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Dude, I'm Baked

· Por DrTom · Publicado 2024-07-03T11:30:57.100Z

Meta Prompt
The answer is a word a Brit might use to describe our obsession with metas
This was made a while back, and was pretty thoroughly tested. I am guessing it will be about a Kitten or a Calico but it is an implied answer and sometimes those play harder. I have been saving it because I thought it most apropos for this time period, something I hope all the solvers will "get".
KITTEN*
CALICO*
Persian
Puma
Lion
I got scads of help from my testers: edestlin, Cap'n Rick, rjy, Snood, and I thank them all from the bottom of my heart. If there are any quirky parts of the puzzle it is NOT their fault, I probably just did not listen.
With that, I'll leave you to your own devices. If you do not get the cat out immediately don't worry, kitty will probably stay in the bag to avoid all of the people shooting off fireworks.
There will be Friday nudges, or sooner if needed.
𝙎𝙊𝙇𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙎 𝙋𝙇𝙀𝘼𝙎𝙀 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝘿: Disregard 52D which was written when there was only one letter missing from the Grid. In edits I changed a word and lost the one instance of the letter (W) I had. So 52D does not work as written because there are TWO missing letters...unless of course you look at this note and see that there was supposed to be a W in the grid.....
NUDGES (in increasingly pushy order):
Sorry, had an eye appointment today and I can finally see well enough to post nudges...
Nudge 1] Baked might just as easily refer to a cooking technique as a stoner term
Nudge 2] There are 7 instances of the meta mechanism symmetrically throughout the puzzle.
Nudge 3] One prominently placed "instance" is slightly different than the other 6 in terms of preceding versus following
Nudge 4] If you were watching "Capital Fourth" last evening, or actually if you were almost anywhere, you heard one of the mechanism words
Nudge 5] The graphic actually holds a hint, I've been cautioned to stop that but this was made before that caution. Look at some of the snacks in the picture, are they anywhere else?
The Reveal:
Six symmetrical clues could have the word CRACKER appended to them (like FIRE which was the impetus for the puzzle and the tie in with the 4th).
SODA
OYSTER
SAFE
RITZ
ANIMAL
FIRE
The middle entry, though indeed another CRACKER, was a nudge clue of sorts because here CRACKER comes in front, but I thought people may think CRACKER JACKS, of course and then go back to the others.
All this led to the meta answer - CRACKERS (which I might add are baked!). Which is a term for "crazy" that came to us from the British Navy referring to firecrackers in one's head, originally as "he's got the crackers" and then "he's gone crackers" before the present "he is crackers".
One nudge clue (52D) went awry due to a grid change. Originally the lower left corner had REGINA and GREW.
When I changed the grid (Regina was a more obscure answer than RETINA) I got rid of the W making BOTH Q and W a missing letter. The original idea was that with only the Q missing people would pick up on the name for the duck being QUACKER.
For a graphic representation of the solve please go to:
Comprobando datos de juego anteriores…

Tabla de clasificación (actualizada cada hora)

  • Tom Wilson solved 2024-07-03T04:19:13.801Z
  • Darth solved 2024-07-03T04:26:02.616Z
  • hoover solved 2024-07-03T04:26:40.783Z
  • Hector solved 2024-07-03T04:32:01.776Z
  • benchen71 solved 2024-07-03T04:44:40.328Z
  • Cindy Weatherman solved 2024-07-03T10:10:42.822Z
  • LarsCaine solved 2024-07-03T12:04:20.181Z
  • boharr solved 2024-07-03T12:33:28.011Z
  • FrankieHeck solved 2024-07-03T12:58:45.045Z
  • rjy solved 2024-07-03T13:12:26.139Z
  • Pair O Ducks solved 2024-07-03T13:15:31.725Z
  • markhr solved 2024-07-03T13:23:11.955Z
  • DIS solved 2024-07-03T13:26:55.935Z
  • Meg solved 2024-07-03T13:51:32.030Z
  • Dave C solved 2024-07-03T14:05:11.791Z
  • edestlin solved 2024-07-03T14:10:31.176Z
  • I K Snamhcok solved 2024-07-03T14:16:58.323Z
  • woozy solved 2024-07-03T14:47:50.077Z
  • JM solved 2024-07-03T15:15:39.326Z
  • Carolyn solved 2024-07-03T15:46:21.447Z
  • Mwoychick solved 2024-07-03T15:46:38.275Z
  • heidi solved 2024-07-03T16:15:12.472Z
  • Bird Lives solved 2024-07-03T16:25:41.554Z
  • Tyrpmom solved 2024-07-03T17:27:26.360Z
  • Qmark solved 2024-07-03T17:43:40.194Z
  • LB800 solved 2024-07-03T19:50:04.546Z
  • Laura M solved 2024-07-03T20:44:45.477Z
  • Tim solved 2024-07-03T21:14:08.139Z
  • Berto solved 2024-07-03T23:25:45.734Z
  • whimsy solved 2024-07-04T00:00:31.366Z
  • KayW solved 2024-07-04T00:34:56.024Z
  • HeadinHome solved 2024-07-04T01:32:54.212Z
  • lbray53 solved 2024-07-04T02:21:20.950Z
  • andeux solved 2024-07-04T04:49:05.763Z
  • DCBilly solved 2024-07-04T12:16:37.765Z
  • SJ solved 2024-07-04T12:59:58.353Z
  • Cindy Heisler solved 2024-07-04T14:51:15.422Z
  • mardel solved 2024-07-04T17:04:02.080Z
  • ajk solved 2024-07-04T22:38:36.566Z
  • Mikey G solved 2024-07-05T01:47:28.386Z
  • Ergcat solved 2024-07-05T17:57:02.130Z
  • CPJohnson solved 2024-07-05T22:34:48.738Z
  • MatthewL solved 2024-07-06T14:54:17.264Z
  • Jaclyn solved 2024-07-06T21:52:52.216Z
  • Mr Tex solved 2024-07-06T22:37:18.758Z
  • kurtalert solved 2024-07-07T21:38:21.041Z
  • Danny K Bernstein solved 2024-07-11T02:57:11.077Z
  • Adam solved 2024-08-08T17:48:55.390Z

