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◆◆ · Di benchen71 · Pubblicato 2024-09-24T06:00:22.071Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is 15-letters long
Those of you with long memories will perhaps have an advantage solving this one, given that this is a companion meta to one that ran in 2023. While I've scheduled this one as a "week 4", it may prove to be a little easier than that. And there's a hint in the grid, so be on the look out! The answer to the meta is 15-letters long. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=180333#p180333
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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  • benchen71 costruttore · 2024-09-24T06:00:22.071Z
    Just in case you were wondering, the companion meta from 2023 was this one: https://crosshare.org/crosswords/uh8F71YlTNqImYgsVH76/one-short-meta
    • Hector 🤓12:04 · 2024-09-24T13:20:49.689Z
      Super[b]!
      • HeadinHome 🤓1:42 · 2024-09-24T17:03:21.259Z
        “Superfluousness” itself seems a bit too many letters! (Superfluity?) This was a good challenge and a real head scratcher for a while. “Beautify” bothered me (thinking shouldn’t that be BEATIFY? Why wouldn’t he say “make more attractive”, not blessed?). 37A and 43A also seemed just not quite right, then the clue at 69A made it all make sense!
        • MatthewL 🤓8:55 · 2024-09-24T17:09:30.341Z
          Woof. That was not easy. But, kept plugging away and finally got it. Thanks for the puzzle, Ben!
          • hoover 2s · 2024-09-24T17:37:47.852Z
            The one that got me was 37A because I tried to fill in STYES before realizing that the crossing entries didn't work. So I was primed for BEAUTIFY/BEATIFY when I got there.
            • Darth 17:20 · 2024-09-24T18:07:16.194Z
              Lol. Well, I knew I needed the U in there, so I was thinking: Does a BOY mark a channel? I'd never heard of the word BEATIFY before, so I learned something. :D Fun puz, Ben!
              • Meg 1:41 · 2024-09-24T18:09:21.310Z
                Nice one!!
                • Carolyn 2s · 2024-09-24T18:21:02.242Z
                  Fun!
                  • Berto 1s · 2024-09-24T18:52:04.564Z
                    Fun! Thanks Ben
                    • DrTom 7s · 2024-09-24T17:04:45.399Z
                      Well THAT was fun!! STYLE was my first inroad, but probably because I was looking for something like that. Enjoyed finding the double meanings, very well hidden and quite appropriate. I think ESSE is South African though, not that it really matters. Maybe South Africa is considered Indonesia in Australia, I mean you guys have different names for everything.😁
                      Thanks Ben
                      • HeadinHome 🤓1:42 · 2024-09-24T17:06:51.459Z
                        …also, now going back and doing the companion puzzle… which apparently I missed, or I would see the puzzle completed in Crosshare when I click on it (I assume).
                        • Dave C 4s · 2024-09-24T20:00:33.102Z
                          Fun. The cross that got me started was buoy/beautify and then right away I was looking for superfluous...
                          • Capn Rick 9:49 · 2024-09-24T22:56:15.848Z
                            AB FAB was my favorite. Nice job, Ben!
                            • benchen71 costruttore · 2024-09-24T23:29:38.371Z
                              I was particularly pleased with that one!
                            • Qmark 3s · 2024-09-25T15:53:09.903Z
                              Wow, did I love this one, Ben! Saw the mechanism early on, and loved the search for the 15 letters, especially the AB/FAB one. And of course reading the story of 11D on Wikipedia. Still have to look up and watch the commercial, but definitely will. Thanks again Ben!
                              • Steve M 42:53 · 2024-09-26T01:50:27.293Z
                                Great puzzle. I really liked that you had “one too many” columns for a 15 x 15 and suspected that we needed to “get rid of” one letter from each row. I actually tried to guess at an answer by doing this before finding the right mechanism to get the letters. Thanks!
                                • lukadisgre 🤓8:05 · 2024-09-26T16:53:08.936Z
                                  Anther great one Ben! Weirdly enough, I initially thought PUP was the alternative to PUPA if you stretch the clue really hard, but eventually I got it.
                                  • ajk 8:53 · 2024-09-27T00:18:44.811Z
                                    Clever. Needed all the nudges. I saw the extra S thing in VITESE/VITESSE right away, but I got too fixated on double letters or double SSs. Then I got fixated on just removing Ss and nothing else (and alot of words appear). As soon as I started doing the correct thing (thanks nudge 4) I saw SUPE and knew it would be SUPERFLUOUS, and then once I got to the last 4 rows it only took a couple of beats to see the N and realize what the last 4 letters were. Fun one, even though I couldn't figure it out. 😂
                                    • whimsy 16:09 · 2024-09-27T17:24:01.345Z
                                      Hadn't realized that the effected Down remained a word too -- very nice -- Thanks, Ben!
                                      • kurtalert 🤓7:36 · 2024-09-28T15:08:49.553Z
                                        Incredible construction - well done, Ben!
