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My Pop Quiz Burst!

· Por DrTom · Publicado 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z

Meta Prompt
If you fail the quiz you may get the meta answer on your permanent record
As a student I always hated pop quizzes because I felt they were more punitive than instructive, and as an educator I felt the same way. However, as a crossword constructor, well that's a different story. The idea just popped into my mind, as so many do. This one should play at about a Calico level, but if not I will accept all bribes and inducements for nudges...Oh, heck I am going to give Friday nudges anyway, save your money.
Kitten
CALICO
Persian
Puma
Lion
Thanks to my testers lbray53, BarbaraK, and KayW who suffered through several iterations of this little brainteaser.
My Pop Quiz Burst Nudges
Nudge 1] The title is important more for what happens in it than what it says
Nudge 2] There is no doubt about the theme clues since they all have asterisks.
Nudge 3] Could you do something with each word similar to what I did with the title?
Nudge 4] What is a more common way of saying "I'm going to CONK you on the head?"
My Pop Quiz Burst Crosshare Reveal
The Reveal:
There were 6 grid entries that, like the title, could have had a different entry for the XOP word (i.e. BURST and POP)
CONK = BOP
PRUNE = LOP
CAT = OOP (ALLEY CAT and ALLEY OOP were both 60's hits)
ACME = TOP
POLICE = COP
LEAP = HOP
The first letters give the META answer BLOTCH
For a graphic representation of the solve go to:
Comprobando datos de juego anteriores…

Tabla de clasificación (actualizada cada hora)

  • benchen71 solved 2024-05-29T05:03:18.258Z
  • Laura M solved 2024-05-29T05:20:46.157Z
  • hoover solved 2024-05-29T05:24:40.440Z
  • woozy solved 2024-05-29T06:21:20.679Z
  • Danny K Bernstein solved 2024-05-29T08:58:25.053Z
  • Pair O Ducks solved 2024-05-29T11:09:25.508Z
  • LarsCaine solved 2024-05-29T12:15:12.946Z
  • KayW solved 2024-05-29T13:08:03.811Z
  • kymike solved 2024-05-29T13:17:38.777Z
  • Hector solved 2024-05-29T13:21:36.177Z
  • Mwoychick solved 2024-05-29T13:25:57.449Z
  • Darth solved 2024-05-29T13:52:47.567Z
  • Cindy Weatherman solved 2024-05-29T14:04:29.888Z
  • MatthewL solved 2024-05-29T14:24:26.513Z
  • boharr solved 2024-05-29T14:34:02.023Z
  • Meg solved 2024-05-29T14:34:38.344Z
  • whimsy solved 2024-05-29T14:50:01.230Z
  • lbray53 solved 2024-05-29T15:16:41.137Z
  • Bird Lives solved 2024-05-29T15:20:16.264Z
  • ajk solved 2024-05-29T16:09:57.689Z
  • HeadinHome solved 2024-05-29T17:16:33.843Z
  • Jeremy Smith solved 2024-05-29T18:28:57.862Z
  • LB800 solved 2024-05-29T21:13:26.215Z
  • Qmark solved 2024-05-29T21:13:51.538Z
  • rfj solved 2024-05-29T21:25:29.836Z
  • Tim solved 2024-05-29T21:28:54.253Z
  • Gutman solved 2024-05-30T00:43:45.909Z
  • Berto solved 2024-05-30T02:57:39.967Z
  • DIS solved 2024-05-30T14:34:50.678Z
  • rjy solved 2024-05-30T15:44:50.271Z
  • markhr solved 2024-05-30T16:45:42.378Z
  • JM solved 2024-05-30T16:47:15.260Z
  • Abide solved 2024-05-30T19:13:32.293Z
  • Tyrpmom solved 2024-05-31T02:11:56.277Z
  • CPJohnson solved 2024-05-31T12:11:18.297Z
  • Johnny Luau solved 2024-05-31T19:51:44.559Z
  • Mikey G solved 2024-06-01T00:09:41.497Z
  • andeux solved 2024-06-01T16:41:58.455Z
  • nikhilisvalid solved 2024-06-01T16:59:31.179Z
  • I K Snamhcok solved 2024-06-01T19:57:54.342Z
  • kurtalert solved 2024-06-01T21:00:50.539Z
  • Dave C solved 2024-06-02T02:02:28.047Z
  • edestlin solved 2024-06-02T14:18:01.521Z
  • omnilynx solved 2024-06-03T01:21:33.438Z

