So March!

◆ · Por Wendy Walker · Publicado 2023-06-11T02:16:42.572Z

Meta Prompt

The meta answer is three letters long.

I had a lot of fun making this one. It all came together over a quick breakfast-for-dinner at Perkins with my boyfriend Mark. Three Post-it notes of scribbling and we had seven beautiful themers, plus a few in reserve that I'll use for nudges. Thanks to Dr. Tom for feedback and Abide for the perfect title.

Comprobando datos de juego anteriores…

Tabla de clasificación (actualizada cada hora)

kurtalert solved 2023-06-11T02:52:07.076Z
Kent solved 2023-06-11T02:59:39.672Z
Schmeel solved 2023-06-11T11:56:17.806Z
KayW solved 2023-07-05T12:22:27.373Z
boharr solved 2023-07-05T12:42:52.996Z
kymike solved 2023-07-05T12:53:03.126Z
edestlin solved 2023-07-05T12:56:12.388Z
Cindy Heisler solved 2023-07-05T13:07:39.650Z
Meg solved 2023-07-05T13:17:05.358Z
Tom Wilson solved 2023-07-05T13:23:38.219Z
JM solved 2023-07-05T13:24:57.695Z
DCBilly solved 2023-07-05T13:34:50.550Z
MatthewL solved 2023-07-05T14:07:51.477Z
whimsy solved 2023-07-05T14:26:27.359Z
BarbaraK solved 2023-07-05T14:30:33.122Z
Hector solved 2023-07-05T14:52:40.557Z
hoover solved 2023-07-05T14:57:10.698Z
I K Snamhcok solved 2023-07-05T15:18:32.284Z
Bird Lives solved 2023-07-05T15:22:26.172Z
Sharkicicles solved 2023-07-05T15:26:28.226Z
heidi solved 2023-07-05T15:50:01.086Z
DrTom solved 2023-07-05T15:54:35.706Z
rjy solved 2023-07-05T16:15:48.077Z
BrennerTJ solved 2023-07-05T16:34:37.402Z
merlinnimue solved 2023-07-05T16:38:34.392Z
ajk solved 2023-07-05T16:58:17.118Z
woozy solved 2023-07-05T17:16:58.797Z
Dow Jones solved 2023-07-05T17:59:55.338Z
lbray53 solved 2023-07-05T18:02:09.927Z
Berto solved 2023-07-05T19:11:56.525Z
ReB solved 2023-07-05T19:32:33.047Z
Abide solved 2023-07-05T19:36:22.326Z
Pair O Ducks solved 2023-07-05T19:44:04.842Z
Mwoychick solved 2023-07-05T19:52:17.645Z
Laura M solved 2023-07-05T19:55:01.803Z
Carolyn solved 2023-07-05T20:20:06.258Z
Ergcat solved 2023-07-05T21:04:44.202Z
Qmark solved 2023-07-05T21:58:32.448Z
SJMcK solved 2023-07-05T22:04:29.406Z
CPJohnson solved 2023-07-05T23:36:17.403Z
Capn Rick solved 2023-07-06T00:02:01.854Z
Tyrpmom solved 2023-07-06T00:06:26.462Z
HeadinHome solved 2023-07-06T06:03:48.724Z
SeamusOL solved 2023-07-06T09:54:33.860Z
Gutman solved 2023-07-06T11:30:36.119Z
JHSeeman solved 2023-07-06T14:06:28.095Z
Johnny Luau solved 2023-07-06T15:04:08.085Z
DIS solved 2023-07-06T15:26:47.377Z
Jaclyn solved 2023-07-06T18:49:56.511Z
jbird solved 2023-07-08T12:26:33.164Z
Flora Wynn solved 2023-07-08T16:54:44.558Z
Rick solved 2023-07-09T01:20:59.833Z
markhr solved 2023-07-09T01:31:47.528Z
Alex Sisti solved 2023-07-10T13:49:10.543Z
sledge solved 2023-07-18T13:25:36.069Z
Darth solved 2023-08-08T03:47:40.947Z
Shivangi solved 2023-08-17T05:54:53.347Z