                                        • omnilynx 🤓11:32 · 2024-09-30T19:32:07.409Z
                                          I got hung up thinking the entries had to be symmetrical since most of them are.
                                          1A
                                          Soup dispenser
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                                          Orizzontali
                                          1. 1A
                                            Soup dispenser
                                          2. 6A
                                            MLB pitcher ___ Jimenez
                                          3. 10A
                                            "Likewise!"
                                          4. 15A
                                            "Encore!"
                                          5. 16A
                                            Iris layer
                                          6. 17A
                                            Love in a romance language
                                          7. 18A
                                            Animal sanctuaries
                                          8. 19A
                                            Jonathan Larson musical
                                          9. 20A
                                            Cuban dance
                                          10. 21A
                                            Mlle., in Madrid
                                          11. 22A
                                            Charlie Parker's nickname
                                          12. 23A
                                            Affect someone's feelings strongly
                                          13. 24A
                                            Break apart
                                          14. 26A
                                            Mineral springs
                                          15. 27A
                                            Does something perfectly
                                          16. 30A
                                            Word in the shortened title of the BBC sitcom starring Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley
                                          17. 31A
                                            Key of Rossini's William Tell Overture
                                          18. 35A
                                            "Most certainly!"
                                          19. 36A
                                            "A horse walks into a ___" (start of a joke)
                                          20. 37A
                                            What applying makeup might add to your eye, perhaps
                                          21. 38A
                                            Aid group, often (abbr.)
                                          22. 39A
                                            Make more blessed
                                          23. 42A
                                            Allow
                                          24. 43A
                                            Combine resources
                                          25. 45A
                                            English runner Sebastian ___
                                          26. 46A
                                            Comedian Aziz ___
                                          27. 48A
                                            "Lord of the Rings" actor ___ Bean
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                                            Retiring
                                          29. 50A
                                            Part of a crossword clue for "BID", often
                                          30. 51A
                                            Place for a car
                                          31. 53A
                                            "Tik Tok" singer
                                          32. 54A
                                            "Enter!"
                                          33. 57A
                                            Impudent
                                          34. 58A
                                            River feature
                                          35. 62A
                                            Oak fruit
                                          36. 63A
                                            Metamorphosis stage
                                          37. 64A
                                            Put blood everywhere
                                          38. 65A
                                            ___ time off
                                          39. 66A
                                            "Whose Line ___ Anyway?"
                                          40. 67A
                                            Tract of Brazilian rainforest
                                          41. 68A
                                            Carried along
                                          42. 69A
                                            Var- suffix (which gives you a city in Italy or an Indonesian beauty care brand, and that's the only meta hint you get!)
                                          43. 70A
                                            Writing assignment
                                          Verticali
                                          1. 1D
                                            Drinks like a dog
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                                            Gelatin substitute
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                                            Move suddenly
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                                            Genial
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                                            Star Trek's lowest commissioned officer level, for short
                                          6. 6D
                                            Legal scholar
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                                            In plain sight
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                                            Texting button
                                          9. 9D
                                            Consume food
                                          10. 10D
                                            ARPANET agency
                                          11. 11D
                                            "Not happy, Jan!"
                                          12. 12D
                                            Heavy book
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                                            Heavy brass instrument
                                          14. 14D
                                            Word-of-mouth
                                          15. 22D
                                            She throws the bouquet, usually
                                          16. 23D
                                            Police alert, for short
                                          17. 25D
                                            Expiration-date preceder
                                          18. 26D
                                            Indian garment
                                          19. 27D
                                            Spanish girls
                                          20. 28D
                                            What theta often represents
                                          21. 29D
                                            Apparitions, visions
                                          22. 30D
                                            Lachesis, for example
                                          23. 32D
                                            Site of a Vietnam War atrocity
                                          24. 33D
                                            Oldsmobile model
                                          25. 34D
                                            Arrive using one's private Cessna
                                          26. 36D
                                            Channel marker
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                                            Harmonious relationship
                                          28. 40D
                                            Eight, in Germany
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                                            Legendary soul seller
                                          30. 44D
                                            Not down a break, in tennis
                                          31. 47D
                                            Horses' quarters
                                          32. 49D
                                            Like father, like ___
                                          33. 50D
                                            Add fizz to
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                                            Like notebook paper
                                          35. 53D
                                            French military caps
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                                            Group of actors
                                          37. 55D
                                            Eight, in Spain
                                          38. 56D
                                            Weekly puz. by me!
                                          39. 57D
                                            Affectionate term for a feline
                                          40. 59D
                                            Snakelike fish
                                          41. 60D
                                            It flows through St. Petersburg
                                          42. 61D
                                            June 6th, 1944
                                          43. 63D
                                            Dessert with a crust
                                          44. 64D
                                            Mad Cow Disease (abbr.)
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