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· Por ajk · Publicado 2024-06-02T04:00:04.947Z

Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a 9-letter word
Happy Sunday!
No idea where this one came from. Just popped into my head and I wondered if I could make it work. The mechanism is very simple (to the point where I worried it was a bit too simple), so I doubt this will be too much of a challenge. But hopefully it will provide some amusement. :)
Thanks to Wendy Walker and Capn Rick for test solving, especially since this one required several go-rounds on the fill. Thanks as always to Joe Ross for tech support.
Nudges later today should anyone need them (and feel free to PM anytime), solution on Saturday.
Hope you enjoy! cheers, Alan
Nudges:
A couple of clues have rather suggestive parenthetical asides
Can you find some places to switch options?
While filling the grid, did you ever find yourself confidently entering what turned out to be the wrong answer?
There are 8 symmetrically placed entries that form 4 interchangeable pairs
After you swap entries, things should be in sequence.
OK, so that might get us 8 letters. Where's the 9th? One word has no symmetry partner.
Comprobando datos de juego anteriores…

Tabla de clasificación (actualizada cada hora)

  • LarsCaine solved 2024-06-02T12:44:56.524Z
  • Pair O Ducks solved 2024-06-02T13:43:36.962Z
  • kurtalert solved 2024-06-02T14:15:21.356Z
  • boharr solved 2024-06-02T14:30:32.417Z
  • MatthewL solved 2024-06-02T14:42:53.228Z
  • kymike solved 2024-06-02T14:50:21.113Z
  • Meg solved 2024-06-02T15:15:53.190Z
  • Qmark solved 2024-06-02T15:19:40.084Z
  • BarbaraK solved 2024-06-02T15:22:11.858Z
  • woozy solved 2024-06-02T15:27:27.165Z
  • Danny K Bernstein solved 2024-06-02T15:35:13.018Z
  • hoover solved 2024-06-02T15:35:49.607Z
  • JM solved 2024-06-02T15:36:53.303Z
  • heidi solved 2024-06-02T16:15:54.760Z
  • I K Snamhcok solved 2024-06-02T16:29:03.260Z
  • Dave C solved 2024-06-02T16:35:29.260Z
  • Hector solved 2024-06-02T16:36:53.737Z
  • michaelm solved 2024-06-02T16:44:23.031Z
  • KayW solved 2024-06-02T17:48:01.539Z
  • Schmeel solved 2024-06-02T18:05:01.795Z
  • Gutman solved 2024-06-02T18:08:36.211Z
  • GR solved 2024-06-02T19:04:55.662Z
  • DIS solved 2024-06-02T19:53:53.872Z
  • andeux solved 2024-06-02T20:00:03.109Z
  • frostyjhammer solved 2024-06-02T20:22:08.400Z
  • Bird Lives solved 2024-06-02T22:15:25.901Z
  • Darth solved 2024-06-02T22:43:50.255Z
  • R3 solved 2024-06-02T23:33:38.389Z
  • CPJohnson solved 2024-06-03T00:27:24.327Z
  • Berto solved 2024-06-03T00:56:35.326Z
  • whimsy solved 2024-06-03T01:31:27.178Z
  • Eric Porter solved 2024-06-03T02:24:23.656Z
  • AuLeaf solved 2024-06-03T03:15:58.780Z
  • ELSavage solved 2024-06-03T03:27:47.914Z
  • Dow Jones solved 2024-06-03T03:31:13.432Z
  • Tyrpmom solved 2024-06-03T03:52:38.348Z
  • Kulea solved 2024-06-03T05:04:19.546Z
  • rjy solved 2024-06-03T11:16:36.945Z
  • HeadinHome solved 2024-06-03T13:24:44.650Z
  • Carolyn solved 2024-06-03T16:07:21.238Z
  • Sharkicicles solved 2024-06-03T16:56:39.947Z
  • markhr solved 2024-06-03T18:38:50.113Z
  • Laura M solved 2024-06-03T18:49:04.562Z
  • DrTom solved 2024-06-03T20:02:35.072Z
  • Anita and Steve solved 2024-06-03T20:52:52.052Z
  • Scrivimancer solved 2024-06-03T21:17:23.800Z
  • Jaclyn solved 2024-06-03T22:29:57.917Z
  • Philip Chow solved 2024-06-03T22:45:03.537Z
  • Streroto solved 2024-06-03T23:28:37.601Z
  • Abide solved 2024-06-04T01:40:48.944Z
  • Mwoychick solved 2024-06-04T01:50:30.302Z
  • DCBilly solved 2024-06-04T18:38:03.081Z
  • Jeremy Smith solved 2024-06-05T00:02:23.588Z
  • Mr Tex solved 2024-06-05T17:31:41.536Z
  • Mikey G solved 2024-06-05T21:00:19.747Z

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  • kurtalert 🤓6:20 · 2024-06-02T14:15:40.703Z
    Fun one - thanks ajk!
