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Sunken Treasure

· Por Darth · Publicado 2023-10-16T11:30:14.575Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is something found among a pirate's plunder.
Of course, I'm a "Pirates of the Caribbean" fan, amused by the antics of Jack Sparrow in all his exploits and swashbuckling adventures. But in sobering truth, the real pirates of history were murderous thieves who plundered and terrorized sailors across the Seven Seas. One noteworthy English pirate, Joseph Bannister, operated in the Caribbean as captain of the Golden Fleece. On one occasion, he battled British warships for two full days, forcing them to retreat. But when the Royal Navy returned, rearmed and ready to bring Bannister down, they found only the burning remains of his sinking ship.
Three centuries later, a team of treasure hunters uncovered Bannister's Golden Fleece in the waters near the Dominican Republic. Robert Kurson tells their intriguing story in his book, Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship.
Now it's YOUR turn to discover some hidden treasure...Are you ready?
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  • Pair O Ducks 🤓5:00 · 2023-10-16T12:53:36.952Z
    Super fun, Darth, and a great aha moment. My first instinct was right but not quite looking deep enough. "If at first you don't succeed, keep trying" doesn't always work, but this time it did!
    • woozy 12:50 · 2023-10-16T16:21:12.168Z
      My second instinct went too deep SOS ENL.
      • Ergcat 10:23 · 2023-10-16T16:19:31.556Z
        Same here! Had to plumb a bit deeper! Fun meta! Thanks, Darth!
        • Darth constructor · 2023-10-16T20:08:36.204Z
          Glad you enjoyed it! thanks for solving! :D
        • boharr 2s · 2023-10-16T13:38:54.768Z
          Thanks!
          • Darth constructor · 2023-10-16T20:10:02.546Z
            Glad you got it, Bob! You made the top 3 solvers! Way to go!
          • SamKat9 🤓8:45 · 2023-10-16T13:43:47.431Z
            Great puzzle, thank you!
            • Darth constructor · 2023-10-16T20:10:22.272Z
              Thanks for solving!
            • MatthewL 🤓6:02 · 2023-10-16T13:54:45.944Z
              The Force was strong with this one. Thanks for the puzzle, Darth!
              • Darth constructor · 2023-10-16T20:18:13.422Z
                Never underestimate the Force. :D Thanks for solving.
              • michaelm 🤓2:18 · 2023-10-16T14:07:46.002Z
                Had to plumb the depths for the AHA riches. Nice start to the week and a great earworm! Thanks for the puzzle Darth!
                • Darth constructor · 2023-10-16T20:19:34.863Z
                  Yep, that was the idea... ;) Thanks for solving, Mike.
                • merlinnimue 🤓4:57 · 2023-10-16T14:44:09.789Z
                  Thanks for the puzzle, ill ever be in awe of you geniuses and your knowing things and your having ideas and your abilities to make it all work
                  • Darth constructor · 2023-10-16T20:21:21.444Z
                    Awww... thanks for the encouragement. My second one... but they are fun to create.
                  • ajk 6:38 · 2023-10-16T14:56:41.171Z
                    Took a second to realize I needed to plumb all the way to the bottom of the word, and then another second to sort out the ordering. Cool idea, thanks.
                    • Darth constructor · 2023-10-16T20:22:19.942Z
                      Good. I'm glad it took you a few seconds to solve. lol
                    • lbray53 2s · 2023-10-16T14:50:05.901Z
                      Required a bit of deep thought. I missed the cue in the clue for 42D the first time through. Thanks!!
                      • Darth constructor · 2023-10-16T20:23:30.591Z
                        Thanks for solving. I didn't want it to go too quickly for you, so I'm glad it offered a bit of a challenge.
                      • Tyrpmom 1s · 2023-10-16T14:43:35.568Z
                        Great puzzle. Thanks.
                        • Darth constructor · 2023-10-16T20:23:50.872Z
                          Thank you.
                        • JHSeeman 1:37 · 2023-10-16T15:47:12.283Z
                          Fun way to start the week....thanks for the fun puzzle and meta
                          • Darth constructor · 2023-10-16T20:27:39.462Z
                            Thanks for solving.
