022-10-11T04:44:26.263Z
  • DrTom solved 2022-10-11T15:59:09.558Z
  • Philip Chow solved 2022-10-14T21:57:12.581Z
  • Lucas solved 2022-12-05T03:10:25.234Z
  • Spence solved 2022-12-22T06:46:10.234Z
  • Qmark solved 2023-07-06T13:20:40.797Z

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  • Capn Rick 12:10 · 2022-10-01T17:39:56.562Z
    26-Down, Mikey!
    • DIS 🤓8:29 · 2022-10-01T17:36:55.288Z
      Nice puzzle -- you're in the zone.
      • oldjudge 3s · 2022-10-01T18:15:40.712Z
        Another score for Mikey!
        • whimsy 24:51 · 2022-10-01T18:13:48.880Z
          "Hey! Something's missing.....Oh, never mind" I fall for it every time! Thanks for the fun puzzle, Mikey!
          • woozy 🤓22:11 · 2022-10-01T18:40:25.939Z
            Oh... is the grid supposed to look like a hockey mask? And if we extend the clues down to include TOUCH is it supposed to look like "the Punisher" face mask?
            • woozy 🤓22:11 · 2022-10-01T18:36:27.077Z
              "so I have all these terms that end with TOUCH going down, so if I take the first letters I get D, S, O, and .... oh......"
              • dplass 6:09 · 2022-10-02T16:32:14.346Z
                Same
              • kurtalert 🤓18:16 · 2022-10-01T19:03:32.035Z
                Nice one, enjoyed it- thanks Mikey!
                • Meg 3s · 2022-10-01T21:43:29.500Z
                  Make the next one harder!! Just kidding! Nice puzzle.
                  • Dow Jones 11s · 2022-10-02T02:05:51.514Z
                    That was fun, Mikey.
                    • boharr 6s · 2022-10-02T13:43:52.476Z
                      Fun one. Thanks, Mikey
                      • dplass 6:09 · 2022-10-02T16:31:58.307Z
                        Gack....I misread the prompt...
                        • Cindy Heisler 8s · 2022-10-02T21:15:04.744Z
                          Finally a sports related meta I could solve. Very nice, Mikey. Thanks!!
                          • Abide 🤓13:25 · 2022-10-07T13:42:12.174Z
                            Nice Easter egg with six points/six ways/six downs
                            • Tyrpmom 3s · 2022-10-08T13:29:33.701Z
                              Very entertaining. Thanks.
                              • I K Snamhcok 4s · 2022-10-09T19:09:43.370Z
                                Got to this one late. An OT victory! Thanks, Mikey!
                                • DrTom 4s · 2022-10-11T16:13:23.373Z
                                  Never got to this until today but glad I did. I solved the Grid (which was a lot more difficult than the meta) and then misread the prompt. I got the 6 touches and figured they were touch downs so I took the first letters of the clues/answers - nothing. Took the numbers of the scores (6, 12, 18, etc OR 7,14,21, etc and got NADA. I added the points (36 or 42) and thought "OHO he is being cagey with the TEAM" and #42 is Jackie Robinson so Dodgers - but that was so tricky and convoluted I thought I had better look on the forum to see any nudges. There were none of course but then I saw DPlass's comment about messing up TEAM and TERM (which I too had done) and it became clear...6 TOUCHES all going DOWN what else could it be. Nice meta and I'll take the solve even if late because I was away for the contest.
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                                  What pity
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                                  Across
                                  1. 1A
                                    What pity
                                  2. 7A
                                    Best, for a bit
                                  3. 13A
                                    SUNY college town whose 2nd through 5th letters consecutively spell out a noble gas (I had another noble gas puns, but the good ones argon)
                                  4. 15A
                                    Called someone, especially if you're such a ham
                                  5. 16A
                                    How you might try to solve this meta, especially because you have other things to do on a certain time of the week (hint hint)
                                  6. 18A
                                    Inner: Prefix
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                                    Rainer who claimed that winning two consecutive Oscars was the "worst possible thing" to occur to her
                                  8. 20A
                                    Oodles
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                                    Wearing the costume of
                                  10. 24A
                                    Ish
                                  11. 27A
                                    Some howlers and prowlers
                                  12. 31A
                                    UK record label
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                                    Conjecture
                                  14. 38A
                                    Gasteyer who was the Tree on "The Masked Singer"
                                  15. 39A
                                    When the pool enthusiast played billiards, he tried to ___ (a good goal for any sport!)
