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External Constraints

· Por ajk · Publicado 2024-09-15T04:00:23.605Z

Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a two-word phrase
Happy Sunday
As usual, I have no clue where this one came from. Probably inspired by another puzzle somewhere, but I can't remember which.
This one is maybe on the fractionally less breezy side, but hopefully the signposts should be clear enough.
Thanks to Wendy Walker, Capn Rick, and boharr . Thanks as always to Joe Ross for tech support. And especially to Cap'n Rick for suggesting some grid restructuring.
Hope you enjoy!

cheers,
Alan
Nudges:
The clue for 39A is obviously a good starting point. So which 10 clues?
Did some clues feel a bit...off?
Hmm, there are exactly 10 two-word clues, symmetrically placed. Seems like it might be relevant.
How might you use a clue twice? Come to think of it, the first word of the clues for 19A and 66A seem sufficient for the grid entries. And so do the second words of 17A and 64A. What about the rest?
So what are those 'extra' words clueing?? Lansbury seems pretty specific.
How might you combine the need to use those words with the word 'External' from the title?
Comprobando datos de juego anteriores…

Tabla de clasificación (actualizada cada hora)

  • Hector solved 2024-09-15T04:32:34.535Z
  • Kulea solved 2024-09-15T05:40:46.279Z
  • Capn Rick solved 2024-09-15T11:39:27.052Z
  • LarsCaine solved 2024-09-15T12:24:32.308Z
  • Cindy Weatherman solved 2024-09-15T12:28:31.584Z
  • Schmeel solved 2024-09-15T12:28:44.265Z
  • Darth solved 2024-09-15T13:21:26.300Z
  • Alex Sisti solved 2024-09-15T13:25:32.253Z
  • LesY solved 2024-09-15T13:34:33.249Z
  • BarbaraK solved 2024-09-15T13:53:05.908Z
  • Abide solved 2024-09-15T14:06:21.429Z
  • boharr solved 2024-09-15T14:28:00.276Z
  • Meg solved 2024-09-15T14:52:49.286Z
  • Carolyn solved 2024-09-15T15:16:07.615Z
  • JM solved 2024-09-15T15:22:45.998Z
  • Mikey G solved 2024-09-15T15:23:24.305Z
  • andeux solved 2024-09-15T15:43:50.372Z
  • I K Snamhcok solved 2024-09-15T15:59:41.785Z
  • kurtalert solved 2024-09-15T16:01:45.834Z
  • hoover solved 2024-09-15T16:05:39.171Z
  • Tyrpmom solved 2024-09-15T16:17:41.820Z
  • heidi solved 2024-09-15T16:19:56.661Z
  • Tom Wilson solved 2024-09-15T16:27:56.342Z
  • Bird Lives solved 2024-09-15T16:29:53.317Z
  • MatthewL solved 2024-09-15T16:36:15.926Z
  • Gutman solved 2024-09-15T17:23:44.032Z
  • KayW solved 2024-09-15T18:00:29.934Z
  • whimsy solved 2024-09-15T18:19:25.156Z
  • CPJohnson solved 2024-09-15T18:40:05.092Z
  • Sharkicicles solved 2024-09-15T18:45:10.043Z
  • Berto solved 2024-09-15T19:28:24.738Z
  • woozy solved 2024-09-15T19:45:16.021Z
  • Pair O Ducks solved 2024-09-15T20:38:11.960Z
  • Anita and Steve solved 2024-09-15T20:57:53.284Z
  • DCBilly solved 2024-09-15T21:21:40.161Z
  • DIS solved 2024-09-15T22:57:09.160Z
  • HeadinHome solved 2024-09-15T23:58:10.523Z
  • Sendhil Revuluri solved 2024-09-16T01:28:09.072Z
  • ELSavage solved 2024-09-16T01:52:12.157Z
  • Jeremy Smith solved 2024-09-16T03:40:08.894Z
  • imontoo solved 2024-09-16T13:21:30.506Z
  • omnilynx solved 2024-09-16T15:10:44.097Z
  • JHSeeman solved 2024-09-16T15:33:09.873Z
  • Cindy Heisler solved 2024-09-16T17:01:26.171Z
  • DrTom solved 2024-09-16T18:03:29.245Z
  • Mwoychick solved 2024-09-16T18:55:30.553Z
  • Qmark solved 2024-09-17T12:56:15.715Z
  • Laura M solved 2024-09-17T17:59:55.959Z
  • Eric Porter solved 2024-09-17T22:56:30.022Z
  • Chris Barbee solved 2024-09-18T15:43:34.433Z
  • SJ solved 2024-09-19T13:30:56.629Z
  • Jaclyn solved 2024-09-23T01:21:16.324Z

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  • Capn Rick 🤓5:37 · 2024-09-15T11:40:06.631Z
    Great job, Alan! I really enjoyed this one!
