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Let's Go Hunting (Meta)

· Por benchen71 · Publicado 2024-04-16T06:00:41.132Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is what a hunter seeks
I must confess that I have never gone hunting, save for one memorable time when I was a child and Dad took us out rabbit shooting. Now rabbits are an introduced pest here in Australia so I guess we were just trying to do our bit to protect our native species. I don't recall being allowed to have a shot. But Dad must have been successful, because I remember we had rabbit for dinner that night. (It tasted a bit like chicken!) I don't know if this little story will help or hinder your search for the meta answer, which is what a hunter seeks. Answer & explanation: https://xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=164195#p164195
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here: https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about/interest4.html. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!
Comprobando datos de juego anteriores…

Tabla de clasificación (actualizada cada hora)

  • rfj solved 2024-04-16T10:00:38.591Z
  • LarsCaine solved 2024-04-16T14:25:33.224Z
  • Hector solved 2024-04-16T14:33:02.363Z
  • KayW solved 2024-04-16T15:35:45.948Z
  • rjy solved 2024-04-16T16:05:43.040Z
  • Darth solved 2024-04-16T16:08:43.320Z
  • I K Snamhcok solved 2024-04-16T17:05:32.615Z
  • boharr solved 2024-04-16T17:20:00.548Z
  • Pair O Ducks solved 2024-04-16T17:28:28.803Z
  • Meg solved 2024-04-16T17:45:48.590Z
  • Gutman solved 2024-04-16T21:19:01.622Z
  • Laura M solved 2024-04-16T22:16:00.471Z
  • heidi solved 2024-04-16T23:24:58.332Z
  • Golem solved 2024-04-17T00:02:18.833Z
  • Tom Wilson solved 2024-04-17T00:20:24.928Z
  • woozy solved 2024-04-17T00:50:23.117Z
  • HeadinHome solved 2024-04-17T02:32:49.227Z
  • rvkal solved 2024-04-17T03:48:09.314Z
  • DIS solved 2024-04-17T20:06:54.037Z
  • Ergcat solved 2024-04-18T00:52:54.210Z
  • lbray53 solved 2024-04-18T02:32:35.283Z
  • markhr solved 2024-04-18T07:00:48.138Z
  • Berto solved 2024-04-18T10:57:37.474Z
  • DCBilly solved 2024-04-18T13:01:46.979Z
  • JM solved 2024-04-18T13:55:45.630Z
  • Sharkicicles solved 2024-04-18T14:47:33.628Z
  • MatthewL solved 2024-04-18T15:52:47.218Z
  • Johnny Luau solved 2024-04-18T16:34:40.580Z
  • frostyjhammer solved 2024-04-18T17:30:24.238Z
  • Carolyn solved 2024-04-19T15:41:58.027Z
  • hoover solved 2024-04-19T19:45:00.083Z
  • Tyrpmom solved 2024-04-20T03:20:32.468Z
  • Eric Porter solved 2024-04-20T21:02:33.899Z
  • Kulea solved 2024-04-20T23:42:14.605Z
  • DrTom solved 2024-04-21T14:41:18.952Z
  • Rick solved 2024-04-21T20:35:26.755Z
  • whimsy solved 2024-04-22T02:52:47.269Z
  • Mr Tex solved 2024-04-24T12:47:53.066Z

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  • Hector 2s · 2024-04-16T14:59:14.605Z
    D'oh! A real head-slapper. Thanks!
    • KayW 🤓8:38 · 2024-04-16T15:40:59.723Z
      LOL got it. Once I realized that 6 of them is a plural. Great meta, Ben. Thanks!
      When I first got HOBART by the crosses, I thought to myself: "This must be some Australian bathroom plumbing fixture" :D
      • benchen71 constructor · 2024-04-16T21:07:43.558Z
        I have since accepted BARGAIN as an acceptable answer. Sorry for the unnecessary frustration. :-)
        • whimsy 🤓14:07 · 2024-04-22T02:53:51.253Z
          I did too!
        • Darth 🤓15:09 · 2024-04-16T16:10:02.938Z
          Lol. I had entered bargain and was sure I had it, but Crosshare didn't accept it.
          • benchen71 constructor · 2024-04-16T23:13:50.683Z
            I have since accepted BARGAIN as an acceptable answer. Sorry for the unnecessary frustration. :-)
          • Pair O Ducks 🤓6:47 · 2024-04-16T17:33:47.424Z
            Needed a nudge, but made it here! (My three other guesses were all variants of bargain/bargain price/etc... also had trouble figuring out to enter the plural!)
            • benchen71 constructor · 2024-04-16T23:13:56.911Z
              I have since accepted BARGAIN as an acceptable answer. Sorry for the unnecessary frustration. :-)
            • Laura M 🤓12:25 · 2024-04-16T22:17:45.486Z
              Excellent! Tried to find alternative clues and spell something out, but finally realized what it had to be.
              • woozy 12:49 · 2024-04-17T00:51:17.750Z
                Okay. Word play got it.
