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"Land Ho!"

· Di Capn Rick · Pubblicato 2023-12-18T05:10:30.139Z

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The meta answer is a country.
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  • SamKat9 🤓12:15 · 2023-12-18T06:37:06.871Z
    cute puzzle, thanks so much!
    • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-18T13:37:27.649Z
      Thanks, SamKat9. Glad you enjoyed it.
    • Dave C 3s · 2023-12-18T14:09:42.424Z
      Well done - loved the poem.
      • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-18T15:04:58.075Z
        Glad you liked it, Dave.
      • dannyvee 4s · 2023-12-18T15:07:43.243Z
        Love the poem, Cap’n!
        • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-18T16:33:02.954Z
          Thanks, Danny! Have a nice holiday!
        • Hector 🤓6:21 · 2023-12-18T16:30:24.218Z
          Newfound wonder (is no man's waste)!
          • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-18T17:54:37.831Z
            Thanks, Hector. I will have to ponder that for a while. 😁
            • DrTom 11s · 2023-12-18T23:36:14.641Z
              I'll never dream of a green Dixie fairy again because I am afraid it would get my ire up and I would not want my new zeal to prevent me from being Holy...
              Well "My Lands!" Hector do you see where you have landed us!!!
            • Bird Lives 5s · 2023-12-18T17:20:12.899Z
              I wasted time looking for HOs (no comments, please) but then remembered that in a Cap'n Rick puzzle, the themers are always symmetrically located. After I got the answer, I went looking for Easter eggs but could come up with only "Ductch" nestled in the clue for AMISH. No doors, treats, uncles, ovens or anything else. But that's nether [sic] here nor there.
              • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-18T17:51:41.919Z
                Thanks for solving, Jay. As for EASTEREGGs, don't forget TULIP and CLOG. 😁
                • DrTom 11s · 2023-12-18T23:40:09.960Z
                  Hmm too bad one of the answers could not have been; "a kid'll eat ivy too ___" cause I for one would have loved a wooden shoe reference. (Contributed by A.A. Mondegreen)
                  • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-19T00:57:56.597Z
                    I forgot to mention that ARUBA is also part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. We actually saw the King and Queen while vacationing there last winter.
              • Jim23809 🤓4:55 · 2023-12-18T17:36:38.957Z
                Ok, I'll admit that I guessed Holland based solely on 7D. What are the other meta clues? What's this poem? What did I miss?
                • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-18T19:06:00.044Z
                  Hi Jim. I'm guessing you're not a Muggle, correct? Here's a link to the Muggles Forum where you will find an intro to the puzzle along with a seasonal poem (https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?t=2586). I'm glad you guessed correctly based on the TULIP Easter egg, but there is a mechanism involving "LANDs" followed by alternate clues that fit new words/phrases containing LAND. A link to the reveal will be posted here this weekend.
                  • Jim23809 🤓4:55 · 2023-12-19T05:39:34.562Z
                    I have enough going on in my life without adding a crossword forum to my daily itinerary. Haha. Hopefully I'll remember to return here for the reveal link.
                • Laura M 🤓7:17 · 2023-12-18T18:11:59.229Z
                  Very clever, especially the title! Loved the poem too!
                  • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-18T19:01:43.195Z
                    Thank you, Laura. Glad you enjoyed it!
                  • KayW 🤓6:08 · 2023-12-18T19:40:10.159Z
                    VERY clever!! Elegant construction as usual. And love how the meta answer is nearly an anagram of the title. Thanks Cap'n!
                    • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-18T20:23:46.069Z
                      Thank you, Kay! And did you know that the name "Santa Claus" comes from the Dutch "Sinterklaas"?
                    • Eric Porter 9:22 · 2023-12-18T20:16:34.637Z
                      Nice puzzle! I got stuck in some rabbit holes, but made it when I took a second look. 1A could be KOHLER or DELTA. Also with 43D I thought of Easter Island.