                          • Eric Porter 9:09 · 2023-10-16T16:30:52.457Z
                            Nice puzzle that required putting 2 clues together. Like the others, I didn't go deep enough at first.
                            • Darth constructor · 2023-10-16T20:27:07.156Z
                              Thanks for solving, Eric.
                            • Bird Lives 4s · 2023-10-16T17:20:02.329Z
                              I grew up in Pittsburgh and have always been a Pirate fan, so of course I liked this one. A quick solve but fun. Now lets all get up and shake our (pirate) booty.
                              • whimsy 🤓9:32 · 2023-10-16T18:45:52.225Z
                                😄
                                • Darth constructor · 2023-10-16T20:26:46.958Z
                                  Pirates unite! (Yeah, I could have kept those clues more cryptic to give you a little more to puzzle over.)
                                • Mwoychick 🤓9:23 · 2023-10-16T18:24:04.358Z
                                  Very cool, Darth - really enjoyed your puzzle!
                                  • Darth constructor · 2023-10-16T20:29:13.932Z
                                    Aww...thanks. I appreciate that.
                                  • whimsy 🤓9:32 · 2023-10-16T18:50:55.336Z
                                    I must be more familiar with cooking than high finance since I first thought of the "liquid" assets. 😄Very nice, Darth! Reminded me of a board game I'd play as a kid with my brother where you had to head down to the bottom of the board/ocean and then come back up to meet the ship. But the ship kept moving across the top with every roll of the dice, and I could never time it right!
                                    • Darth constructor · 2023-10-16T20:28:37.934Z
                                      Lol. Too funny!
                                    • KayW 🤓4:32 · 2023-10-16T23:08:01.845Z
                                      Well done - and a great aha moment! Like a few others, I didn't plumb deep enough the first time. Thanks!!
                                      • Berto 🤓2:56 · 2023-10-16T23:25:59.432Z
                                        Fun aha moment - mine occurred after seeing “sea floor” mysteriously in quotes….
                                        • Darth constructor · 2023-10-17T02:57:03.379Z
                                          I was advised to add quotes to highlight it. I was concerned that the quotes might be overdoing it, but glad it helped, :D
                                        • Laura M 🤓6:39 · 2023-10-17T01:07:21.711Z
                                          Great puzzle, thanks!
                                          • Alvibu67 2s · 2023-10-17T01:51:00.906Z
                                            Thanks, Darth! The story about the sinking of the Golden Fleece put gold in my head as the buried treasure. Turns out that wasn’t far off. Thanks for the puzzle!
                                            • Darth constructor · 2023-10-17T03:00:49.904Z
                                              Such a great name for a pirate ship, don't you think? It is only the second confirmed pirate ship discovered. Whydah Gally (found off of Cape Cod) was the first.
                                            • ReB 5s · 2023-10-17T03:05:54.268Z
                                              You scattered the clues like a treasure hunt. Fun time, and a relief.
                                              • Darth constructor · 2023-10-17T15:25:23.604Z
                                                Glad you enjoyed it. :D
                                              • rickybillingsgate 2:56 · 2023-10-17T12:45:39.267Z
                                                Nice execution of the theme 👍
                                                • Darth constructor · 2023-10-17T15:24:55.599Z
                                                  Thanks for solving.
                                                • Alex Sisti 3s · 2023-10-17T13:12:22.152Z
                                                  I C what you did there... great job!
                                                  • Darth constructor · 2023-10-17T15:24:25.491Z
                                                    Thanks. Now go and Cs the day! :D
                                                  • Sharkicicles 2s · 2023-10-17T19:19:57.626Z
                                                    Enjoyed this one! Thanks1
                                                    • Darth constructor · 2023-10-17T21:01:45.766Z
                                                      Thank you for solving.
                                                    • THC 🤓3:31 · 2023-10-17T23:27:59.580Z
                                                      Argh! Nice one!
                                                      • Darth constructor · 2023-10-18T00:45:56.988Z
                                                        Ahoy, matey! Thanks for solving.
                                                      • Qmark 4s · 2023-10-18T09:29:57.120Z
                                                        Fun puzzle...thanks Darth!