    • ajk constructor · 2024-09-15T14:08:29.613Z
      Thanks very much :)
    • Cindy Weatherman 10:11 · 2024-09-15T12:28:43.666Z
      Well done!
      • ajk constructor · 2024-09-15T14:09:38.728Z
        Glad you enjoyed. :)
      • Darth 🤓13:28 · 2024-09-15T13:24:16.577Z
        Nice work, Alan! I've used this metanism before, so I know the challenges in the construction. You nailed it! :D
        • ajk constructor · 2024-09-15T14:09:28.495Z
          Thanks! It got better when Cap'n Rick pointed out that one of the options I had discarded (for reasons that no longer made sense) would make filling it easier. :)
        • Abide 2s · 2024-09-15T14:10:01.166Z
          Just tricky enough! I had STABLE in the NW first time through, which almost derailed me. Liked the helping STEER clue.
          • ajk constructor · 2024-09-15T15:21:17.297Z
            Thanks :) It was Cap'n Rick's idea to turn my originally dull STEER clue into something useful.
          • Meg 2s · 2024-09-15T14:54:15.091Z
            Wow! That was a fun solve! Had to run the alphabet a few times, but it worked.
            • ajk constructor · 2024-09-15T15:21:30.659Z
              Very glad you liked it :)
            • Carolyn 2s · 2024-09-15T15:16:44.587Z
              Very nice!
              • ajk constructor · 2024-09-15T16:37:49.018Z
                Thanks :)
              • kurtalert 🤓4:42 · 2024-09-15T16:01:57.545Z
                Loved this, thank you!
                • ajk constructor · 2024-09-15T16:37:57.901Z
                  Glad you liked it :)
                • Bird Lives 4s · 2024-09-15T16:30:13.057Z
                  This one had me thinking outside the box.
                  • ajk constructor · 2024-09-15T18:06:06.277Z
                    lol I see what you did there ;)
                  • Tom Wilson 🤓8:32 · 2024-09-15T16:29:40.672Z
                    Not surprisingly, more challenging fun from Alan!
                    • ajk constructor · 2024-09-15T18:05:56.510Z
                      Thanks much :)
                    • MatthewL 🤓9:18 · 2024-09-15T16:37:54.580Z
                      Nice one, Alan! Took me a second to realize you had to read top to bottom as opposed to left to right, but otherwise, pretty smooth sailing. Thanks for the puzzle!
                      • ajk constructor · 2024-09-15T18:06:18.261Z
                        Glad you enjoyed :)
                      • Tyrpmom 14:44 · 2024-09-15T16:18:48.472Z
                        I like this mechanism. Fun.
                        • ajk constructor · 2024-09-15T18:05:48.927Z
                          Glad you liked it :)
                        • whimsy 🤓12:36 · 2024-09-15T18:28:36.804Z
                          I almost went off an a weird tangent looking for a solve; glad I put some restraints on myself. (E.g. "Allows fumes" = LEAKS; "They can be belted" = STEER.)
                          Really good one, Alan -- Thank you!
