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Pumping Iron

· Por Darth · Publicado 2024-01-08T12:00:18.583Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a health-related term
Happy New Year! If you're like me, you took time at the end of 2023 to review the year and set resolutions for 2024. Starting fresh with new goals felt empowering, but one week in and we're already slipping, failing to follow through. Not surprising since statistically over 90% of New Year's resolutions are abandoned within the first few months.
Whether you want to quit a bad habit, complete an unfinished project, or get your body in shape with a new diet or gym routine, mindfulness and life balance are key factors for success.
Regardless of resolutions, good health is important to maintain. If you fail in some area, it's never too late to make a change. Be mindful, keep moving forward, and don't give up! I guess that's good advice for meta solving, too. Good luck!
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  • SamKat9 🤓12:58 · 2024-01-08T13:42:40.973Z
    Clever puzzle, thanks Darth!
    • Darth constructor · 2024-01-08T14:07:49.205Z
      Thanks for solving! ;)
    • Capn Rick 🤓7:09 · 2024-01-08T14:23:25.309Z
      Nice job, Darth! Thanks!
      • Darth constructor · 2024-01-08T16:44:55.918Z
        Thanks, Cap'n! ;)
      • Meg 3s · 2024-01-08T14:42:50.762Z
        Very appropriate meta!
        • Darth constructor · 2024-01-08T16:45:31.288Z
          Thanks, Meg!
        • Ergcat 10:36 · 2024-01-08T15:02:30.015Z
          I liked this one! Being a chemist, I immediately thought “FE” for “iron”… but there was only 1 in the grid! But then I saw the clues that you so nicely indicated… Nice start to the week! Now on to those pesky resolutions…. Thanks, Darth!
          • Darth constructor · 2024-01-08T16:44:22.675Z
            Yep, I needed to highlight those clues for the non-chemists. Otherwise, FOOD SUPPLEMENTS providing "essential minerals" probably wouldn't have been enough help. ;) Thanks for solving!
          • boharr 3s · 2024-01-08T14:59:32.071Z
            Fun one. Thanks
            • Darth constructor · 2024-01-08T16:37:23.303Z
              Thanks for solving!
            • Hector 🤓7:24 · 2024-01-08T15:30:56.999Z
              Thanks! Do the Fe*-clued entries do something? It's HAEMO, which is promising, but then just V?
              • Darth constructor · 2024-01-08T16:37:09.195Z
                I accepted IRON DEFICIENCY, but yes, the answer to the meta actually requires closer observation of those marked clues and six other grid entries.
              • michaelm 🤓6:41 · 2024-01-08T15:34:48.408Z
                A Fortuitous FENGSHUI and a bloody good MMM. Thanks, Darth!
                • Darth constructor · 2024-01-08T16:34:40.309Z
                  Lol. Thanks, Mike! FENGSHUI just happened. One of my test solvers thought it was saying to rearrange certain letters, which led to the answer, but the order comes from a different approach. ;)
                • woozy 8:11 · 2024-01-08T16:48:25.953Z
                  Ha.... the exact opposite of what I thought the mechanism would be when I saw the title!
                  Great fun!.
                  • Darth constructor · 2024-01-08T18:52:23.491Z
                    So glad you liked it! Thanks for solving.
                  • ajk 🤓6:07 · 2024-01-08T17:08:37.573Z
                    Very nice. We don't do too much with iron in organic, but enough that it didn't take long to see what the starred clues had in common. :)
                    • Darth constructor · 2024-01-08T18:53:40.253Z
                      Yeah, I think highlighting the clues might have made it too easy. Rather do that than to make it too hard and have potential solvers abandon it.
                      • ajk 🤓6:07 · 2024-01-08T20:01:49.119Z
                        Totally agree. I think it would have been pretty tough without the asterisks. :)
                    • emmie 🤓4:14 · 2024-01-08T17:45:01.101Z
                      Very fun!
                      • Darth constructor · 2024-01-08T18:54:06.957Z
                        Good to hear! Thanks for solving.
                      • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2024-01-08T18:00:14.212Z
                        Very nice, Darth. Fun one to start my week! Thanks!
                        • Darth constructor · 2024-01-08T18:54:31.588Z
                          Thanks, Cindy!
