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· Di Alan Kennan and Wendy Walker · Pubblicato da Wendy Walker · Pubblicato 2023-10-02T10:35:48.525Z

Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a type of message.
This meta puzzle was inspired by a rabbit hole that Wendy went down while trying to solve a Gaffney WSJ puzzle a few weeks ago. She thought it would make a nifty metanism for a future puzzle, and mentioned it to Alan, who within hours had devised two ideas for putting it into play, complete with themers. We hope you enjoy solving it as much as we did constructing it. Cheers! First nudges: The word that gave Wendy the entire idea for this puzzle is in the clue for 25D.
How else could you interpret that word, given the first word of the title ...
... and the last across entry in the grid?
In my intro I neglected to thank @capn Rick for his unwitting help with the title. He and I were creating another puzzle, and one of his clues was BAR CODE. In the schoolmarm-ish way that all of my co-creators have had to deal with, I told him that BARCODE should be one word, not two, and then realized BAR CODE would make a perfect title for THIS puzzle. Thanks, Rick! Next nudge: The whole "always use the first letter of the entry" thing is getting kinda played out, right?
Controllo se esistono file di gioco salvati...

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  • Abide solved 2023-09-08T01:46:54.112Z
  • JHSeeman solved 2023-10-02T13:50:07.793Z
  • SamKat9 solved 2023-10-02T13:50:17.715Z
  • Pair O Ducks solved 2023-10-02T14:18:19.226Z
  • whimsy solved 2023-10-02T14:19:48.506Z
  • boharr solved 2023-10-02T14:57:13.575Z
  • JM solved 2023-10-02T15:23:41.203Z
  • Ergcat solved 2023-10-02T15:32:51.396Z
  • ajk solved 2023-10-02T15:38:58.841Z
  • Meg solved 2023-10-02T16:13:47.352Z
  • heidi solved 2023-10-02T16:23:30.393Z
  • MatthewL solved 2023-10-02T16:25:44.033Z
  • Laura M solved 2023-10-02T18:09:23.001Z
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  • Carolyn solved 2023-10-02T20:07:31.685Z
  • Eric Porter solved 2023-10-02T20:17:50.044Z
  • woozy solved 2023-10-02T20:37:33.909Z
  • Philip Chow solved 2023-10-02T21:42:36.187Z
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  • Hector 🤓7:53 · 2023-10-02T12:45:09.631Z
    Oops, I don't think there was an opportunity to enter the answer? Thanks, you two!
    • SamKat9 🤓8:13 · 2023-10-02T13:56:12.030Z
      Thank you for the fun puzzle!
      • Wendy Walker editore · 2023-10-02T14:45:03.704Z
        Thanks for solving!
      • JHSeeman 3s · 2023-10-02T13:50:38.750Z
        Kinda up my alley.... thx
        • Wendy Walker editore · 2023-10-02T14:45:56.303Z
          I saw "Manhattan" in a Gaffney puzzle and wondered if the metanism might involve cocktails ... it didn't but that's what inspired this puzzle! Glad you solved, John!
          • ajk 🤓4:16 · 2023-10-02T15:39:47.366Z
            lol yeah I expected you to do well here 😆
          • whimsy 16:58 · 2023-10-02T14:29:46.219Z
            I'm only here because of M,X, and D -- (orange juice, cognac, and cranberry.) Confused about the Manhattans and Old Fashioneds -- I would make a lousy bartender! :-) Thanks for the team creation, Wendy and Alan! Cheers, indeed!
            • ajk 🤓4:16 · 2023-10-02T15:40:40.198Z
              Rye and sugar, respectively. Glad you made it, and thanks. :)
              • whimsy 16:58 · 2023-10-02T17:31:35.773Z
                Hmm -- I did see those, but doesn't that give me M, G(?), X, D(?), D? But then I suppose if we want to consider it Mixed (Up) drinks, I guess that works! :-) Have the feeling I'm still missing something mixologically-speaking though.
                • whimsy 16:58 · 2023-10-02T17:36:16.542Z
                  2 minutes later :-) OK, Now I get it -- it's not the starting letter! (Except when it is.) It's where they cross! i.e. where they "mix" together. Very nice!