                          • ajk constructor · 2024-09-15T19:57:53.683Z
                            :) glad you got back on track, and glad you liked it.
                          • Sharkicicles 2s · 2024-09-15T18:45:34.264Z
                            Nice one! NNN on this SSS.
                            • ajk constructor · 2024-09-15T19:58:00.148Z
                              Thanks :)
                            • woozy 🤓11:13 · 2024-09-15T19:46:06.225Z
                              Nice.
                              Second word as a little vaguer than the first. BUt it wasn't until the very last entry that I noticed that a meta was going on.
                              • ajk constructor · 2024-09-15T22:25:51.675Z
                                Thanks. :)
                              • Puzzled in CNY 12:56 · 2024-09-15T23:10:59.088Z
                                Cool! 53d has two "a"s, just an observation
                                • ajk constructor · 2024-09-16T02:25:30.916Z
                                  Ack, sorry. Pretty sure that was pointed out to me and I failed to fix it. Glad you liked the puzzle.
                                • HeadinHome 🤓1:34 · 2024-09-15T23:58:26.092Z
                                  Very clever, Alan! Thanks!
                                  • ajk constructor · 2024-09-16T02:25:38.867Z
                                    Glad you enjoyed :)
                                  • ELSavage 🤓10:20 · 2024-09-16T01:54:40.414Z
                                    Nice one for a Sunday nightcap!
                                    • ajk constructor · 2024-09-16T02:25:44.016Z
                                      Thanks :)
                                    • imontoo 3s · 2024-09-16T13:22:29.844Z
                                      Just getting to the puzzle this morning. No nudges needed. Really clever! Thanks, Alan!
                                      • ajk constructor · 2024-09-16T16:43:45.701Z
                                        Thanks :)
                                      • KayW 🤓5:29 · 2024-09-15T18:02:56.181Z
                                        Wow!! Fantastic and novel metanism. Love how the answer relates to the title and the metanism. You even got the beginnings and ends to alternate nicely. Fun to solve as well. Very elegant. Thanks!
                                        • JHSeeman 4s · 2024-09-16T15:33:16.827Z
                                          fun one
                                          • ajk constructor · 2024-09-16T16:43:54.069Z
                                            Glad you liked it. :)
                                          • Cindy Heisler 3s · 2024-09-16T17:03:40.785Z
                                            Solved yesterday, but got distracted and forgot to submit my answer. Very fun solve. Thanks!
                                            • ajk constructor · 2024-09-16T19:47:51.521Z
                                              Glad you had fun :)
                                            • DrTom 4s · 2024-09-16T18:11:35.681Z
                                              Very nice puzzle and no nudges needed, though some adjustments on my part were. I saw the clunky fur clue and knew something was up, but I had IS ABLE at first, just as later I had GRAVES for serious stones, but it all became very evident very quickly. We all know that, for the most part, the SSS will be symmetric so that helped when I had just 6 letters (with two of them wrong). All in all a very enjoyable Sunday sail. Thanks Alan!
                                              • ajk constructor · 2024-09-16T19:48:53.770Z
                                                Glad you liked it, and yes, I was counting on the symmetry to help folks. :) The key clues are also the only ones with exactly two words.
                                              • Qmark 3s · 2024-09-17T12:56:50.874Z
                                                No nudges needed...nice one...thanks Alan!
                                                • ajk constructor · 2024-09-17T16:04:24.484Z
                                                  Thanks :)
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                                                Allows fumes
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                                                Horizontales
                                                1. 1A
                                                  Allows fumes
                                                2. 6A
                                                  Decorates a tree, perhaps?
                                                3. 9A
                                                  Dull stuff
                                                4. 14A
                                                  Single output from Keats or Yeats
                                                5. 15A
                                                  "Say what now?"
                                                6. 16A
                                                  Become accustomed to (var.)