                        • MatthewL 🤓5:59 · 2024-01-08T19:39:09.493Z
                          Very clever, Darth! Had a little bit of a hiccup, but soon got it sorted out. Thanks for the Monday workout!
                          • Darth constructor · 2024-01-08T21:51:45.989Z
                            Awesome! Thanks for solving! :D
                          • whimsy 🤓9:43 · 2024-01-08T19:43:42.859Z
                            Wow! Got ANEMIA with the thought of 6 letters and the supplementing with iron, but then, once I saw the nudges here about the letter order, I just had to go back and do the sequel to find out why! Extra fun! Thanks, Darth!
                            • Darth constructor · 2024-01-08T21:51:15.662Z
                              Lol. One of my test solvers did the same thing! Thanks, whimsy! :D
                            • Carolyn 4s · 2024-01-08T19:59:35.487Z
                              As a retired RN, I really enjoyed that one!
                              • Darth constructor · 2024-01-08T21:52:33.346Z
                                Glad you liked it, Carolyn! Thanks for solving! :D
                              • JHSeeman 2s · 2024-01-08T20:20:29.472Z
                                Spent a bit of time looking at the periodic table, then saw FEASTER...pretty quick from there. Great puzzle and meta. Thanks.
                                • Darth constructor · 2024-01-08T21:55:31.827Z
                                  That's perfect. I'm glad it didn't come too easy for you. That makes for a nicer AHA moment! All the best! :D
                                • KayW 🤓5:27 · 2024-01-09T00:49:10.973Z
                                  very clever, thanks!!
                                  • Darth constructor · 2024-01-09T04:32:39.544Z
                                    Thank you, Kay.
                                  • Bird Lives 2s · 2024-01-09T02:53:52.941Z
                                    With the Geritol ads of my youth in mind, I thought it was going to be "tired blood." Imagine my disappointment. Neat puzzle though.
                                    • Darth constructor · 2024-01-09T04:32:27.114Z
                                      So sorry, Jay. :D
                                    • Laura M 🤓7:20 · 2024-01-09T03:21:39.603Z
                                      Enjoyed it, thanks!
                                      • Darth constructor · 2024-01-09T04:32:55.179Z
                                        Awesome. Thanks for solving.
                                      • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓2:39 · 2024-01-09T04:06:15.597Z
                                        As is often the case for me, I lucked into a meta solution without quite getting all the steps… explanation or hints appreciated (or pointers to the same)!
                                        • Darth constructor · 2024-01-09T04:53:57.009Z
                                          Usually the puzzle title is a hint along with patterns found in clues or answers in the grid. In this case, putting together the title "Pumping Iron" and the clue for 36A that mentions "pills that provide essential minerals" along with the 6 starred clues that begin with Fe (the chemical symbol for Iron) might suggest an answer related to iron supplements. If you make a list of the 6 "Fe" words in the starred clues and study them carefully, you should find there are similarities that match with 6 answers in the grid and when put in order of appearance spell out the answer to the meta. If you got here, then you already know what that 6-letter answer is. ;)
                                          • Ergcat 10:36 · 2024-01-09T13:05:49.815Z
                                            Hmmm, I’ll have to go back and do it that way! I got “anemia” by taking the next letter after “FE” in the clues ( loosely taking the “supplement” hint). The third letters in the FE words are NMEIAA which i anagramed to “ANEMIA”.
                                            • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓2:39 · 2024-01-10T00:06:52.998Z
                                              Thanks! I had some of these parts and with @Ergcat's point I think I see a full path. Practice practice practice!
                                        • DrTom 4s · 2024-01-09T15:30:36.651Z
                                          Well that was a ride on the Ferrous Wheel! You can't throw all that IRON around and suggest you are pumping it without my mind going to the answer. I have spent so much time on this simple, but surprisingly dangerous, condition. Any number of disease states are exacerbated substantially by it. The "fix" is simple but unliked since it inevitably messes with your "innards" one way or another. Thank you for testing my metal...
                                          • Darth constructor · 2024-01-10T01:45:03.016Z
                                            Oh. Well, you would know. ;) Hope the puzzle wasn't too traumatic. My intent was to make it lightweight.
