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Give Me Five!

· Por Mikey G · Publicado 2023-08-26T17:00:48.699Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a 5-letter word.
Comprobando datos de juego anteriores…

Tabla de clasificación (actualizada cada hora)

  • oldjudge solved 2023-08-26T17:01:01.078Z
  • LesY solved 2023-08-26T17:19:52.663Z
  • Hector solved 2023-08-26T17:47:38.231Z
  • BrennerTJ solved 2023-08-26T18:14:44.487Z
  • KayW solved 2023-08-26T21:27:46.307Z
  • Cindy Weatherman solved 2023-08-26T22:46:39.955Z
  • Meg solved 2023-08-26T22:50:42.374Z
  • Abide solved 2023-08-27T00:05:37.199Z
  • Berto solved 2023-08-27T01:08:52.711Z
  • DJB solved 2023-08-27T08:24:19.518Z
  • boharr solved 2023-08-27T12:04:11.653Z
  • Qmark solved 2023-08-27T13:34:07.435Z
  • Toast solved 2023-08-27T17:57:00.323Z
  • Schmeel solved 2023-08-27T20:57:54.783Z
  • Philip Chow solved 2023-08-28T05:18:20.773Z
  • woozy solved 2023-08-28T06:36:50.328Z
  • Laura M solved 2023-08-28T07:17:53.908Z
  • markhr solved 2023-08-28T08:15:25.692Z
  • Pair O Ducks solved 2023-08-28T10:54:25.354Z
  • I K Snamhcok solved 2023-08-28T13:21:40.551Z
  • FrankieHeck solved 2023-08-28T15:04:08.617Z
  • spotter solved 2023-08-28T15:05:30.833Z
  • MatthewL solved 2023-08-28T17:08:08.665Z
  • andeux solved 2023-08-28T18:43:14.148Z
  • merlinnimue solved 2023-08-28T18:51:19.022Z
  • Gutman solved 2023-08-28T22:47:33.040Z
  • lbray53 solved 2023-08-29T01:00:58.204Z
  • BarbaraK solved 2023-08-29T01:22:24.130Z
  • SamKat9 solved 2023-08-29T02:47:49.643Z
  • JM solved 2023-08-29T18:17:12.062Z
  • rjy solved 2023-08-29T18:49:02.620Z
  • Steve M solved 2023-08-30T00:35:27.504Z
  • heidi solved 2023-08-30T03:51:24.755Z
  • Darth solved 2023-08-30T13:14:10.202Z
  • Chaddog solved 2023-08-30T18:56:46.253Z
  • CPJohnson solved 2023-08-30T19:43:06.847Z
  • DrTom solved 2023-08-30T20:10:20.054Z
  • Wendy Walker solved 2023-08-30T23:10:41.409Z
  • Cindy Heisler solved 2023-08-31T00:07:34.052Z
  • hoover solved 2023-08-31T04:11:59.881Z
  • benchen71 solved 2023-08-31T05:27:35.315Z
  • Joe solved 2023-09-01T16:25:48.718Z
  • Tyrpmom solved 2023-09-01T17:05:35.402Z
  • Tom Wilson solved 2023-09-01T19:14:11.056Z
  • JHSeeman solved 2023-09-01T19:58:34.323Z
  • whimsy solved 2023-09-01T21:35:31.848Z
  • ReB solved 2023-09-02T01:59:08.891Z
  • Tane solved 2023-09-02T03:46:28.954Z
  • Bird Lives solved 2023-09-02T15:54:25.978Z
  • ajk solved 2023-09-02T16:55:36.643Z
  • JR solved 2023-09-02T18:27:13.420Z
  • Matt A solved 2023-09-03T14:13:08.513Z
  • kurtalert solved 2023-09-04T14:53:14.440Z
  • Danny K Bernstein solved 2024-03-01T22:24:27.492Z

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  • Mikey G constructor · 2023-08-26T17:00:48.699Z
    Answer: ABIDE
    Explanation: The five longest across entries all are one letter away from having a string of five consecutive letters of the alphabet within them. For instance, SUPERSTAR would have PQRST if there were a Q instead of an E, DEIGHTON would have DEFGH if there were an F instead of an I, and so forth. Take these five pairs of the required letter to have this string and the letter this would replace: these are QE, FI, JN, UA, CY. (I almost put KIMNOVAK in here, but I decided I'd rather have repeating strings RST than repeating letters, since the "I" would also have to get replaced in that entry.) Five 5-letter entries in the grid start and end with these letters: QUITE, FIERI, JOANN, UMBRA, and CADDY. From top to bottom, the middle letters of those grid entries spell ABIDE, the meta answer. This word itself could also have a string of five consecutive letters if the I were replaced with a C. (The only two single 5-letter words with this property that I found were ABIDE and ABODE; if we count hyphenated words, NO-PAR could also work.)