                Now to backsolve.
                • HeadinHome 🤓2:26 · 2024-04-17T02:44:23.409Z
                  Also, the words I had tried that did not take were BEAR, BEARS, BAR, BARS. As in “that thar hunter? He is loaded for BAR!”
                  • hoover 3s · 2024-04-19T19:45:49.293Z
                    Same here.
                  • HeadinHome 🤓2:26 · 2024-04-17T02:41:56.909Z
                    Wow was I making that harder than it was. Sheesh. Here are my brainstorming notes: I see TIKI and PIANO but then the types of bars dried up. There is such a thing as a HOST bar (as opposed to a cash bar), and PORT barS provide protection for ships in a storm. I also see KIT CAT (bars) but of course that’s spelled wrong (KITKAT, and it’s two entries).
                    Really silly ones:
                    PUMA bar (similar to a cougar bar) ha ha
                    Bar CHALK - that stuff you powder up your hands with in gymnastics
                    SANTAbarbar(a)
                    BarLAPS (fabrics they makes them sacks out of)
                    GO barD - what you do when you just can’t stop writing sonnets
                    GRAN bars - for senior citizens only
                    CEL bars - what we might wish to see some politicians behind
                    CAT bars, TOGA bars, and BRAT bars all ought to exist, if they don’t. And by brat, I mean bratwurst.
                    After all that, I was just munching on some popcorn and thought “hmm…. Hunting bars, BAR hunters… OH!! BARgain hunters, because all these entries gained a BAR.” Duh.
                    • benchen71 constructor · 2024-04-17T05:12:28.918Z
                      Glad you got there in the end! I was hoping that final moment of realisation would be a good one. :D
                      • DrTom 33:54 · 2024-04-23T06:47:41.246Z
                        Well I had those and BAR OAK(little music please) BAR TSO (Barstow California) and a few others. It took reading another comment that mentioned “until I read nudge 4 again” and a kick in the pants from Ben to sell me on the final answer (sold for a reduced rate I hope!)
                        • benchen71 constructor · 2024-04-23T12:20:04.281Z
                          Anything to get you over the line! :D
                      • Ergcat 8:45 · 2024-04-18T00:53:22.034Z
                        Needed a nudge but finally got it!! Thanks, Ben!
                        • Berto 1s · 2024-04-18T11:03:08.387Z
                          Ugh - another big fail. I way over complicated trying to find a six-letter answer from synonyms of the “new” entries. Got particularly lost backwards down the RAB-bit hole lol.
                          • whimsy 🤓14:07 · 2024-04-22T02:56:27.267Z
                            I thought backwards too for the same reason!
                          • Sharkicicles 3s · 2024-04-18T14:49:48.646Z
                            Me looking at nudges:
                            1. Yeah.
                            2. Yeah.
                            3. Yeah.
                            4. Yeah, I know. rereads 4 pause Ahhhh, g****mit!
                            Very clever and a fun puzzle. And I also thought maybe Hobart was an Aussie reference :)
                            • MatthewL 🤓8:49 · 2024-04-18T15:56:31.195Z
                              Saw the "bars" from the outset, but couldn't put it together without the final nudge. Nice one, Ben!
                              • Carolyn 4s · 2024-04-19T15:44:21.513Z
                                I also made this way too hard by searching for other BAR words. Nice puzzle!
                                • hoover 3s · 2024-04-19T19:48:14.060Z
                                  Yeah, I went from HOBART as the southernmost capital thinking, hey, there was a clue about the northernmost territory. Maybe we're supposed to look for opposites!
                                  • Tyrpmom 2s · 2024-04-20T03:24:22.006Z
                                    Oh my goodness.
                                    • benchen71 constructor · 2024-04-20T05:04:30.719Z
                                      Hope that was a happy response and not a frustrated response! :-)
                                      • Tyrpmom 2s · 2024-04-21T00:50:53.970Z
                                        Maybe a little bit of both, but the frustration was not your fault. Just hit a blind spot.
                                    • DrTom 33:54 · 2024-04-21T14:43:39.211Z
                                      Man how dense can I be. You TOLD me to think like me or Mikey and I didn’t. It took you pushing and another post to make me see reason (or value!) in what I had so far. Thanks Ben
                                      • benchen71 constructor · 2024-04-22T00:39:06.213Z
                                        Glad you got there in the end! :-)
                                      • whimsy 🤓14:07 · 2024-04-22T03:01:03.735Z
                                        Never solved -- just entered the answer after the reveal on the forum so I could see the comments. Many familiar thoughts but GAH! -- it just never got thru to me! So cute too!