    • ajk constructor · 2024-06-02T15:05:57.742Z
      Thanks :)
    • MatthewL 🤓2:09 · 2024-06-02T14:44:15.394Z
      Very nice, Alan. Thanks for the puzzle!
      • ajk constructor · 2024-06-02T16:24:26.625Z
        You're welcome :)
      • Qmark 3s · 2024-06-02T15:19:54.870Z
        Enjoyed it...thanks Alan!
        • ajk constructor · 2024-06-02T16:24:36.808Z
          Glad you liked it. :)
        • Dave C 3s · 2024-06-02T16:35:49.480Z
          Nice one, Alan.
          • ajk constructor · 2024-06-02T18:33:51.430Z
            Thanks :)
          • michaelm 18:02 · 2024-06-02T16:46:41.054Z
            Thanks, Alan. Glad I didn’t have to make a deal with the devil to solve this SSS!
            • ajk constructor · 2024-06-02T18:34:06.211Z
              Hahaha. :) Glad you liked it
            • woozy 17:34 · 2024-06-02T15:46:42.249Z
              Not too obvious! Without the title or the intro or the middle clue, I'd have noticed the Red, tan and dismissed it but with the tittle. A clencher. Still had too look though.
              Fun puzzle. Thanks!
              • ajk constructor · 2024-06-02T18:33:45.779Z
                You're welcome, glad it wasn't too simple.
              • KayW 🤓7:23 · 2024-06-02T17:48:27.993Z
                Fun - and very elegant construction. Thanks Alan!
                • ajk constructor · 2024-06-02T18:34:19.062Z
                  You're very welcome, glad you liked it. :)
                • frostyjhammer 7s · 2024-06-02T20:23:14.765Z
                  Love the symmetry of the grid itself. And, of course, the theme entries... and "entries".
                  • ajk constructor · 2024-06-02T23:01:36.841Z
                    :) Thanks
                  • Darth 🤓9:53 · 2024-06-02T22:44:44.524Z
                    Nice! Thanks, Alan.
                    • ajk constructor · 2024-06-03T01:05:19.287Z
                      You're welcome :)
                    • Bird Lives 4s · 2024-06-02T22:53:37.670Z
                      If it hadn't been for a certain nautical captain (Ahab? Bligh? Hook? -- someone) leaning on constructors to place themers in symmetrical locations, it might have taken me a few more minutes to solve this one. Enjoyable in any case.
                      • ajk constructor · 2024-06-03T01:05:31.887Z
                        :) thanks
                      • ELSavage 🤓8:40 · 2024-06-03T03:38:07.911Z
                        Did it without the nudges, but having fallen into the #3 trap once, I held my fire on the others, and knew that was the place to focus. Perfect way to finish the evening, Thanks!
                        • ajk constructor · 2024-06-03T18:47:57.726Z
                          Glad you liked it :)
                        • AuLeaf 🤓8:21 · 2024-06-03T03:16:56.977Z
                          very cute :D
                          • ajk constructor · 2024-06-03T18:48:10.205Z
                            Thanks, glad you enjoyed :)
                          • HeadinHome 1:41 · 2024-06-03T13:32:49.174Z
                            No nudges needed, but i did have to reveal puzzle because i had a bad letter (originally had VAGRANT for MIGRANT and had erased the V but not the A… so wracking my brain for what new thing HA_ could delay my flight, and whether I was looking for E_LINK or U_LINK .. since MESSES or MUSSES worked for 24A). Also temporarily sidetracked by the multiple swaps available: a number of things could be used to settle a debt (BILL - gold, notes as in IOU notes); same for trade value (GOLD - iron, album, even notes as in trading notes in school). Obviously got there, but not without some crazy (silly) sidepaths! Fun puzzle.
                            • ajk constructor · 2024-06-03T18:49:08.491Z
                              Yeah, I was definitely leaning on symmetry a bit there with some of the loser definitions. 😂 Glad you had fun. :)
                            • Carolyn 2s · 2024-06-03T16:08:15.840Z
                              Thanks for the hints! Excellent puzzle.
                              • ajk constructor · 2024-06-03T18:49:20.878Z
                                You're very welcome, thanks. :)
                              • Laura M 🤓8:54 · 2024-06-03T18:50:49.466Z
                                Fun! Sometimes I think the metanism is something like this but I don't think I've ever actually seen it before.
                                • ajk constructor · 2024-06-03T20:47:20.132Z
                                  Glad you liked it :)
                                • DrTom 3s · 2024-06-03T21:09:44.557Z
                                  Well Alan, you had me going for a while. I was slowing my trip through the airport because of a new ETA and then when that did not make sense I figured it was the new ACL I just got. I was looking for 9 different things, not realizing that ENTRIES was one of them and was in effect the turning point. You'd be surprised how inventive I got. I asked myself "is modern art HIP?", "does a lamp contain an oil tank?", "is a position ASEA", and then the one that had me messed up for quite some time GOLD and IRON have trade value and some people might use a ROCK to settle a debt. When it became clear that you meant the entries to fit in the same space it got easier and then I got it out of my head that a BUS might be a frequent visitor to Rocky Mountain National Park.