    • oldjudge 2s · 2023-08-26T17:02:29.762Z
      This is a SAD puzzle at its' best. Great job Mikey!
      • Hector 3s · 2023-08-26T17:50:01.655Z
        Very cool! Thanks for these great metas.
        • KayW 4s · 2023-08-26T21:48:06.597Z
          Whew!! QUITE a meta. Every time I found a step, I'd get real excited for a minute. And then stare sadly at the resulting gibberish. But wowza!! What a meta, what a construction. And the usual fantastically PUNishing clues along the way. Thanks Mikey!
          • Meg 7s · 2023-08-26T22:51:56.722Z
            That was quite a workout!
            • Abide 2s · 2023-08-27T00:07:48.481Z
              Yeah, I will be putting this reveal on a mug... Super cool idea!
              • Berto 3:09 · 2023-08-27T01:11:19.477Z
                Lol - I was just writing ABIDE a PM when I noticed it was the middle letter of the words I was staring at!!! Still not quite sure why the middle letter, but I’ll take it. (Although a few minus points for submitting AURAE first, taking the letters out in same alphabetical place 🤷🏻‍♂️)
                • Abide 2s · 2023-08-27T02:11:27.426Z
                  With QUITE just above UMBRA I stared at AIBDE for longer than I care to admit 🤪
                  • boharr 4s · 2023-08-27T12:07:10.077Z
                    Me too.
                  • Mikey G constructor · 2023-08-28T04:51:27.311Z
                    Just me trying something different with middle letters, haha. Still spells it out and still locks in the right words with first and last. Oh! If you ABIDE by something, it really centers you. (This is what we call a reach, folks.)
                  • Hector 3s · 2023-08-27T05:05:22.101Z
                    Given that AB[C/I]DE fits the pattern, I suppose I should really have checked to see if the grid had something like CAPRI or CORGI --- which would have been a great/evil way to PAGEANT us. :-)
                    • DJB 2s · 2023-08-27T08:26:08.840Z
                      Loved how the steps presented themselves!
                      • boharr 4s · 2023-08-27T12:05:53.022Z
                        Very tough. Thanks, Mikey
                        • Qmark 3s · 2023-08-27T13:34:37.202Z
                          Great meta, Mikey! Thanks!
                          • Toast 🤓1:07 · 2023-08-27T18:31:47.894Z
                            SOSAD indeed. So, was the bowling PIN a clue by way of The Big Lebowski?
                            • Philip Chow 10:35 · 2023-08-28T05:25:07.422Z
                              thank you for the nudges - needed them all! genius puzzle 🤯 ... i should've known the cat was a red herring... i spent way too long looking for cats in the puzzle... YESIAM almost had "siamese"... XER had a backwards "rex"... then i tried taking the central entry literally and think like a cat... what would a cat want? PLAIT contained lait (milk)... i really thought i was onto something 😹
                              • Mikey G constructor · 2023-08-28T16:40:43.292Z
                                At some point, I promise there will be a cat-themed meta! The original entry there was THINKLITTLEOFIT, and I figured that shifting it (at center) to THINKLIKEACAT with semi-buried longer entries (originally had LENDEIGHTON and FIRSTAVENUE but just couldn't pull it off) would lead to some red herrings (Ginger Cat would probably eat them).