                                  16. 42A
                                    Seed that we hope germinates
                                  17. 43A
                                    Utensil that can be used to serve ice cream or clean Ginger's litter box (ideally two different kinds)
                                  18. 44A
                                    Stats in the ring
                                  19. 45A
                                    Harriette : "Family Matters" : ___ : "Family Ties"
                                  20. 47A
                                    "Hollywood Squares" option
                                  21. 49A
                                    "The best is ___ come!"
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                                    Bridges whose "Seinfeld" character said, "It's go time" ("Mandelbaum! Mandelbaum!")
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                                    Make sum decisions LOL
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                                    Tempe sch.
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                                    Type of will
                                  26. 56A
                                    Pay stub?
                                  27. 59A
                                    When I woke up from anesthesia, my handwriting was ___
                                  28. 61A
                                    Where it might come after you
                                  29. 63A
                                    Patron
                                  30. 65A
                                    Lassitude
                                  31. 66A
                                    "Now I see the meta!"
                                  32. 67A
                                    What you do if you have a life
                                  33. 68A
                                    The captain was nice on the front of the boat, but when he took us to the back, he got ___
                                  34. 69A
                                    Hale
                                  35. 70A
                                    What you should take in music class
                                  Down
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                                    Strike that
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                                    What you might have if you're connected
                                  3. 3D
                                    Brief message
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                                    "Hmmm...that's peculiar" (words used when speaking to Mikey G)
                                  5. 5D
                                    When I parked at the US mint, I stopped ___ dime (I may have used this pun before, but it just makes cents)
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                                    Pizzazz
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                                    Established
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                                    End of a professor's address
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                                    "Say it ___, Joe!"
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                                    Kerfuffle
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                                    "Come On, I ___" (song sung by a tower in Pisa)
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                                    Some ice cream brand
                                  13. 14D
                                    Some computer brand (I spent so much time on these clues, can you tell?)
                                  14. 15D
                                    "Every ___ Has Its Thorn" (1980s power ballad that is not scientifically accurate)
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                                    Poetic contraction that anagrams to a more common synonymous contraction
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                                    Brand currently exhorting chefs to "Cook Like a Mother"
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                                    Guy who gets high?
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                                    Russell of "Felicity"
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                                    "Look what ___!" (cry from a child who is not the next da Vinci, no offense)
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                                    "Great job!"
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                                    I was so confident I would be approved for the loan that I ___
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                                    How a ballerina might dance (I can't dance like one - that's tutu bad)
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                                    Impertinence
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                                    They put the madness in "March Madness"
                                  25. 34D
                                    "blah blah blah"
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                                    HBO competitor
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                                    Some random acronym that describes how search engines optimize (I just gave it to you)
                                  28. 37D
                                    Fill with disgust, like too many of these clues
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                                    Actor who portrayed Walter Mitty and Hans Christian Andersen
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                                    "Just doing my job!"
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                                    "Don't be a stranger! Unless I don't know you, in which case get away from me"
                                  32. 48D
                                    What King Midas had
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                                    Hyphenated phrase commonly used to criticize politicians
                                  34. 51D
                                    The electrician gently fixed all our wiring: she has such a ___
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                                    Ginger and others (not CATS but it should be)
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                                    Sign in a museum you might not follow
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                                    Break off, like a friendship
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                                    Yeah, those are fine
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                                    Brita competitor
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                                    Tuna you might find in Tahiti?
                                  41. 64D
                                    Kitchenware brand that loses at tic-tac-toe
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