                      • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-18T21:03:23.564Z
                        Thanks, Eric. Glad you liked it. I hadn't thought of that connection between KOHLER and DELTA, but I'll file it away for another day.
                      • Tyrpmom 1s · 2023-12-18T20:26:52.962Z
                        Ho ho ho! NO. Koehler and Delta. NO. Finally landed on the right metanism. Ha ha. Fun puzzle and cute poem.
                        • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-18T21:04:02.078Z
                          Thank you, Beth. Glad you enjoyed both. Happy holidays!
                        • Carolyn 2s · 2023-12-18T20:50:54.991Z
                          Enjoyed it! I’m ready to travel now.
                          • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-18T21:58:29.879Z
                            Thanks, Caroline. Me too!
                          • MatthewL 🤓7:16 · 2023-12-18T21:20:54.070Z
                            Got stuck in the HO rabbit hole for quite a while (as Jay said, no comments please), but finally found my way to the right mechanism. Great puzzle, Rick! And loved the poem. Thanks!
                            • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-18T22:00:32.543Z
                              Thank you, Matthew. Glad you finally found your way and enjoyed the poem too.
                            • DrTom 11s · 2023-12-18T22:07:52.629Z
                              Wow, that had me going for a while. Putting all those stray "laughs" in there was a HO rrible thing to do to your solvers sir! When that did not work out I got creative; LEI and LEA, lets see HO LEI/LEA LAND = ISRAEL...good idea but wrong. Then I saw ICE, and I tacked a LAND on and thought No, WAY too easy, I'll bet there are more. I did see the TULIPS Easter Egg, and the Amish (though, freshly picked nit, they are not necessarily from Holland and in truth most of the Pennsylvania Dutch came from Alsace or Switzerland) and even the Easter Egg Easter Egg since it was the Amish who introduced the Easter Egg idea to America. Anyway, as per usual, a fun puzzle which totally "Cap-tured" my interest with it's "Mad Cap" twists and turns and "En-Cap-sulates everything that is fun about this amusement form. Then to Cap it all off we have poetry, so you've gone from Mad to Verse.
                              Thanks Rick - now what was the PM you sent me by mistake?
                              • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-18T23:38:07.479Z
                                Thanks, DrTom. Yes, having been born and raised in central Pennsylvania I'm quite familiar with that Amish misnomer, but I figured it would make a good EASTEREGG, nonetheless. I'll send you another PM re: the earlier PM.
                                • HeadinHome 🤓3:23 · 2023-12-20T00:42:27.062Z
                                  Can confirm that the origin of most sects of American Amish & Mennonite are from Germany and Switzerland. Married to a Shank, long ago family name of Schenck… Swiss (we are no longer Mennonite by denomination, but much of our family are). Deutsch (the German language) is likely the culprit for the misnomer.
                                • Philip Chow 🤓8:20 · 2023-12-18T22:12:28.848Z
                                  thank you for accepting netherlands :) meta christmas to you as well!
                                  • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-18T23:40:20.086Z
                                    Thanks for solving, Phil. Yes, technically, HOLLAND is part of "THE NETHERLANDS", which I'm also accepting (with and without the "THE").
                                  • kurtalert 🤓3:31 · 2023-12-18T23:21:59.826Z
                                    Terrific, thanks Capn Rick!
                                    • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-18T23:40:50.330Z
                                      Thank you, kurtalert. Glad you enjoyed it!
                                    • Berto 🤓4:03 · 2023-12-19T00:05:00.920Z
                                      Fell down the rabbit hole of seeing all the clues beginning with a country adjective, Jamaican, Scottish, Italian, etc. and the 5 HOs… but GAR-land, ICE-land, WET-land got me headed in the right direction of travel! Thanks Cap’n!
                                      • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-19T00:53:07.507Z
                                        Thanks, Berto. Yeah, I didn't want this one to be too easy, so I intentionally inserted those country names as a red herring. The HOs were unintentional, but I see they've given a few folks some trouble. Glad you eventually saw through all the subterfuge!