                              • Laura M 🤓22:44 · 2023-08-28T07:25:42.721Z
                                Awesome meta! I needed all the nudges, at least the 4 so far. Before that, I'd given up trying to find anything in the 5 longest across entries. Did you realize that not only is the grid almost a pangram (except Z) but there is at least one entry that starts with every letter (except Z)? And there's a 5-letter word starting with Z in the clues (zebra). I was sure that had to mean something!
                                • Mikey G constructor · 2023-08-28T16:37:57.405Z
                                  I'm like, "There's no way an entry started with X." Nope, good 'ole XER! I'm not sure I realized this was a quasi-pangram (basically, not a pangram but quasi-pangram is fun to say). I heard if you do need to get some Zs, just attend one of my lectures! Thanks, as always, for solving!!
                                • I K Snamhcok 3s · 2023-08-28T13:24:43.849Z
                                  Beauty! I’m thinking that Mikey is quickly qualifying for the title of Evil Genius — and I mean that in a good way. I relied on a couple of nudges from another Muggle, so I didn’t enter for a prize.
                                  • FrankieHeck 10:49 · 2023-08-28T15:10:02.834Z
                                    Wow, I got really stuck on the last step. I had previously written out the alphabet and looked for 5-letter almost-alphabetical strings as potential answers, but somehow when I teased out "abide" from the five words, I rejected it as not relating back to the title. Now that I get it, I really like it.
                                    • Mikey G constructor · 2023-08-28T16:36:31.017Z
                                      I'm really trying to figure out how this all came together, and I honestly don't know, haha. I was struggling with Week 4 ideas and had to ham-and-egg at least 10 ideas or so. And I think I realized the word "ABIDE" (hi, Peter, haha) was so close to "ABCDE" months prior. And I started fiddling around and somehow it morphed into a puzzle? Fun fact: THINKLIKEACAT was not actually the seed entry. In fact, I had THINKLITTLEOFIT when I was trying to do 15-by-15 and realized this title (I do have this book!!) worked perfectly.
                                    • MatthewL 5:29 · 2023-08-28T17:13:41.709Z
                                      Nice one Mikey! Did not check the box for the prize, because I needed all 4 nudges plus another one from a friendly Muggle. But can still appreciate the construction (and the clues). Especially 56A, which gave me a good laugh. Thanks!
                                      • merlinnimue 🤓9:53 · 2023-08-28T19:02:41.862Z
                                        Dude... that was a trip and a half
                                        I went down so so many rabbit holes, including seeing consecutive letters but I would never have thought to look for imperfect sets of 5 without nudges... and then I was thrown off because I listed the 5-letter words by initial letter and didn't immediately see anything... it took me some time later and some squinting to see how to arrange the middles... I guess power hasn't been restored to my brain quite yet and won't quite make it to the left column... alas... thanks anyway for another great puzzle
                                        • Gutman 5s · 2023-08-28T22:49:19.017Z
                                          Bravo. The Dude(ski) abides.
                                          • Mikey G constructor · 2023-09-01T23:49:55.078Z
                                            😀
                                          • SamKat9 4s · 2023-08-29T02:49:27.435Z
                                            Very nice puzzle, thank you!
                                            • Mikey G constructor · 2023-09-01T23:49:47.755Z
                                              Thank you for solving!!
                                            • Steve M 1:16:52 · 2023-08-30T00:36:41.749Z
                                              Started late, but solved without nudges! Fun meta! Thanks!
                                              • DrTom 4s · 2023-08-30T20:13:10.486Z
                                                Well I certainly waited for that.... I was all over the place. I had all the parts before the nudges and was desperately looking for the final 5. I had some of them but could not see the "hook" until I sent my work to someone and they said, "well I agree with this and this but not that" and I saw the pattern. I had been through the word so many times I knew exactly which words to use. I now know why Peter liked the puzzle so much. Great job Mikey.
                                                • Wendy Walker 🤓3:50 · 2023-08-30T23:12:12.969Z
                                                  I WONDERED why Peter was so revved up about this puzzle! Fun clues, Mikey.