                  • Wendy Walker editore · 2023-10-02T18:30:31.088Z
                    Right! You got it!
                    • Meg 2s · 2023-10-02T20:43:45.332Z
                      I went down the exact same tunnel. Sent an email to Wendy and immediately realized my error. Post-email enlightenment.
                • Ergcat 16:44 · 2023-10-02T15:36:38.671Z
                  i found alot of mixed (and straight) drinks in your clues.... Screwdriver, Rye, Sidecar, Old Fashioned, Emperor, Maple Leaf, Tiger, Cupid, Manhattan, Cognac, cosmopolitan. Stabilizer, Lug..... Way more than I needed ! Fun one, Wendy!
                  • Wendy Walker editore · 2023-10-02T18:29:20.913Z
                    So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks! The idea was mine but it would've gone nowhere without Alan's mixology knowledge!
                    • ajk 🤓4:16 · 2023-10-02T21:16:14.815Z
                      To be fair, I've never heard of any of those alternative drinks, so apologies for the red herrings :) :)
                    • MatthewL 🤓7:17 · 2023-10-02T16:27:38.328Z
                      Saw the cocktails, and then a bit later the ingredients. Had a devil of a time figuring out the last step, but ultimately it dawned on me. Thanks for the booze, Alan and Wendy! An appropriate topic for this crew.
                      • Wendy Walker editore · 2023-10-02T18:29:51.152Z
                        Thank you so much for solving, Matthew! Glad you enjoyed it!
                      • Laura M 🤓13:56 · 2023-10-02T18:11:38.148Z
                        Very nice!
                        • Wendy Walker editore · 2023-10-02T18:30:02.064Z
                          Thank you, Laura!
                        • Mwoychick 🤓11:30 · 2023-10-02T18:58:23.800Z
                          Fun puzzle - well conceived and executed - thank you, Wendy and Alan!
                          • Wendy Walker editore · 2023-10-03T11:46:29.346Z
                            So glad you solved, Mark! Thanks for the kind words!
                          • Berto 🤓2:45 · 2023-10-02T19:45:47.234Z
                            Solved an hour and 15 minutes before 5pm - ugh. Will have to put the idea of these drinks on ice for a while..
                            • Wendy Walker editore · 2023-10-03T11:46:44.809Z
                              Haha! Thanks for solving!
                            • Carolyn 2s · 2023-10-02T20:14:10.664Z
                              Terrific construction! Even though I knew what the answer must be, I also struggled until I saw the crosses. Wow! I stick to white wine so had to google my way through it. However, I did remember one of them from college...
                              • Wendy Walker editore · 2023-10-03T11:48:02.313Z
                                I could not have told you the ingredients in ANY of these drinks -- Alan was the genius who came up with these combos!
                              • woozy 16:53 · 2023-10-02T20:52:46.052Z
                                Beautiful.
                                But it's funny. Once I saw that it was about drinks and their ingredients, my very first thought of the coding ordering might be where the drink and ingredient entries cross. But I somehow ruled it out (it think because an old fashioned has rye and sugar [and lemons] are what I associate with side cars) and once I ruled it out... it took me a few bit of tinkering with "what's the order, hmm" before I ruled it back in.
                                BTW this kind of reminds me of my very first and absolute worst meta: https://crosshare.org/crosswords/W5lr3iYMxwg63noDPvgU/lets-meet-for-a-drink. You succeeded in doing what I totally failed at.
                                • Wendy Walker editore · 2023-10-03T11:48:51.624Z
                                  Woozy, I greatly appreciate your compliments. So glad you enjoyed our puzzle.
                                • Philip Chow 4:06 · 2023-10-02T21:47:28.694Z
                                  this was SO GOOD!! such a fun puzzle - thank you wendy! i caught on pretty fast because i used a very similar metanism for a (yet-to-be-released) puzzle i have titled "kindred spirits"
                                  • Wendy Walker editore · 2023-10-03T11:49:42.480Z
                                    I look forward to it -- and that is a great title! Our working title was "The Boozy Puzzle."
                                  • Tyrpmom 2s · 2023-10-02T22:24:17.800Z
                                    Very nice. Thanks.
                                    • Wendy Walker editore · 2023-10-03T11:49:57.544Z
                                      You're welcome. Thanks for solving!