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  • Darth 🤓13:50 · 2024-07-03T11:30:57.100Z
    Nice! I found 6 of them, and the symmetry always helps. ;) Thanks, DrTom.
    • DrTom constructor · 2024-07-03T11:30:57.100Z
      There were 6. The middle entry was to do double duty, hint at the need to append CRACKER (JACKS) and give me overall symmetry (though of course it was a before not an after). Unfortunately my attempt to have one more "egg" bit me in the butt because I edited out the one W I had. If I had kept it then there would have been only a Q missing...52D Nickname for a downy pond dweller starting with Q - QUACKER
    • hoover 3s · 2024-07-03T11:30:57.100Z
      Nice!
      • boharr 5s · 2024-07-03T13:42:18.554Z
        When I first entered Crackers it was rejected by Crosshare but it seems that the site has had its digestive biscuit now. Thank, DrTom.
        • Dave C 3s · 2024-07-03T14:06:48.493Z
          Once we saw the note about 52-D, the solution quickly fell into place.
          • Mwoychick 🤓12:16 · 2024-07-03T15:46:52.958Z
            Very nice, Dr. Tom - cat's out of the bag!
            • Carolyn 5s · 2024-07-03T15:47:19.520Z
              Fun!
              • woozy 14:07 · 2024-07-03T14:58:09.389Z
                This was tough for me. They only thing I saw was 36 across the clue was so weirdly worded, I figured it was opening with jacks was a good move in poker (this makes less and less sense the longer you think about it) but it was weir to talk about the pot as a "prize". So I figured you need to add "Jack" before words like... hmm, Well, Jack Oakie.... or Jack Best and ... there's got to be a Rabbit here somewhere...
                But what bugged me was the 52 down. Why didn't he just drop the comment and what did the comment mean anyway? What's a nick name for a duck anyhow? Quacker? so Quacker Jack???
                And the whole thing fell into place with the OYSTER, JACKS, and RITZ.
                But after a quick submit I see there are a lot of Crackers. Gosh. That's pretty good.
                • DrTom constructor · 2024-07-03T19:31:09.979Z
                  Yeah, there was a glitch (see previous comments, the Crosshare intro or the Muggles site) that made that perfectly lovely clue a distraction instead of a nudge.
                • Bird Lives 4s · 2024-07-03T16:29:48.320Z
                  Crackers indeed. I assume that FIRE is for the Fourth. As for the ANIMAL, I put them together with HARPO and got Captain Spaulding. (Did someone call me schnorrer?) So Hello, I must be going.
                  • DrTom constructor · 2024-07-03T19:36:06.288Z
                    Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?
                    😁
                  • Qmark 3s · 2024-07-03T17:44:38.512Z
                    Enjoyed it...thanks DrTom!
                    • Tom Wilson 🤓7:09 · 2024-07-03T18:10:14.408Z
                      I get 7, unless I'm miscounting (or "cracking" up) - either of which is possible!
                      • DrTom constructor · 2024-07-03T19:29:47.681Z
                        THere are 7, the middle JACKS can of course become the old favorite CRACKER JACKS, I just discounted it because all the others FOLLOWED the word and I sometimes get dinged for inconsistency, still when JACKS showed up as the middle entry how could I disregard it.
                      • Laura M 🤓9:56 · 2024-07-03T20:49:12.373Z
                        Nice! Amused at how I missed some nuance in the prompt: My first submission was "cracker" which appears to mean great, whereas "crackers" means crazy :-)
                        • DrTom constructor · 2024-07-04T03:05:41.493Z
                          Yes, what a difference a letter makes. The word apparently derives from British naval expressions referring to firecrackers in one's head, originally as "he's got the crackers" and then "he's gone crackers" before the present "he is crackers". However, a "real cracker" or "she's a cracker" can also be a description of a good looking woman (or man) and anything good in general as in " I had a cracking good time".
                        • lbray53 2s · 2024-07-04T02:24:02.508Z
                          The firecrackers going off in my neighborhood helped me to the solution. Baked indeed!
                          • HeadinHome 🤓1:53 · 2024-07-04T01:38:10.740Z
                            I had no trouble with this at all… no googling, no issues with the W because when I got to Q I stopped searching… that must be it… and Quacker is a cute nickname for a duck… but how to use it? Hmm… oyster quacker? Ooh there’s soda too… AH it’s CRACKERS! Fun one, thanks!
                            • Berto 1s · 2024-07-03T23:31:02.260Z
                              I was going crackers trying to solve this!! I figured the answer had to be a word beginning with Q (given the focus on 52down), and tried all kinds of Quack derivatives, and then suddenly RITZ stood out at me and the lightbulb went off. Very quaint!
                              • ajk 🤓8:01 · 2024-07-04T22:44:00.258Z
                                Initially had nothing. Came back to it this morning and saw CRACKER JACKS and then went looking for more things to follow CRACKER to no avail. Wasn't until just now that I looked for leaders, and then it came quickly. Nice one, thanks. :)
                                • Ergcat 8:15 · 2024-07-05T17:59:02.333Z
                                  Nice one, Dr. Tom! And thanks for the PM to steer me to the right path! I was close but not quite there!
                                  • DrTom constructor · 2024-07-05T20:06:15.649Z
                                    Well it was probably I who led you astray in the first place! Glad you persevered!
                                  • kurtalert 🤓5:11 · 2024-07-07T21:38:45.950Z
                                    Neat, thank you :-)
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                                      Overcome
                                    2. 5A
                                      Urgent request
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                                      Your "Peeps"
                                    4. 12A
                                      Skedaddle
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                                      Marx who avoided speeches
                                    6. 15A
                                      Upscale, downscale new grocery chain
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                                      Cheeky image on a performer (like Post Malone)
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                                      Pop or coke in some places
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                                      Head of "The Family Stone"
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                                      "___ said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw"
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                                      "Did you ever know you were ___", Bette Midler
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                                      Neighbor of Mexico; Abbr.
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                                      Barney Fife; Abbr.
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                                      Food that can make a necklace
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                                      A drink with your honey
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                                      Wood applied to baseballs