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kurtalert 11:08 · 2023-06-11T02:52:23.391Z
Nice one, thanks Wendy!
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T13:14:46.897Z
  Thanks for solving, Kurt!
boharr 16s · 2023-07-05T12:43:59.259Z
I solved it after a couple of entries (and tries). Now to finish the grid. Thanks, Wendy.
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T13:15:18.016Z
  Haha, yes, I figured that's how it would work once people spotted the gimmick!
- woozy 33:40 · 2023-07-05T17:23:24.803Z
  Wait! It' possible to submit with an unfilled grid?
KayW 🤓5:52 · 2023-07-05T12:24:56.517Z
Very nice!!! of course I knew what the answer would be once I figured out those DEVIOCROSS entries (haha see what I did there?) but wanted to finish the grid properly and enjoy all the cluing before submitting. Wendy you are definitely the rookie of the year of constructors! And already an ex-rookie!
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T13:15:53.376Z
  Thanks for the kind words, Kay! I am really having fun being a constructor!
Cindy Heisler 2s · 2023-07-05T13:10:15.647Z
I should have gotten it with 1A, but it took me a bit longer to see. Excellent meta. Thanks!
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T14:23:18.811Z
  So glad you solved! Thanks!
Meg 2s · 2023-07-05T13:19:58.362Z
Before getting 5d, I thought Wendy was going for a rebus with PUS, which sounded pretty yucky to me. Nice puzzle!
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T14:23:57.410Z
  EWWW! That would not pass the time-honored "breakfast test"!
Tom Wilson 11:27 · 2023-07-05T13:25:03.739Z
Nicely done, Wendy. I hope your holiday was a safe and relaxing one! (And is there anything better than breakfast for dinner?)
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T14:25:20.218Z
  Thank you, Tom! Breakfast for dinner is a regular Sunday treat in this household!
MatthewL 11:37 · 2023-07-05T14:09:06.965Z
Was having my doubts about Wendy's spelling ability for a minute there, but then I saw what was going on. Very nice!
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T15:36:26.764Z
  Haha! That will never happen: You are talking to a spelling bee winner here!
whimsy 23:34 · 2023-07-05T14:31:58.259Z
And that's why I had such difficulty with the grid! :-)

I knew I wanted a variation of that mushroom exclamation from the start, and when I realized how I could do it, well, that was the key!

Fabulo__ _+!
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T15:37:15.747Z
  So glad you solved!
Hector 2s · 2023-07-05T15:00:37.299Z
Nice. I think I'll celebrate the solve by grilling up a thond sages.
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T15:37:24.691Z
  Yum!
I K Snamhcok 1s · 2023-07-05T15:18:50.464Z
Hope you had a great Fourth!
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T15:40:01.213Z
  We went hiking. About a mile in, when two trails merged, Mark started singing, " 'Reunited and it feels so good' ... hey, that might be a good meta!"
Bird Lives 5s · 2023-07-05T15:30:59.993Z
Loved the Stars and Stripes Forever title. You didn't ask for solver contributions, but you're going to get them anyway. Just remember correlation is not CATION. And of course Tom Hulse and F. Murray Abraham, who are AMADECTORS.
- woozy 33:40 · 2023-07-05T17:22:22.254Z
  Oh! I didn't get that bit! That's excellent!
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T21:33:04.229Z
  Other possibilities I came up with were EXC---BLE, GIVE---BREAK, SPO---L, PRI---UTO, and (ick) SIN---BSCESS!
DrTom 4s · 2023-07-05T15:56:15.076Z
Lovely! and Mr. March is SO USA. Clever tie in. Thanks for MEOWing! Your "rookie" season is definitely over!
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T21:26:20.645Z
  Thanks for letting me contribute, Dr. Tom!
rjy 4s · 2023-07-05T16:25:55.359Z
Agree with Kay above... what a great puzzle, only a month or so after your maiden voyage?? And remarkably elegant too, with all those USAs symetrically extracted - wow! (love the title too, Abide!)
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T21:27:06.877Z
  Thank you so much for your compliments! I have a long way to go, though!
woozy 33:40 · 2023-07-05T17:19:00.007Z
very clever! hard to figure out what was going on but worth it. Despite that it was still a tough (in a fun way) grid. I overthought the actual meta in trying to spell out the letters the USAs stood for.