                                            • DrTom 4s · 2024-01-10T15:24:12.731Z
                                              I'm sure this will steel everyone's heart, it was fun and challenging without being tough as nails, 😁
                                          • HeadinHome 🤓1:36 · 2024-01-10T05:03:21.737Z
                                            Looks like I solved it the way you intended (starred clues first words consist of FE, +a grid entry… highlight those grid entries and their first letters in grid order spell ANEMIA. I thought at first we were going to be adding (pumping in) FE or IRON to some grid entries to get synonyms of other grid entries! This was a fun twist.
                                            • Darth constructor · 2024-01-10T21:06:44.122Z
                                              Awesome! You know in the construction of it I had tried different ideas, and your idea was among them. I even thought about expressions and compound nouns that contained iron. When I finally went with FE+words, it was rather limiting. Of course, NCES was going to be hard so I intentionally placed it close to HEMS to see if that might help. btw, if you ever have ideas for metas, feel free to suggest a collaboration. My daughter gave me an idea for one, which I have just finished, and it will be a lot of fun. My goal for the new year is to produce one a month. We'll see if I follow through. :D
                                              • HeadinHome 🤓1:36 · 2024-01-11T03:48:41.137Z
                                                I will keep that in mind! I have lots of ideas when I'm doing them, but never know if what I've thought of has been done to death already (I'm only about a 3-year veteran).
                                            • Pboodang 19:17 · 2024-01-10T10:00:20.728Z
                                              Whew! That was a tricky, yet fun one. Can I ask, since answers are case sensitive, do you always use lowercase, or at least with anything that isn't a proper noun? I input so many duplicates not knowing if they're all lowercase, all caps, or first letter caps. (I haven't the faintest why meta answers would be set up to be case sensitive on this website. How is that supposed to enhance the puzzle experience? 😭) Thanks for a fun puzzle.
                                              • Darth constructor · 2024-01-10T21:09:24.867Z
                                                I think lower case works best, but the constructor can put in alternate answers. Maybe I should add ANEMIA all caps, if it didn't work for you. Thanks for letting me know.
                                                • Pboodang 19:17 · 2024-01-10T23:01:24.263Z
                                                  I was trying lowercase versions of guesses first, so I got anemia without getting to see whether ANEMIA would be accepted. I assume it wouldn't be accepted, given the note about answers being case sensitive, but not sure.
                                                  • Darth constructor · 2024-01-11T02:11:18.504Z
                                                    I just checked by using all caps on the MEOW today. It wasn't a problem. Crosshare also states that it is not sensitive to case, space, or punctuation.
                                                    • Pboodang 19:17 · 2024-01-11T12:46:32.757Z
                                                      Where did I put my eyeballs when reading that all these times? So strange. Well, better to have gotten a little egg on my face than to have a nonsensical feature.
                                                    • SJMcK 🤓9:42 · 2024-01-11T02:33:09.168Z
                                                      I thought the note specified that answers are not case sensitive. I’ve entered answers in all caps and initial caps, and they’ve always been accepted either way
                                                • imontoo 3s · 2024-01-11T20:22:09.698Z
                                                  Good one, Darth. Enjoyed it!
                                                  • Darth constructor · 2024-01-11T23:57:33.897Z
                                                    Awesome! Thanks for solving.
                                                  1A
                                                  Autumn bloom (named for its star shape)
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                                                  Horizontales
                                                  1. 1A
                                                    Autumn bloom (named for its star shape)
                                                  2. 6A
                                                    Bust ___ (howl with laughter)
                                                  3. 10A
                                                    *Fences (in) or finishes a skirt
                                                  4. 14A
                                                    Unifying idea
                                                  5. 15A
                                                    First Bond movie foe
                                                  6. 16A
                                                    On the Aegean
                                                  7. 17A
                                                    *Female fox
                                                  8. 18A
                                                    "___ it! There's a hole in my sock!"
                                                  9. 19A
                                                    Department of Education's data collection entity
                                                  10. 20A
                                                    Fall into ___ (get caught)
                                                  11. 22A
                                                    Black-and-white textile pattern (also called pied-de-poule or "hen's feet")
                                                  12. 24A
                                                    Bulbous, like the "lava" in a lava lamp
                                                  13. 26A
                                                    Sandhurst Acad. (Britain's West Point)
                                                  14. 27A
                                                    Assign stars to
                                                  15. 30A
                                                    Clap of thunder
                                                  16. 31A
                                                    *Feeds the kitty?