                                                        • Darth constructor · 2023-10-18T13:02:13.061Z
                                                          Thanks for solvin', matey! =)
                                                        • HeadinHome 🤓1:54 · 2023-10-18T12:37:15.891Z
                                                          This was quite a challenge! I did what it looks like many did, right off the bat (no not the echo kind of bat) — central entry told me to look under the C’s (“it can’t be that easy…” — and of course it wasn’t). Then saw all the other little clues that could be interpreted various ways: Does the vertical “DEPTHS” indicate the area of the puzzle to look in? (The bottom 6 rows?); should I be looking at all the letters in SONAR to direct me to the treasure? Or using the letters in ECHO, maybe? I then looked for “sea” in other languages, looked for things that live under the sea that are spelled with an extra thing “among” them (such as CHORAL having an extra H among the CORAL). Finally put this aside for a while, until I looked at the published nudges this morning and thought… “yeah, I saw all that; doesn’t help… except I hadn’t noticed that there were exactly 7 C’s so that first instinct was a good one. Looked again and realized I needed to get to the BOTTOM of those C words… to their floor. Doh! This could easily be a WSJ or Gaffney! Very smooth and a great challenge. I was beginning to doubt my meta mojo!!
                                                          • Darth constructor · 2023-10-18T22:53:37.728Z
                                                            Oh, blimey! ...and all of your ideas make sense. What a journey! Glad you got it! =)
                                                          • kurtalert 🤓3:02 · 2023-10-18T16:11:59.624Z
                                                            Ooh, nice one! I was on the right track yesterday with looking under the Cs... I just didn't go far enough down. OF COURSE treasure would sink all the way to the bottom... ugh. LOL.
                                                            • Darth constructor · 2023-10-18T22:55:57.308Z
                                                              Yep, and I thought the title "Sunken Treasure" might make the metanism too obvious. Thanks for sticking with it!
                                                            • Carolyn 2s · 2023-10-18T19:48:40.052Z
                                                              The nudges only confirmed everything I'd already thought about. Just had to spend a couple more minutes and voila!
                                                              • Darth constructor · 2023-10-18T22:57:48.342Z
                                                                Good going! Thanks for solving.
                                                              • Steve M 5s · 2023-10-19T01:11:34.894Z
                                                                Fun puzzle! Spent a lot of time initially trying to get a solution from all the “pirate talk” in the grid (AR, ARAR,…). When that didn’t work, I had to C what else I could do!
                                                                • Darth constructor · 2023-10-19T01:45:41.505Z
                                                                  Sometimes we have to hit bottom before we get gold. Glad you found the treasure. =)
                                                                • Archie 🤓9:49 · 2023-10-19T02:13:09.792Z
                                                                  Thanks for the fun!
                                                                  • Darth constructor · 2023-10-20T22:44:13.883Z
                                                                    Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for solving. :D
                                                                  • Mikey G 🤓2:44 · 2023-10-22T05:39:54.520Z
                                                                    You are now watching me type a comment in real-time on your Zoom video. Yes, this was after it was revealed, but scout's honor, I did not peek. Fun puzzle...definitely one in which I can C's the day!
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                                                                    2023 US Open winner Gauff
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                                                                    Horizontales
                                                                    1. 1A
                                                                      2023 US Open winner Gauff
                                                                    2. 5A
                                                                      Forensics TV franchise
                                                                    3. 8A
                                                                      Eats quickly (with "down")
                                                                    4. 14A
                                                                      Swear to
                                                                    5. 15A
                                                                      Word with potato, peppers, or pursuit
                                                                    6. 16A
                                                                      Enticement
                                                                    7. 17A
                                                                      Some homecoming gatherings
                                                                    8. 19A
                                                                      Occupies, as a chair
                                                                    9. 20A
                                                                      Surgical ctrs.
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                                                                      Mrs., in Madrid
                                                                    11. 22A
                                                                      Picks (unlike a beggar)
                                                                    12. 23A
                                                                      Expert in echo-location (and not actually blind!)
                                                                    13. 24A
                                                                      Baby butterfly?