                                      • Pair O Ducks 🤓5:54 · 2023-12-19T01:29:04.321Z
                                        Have to admit, I guessed it from Land Ho --> Ho-Land. But after looking again, was able to backsolve. Thanks for the fun Monday treat!
                                        • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-19T02:27:36.731Z
                                          Thanks for solving, schmidzy!
                                        • HeadinHome 🤓3:23 · 2023-12-19T03:35:33.435Z
                                          This was mighty clever! I will forego trying to add to the high level of -land comments here… you people are just too too clever. Rabbit holes for me included HO in the clues (HOsp., saxoHOnist, pHOto, HOtel, cHOcolat, autHOr….). I thought maybe the letter before HO would spell a word (land, HO). Then I spotted ICE right smack-my-head in the middle. Also, TULIP was on my list of Easter eggs, and I did actually try to think of the city you fly into in Aruba because we were there not too long ago … if I could have thought of the name I think that would have tipped me off, added to tulip. (Orangestad… I had to look it up. My brain…).
                                          • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-19T13:53:05.575Z
                                            Thanks, Wendy. Yes, I actually got the inspiration for this puzzle while on vacation in Aruba last winter. We stayed at the Renaissance and were fortunate to catch a parade in honor of the King and Queen of The Netherlands. Combine that with the weekly "Ashore" reports, mix in a little Christmas holiday cheer, and you get "Land Ho!". 😄 Happy holidays!
                                            • HeadinHome 🤓3:23 · 2023-12-20T00:24:40.926Z
                                              Or… HO… LAND! Yes, we rented our flat in Aruba from a very Dutch Dutchman (no, last name NOT Vandersloot)… uggghhh. Never knew until we went there that Arubas was so associated with Netherlands.
                                          • JHSeeman 2s · 2023-12-19T17:01:32.773Z
                                            Took a minute and was flipping coin between Japan/Greece/etc and ICELAND...asked if I was on right path go the thumbs up and saw 33A and yeah, opened up from there. BTW, my inital guess was going to be Netherlands as they are the owners of Aruba. (and also where Holland is located, nice 43A)
                                            • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-19T17:54:41.517Z
                                              Thanks for solving, John. I'm also accepting "The Netherlands" and "Netherlands" in addition to "Holland". Hey, it's Christmas! Hope you also spotted the TULIP and CLOG eggs as well.
                                            • BethA 4s · 2023-12-20T18:25:51.928Z
                                              Did the grid yesterday, but then got distracted with all of the HO, HO, HOs. Came back today and immediately saw the LANDs, and their alternate clue answers. Enjoyed it! Thx for the puzzle!
                                              • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-20T19:54:43.643Z
                                                Thanks for solving, Beth!
                                              • ajk 🤓9:11 · 2023-12-20T20:59:06.255Z
                                                Been a busy week so didn't get past the HOs and various lands on Monday. Came back today and got it after the second nudge, though I admit I initially missed GAR / WET and had to backsolve both them and ICE. Did see TULIP/CLOG/AMISH though. Also HOE-LAND seems like it might have been on purpose. 😂
                                                • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-21T00:34:14.772Z
                                                  Thanks, Alan. TULIP, CLOG, AMISH, and ARUBA were my only intentional EASTEREGGs, but now that you mention it, yeah, HOE was intentional too. Yeah, that's right. 😆
                                                • michaelm 🤓6:56 · 2023-12-21T19:11:28.607Z
                                                  Guess when ya solve days after everyone else, all the pertinent comments are already taken! EASTEREGGS in SPADES and ARIOT as well. Thanks Cap'n, the EAPOET of MMM.
                                                  • Capn Rick costruttore · 2023-12-21T19:46:41.559Z
                                                    Thanks for solving, Michael, and for contributing to the EASTEREGG collection! Happy Holidays along the Delaware!