                                  In the end I enjoyed it immensely! Clever double meanings.
                                  • ajk constructor · 2024-06-03T22:33:23.486Z
                                    Glad you had fun, and sorry for the detours :)
                                  • Abide 3s · 2024-06-04T01:43:20.160Z
                                    Finally got to this one. Five minutes of staring, then ... "what if...? I was very surprised it worked!
                                    • ajk constructor · 2024-06-04T15:54:33.079Z
                                      :) Nice
                                    • Mwoychick 18:40 · 2024-06-04T01:52:47.373Z
                                      Thanks, Alan - finally got around to doing this one. I got stuck for a while looking at the entires with "ON" in them, thinking I had to swap in some other letters, but eventually I came to my senses - very nice "aha"
                                      • ajk constructor · 2024-06-04T15:54:45.448Z
                                        Glad you had fun :)
                                      1A
                                      It has trade value
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                                      Horizontales
                                      1. 1A
                                        It has trade value
                                      2. 5A
                                        Musician's creation
                                      3. 10A
                                        Certain construction material
                                      4. 14A
                                        Mid-voyage, say
                                      5. 15A
                                        Lessen
                                      6. 16A
                                        Canine command
                                      7. 17A
                                        Gaining popularity, as a meme
                                      8. 19A
                                        New York campus named for a Scottish isle
                                      9. 20A
                                        Guarantees
                                      10. 21A
                                        Common soup ingredient
                                      11. 23A
                                        You'd rather not be under it
                                      12. 24A
                                        Disturbs, as hair
                                      13. 26A
                                        Partial plan?
                                      14. 29A
                                        A new one might slow your progress through airports
                                      15. 30A
                                        Mil. exercise that might involve blasting Rick Astley
                                      16. 33A
                                        Tense starter?
                                      17. 34A
                                        Company that's now a verb
                                      18. 37A
                                        Class of antidepressants, briefly
                                      19. 38A
                                        Something you might get after time in the sun
                                      20. 39A
                                        Things that fit in a grid (sometimes in more than one place!)
                                      21. 41A
                                        Tuscan ____ (certain color)
                                      22. 42A
                                        "Am ____ late? Did we yell surprise already?"
                                      23. 44A
                                        Position
                                      24. 45A
                                        Frequent visitors to Rocky Mountain National Park?
                                      25. 46A
                                        Lamp contents, sometimes?
                                      26. 48A
                                        Some modern art, casually
                                      27. 49A
                                        Pastoral youth?
                                      28. 51A
                                        "Yeah, ____" (expression of skepticism)
                                      29. 53A
                                        Amusing airport code for Finland's capital
                                      30. 54A
                                        It's between Santa Monica and Beverly Hills
                                      31. 56A
                                        Goes off on
                                      32. 60A
                                        This, in Barcelona
                                      33. 61A
                                        Cutting
                                      34. 64A
                                        D ___ delta
                                      35. 65A
                                        Crumpet alternative
                                      36. 66A
                                        Parisian girlfriend
                                      37. 67A
                                        Structural element, perhaps
                                      38. 68A
                                        Collection of sounds, in a way
                                      39. 69A
                                        It might be used to settle a debt
                                      Verticales
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                                        Lady who sang at Biden's inauguration
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                                        Spanish bears
                                      3. 3D
                                        Island garlands
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                                        River with a waltz named after it
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                                        Villainous church parts?
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                                        Tokyo fasteners
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                                        It might come with feathers
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                                        Airport est.
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                                        Vends
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                                        Frosty quality
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                                        Arboreal anchor
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                                        Hotel chain that seems like it should be in every town?
                                      13. 13D
                                        "Hud" star Patricia or former acting Solicitor General Katyal
                                      14. 18D
                                        You might hold on to it too long?
                                      15. 22D
                                        Handy attribute for a mind reader
                                      16. 24D
                                        Nomad
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                                        Satellite connection
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                                        Dash, as of parsley or rosemary
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                                        Site of the minotaur's labyrinth
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                                        Devotedly pleasure-seeking
                                      21. 29D
                                        Head-turner
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                                        Backup toothbrush manufacturer?
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                                        Light red shades
                                      24. 35D
                                        Switch options (hmm, that sounds like a useful instruction)
                                      25. 36D
                                        EU precursor
                                      26. 40D
                                        "Only Murders in the Building" star Gomez
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                                        Often cylindrical source of heat
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                                        Chicago train or building wing
                                      29. 50D
                                        Keyboard combo
                                      30. 52D
                                        Model wood
                                      31. 53D
                                        Sultan's wives
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                                        Put on
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                                        Exxon alternative
                                      34. 56D
                                        Contact lens solution brand
                                      35. 57D
                                        ____ Valley (site of the Reagan library)
                                      36. 58D
                                        Indigo dye
                                      37. 59D
                                        Neutrogena shampoo
                                      38. 62D
                                        It's often torn
                                      39. 63D
                                        Corn core
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