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Meta Prompt
[Level 1.5] The answer to the meta, 2 words in 9 letters, is what I hope this puzzle doesn't do.
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  • Mikey G constructor · 2024-09-28T17:00:50.311Z
    Answer: FALL SHORT
    Explanation: The four silly themers (I actually got a semi-pun in the clue of one!) contain AUTUM, which is almost the alternate name for fall. But it's just a bit short. That suggests FALL SHORT, the quasi-seasonal answer to our meta (confirmed by SEASON and MARTIN, or FALL and SHORT, in the first and last across entries). Have a great start to your autumn!
    • Carolyn 3s · 2024-09-28T19:42:16.141Z
      Nice!
      • kurtalert 🤓5:06 · 2024-09-28T19:56:01.412Z
        Clever, nice one Mikey :-)
        • MatthewL 🤓9:18 · 2024-09-28T21:31:26.125Z
          Very nice. Sorry about your Cubs. There's always next year! Thanks for the puzzle.
          • Mikey G constructor · 2024-09-29T01:53:05.080Z
            Yes! Just hoping for a great postseason. Phillies, Orioles, Yankees, Royals, or the Guardians will be all right with me, honestly!
          • boharr 3s · 2024-09-28T22:41:45.127Z
            Clever. Thanks Mikey
            • KayW 🤓7:44 · 2024-09-29T00:20:35.145Z
              OMG this is fantastic. Was it inspired by Ed's Hallmark typo?
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              Time to change
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              If you know about tides, you'll ___ the benefits
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              "___ Son" (Richard Wright book)
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              "I almost forgot the unit for resistance!" "___ man, that was close!"
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              Type of delivery
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              Authority who oversees the Out of This World Series?
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              Yaa who wrote "Homegoing" and "Transcendent Kingdom" (both masterpieces)
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              Advanced degree?
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              Colombian flatbread often stuffed with cuajada
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              Monogram you'll need if you want to be like Ike
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              It succeeded "The Artist" as Best Picture
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              Headline when a famed inspector took a spill?
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              Make
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              "It's freezing in here!"
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              Greet, in a way
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              Portugal's capital, to the Portuguese
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              "i can't believe u and ur puns..."
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              If you have this, boy, you've got some verve
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              Chaos over a bridal outfit?
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              Aves.
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              Coll. sisterhood
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              When Beethoven's battery finally worked, he penned ___ to joy
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              "Hogwash!"
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              Palindromic numbers?
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              Savory taste found in shredded cabbage?
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              Org.
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              Jaguar in "Madagascar" voiced by Jessica Chastain
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              "Sadly, that won't work"
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              Butter servings (I'll get margarinely better at cluing this)
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              Aves.
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              Steve and Selena's costar of "Only Murders in the Building"
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              Fly in the ointment
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              Like the Monday crossword, usually
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              "___ boy!"
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              Letter opener?
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              Like Humpty Dumpty and a friend shaped exactly like him
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              Palindromic pitcher Robb
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              "I don't get what this boxing match is a ___"
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              "You mean this? It's no big deal"
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              Dallas sch. that's home to the Mustangs
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              "Piece of cake!"
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              Most common Great Lake found in crosswords (you know what to do)
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              50+ org.
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              Entreaty
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              Something to lend
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              Said one volcano to another, "Go ahead, ___ day!"
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              Vitiate
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              Form hastily, as an opinion, like my thinking the Cubs would go to the playoffs this year because they were 17-9 in April (I'm not bitter, really)
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              Boston NBAer
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              Retreat
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              "Ish"
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              Lightens the load
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              What a major constellation!
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              She sang Billboard's #1 hit of 1967
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              List-ending abbr.
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              "Can you fix all these fender-benders today?" "Well, not all, but I can make a ___ in them"
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              Maker of mixers
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              Dragon in "Mulan" voiced by Eddie Murphy
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              ___ de corps (fellowship)
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              Villain in "The Little Mermaid" voiced by Pat Carroll (no, none of these are meta-related!)
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              "And make it snappy!"
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              Org. with its heads in the clouds
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              Expel
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              Remote batteries
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              Epps or Sharif
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              "The ___ Thing He Told Me" (Laura Dave novel)
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              Start to present?
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              "Pen" or "ten" suffix
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              Metric wts.
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              When the Scotsman played basketball, it was a ___ dunk!
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