                                                                    14. 26A
                                                                      Right triangle ratio
                                                                    15. 27A
                                                                      Within the rules
                                                                    16. 29A
                                                                      The "I" of MIT
                                                                    17. 32A
                                                                      Plugs, pitches, or pop-ups
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                                                                      Lie in perfect form?
                                                                    19. 34A
                                                                      "The Star-Spangled Banner," for one
                                                                    20. 36A
                                                                      Calypso-style song sung by a crab named Sebastian
                                                                    21. 39A
                                                                      Zodiac twins
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                                                                      Breakfast drink promoted by astronauts (except for Buzz Aldrin, who apparently didn't like it)
                                                                    23. 42A
                                                                      Bad turnaround?
                                                                    24. 45A
                                                                      Sly move (that sounds like critters from Down Under)
                                                                    25. 46A
                                                                      Lowest point (opposite the zenith)
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                                                                      Amorous archer
                                                                    27. 49A
                                                                      Cereal killer?
                                                                    28. 51A
                                                                      "Hold on a ___!"
                                                                    29. 53A
                                                                      Buckingham, Topkapi, and the Grand Trianon
                                                                    30. 56A
                                                                      New offering on the NYSE
                                                                    31. 57A
                                                                      At any time, to Keats
                                                                    32. 58A
                                                                      Quiver after a quake
                                                                    33. 59A
                                                                      Almond flavor in cookies and cocktails
                                                                    34. 61A
                                                                      Pearl ___ (Hawaiian historical site)
                                                                    35. 62A
                                                                      Early 2nd Millennium year (when iTunes was introduced)
                                                                    36. 63A
                                                                      Slow-cooked supper
                                                                    37. 64A
                                                                      Seating at the bar
                                                                    38. 65A
                                                                      Stock holder?
                                                                    39. 66A
                                                                      Arctic seabird
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                                                                      Chocolate substitute
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                                                                      "Generally speaking"
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                                                                      Famous ocean explorer Jacques
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                                                                      Dominate, in gaming slang
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                                                                      Like madrigal music (that sounds like a reef life form)
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                                                                      Aid for detecting target objects (e.g., treasure) on the sea floor
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                                                                      Possessive pronoun often misspelled as a contraction
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                                                                      Item worn by pageant participants
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                                                                      Greek muse of history, or an advertising award
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                                                                      Cher and Chaka Khan, vocally
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                                                                      Largest country in land area
                                                                    12. 12D
                                                                      "You've Got a ___" (Carole King song title)
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                                                                      Taste and touch, for two
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                                                                      Polynesian native, or New York pro hockey player
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                                                                      The corners of your eyelids (because you've always wanted to know!)
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                                                                      Wine producer or merchant
                                                                    17. 28D
                                                                      "___ Gang Goolie" (Nonsensical campfire song)
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                                                                      Beatles hit, "___ Loves You" ("yeah, yeah, yeah")
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                                                                      Where there's a will, there's a ___?
                                                                    20. 34D
                                                                      "When a crisis ___, heroes appear" (Nikolas Thornton quote)
                                                                    21. 35D
                                                                      Beverage for Beowulf
                                                                    22. 37D
                                                                      Liberty Mutual mascot
                                                                    23. 38D
                                                                      French licorice-like liqueur
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                                                                      Restaurant host or Walmart employee
                                                                    25. 42D
                                                                      "Plumb the ___" (Examine carefully, and good advice for meta solving)
                                                                    26. 43D
                                                                      Noah's landing
                                                                    27. 44D
                                                                      Spanish dance, or short open jacket
                                                                    28. 46D
                                                                      Bodybuilder's boast: "___, no gain"
                                                                    29. 48D
                                                                      Soviet combat sport, or the little boy who outwitted tigers in a classic children's tale
                                                                    30. 50D
                                                                      In golf, a short putt conceded without being played
                                                                    31. 52D
                                                                      Topper for a tooth or a king
                                                                    32. 54D
                                                                      Calm and collected (like a cucumber?)
                                                                    33. 55D
                                                                      Proves to be human
                                                                    34. 59D
                                                                      Band aid?
                                                                    35. 60D
                                                                      Winter hours in NYC
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