                                                  17. 33A
                                                    Singer Sheeran and namesakes
                                                  18. 34A
                                                    Penn. neighbor
                                                  19. 35A
                                                    Gal's counterpart
                                                  20. 36A
                                                    Pills that provide essential minerals
                                                  21. 43A
                                                    Cold weather prefix for "cone" or "cat"
                                                  22. 44A
                                                    Co. for camping gear
                                                  23. 45A
                                                    Place a wager
                                                  24. 46A
                                                    Eucalyptus-munching marsupial
                                                  25. 49A
                                                    Charged particles
                                                  26. 50A
                                                    Bull or ram (but not cow or ewe)
                                                  27. 51A
                                                    CD earning or QB error
                                                  28. 52A
                                                    Chinese principle of harmonious design (a reason to arrange furniture)
                                                  29. 55A
                                                    *Feint, as a boxing move
                                                  30. 57A
                                                    What has bark, but no bite
                                                  31. 60A
                                                    Off-Broadway award
                                                  32. 61A
                                                    Burl who sang "A Holly Jolly Christmas"
                                                  33. 63A
                                                    Movie director Waititi of "Thor: Ragnarok" and "Jojo Rabbit"
                                                  34. 65A
                                                    Hawaii's state bird
                                                  35. 66A
                                                    Dick Tracy's Trueheart or Danny's ex in "Ocean's Eleven"
                                                  36. 67A
                                                    *Feaster on frogs
                                                  37. 68A
                                                    *Feats of Keats
                                                  38. 69A
                                                    Prefix for while (an archaic adverb which once meant "once")
                                                  39. 70A
                                                    Double features of oboes and bassoons
                                                  Verticales
                                                  1. 1D
                                                    Off-road ride, briefly
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                                                    Iran's branch of Islam (or actor LaBeouf)
                                                  3. 3D
                                                    Write with your thumbs?
                                                  4. 4D
                                                    Come out, as from a cocoon
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                                                    Kidney-related
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                                                    Recipe instruction
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                                                    Improvement over time
                                                  8. 8D
                                                    Lay out, as a sleeping bag
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                                                    Kingdom in the South Pacific, near Fiji
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                                                    "Lol. Not gonna happen..."
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                                                    Prom partner or police protection
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                                                    What to do "in St. Louis"
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                                                    Ice skater Cohen and actress Pieterse of "Pretty Little Liars", for two
                                                  14. 21D
                                                    Performing pair, as Hall & Oates or Beyoncé & Jay-Z
                                                  15. 23D
                                                    Cro song meaning "dream" in German (one letter short of emotional shock)
                                                  16. 25D
                                                    When doubled, the sound of The Road Runner
                                                  17. 27D
                                                    Whistle blower, often
                                                  18. 28D
                                                    "Without further ___" ("Let's move on with this event")
                                                  19. 29D
                                                    General on a Chinese takeout menu
                                                  20. 32D
                                                    Bill the "Science Guy"
                                                  21. 35D
                                                    Entertainer in a 46D
                                                  22. 37D
                                                    Option from an ISP
                                                  23. 38D
                                                    Major mess-up (from a military acronym)
                                                  24. 39D
                                                    Camera part
                                                  25. 40D
                                                    Hoops group
                                                  26. 41D
                                                    ___ Aviv, Israel
                                                  27. 42D
                                                    French holy woman (abbr.)
                                                  28. 46D
                                                    National garb of Japan
                                                  29. 47D
                                                    Where to find a duvet
                                                  30. 48D
                                                    When some offices open
                                                  31. 49D
                                                    "___ Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" by Aretha Franklin
                                                  32. 50D
                                                    Desert illusion
                                                  33. 53D
                                                    Paperless party announcement
                                                  34. 54D
                                                    Speak; put into words (sounds like part of a cow)
                                                  35. 56D
                                                    Triple wide shoe sizes
                                                  36. 58D
                                                    Ireland, as the Irish say it
                                                  37. 59D
                                                    ___ out a living (scraped by)
                                                  38. 62D
                                                    Former Mach 2 flier, briefly
                                                  39. 64D
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