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Smuggling Goods (Meta)

· Di benchen71 · Pubblicato 2022-05-03T06:00:22.223Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is what goodies often become like by the end
My surname can be traced back to Cornwall, a place known for smuggling goods into England for centuries. So it's clearly in my blood! There may or may not be some smuggling going on in this puzzle. It got past the border police, so hopefully you're smarter than them and can locate the answer to the meta, which is what goodies often become like by the end. Answer and explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=92473#p92473
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here: https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about/interest4.html. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!
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  • dplass solved 2022-05-03T11:17:58.362Z
  • Meg solved 2022-05-03T12:22:23.537Z
  • Tom Wilson solved 2022-05-03T12:32:57.339Z
  • Capn Rick solved 2022-05-03T12:47:47.857Z
  • DJB solved 2022-05-03T13:09:30.347Z
  • boharr solved 2022-05-03T13:14:33.380Z
  • I K Snamhcok solved 2022-05-03T13:37:20.889Z
  • Schmeel solved 2022-05-03T13:48:13.909Z
  • Darth solved 2022-05-03T13:48:16.537Z
  • Hector solved 2022-05-03T14:55:54.073Z
  • CromsFury solved 2022-05-03T15:11:42.885Z
  • kymike solved 2022-05-03T16:06:45.185Z
  • Dave C solved 2022-05-03T16:15:23.829Z
  • woozy solved 2022-05-03T16:34:32.255Z
  • DIS solved 2022-05-03T17:29:33.025Z
  • Bird Lives solved 2022-05-03T18:03:02.076Z
  • lbray53 solved 2022-05-03T18:47:39.926Z
  • edestlin solved 2022-05-03T19:36:55.903Z
  • markhr solved 2022-05-03T21:12:51.545Z
  • BarbaraK solved 2022-05-04T00:09:15.151Z
  • Bbaack solved 2022-05-04T03:11:30.095Z
  • Tyrpmom solved 2022-05-04T03:45:08.180Z
  • Johnny Luau solved 2022-05-04T14:40:07.800Z
  • SJMcK solved 2022-05-04T15:47:01.893Z
  • Laura M solved 2022-05-04T18:34:51.955Z
  • DrTom solved 2022-05-04T20:11:34.605Z
  • Gutman solved 2022-05-04T22:36:42.165Z
  • whimsy solved 2022-05-05T00:05:42.873Z
  • Golem solved 2022-05-05T19:11:29.379Z
  • Cindy Heisler solved 2022-05-05T19:26:26.650Z
  • CPJohnson solved 2022-05-05T19:44:13.401Z
  • Carolyn solved 2022-05-05T21:41:13.523Z
  • Alex R solved 2022-05-05T23:13:04.141Z
  • Abide solved 2022-05-06T18:27:34.082Z
  • Jim Dean solved 2022-05-06T20:32:05.646Z
  • Ryan Friedman solved 2022-05-06T23:33:35.382Z
  • SporcleMirror solved 2022-05-07T11:30:21.884Z
  • Spid4567 solved 2022-05-07T13:08:29.342Z
  • kurtalert solved 2022-08-24T15:40:22.243Z

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  • dplass 7:03 · 2022-05-03T11:18:27.656Z
    I don't see all the hidden characters but got just enough to be a scruffy eared nerf herder.
    • benchen71 costruttore · 2022-05-03T12:32:29.886Z
      I see what you did there! May the fourth be with you. :)
      • dplass 7:03 · 2022-05-03T14:41:14.159Z
        Thank you, and you too!
        Unless I missed it, was our favorite Corellian smuggler (who definitely shot first) not included in the mayhem?
        • benchen71 costruttore · 2022-05-03T21:51:59.653Z
          No, he didn't make the cut. Maybe next year!
    • Tom Wilson 11:04 · 2022-05-03T12:36:21.848Z
      I can't top dplass' comment, so I'll just say, "Well done, sir." Luckily, I picked up on the vibe early enough so as not to scream, "It's a trap!" down the office hallway.
      • Capn Rick 🤓7:21 · 2022-05-03T12:47:58.556Z
        Good one, Ben!
        • I K Snamhcok 3s · 2022-05-03T13:39:17.015Z
          I’m not enough of a Star Wars nerd to think of a smart remark. So I’ll limit myself to: Fun!
          • Darth 🤓11:09 · 2022-05-03T13:55:08.231Z
            Well, I obviously liked this one! ;)
            • dplass 7:03 · 2022-05-03T14:40:02.012Z
              :-D
              • benchen71 costruttore · 2022-05-03T21:52:26.863Z
                Naturally!
              • woozy 11:30 · 2022-05-03T16:51:39.123Z
                Do I dare admit how little I like Star Wars?
                Anyone get thrown by YOgA and figured Ben was doing an extra Ben level? Did anyone else get FA*****Y and figure "no, way I'm going to get those minor characters in EATS INTO ('tsinto'? was there as 'tsinto'?) or TAKEONME", and guess FATTY? (Goodies eventually become fatty).
                Actually.... can I admit I don't really get this? ...These star war characters aren't all smugglers (isn't only one a smuggler?); what is the "goods" or "goodies" being referred to?; and.... how exactly do they become family?