                                                  • Mikey G constructor · 2023-09-01T23:49:36.453Z
                                                    Bahaha, he sure was. 🤣
                                                  • hoover 3s · 2023-08-31T04:16:00.204Z
                                                    I had all the parts, even noticed that JOANN can have its middle three letters replaced to be JKLMN, started looking in the clues and other entries for synonyms of JOANN etc., took the first words of the clues to the last five words, ... ordered the five words three different ways, finally noticed that one of the three ways I ordered them spelled AIBDE, thought, nahhh, he wouldn't, would he? Looked where those letters fell in the grid, decided to enter it, and here I am!
                                                    • benchen71 6s · 2023-08-31T05:34:15.864Z
                                                      I never saw step one until the second set of nudges was published. And I required a shove to get to the answer. This one was definitely too hard for me!
                                                      • Joe 🤓11:56 · 2023-09-01T16:26:14.751Z
                                                        Hoo boy. Finally made it. Brilliant, as always.
                                                        • Tyrpmom 2s · 2023-09-01T17:14:01.774Z
                                                          Until center yourself all the nudges were unhelpful. You cant believe the crazy methods I tried with those five words and without a reason to use the middle letter I don’t know why it makes sense. All’s fair in meta world so I can’t complain too much.
                                                          • Mikey G constructor · 2023-09-01T23:49:13.509Z
                                                            And my apologies for the avant-garde-ness on this. You can still complain a little bit, haha. Probably needed a clue referencing "center" in the grid somewhere - I just did it a little differently with starting with one letter, ending with another, and so that was my next thought to place the letter. (Initially, they were to be five 3-letter words with two letters apiece, the replaced and the replacer, and one remaining, and that would've been it - but I wanted to keep it to 5). Thanks for solving in any case - I appreciate it!! I'm trying to be a little kinder in the final four months (I say that now, haha).
                                                          • whimsy 18:08 · 2023-09-01T22:56:15.229Z
                                                            Whew! Was on my last gasp of breath until I centered myself. What a work out -- what a puzzle! Thanks, Mikey!
                                                            • ReB 3s · 2023-09-02T02:01:38.951Z
                                                              Oh for PETE[R]'S sake!!! Needed all the nudges, but I did finally crawl ashore. Well done.
                                                              • Bird Lives 4s · 2023-09-02T15:56:33.755Z
                                                                Without the nudge, I never would have thought to look at middle letters. I must remember to write key words down rather than just look at them in the grid.
                                                                • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓5:30 · 2023-09-03T14:36:42.699Z
                                                                  Puzzle: 53D. Meta: Waaaaaaaaay over my head. Thanks so much for the explanation — that's amazing! Congrats to all who solved!
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                                                                  Cruciverbalist's favorite fashion monogram
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                                                                  Horizontales
                                                                  1. 1A
                                                                    Cruciverbalist's favorite fashion monogram
                                                                  2. 4A
                                                                    Suffolk neighbor
                                                                  3. 9A
                                                                    Short order for lunch?
                                                                  4. 12A
                                                                    H
                                                                  5. 13A
                                                                    1 is one in the eastern United States
                                                                  6. 14A
                                                                    His son Jeffrey works at the parks department on "Seinfeld" (HELLLOOO)
                                                                  7. 15A
                                                                    The tiny pulsar dreamed one day of becoming a ___
                                                                  8. 17A
                                                                    Last step before the majors in MLB
                                                                  9. 18A
                                                                    What a concept!
                                                                  10. 19A
                                                                    Braves, on scoreboards
                                                                  11. 20A
                                                                    "Because of ___-Dixie" (2000 Kate DiCamillo book)
                                                                  12. 21A
                                                                    Is down, in a way
                                                                  13. 22A
                                                                    British author Len known for his Harry Palmer spy novel series
                                                                  14. 24A
                                                                    He had a big part in the Pentateuch, pun intended
                                                                  15. 26A
                                                                    Finding a good pun about a steak is ___ (it's certainly not well-done)
                                                                  16. 27A
                                                                    ICU drips
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                                                                    Footnote abbr.