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  • benchen71 3s · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
    Was this a bad puzzle? Nop!
    • hoover 2s · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
      Ahhh... nothing too taxing for me tonight. This might be a wee kitten. :)
      • DrTom constructor · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
        I vacillated about the asterisks because it would have been MUCH harder without them. Hey, kittens are nice and cuddly and sometimes you just need a little ball of fur to make you smile.
        Thanks for solving.
      • Laura M 🤓8:37 · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
        Loved it!
        • KayW 🤓7:19 · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
          Just as much fun to solve the second time - Thanks!
          • DrTom constructor · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
            And I thank you twice😁
          • Darth 12:10 · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
            I had filled in Alley OOP at first and then corrected, so I was still thinking about it and that was my entry to the solution oddly enough. ;) Thanks, Tom!
            • Meg 1:09 · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
              Me too!
              • DrTom constructor · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
                That entry was a major stroke of luck. Originally I had something that was related to a mistake so that the solver would have to translate, for instance, DARN to OOP but of course that was tentative and most testers got OOPS not OOP, then I discovered that ALLEY CAT and ALLEY OOP both came out in the 60s and both made it to the Billboard top 10 - the META gods smiled on me that day.
                Thanks for taking the quiz.
              • whimsy 10:29 · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
                I did the oopsie thing like Darth also. Plus I was off with the clue numbers (they are tiny!) and was trying to put "men in blue" into 47A rather than 45A -- and since I had MENCOUNT instead of TALLY, COP did fit! And it still took more than a couple of minutes for the necessary mechanism to finally sink in! 😄 Good one, Tom -- Thanks!
                • MatthewL 🤓6:30 · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
                  Very nice, although I'm embarrassed to say it took me a second to get the pun at 9D. Maybe the crossing at 20A distracted me. In any event, thanks for the puzzle, Tom!
                  • Bird Lives 3s · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
                    If I hadn't spent many hours studying "Hop on Pop," I might never have solved this one.
                    • lbray53 3s · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
                      Nicely done! Great job of stuffing that cat in the bag Dr. Tom.
                      • ajk 🤓10:10 · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
                        Saw the path instantly. Hesitated a bit on the CAT replacement, but figured it had to be OOP (which was confirmed by the fit of the first letter). Like the 2D and 5D clues. :) Fun one, thanks.
                        • HeadinHome 🤓1:51 · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
                          Kitten for sure! Clever collection of “-ops”!
                          • Qmark 3s · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
                            Enjoyed it...thanks DrTom!
                            • Berto 1s · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
                              Took me a minute! I couldn’t get “LOP” out of my head, and Conk seemed odd, plus I also initially had Alley OOP… and finally it clicked. Thank you DrTom!
                              • Abide 3s · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
                                Neat trick that the image picture contains books with titles TOP COP and HOP
                                • DrTom constructor · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
                                  Yeah I usually try to do that with my banners, but have been getting a little blowback because if you know that you look there for the big nudge. I will probably curtail that in the future, but glad you saw the "plants".
                                • Tyrpmom 2s · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
                                  The clues in the banner. I need to pay attention.
                                  • DrTom constructor · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
                                    Thanks for solving, but do not rely on the banners, people have talked me out of including as much information there. It was said that I was giving away the farm because if you check my last 8 or 10 banners at least there was always a big hint. For example, my Musical Chair had one of the gents in Mr. Sinatra's signature hat and the music shown, well that was for My Way.
                                    I will still try to have topical or amusing banners, just not ones with major nudges in them.
                                  • hoover 2s · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
                                    I solved this a couple days ago, and today I was reading the nudges (sometimes I go back and read the nudges after solving), and I don't understand nudge #1. It looks like you're referring to the increasing word length 2-3-4-5, and in fact your nudge post has 2-3-4-5-6, but I don't see how that helps one solve. Or is this coincidental?
                                    • DrTom constructor · 2024-05-31T21:54:28.641Z
                                      My POP quiz BURST - giving an alternate definition for POP. That is what I did with all of the themers, CONK could be BOP, PRUNE could be LOP. So if you see that POP and BURST are the same thing, and this was a POP quiz. I'd have brought this out closer to Father's Day if I did not already have a Father's Day puzzle (Kitten) done.
                                    • andeux 🤓5:35 · 2024-06-01T16:52:26.533Z
                                      Went down a brief rabbit hole (before looking at the nudges) after noticing that changing one letter CONK->CORK and ACME->ACNE gives things you can POP. But I couldn't make that work with the other entries.
                                      • DrTom constructor · 2024-06-01T19:30:45.975Z
                                        Wow, interesting path and of course one I never considered...too far away from adolescence (though the CORK one I should have considered, I do that most every evening!!) Thanks for solving.
                                      • Dave C 6s · 2024-06-02T02:03:46.829Z
                                        I was expecting the answer to be DMINUS, so I didn't look for the obvious.
                                        • DrTom constructor · 2024-06-02T04:58:46.971Z
                                          Ah, the hazards of anticipating what my mind came up with, always dangerous. I'm glad you eventually broke free of your preconception, heck I'll give you an A for that! Thank you for solving.
                                        • omnilynx 🤓19:48 · 2024-06-03T01:29:35.375Z
                                          I got deep on a rabbit trail thinking other answers matched the clues: SMOTE for 1A, RANCH for 14A, AVATAR for 45A, HOLES for 50A. I only stopped when I had to google the other hit 60s "Alley" song and realized *OOP wasn't in the grid.
                                          • DrTom constructor · 2024-06-03T05:51:05.713Z
                                            Dang! I wish I had been clever enough to see all of those, probably would have been a better puzzle Those are very inventive matches. I especially liked the AVATAR one. I believe there may be a meta construction in your future!
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                                          *Hit on the head
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                                          Horizontales
                                          1. 1A
                                            *Hit on the head
                                          2. 5A
                                            That girl
                                          3. 8A
                                            Electronic journal
                                          4. 12A
                                            Nitrogen-based fertilizer
