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Note: There are two unchecked squares in the grid which goes against standard crossword convention. Please disregard as they do not have anything to do with the meta.
Hint #1: Despite being unofficially nicknamed the "Rainbow State," the meta answer…
CAUTION This puzzle contains several red herrings designed to lead you astray to fake (but very plausible) answers!! Please don't get too discouraged, keep looking, and try try again!!
Hint #1: The title of the puzzle is "Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls"…
There is a bar in this puzzle at 27-Down. No need to overanalyze this bar... it is NOT part of the meta puzzle... I simply couldn't find symmetric theme answers to use, so just decided to go with it. Like the title says, this puzzle sucks...
Hint #1: 16-Across and 24-Down loosely describe the mechanism... the game mentioned in 60-Across is worth looking up... and beware of falling into 8-Down
Hint #2: Study all the clues carefully
Hint #3: Note that there are lots of repeated words…