                But fine puzzle. Fine Puzzle. (Did anyone think for a nano-second that COFFINNAIL hid a "FIN(e)" and we were supposed to find synonyms for "good"?)
                • benchen71 costruttore · 2022-05-03T21:55:03.835Z
                  All of the characters hidden in the grid are "goodies" as opposed to "baddies".
                  • woozy 11:30 · 2022-05-03T22:58:44.100Z
                    Okay... but how do they become family?
                    • benchen71 costruttore · 2022-05-04T01:37:14.660Z
                      This is possibly a bit of a long shot, but by the end of most movies the goodies all seem like one big happy family (at least, in "happily ever after" movies).
                    • dplass 7:03 · 2022-05-03T23:06:24.237Z
                      And they're smuggled into the answers!
                    • Tyrpmom 3s · 2022-05-04T13:16:32.408Z
                      Yes to YOGA
                      And FINN-INFO, ARTOO-ORATE, MACE-META, KEO-OED (I found him on a list), LANDO-ENOLA. Made for a deep rabbit hole. I thought I left this in a comment when I solved , but I don’t see it.
                    • DIS 🤓6:08 · 2022-05-03T17:31:27.566Z
                      Thanks for commemorating the day.
                      • Bird Lives 4s · 2022-05-03T18:09:47.980Z
                        I saw the original in a theater long, long ago (though not far, far away) but passed on all the other forty-two (or however many) sequel and prequels. So I had to Google like crazy to find these hidden characters.
                        • dplass 7:03 · 2022-05-03T23:06:53.969Z
                          I saw it at a drive in!
                        • Bbaack 15:56 · 2022-05-04T03:22:48.556Z
                          Fun one, but I was sad to see there wasn't a shout out to the greatest smuggler of all, who made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs. Would that make it a Solo solve?
                          • benchen71 costruttore · 2022-05-04T05:44:26.916Z
                            I just couldn't get him in. I know, I know, the irony!
                          • SJMcK 44s · 2022-05-04T15:49:06.433Z
                            Never seen Rogue One. Never heard of Imwe.
                            • benchen71 costruttore · 2022-05-04T21:46:47.929Z
                              Imwe is pretty much the only name in that galaxy far, far away that begins with an "i"!
                            • DrTom 7s · 2022-05-04T20:16:57.061Z
                              Sorry to be late to the cantina! I should have guessed when I saw YODA and knowing today was Star Wars Day that it was that theme, but noooooo. I spent so much time on "What you need to get into a pool - ARTE = ANTE" and "Object that is good at cleaning wax PROLE = PROBE". Good one Ben, and I'm glad that in the end you let the Kooky win!
                              • Gutman 8s · 2022-05-04T22:39:45.025Z
                                FYI. 5 of the characters can be found in the grid with one letter change. (Yoda/yoga, lando/enola, artoo/orate, mace/meta, finn/info). I looked for this mechanism for too long.
                                • benchen71 costruttore · 2022-05-05T06:30:03.834Z
                                  That was definitely unintended. But it certainly sounds like something Matt Gaffney would do!
                                • Carolyn 3s · 2022-05-05T21:51:45.466Z
                                  Saw Star Wars right off, along with YODA and ARTOO. Then struggled... but it was fun. Thanks!
                                  • benchen71 costruttore · 2022-05-06T02:58:27.360Z
                                    Yes, in order to generate an appropriate meta answer and long entries I had to deviate from the well-known names a little (or a lot, as the case may be!)
                                  • Abide 🤓11:20 · 2022-05-06T18:30:39.962Z
                                    Nudge free; spoiler free. I had assumed the I was IAN
                                    • SporcleMirror 6:00 · 2022-05-07T11:33:36.638Z
                                      Needed just Nudge #1. I even thought TOKYODAWNS was such a weird entry and I did spot YODA in it, but I was too focused on the "good" entries to spot the STAR WARS hint (and then I had to use googling + trial and error to find the other characters, I didn't even know ARTOO was a way to refer to R2D2).
                                      • benchen71 costruttore · 2022-05-07T23:53:43.629Z
                                        FYI, Artoo is in the script (https://imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-A-New-Hope.html): "INT. REBEL BLOCKADE RUNNER - MAIN PASSAGEWAY An explosion rocks the ship as two robots, Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2) and See-Threepio (C-3PO) struggle to make their way through the shaking, bouncing passageway. Both robots are old and battered. Artoo is a short, claw-armed tripod."
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                                        Centre of a solar system
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                                        "Cool, man!"
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                                        Put to shame
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                                        Ripped
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                                        Geometry prefix for nine
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                                        City of Greek myth, home to the lion killed by Heracles
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                                        Millie Bobby Brown movie, "___ Holmes"
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                                        "This is the funniest thing ever!" (in a text)
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                                        Largest of the Andreanof Islands, Alaska
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                                        Object that is good for clearing wax out of your pinna, for example
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                                        Showed discomfort, a good way of indicating the presence of pain, perhaps
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                                        Aha's biggest hit
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                                        Daybreaks in Japan's capital city, a good place to enjoy the rising sun
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