Great fun.
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T21:27:27.532Z
  So glad you enjoyed it, Woozy!
ajk 23:13 · 2023-07-05T17:05:22.427Z
Fun, thanks. Couldn't finish the NE corner because I had a couple of wrong squares (I never spell UHURA properly, and entered one of the USA letters into 30A by mistake). Eventually got there with a few googles. Nifty puzzle overall.
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T21:27:42.021Z
  Thanks so much, Alan!
ReB 3s · 2023-07-05T19:38:43.366Z
Almost forgot the clever tie in with the title...Strike up the band!
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T21:28:06.820Z
  Abide is the master of clever titles!
ReB 3s · 2023-07-05T19:36:56.963Z
Very clever and timely. Must say that I had a tough time with quite a few of the straight entries. One I figured out 1A then it became a game to discover the other locations.
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T21:28:44.021Z
  Yes, I was hoping it would be fun for solvers to find all of them!
Carolyn 9s · 2023-07-05T20:20:57.157Z
Fun! Thanks
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T21:28:53.108Z
  You are very welcome!
Laura M 🤓22:33 · 2023-07-05T20:06:16.969Z
Nice puzzle, and love the title!
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T21:29:12.476Z
  The title was ALL Peter Abide's doing!
Ergcat 19:38 · 2023-07-05T21:07:48.157Z
Fun one! Thanks, Wendy! My favorite was “Fungus Among us” hahaha!
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-05T21:30:06.932Z
  That one came naturally to me, living as I do in "The Mushroom Capital of America" (lots of mushroom farms around here). Glad you enjoyed it!
Qmark 4s · 2023-07-05T21:59:10.061Z
Fun puzzle...thanks Wendy!
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-06T01:02:30.427Z
  You are welcome!
Capn Rick 9:58 · 2023-07-06T00:03:08.703Z
Fun one, Wendy. Thanks!
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-06T01:02:51.377Z
  So glad you enjoyed it, Cap'n!
Tyrpmom 2s · 2023-07-06T00:11:51.240Z
I’m glad no one had to watch me fill in the grid. They would have taken my pencil away in frustration. Haha. Great puzzle.
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-06T01:03:02.642Z
  Thank you so much!
HeadinHome 🤓12:04 · 2023-07-06T06:06:37.931Z
I can imagine how fun that was to think of the themers ..maybe not so much fitting that many into a grid! You have outdone yourself!
- Wendy Walker constructor · 2023-07-06T13:07:33.236Z
  So much fun! Actually this one came together pretty easily: Except for the central themer, all of them were six or seven letters long (minus the USA), so I could fit them in the grid symmetrically.

Play today's daily mini crossword

One of eight

Horizontales

1A
One of eight
8A
Attack from above
14A
Italian city destroyed -- yet preserved -- by layers of volcanic ash
15A
Single-serving beverage container
16A
Egg-containing capsules
17A
Classic 1959 jazz LP with "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat"
18A
___ & Stimpy
19A
Star Trek lieutenant
21A
Actor Mineo
22A
One-man play about Capote
23A
___ boom
26A
Pension prefix?
28A
CIA predecessor
29A
Fan ___ , stories about established characters, say Harry and Hermione
30A
It lets you stream channels like 70s on 7 and Elvis 24/7
32A
Monocled colonel on "Hogan's Heroes"
34A
"Take ___," Eagles hit
35A
"There's ___!" (A morel just showed up!)
37A
Coals
39A
High five!
40A
Amen!
41A
Trying to get a #1 spot on Google: Abbr.
42A
Santa's favorite words
45A
SASE, say
46A
He sang "Mack the Knife"
48A
Mother Bethel ___ Church (oldest U.S. church property continuously owned by African Americans)
49A
"Yes" vote
51A
Simone Biles, Troy Aikman, or any other Bruin
54A
Alternate H.S. degree
55A
Charge
58A
All excited
60A
Atomic mass units
61A
Bookkeeper, often
62A
Disposable
63A
Book for aspiring owners of large Australian birds?

Verticales

1D
Portuguese city known for its wine
2D
Conceals, with "up"
3D
Term used during NASA countdowns
4D
They can be photo or psy
5D
___ de soie (soft fabric)
6D
Well-off
7D
___ funds (spending unwisely)
8D
Letters with poli or fi
9D
Large cask for beer or wine
10D
Shoulder-fired missiles: Abbr.
11D
Speech problems
12D
Snafus
13D
Genre for Avicii (RIP) and Skrillex
15D
Nickname for Cosmo
20D
"___ was never written for or performed for conservative tastes": Frank Zappa
24D
Enjoys
25D
Gas station brand
27D
28A employee, perhaps
29D
Private Instagram account
31D
Enlist again
32D
Britney's ex
33D
Sensational, as a tabloid story
35D
"Upon the seat / Of ___ built for two"
36D
"Yes, we serve midnight snacks"
37D
It has just one pupil
38D
Native American tribe in Virginia
42D
Bargain
43D
Egg dish
44D
Passover meals
47D
Seeks office (in contrast, in the UK, it's "stands")
50D
Sharp words for Brutus
52D
Tiny bit
53D
Quibbles
55D
"Much ___ About Nothing"
56D
Platform used by many tablets
57D
"You're the ___ that I want"
59D
Siesta