                                                                  18. 33A
                                                                    Place to see a total eclipse (but not of the heart)
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                                                                    College sports network
                                                                  20. 37A
                                                                    Biblical character whose name rhymes with a piece of playground equipment
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                                                                    Second word of both "The Raven" and "Run-Around" (Poe was a big Blues Traveler fan)
                                                                  22. 41A
                                                                    Wong of Netflix's "Beef"
                                                                  23. 42A
                                                                    Best-selling, even "purr"-fect, Pam Johnson-Bennett book that will help you get inside your feline's brain
                                                                  24. 45A
                                                                    Noshes on
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                                                                    Catanian peak
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                                                                    Gospel singer Winans
                                                                  27. 48A
                                                                    Pontificate
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                                                                    Bel-___ (Italian cheese - leave my provolone!)
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                                                                    Escort to a higher floor, maybe
                                                                  30. 53A
                                                                    Ad or Mad follower
                                                                  31. 54A
                                                                    P. R. part
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                                                                    An arachnid who likes to help golfers is a ___ longlegs
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                                                                    Manhattan thoroughfare, for short, that Kramer states is at the "nexus of the universe" in "Seinfeld"
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                                                                    New, in some German city beginning with "N"
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                                                                    Wrath, in the title of a classic hymn
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                                                                    S. Dak. neighbor
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                                                                    Red or Card
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                                                                    Sounds made when I start talking about polynomials
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                                                                    How you might win the competition if there's no competition
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                                                                    "Wow, you bought all that Velcro?" "Yeah, but it was kind of a ___-off"
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                                                                    Ebro : Spain :: ___ : France
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                                                                    You should use some for a hair-raising experience
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                                                                    Good connections
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                                                                    "Cosi fan ___" (Mozart opera)
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                                                                    Word I've clued as "before, before" before
                                                                  Verticales
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                                                                    "Indeed, yours truly is!"
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                                                                    Place with anchors, perhaps
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                                                                    Places for boutonnieres
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                                                                    That interesting mistake is a breath of fresh ___
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                                                                    "'Tis a pity"
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                                                                    Famous mill (I rushed to write this clue)
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                                                                    Academia's "But wait, there's more!"
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                                                                    Millennial's mom, maybe
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                                                                    Interconnected locks?
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                                                                    Digestion aid whose inventor won the Ig Nobel Prize (this is actually a thing) in 1991
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                                                                    Store that began as the Cleveland Fabric Shop in 1943
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                                                                    Abate
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                                                                    Piques
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                                                                    Good surname for a horticulturalist?
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                                                                    Poitier, to Lulu
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                                                                    Safe place
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                                                                    Spots in lots
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                                                                    Interweave
                                                                  19. 32D
                                                                    "Oh, very much so!"
                                                                  20. 33D
                                                                    Adjective that could describe magnets, horseshoes, or the letter "U" (kind of giving it to you there)
                                                                  21. 34D
                                                                    "Game of Thrones" actress Williams
                                                                  22. 35D
                                                                    Dog house?
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                                                                    Group character
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                                                                    "Want to go bowling later?" "___ there, done that!"
                                                                  25. 40D
                                                                    Mammal also called a "zebra giraffe"
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                                                                    "Yeah, I don't need that half-finished book of meta crosswords, trust me"
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                                                                    Big heart?
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                                                                    Sip
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                                                                    Fox competitor
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                                                                    "Amazing!"
                                                                  31. 55D
                                                                    "___ believe this guy?"
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                                                                    "___ K: A Love Story" (2020 Jenny Lee novel that retells an 1877 classic)
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                                                                    Inundation
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                                                                    Hamilton, notably
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                                                                    "The King of all Sala-ma-Sond," in a Seuss tale
                                                                  36. 61D
                                                                    Guy on TV
                                                                  37. 62D
                                                                    Bindi who won "Dancing with the Stars" in 2015
                                                                  38. 63D
                                                                    Speaks hoarsely (I used to neigh a lot, but then my voice got horse)
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                                                                    Author of "I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie"
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                                                                    Short order for lunch?
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                                                                    Charge
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