                                        • benchen71 constructor · 2024-04-22T08:06:56.667Z
                                          There's always next time! :D
                                          • whimsy 🤓14:07 · 2024-04-23T00:50:34.951Z
                                            Just didn't want you to think I was boycotting your puzzle because of that rabbit stew business! 🤣
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                                        H in a bathroom
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                                        Horizontales
                                        1. 1A
                                          H in a bathroom
                                        2. 7A
                                          Prefix with centre and pen
                                        3. 10A
                                          Trig. function equal to Adjacent over Hypotenuse
                                        4. 13A
                                          Composer Carl Philipp ___ Bach
                                        5. 15A
                                          ___ Diesel (voice of Groot)
                                        6. 16A
                                          Medieval quaff made from grain
                                        7. 17A
                                          Rap-music variety with lots of guns
                                        8. 18A
                                          "Hold your foil up because I'm ready to begin fencing!"
                                        9. 20A
                                          Variant of "inari" (an island-studded lake of northern Finland)
                                        10. 21A
                                          Billy Joel song "Leave a ___ Moment Alone"
                                        11. 23A
                                          Harry Potter's mother
                                        12. 24A
                                          Disney collectible
                                        13. 25A
                                          Source of acorns
                                        14. 26A
                                          Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer Gustav ___
                                        15. 29A
                                          "Gone With the Wind" Butler
                                        16. 33A
                                          Rabbit wool
                                        17. 36A
                                          Hunter of 28 down (not a meta hint)
                                        18. 38A
                                          Mai ___ (rum cocktail)
                                        19. 39A
                                          Campanologist's focus
                                        20. 41A
                                          Armoured vehicle with continuous articulated tracks
                                        21. 44A
                                          Expert on IRS forms
                                        22. 45A
                                          Caboodle's partner
                                        23. 47A
                                          African people known for their traditional jumping dance
                                        24. 48A
                                          "___ Evita" (song that ends with Che singing "Why try to govern a country when you can become a saint?")
                                        25. 51A
                                          Nickname for the northern-most part of Australia's Northern Territory
                                        26. 53A
                                          Sorta
                                        27. 55A
                                          1999 role for Alanis Morissette
                                        28. 56A
                                          Pool lengths
                                        29. 60A
                                          Manage (a situation or problem)
                                        30. 64A
                                          Hypothesise
                                        31. 65A
                                          365 days (usually)
                                        32. 66A
                                          To date
                                        33. 68A
                                          Hog's home
                                        34. 69A
                                          Notable period
                                        35. 70A
                                          Ella Fitzgerald song, "___ to Watch Over Me"
                                        36. 71A
                                          General associated with chicken
                                        37. 72A
                                          W. Coast clock setting
                                        38. 73A
                                          One of 15 in this puzzle (and one of 6 of what you seek)
                                        Verticales
                                        1. 1D
                                          Philosopher who was all about dialectics
                                        2. 2D
                                          Resident of Muscat
                                        3. 3D
                                          Far from interesting
                                        4. 4D
                                          Group with pitchforks, perhaps
                                        5. 5D
                                          Sneaky scheme
                                        6. 6D
                                          Vietnamese festival
                                        7. 7D
                                          "... and they lived happily ___ after."
                                        8. 8D
                                          A bean or a horse
                                        9. 9D
                                          What your manual car must be to go anywhere
                                        10. 10D
                                          Ace of hearts, for example
                                        11. 11D
                                          Ye ___ Shoppe
                                        12. 12D
                                          Crystal-ball gazer
                                        13. 14D
                                          Clothing tag
                                        14. 19D
                                          Egyptian life symbol
                                        15. 22D
                                          Actor ___ Guinness, who won an Oscar in 1958
                                        16. 24D
                                          "... like liquid gets into this ___" (iconic line from an Australian toothpaste ad)
                                        17. 27D
                                          "These ___ not the droids you are looking for"
                                        18. 28D
                                          Prey of 36 across
                                        19. 30D
                                          Greek H's
                                        20. 31D
                                          "Gone With the Wind" plantation
                                        21. 32D
                                          Polynesian carving
                                        22. 33D
                                          Basics
                                        23. 34D
                                          California wine region
                                        24. 35D
                                          Alternative to 42 down
                                        25. 37D
                                          Brought under control
                                        26. 40D
                                          Eng. course
                                        27. 42D
                                          Alternative to 35 down
                                        28. 43D
                                          Not a good person to play games with
                                        29. 46D
                                          Caesar's garment
                                        30. 49D
                                          Spick and span
                                        31. 50D
                                          Out, in a way
                                        32. 52D
                                          Connecting places on the side of a computer
                                        33. 54D
                                          Finds out, aurally
                                        34. 57D
                                          "But ___ me and my house, we will serve the Lord” (Josh. 24:15)
                                        35. 58D
                                          Bruce Hornsby's instrument
                                        36. 59D
                                          Scatter about, like rose petals as you precede the bride down the aisle
                                        37. 60D
                                          Interviewing podcast person
                                        38. 61D
                                          Industrious insects, proverbally
                                        39. 62D
                                          Shaffer Chimere Smith's stage name
                                        40. 63D
                                          Babysitter's handful
                                        41. 64D
                                          Mountain lion
                                        42. 67D
                                          Cooktop surface
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