                                          5. 13A
                                            Direction some people run
                                          6. 14A
                                            *Cut off a branch
                                          7. 15A
                                            Mufasa's brother
                                          8. 16A
                                            Fish you can find underfoot
                                          9. 17A
                                            Stand for a painting
                                          10. 18A
                                            Blood-suckers
                                          11. 20A
                                            Small songbirds
                                          12. 21A
                                            Drops it down a few notches
                                          13. 22A
                                            Write
                                          14. 23A
                                            Magic word that is quick to be used in Italian
                                          15. 26A
                                            Long stories
                                          16. 30A
                                            Mere boy
                                          17. 31A
                                            Online representative
                                          18. 34A
                                            Small amount
                                          19. 35A
                                            Friend of your foe
                                          20. 37A
                                            *Niche song from the 60's that made it all the way into the Billboard 100 top 10; Alley___
                                          21. 38A
                                            Milan's "La ___"
                                          22. 39A
                                            *Denotes being at your peak
                                          23. 40A
                                            Breakdown a meal
                                          24. 42A
                                            Component of a railroad
                                          25. 43A
                                            Showed your appreciation
                                          26. 45A
                                            *Profession of a man in blue
                                          27. 47A
                                            Elephant's weight, maybe
                                          28. 48A
                                            Make it home
                                          29. 50A
                                            *A way to get in or out
                                          30. 52A
                                            Those who have "drunk the Kool-aid"
                                          31. 56A
                                            Charles de Gaulle's birthplace
                                          32. 57A
                                            Australia's gemstone
                                          33. 58A
                                            At one time, at one time
                                          34. 59A
                                            Part of a flower that might follow you around
                                          35. 60A
                                            Breaks a commandment
                                          36. 61A
                                            Paris bank
                                          37. 62A
                                            Contradict
                                          38. 63A
                                            Get the droop on
                                          39. 64A
                                            Aug. follower
                                          Verticales
                                          1. 1D
                                            Astrological gray area
                                          2. 2D
                                            Two-tone seal eater
                                          3. 3D
                                            Warm, so to speak
                                          4. 4D
                                            Golden units
                                          5. 5D
                                            Bible belted
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                                            Golfer's quests
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                                            Squeaks by
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                                            Einstein type
                                          9. 9D
                                            Intergalactic sin, ___ in space
                                          10. 10D
                                            Washington bills
                                          11. 11D
                                            Preparation for your hair or teeth
                                          12. 13D
                                            Biochemistry professor with a penchant for science fiction
                                          13. 14D
                                            Fabled consumer of pumpkin
                                          14. 19D
                                            Asian appetizer
                                          15. 22D
                                            A pop
                                          16. 23D
                                            Fold
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                                            Russian or French alternative
                                          18. 25D
                                            Swelling
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                                            Complete someone
                                          20. 27D
                                            Beaded counters
                                          21. 28D
                                            A lovely smelling pastel
                                          22. 29D
                                            Gawk
                                          23. 32D
                                            If you drop this you could go to jail
                                          24. 33D
                                            Informational source on a garment
                                          25. 36D
                                            Head count of males in a room
                                          26. 38D
                                            Retail outlet
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                                            Animal house
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                                            Gives in to a child's every whim
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                                            Fraction of a ruble
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                                            Bottle openers, essentially
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                                            Brown shade
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                                            Sound from the steeple
                                          33. 50D
                                            Dietary, in ads
                                          34. 51D
                                            Obvious flair
                                          35. 52D
                                            Big cheese
                                          36. 53D
                                            The E in H.O.M.E.S.
                                          37. 54D
                                            Abbreviation in an invitation
                                          38. 55D
                                            "Let it stand"
                                          39. 56D
                                            See 32D
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