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                                      Revivalists, for short
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                                      One Obi,.e.g.
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                                      Delivery for a diva
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                                      Place to store your valuables
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                                      If you have these to open you might get a prize
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                                      Fancy hotel that might be a put on
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                                      "At Last" James
                                    24. 39A
                                      Home of Iowa State
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                                      Microwave your pizza
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                                      Log jam at the airport
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                                      Name associated with a gator
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                                      Wild and crazy Muppet drummer
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                                      Judy Garland's daughter
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                                      "I want to be in on that e-mail please"
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                                      Apple display type that, not surprisingly, works by focusing light
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                                      Put on a scale
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                                      Cards
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                                      Panicked cry in a forest
                                    35. 55A
                                      Call someone by the wrong name
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                                      Made mad
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                                      Bush, Clinton or Reagan, informally
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                                      Ten: Prefix
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                                      Sandra, Ruby or Billy
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                                      "___ quam videri," North Carolina motto
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                                      Description for some cabernets
                                    Verticales
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                                      Besties for short
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                                      Flyer to Ben Gurion
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                                      Cabinet chief; Abbr.
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                                      P.G.A. supporter
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                                      Star Trek weapon of choice
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                                      Procrastinator's word
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                                      "Alphabet Suite" art deco artist
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                                      G.I.'s mail drop
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                                      Polar bear raft
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                                      Envelope dest.
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                                      French kitty cry
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                                      Big brassy sounds
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                                      Like a used firepit
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                                      Call for a break
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                                      From Jan. 1 until now
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                                      Where nobody wants to be when solving a meta
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                                      What you might find in the front of hotels
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                                      This could be the start of something big
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                                      Irish poet who sailed to Byzantium
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                                      Similarity of 29 and 34A
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                                      Repelled with a club or a spray
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                                      A lucrative end to honor
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                                      Capital of the Alaska Territory
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                                      Nut in Nutella
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                                      South Pacific islands that sound like they want a second helping
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                                      Links legend, informally
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                                      Period for "The Great Gatsby"
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                                      "There is no ___ team!"
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                                      The most important kind of ingredient
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                                      Santa Fe location: Abbr.
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                                      Veered away from the truth
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                                      Clothing choices for some hunters
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                                      Tracking chip acronym
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                                      Cork's country
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                                      Where you might find your family members
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                                      Nielsen nos.
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                                      Comic lightbulb
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                                      Downy pond dweller (whose nick-name nudge starts with the only missing letter)
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                                      How to fix a cat
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                                      End of a program
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                                      Tokyo, once
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