                                                  1A
                                                  Big name in faucets
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                                                  Orizzontali
                                                  1. 1A
                                                    Big name in faucets
                                                  2. 7A
                                                    First-rate
                                                  3. 11A
                                                    Floral wreath
                                                  4. 14A
                                                    Plaza Hotel girl
                                                  5. 15A
                                                    "Sure, I guess...."
                                                  6. 16A
                                                    Ooh's partner
                                                  7. 17A
                                                    What a feller says
                                                  8. 18A
                                                    "Simpsons" saxophonist
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                                                    Wall St. debut
                                                  10. 20A
                                                    Humdinger
                                                  11. 21A
                                                    "What ___!" ("How funny!")
                                                  12. 23A
                                                    Trim, as a photo
                                                  13. 24A
                                                    ___ in the right direction
                                                  14. 26A
                                                    Black suit
                                                  15. 28A
                                                    Long-jawed fish
                                                  16. 31A
                                                    Farmer's field
                                                  17. 32A
                                                    Overcook
                                                  18. 33A
                                                    Small island nation
                                                  19. 35A
                                                    Intensifying
                                                  20. 40A
                                                    Sired, Biblically
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                                                    Italian ___
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                                                    Take effect
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                                                    Bonus feature, of a sort
                                                  24. 45A
                                                    Japanese port
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                                                    Actor Pitt
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                                                    Corn unit
                                                  27. 49A
                                                    Freshly painted
                                                  28. 50A
                                                    Confront
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                                                    Marshy floodplain
                                                  30. 55A
                                                    Contrary girl
                                                  31. 56A
                                                    Bank job
                                                  32. 58A
                                                    "Hey, you!"
                                                  33. 62A
                                                    401(k) alternative
                                                  34. 63A
                                                    Ripped
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                                                    Nature's title
                                                  36. 66A
                                                    ___ Pepper
                                                  37. 67A
                                                    Plumbing problem
                                                  38. 68A
                                                    One of a gene pair
                                                  39. 69A
                                                    Garden tool
                                                  40. 70A
                                                    Pigsty
                                                  41. 71A
                                                    Deny
                                                  Verticali
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                                                    High-fat, low-carb diet
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                                                    Actress Lena of "Chocolat"
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                                                    Birthplace
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                                                    First sign of fall
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                                                    Language suffix
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                                                    Give more stars to, maybe
                                                  7. 7D
                                                    Garden bulb
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                                                    West Virginia neighbor
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                                                    Prepares for a pass near the basket
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                                                    Jamaican music
                                                  11. 11D
                                                    Scottish landowner
                                                  12. 12D
                                                    "The Raven" author, for short
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                                                    Flapjack franchises
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                                                    Prepared
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                                                    French film festival locale
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                                                    Christian and Helen
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                                                    Ready a bulk mailing
                                                  18. 28D
                                                    Comedy's Kaplan or baseball's Kapler
                                                  19. 29D
                                                    With 30-Down, certain floor coverings
                                                  20. 30D
                                                    See 29-Down
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                                                    British band of brothers
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                                                    Ballpark figure
                                                  23. 36D
                                                    Hosp. readout
                                                  24. 37D
                                                    "Vidi", to Tweety
                                                  25. 38D
                                                    Big name in footwear
                                                  26. 39D
                                                    Pesky insect
                                                  27. 44D
                                                    Pigsty
                                                  28. 48D
                                                    "MAS*H" director Robert
                                                  29. 50D
                                                    Pennsylvania Dutch group
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                                                    Ship's load
                                                  31. 52D
                                                    Part of a 51-Down
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                                                    Minor fender flaws
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                                                    In a fitting way
                                                  34. 57D
                                                    Greek love god
                                                  35. 59D
                                                    "___ a Lady" (Tom Jones song)
                                                  36. 60D
                                                    Actress Ward
                                                  37. 61D
                                                    Deuce topper
                                                  38. 63D
                                                    Vintage film channel
                                                  39. 65D
                                                    Suffix with pay
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