                                                7. 17A
                                                  Functional fur
                                                8. 18A
                                                  Sch. in Troy, NY
                                                9. 19A
                                                  Saint Lansbury
                                                10. 20A
                                                  Long-running MTV countdown show
                                                11. 21A
                                                  "We ____" (dubious morning assertion from the kids' room)
                                                12. 23A
                                                  Source of dirt?
                                                13. 24A
                                                  Consumed humble pie
                                                14. 26A
                                                  They might be belted
                                                15. 28A
                                                  It might draw attention?
                                                16. 29A
                                                  Commedia dell'____ (early professional theater)
                                                17. 30A
                                                  Search through intensely
                                                18. 33A
                                                  Conveyed contempt toward
                                                19. 38A
                                                  Representative male
                                                20. 39A
                                                  A second time (which is how often you need to use ten clues)
                                                21. 40A
                                                  Cut rapper
                                                22. 41A
                                                  Source of darkness?
                                                23. 43A
                                                  Iberian metropolis associated with wine
                                                24. 44A
                                                  How many flights arrive?
                                                25. 45A
                                                  Type
                                                26. 46A
                                                  Express remorse, as for a sin
                                                27. 49A
                                                  Maxims
                                                28. 53A
                                                  Explored a trail, perhaps
                                                29. 54A
                                                  French spring water
                                                30. 56A
                                                  Place to park a car
                                                31. 57A
                                                  Rapid nailing
                                                32. 58A
                                                  ____ Lingus (Irish carrier)
                                                33. 59A
                                                  Serious stones
                                                34. 61A
                                                  Tap or ballet
                                                35. 62A
                                                  Military rations, briefly
                                                36. 63A
                                                  Start of a choosing rhyme
                                                37. 64A
                                                  Trouble ire
                                                38. 65A
                                                  Morose
                                                39. 66A
                                                  Okay Ginger
                                                Verticales
                                                1. 1D
                                                  Likely Bob Marley fan
                                                2. 2D
                                                  Separate
                                                3. 3D
                                                  Like a duke, earl, or viscount
                                                4. 4D
                                                  ____ Aviv
                                                5. 5D
                                                  Someone running a negative campaign, for example
                                                6. 6D
                                                  Tossed
                                                7. 7D
                                                  ____ platter (Polynesian restaurant feature)
                                                8. 8D
                                                  Common scuba site
                                                9. 9D
                                                  Less appetizing, as an apple perhaps
                                                10. 10D
                                                  Bancroft, Hathaway, and Heche
                                                11. 11D
                                                  Pull on, as a thread
                                                12. 12D
                                                  Long and arduous journeys
                                                13. 13D
                                                  Common crossword wrigglers
                                                14. 22D
                                                  "Only the Lonely" singer Orbison
                                                15. 25D
                                                  Ladder's game companion?
                                                16. 27D
                                                  What you usually need before driving?
                                                17. 29D
                                                  Sambucca or ouzo flavor
                                                18. 30D
                                                  UN heads, briefly
                                                19. 31D
                                                  Disney collectable, perhaps
                                                20. 32D
                                                  Less than two
                                                21. 33D
                                                  Rapid response units
                                                22. 34D
                                                  Asian soup mushroom
                                                23. 35D
                                                  Brief compass heading
                                                24. 36D
                                                  Perform on stage
                                                25. 37D
                                                  Brief end to a fight
                                                26. 39D
                                                  IRS agent, perhaps
                                                27. 42D
                                                  One who commits to a donation
                                                28. 43D
                                                  Cliff diver, in a way
                                                29. 45D
                                                  Ret. account type
                                                30. 46D
                                                  Puerto ____
                                                31. 47D
                                                  Barely making it, with "out"
                                                32. 48D
                                                  Parts of a pound?
                                                33. 49D
                                                  Flagging
                                                34. 50D
                                                  Vernacular
                                                35. 51D
                                                  Film
                                                36. 52D
                                                  Guide, as perhaps along a road
                                                37. 53D
                                                  "Mary ____ Little Lamb"
                                                38. 55D
                                                  Fashion designer Wang
                                                39. 60D
                                                  Band named after a truck
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