                                    • boharr 6s · 2023-10-02T22:36:39.816Z
                                      Many moons ago I dabbled in bartending and so I intuited the answer. Had to go back to suss out all the elegant mixology involved. Great fun. Thanks and cheers.
                                      • Wendy Walker editore · 2023-10-03T11:51:16.145Z
                                        Thanks for solving, Bob! We had to be careful not to be TOO obvious with the drink names and mixers.
                                      • Darth 🤓11:22 · 2023-10-03T00:43:19.086Z
                                        Nice concept! I got behind the eight ball and went looking for EIGHT drinks... and with so many cocktail names in the world, I went with Cupid to complete the set. So, using first letters, the answer is DEGIXARD!? It's a kind of message where I come from! lol Thanks for the fun.
                                        • ajk 🤓4:16 · 2023-10-03T03:48:13.959Z
                                          Ha, apologies, as I think I'm responsible for that clue. :) Glad you had a good time overall. :)
                                        • KayW 🤓7:45 · 2023-10-03T15:36:51.156Z
                                          Congratulations on another successful collaboration - I'll drink to that!!
                                          • Wendy Walker editore · 2023-10-05T15:23:20.954Z
                                            To your health, Kay! Thanks for solving!
                                          • Bird Lives 5s · 2023-10-03T19:33:30.963Z
                                            I forgot to do something I almost always do --highlight the themers -- and wound up needing a nudge to do it. I got the idea as soon as I hit "sidecar," but I still had to do some Internet research. I discovered that someone has invented a cocktail for or just about any word or phrase, including parts of three innocent entries in the grid. or clues. Why else would "trouble" be in the clue for eight ball or "deep freeze" for the pipes or "stabilizer" for KEEL. There's probably a drink called the Red Herring. (two parts Cheery Heering, one part something else).
                                            • ajk 🤓4:16 · 2023-10-03T21:45:28.891Z
                                              hahahaha I like the idea of a Red Herring cocktail. It's true that apparently anything can be turned into a drink name, but hopefully the relevant five are at least more common than the others. :)
                                              • DrTom 13:19 · 2023-10-07T04:35:58.262Z
                                                Cherry Herring 2 parts, Red Bull 1 part
                                                • DrTom 13:19 · 2023-10-07T04:39:16.056Z
                                                  Jay, I had exactly the same thoughts; why was Trouble there, Deep Freeze, even a Munich (a drink from Martha Stewart so it says. maybe from her prison days?)
                                                • DrTom 13:19 · 2023-10-04T18:29:03.575Z
                                                  I am truly embarrassed at how long I took and how much help I needed. I saw a lot of drinks (many of my favorites many I did not know. Who knew there was a Munich and a Deep Freeze) but of course that was not it. I got a nudge towards ingredients but tried to use those OR the the drinks OR both letters, but again nothing. Finally had to be told to look at the intersection (you would have thought that I would have known to YIELD at the intersection....)
                                                  • ajk 🤓4:16 · 2023-10-04T22:09:53.773Z
                                                    :) glad you got there in the end. I didn't think the intersection mechanism was all that unusual, but it definitely seems to be tripping folks up.
                                                    • DrTom 13:19 · 2023-10-05T02:43:22.104Z
                                                      Oh no need to apologize, it is not unusual just relatively infrequent. Perhaps it was affected by the fact that I felt I should try each cocktail just to make sure I was doing it right? 😁
                                                      • ajk 🤓4:16 · 2023-10-05T06:31:55.055Z
                                                        😂😂
                                                    • Wendy Walker editore · 2023-10-05T15:23:01.265Z
                                                      No need to be embarrassed at all, Tom! I'm just happy you solved!
                                                    • Capn Rick 8:05 · 2023-10-05T13:39:17.792Z
                                                      Great job, Wendy and Alan! Now I see what Wendy meant by my "unwitting help with the title". Glad to be of assistance! 😄
                                                      • ajk 🤓4:16 · 2023-10-05T14:50:53.181Z
                                                        Much appreciated. We were a little stuck on a good title for a while. 🤣
                                                        • Wendy Walker editore · 2023-10-05T15:22:16.169Z
                                                          Thank you so much for your help, Rick!
                                                        • michaelm 🤓4:31 · 2023-10-05T14:53:02.501Z
                                                          Late start but early happy hour now. A meta drinking game? Here's a toast to a great concept and execution!
                                                          • Wendy Walker editore · 2023-10-05T15:21:20.906Z
                                                            Thank you for solving, Michael! Glad you enjoyed it!
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                                                          Orizzontali
                                                          1. 1A
                                                            Tubs
                                                          2. 6A
                                                            Handy substitute for a screwdriver
                                                          3. 10A
                                                            Aloe companion
                                                          4. 14A
                                                            "Please come in and take ___"
                                                          5. 15A
                                                            UAE neighbor
                                                          6. 16A
                                                            Pretty plant
                                                          7. 17A
                                                            Nabisco's ___ Wafers
                                                          8. 18A
                                                            Clark's newsroom buddy
                                                          9. 19A
                                                            Frat folks
                                                          10. 20A
                                                            Infantry member
                                                          11. 23A
                                                            Protector
                                                          12. 24A
                                                            Rye or wheat, perhaps
                                                          13. 27A
                                                            Toward the back of a boat
                                                          14. 30A
                                                            "Think again!"
                                                          15. 31A
                                                            Prehistoric tools
                                                          16. 35A
                                                            Conductor Georg
                                                          17. 37A
                                                            Annoy
                                                          18. 38A
                                                            Sidecar connections, say
                                                          19. 40A
                                                            Author Rand
                                                          20. 41A
                                                            Reliable
                                                          21. 44A
                                                            HBO series "Game ___"
                                                          22. 47A
                                                            Old fashioned
                                                          23. 49A
                                                            Put at someone else's disposal on a temporary basis
                                                          24. 50A
                                                            Op-ed in "Le Monde," perhaps
                                                          25. 51A
                                                            Maple Leafs coach Sheldon
                                                          26. 53A
                                                            Sources of leaks, perhaps after a deep freeze
                                                          27. 57A
                                                            Use an e-cig
                                                          28. 60A
                                                            Term for Amy, Sheldon, or Leonard
                                                          29. 61A
                                                            Greek isle where Zeus grew up
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                                                            Hoppy brews
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                                                            Emperor of ill repute
                                                          32. 65A
                                                            Behind this ball is trouble
                                                          33. 66A
                                                            Is required to
                                                          34. 67A
                                                            Tiger's ex Nordegren
                                                          35. 68A
                                                            Refreshing beverage, like cranberry juice
                                                          Verticali
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                                                            Forbid
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                                                            "That's not going to happen"
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                                                            Company that's making an EV truck the size of a Mini Cooper
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                                                            Very bright auto headlight
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                                                            Reputation
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                                                            Sadness
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                                                            Exclamation when you realize that "Honky Tonk Women" was released 50 years ago
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                                                            Minute ___ (orange juice brand)
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                                                            Chekhov's rank in "Star Trek"
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                                                            Quavering vocal effect
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                                                            Misstep
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                                                            Southern beach town
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                                                            Oaf
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                                                            Capital of Yemen
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                                                            Cupid
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                                                            Manhattan, for one
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                                                            "Maybe later"
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                                                            It means no refunds
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                                                            Moved purposefully
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                                                            "The Autobiography of Alice B. ____"
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                                                            Cognac that's been aged at least 14 years
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                                                            Cute creature with pointed ears
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                                                            Part of a tennis match
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                                                            "Not ____ many words"
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                                                            Lug
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                                                            "If it's your job to eat a frog, ____ to do it first thing in the morning." (Mark Twain)
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                                                            Alternative to sweetie, sugar, or beloved
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                                                            Cosmopolitan
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                                                            Disappointing poker hand
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                                                            Singer Warwick who has won five Grammys
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                                                            Gymnast Strug who was one of the 1996 "Magnificent Seven"
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                                                            Conclude with
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                                                            Stabilizer
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                                                            Former 20-Across, say
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                                                            Sonja of "The Wire" or male offspring of Munich
                                                          36. 57D
                                                            Vigor's partner
                                                          37. 58D
                                                            "Thank you! Come again!" is his catchphrase
                                                          38. 59D
                                                            Faux ___
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                                                            Part of part of NYSE
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