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· Di benchen71 · Pubblicato 2024-05-21T06:00:07.458Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a 5-letter word
When at first you can't solve someone else's meta, you're supposed to try and try again. The alternative is to come up with a meta of your own that utilises the meta mechanism that didn't work with that other meta. This is one of those. So have at it: and if you don't get it immediately then go and make your own meta! I guess this is the "pay-it-forward" approach to meta creation? Anyway, you're looking for a 5-letter word. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=167809#p167809
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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  • hoover 2s · 2024-05-21T06:38:52.192Z
    Woot woot! Hey, there sure are a lot of Xs in this puzzle. Hmm... there are FIVE of them. Hmm....
    • benchen71 costruttore · 2024-05-21T08:01:04.631Z
      Even one in the central meta hint! ;-)
    • Darth 13:25 · 2024-05-21T12:55:55.592Z
      Nice! Thanx, Ben!
      • boharr 5s · 2024-05-21T13:54:03.812Z
        X marks the spot. Thanks.
        • lbray53 3s · 2024-05-21T14:15:27.523Z
          MOAT Xed!
          • kurtalert 🤓4:12 · 2024-05-21T14:57:20.085Z
            Nice one, thanks Ben! I often look for this sort of mechanism to be used, and it rarely is... so thank you for finally validating me! LOL
            • benchen71 costruttore · 2024-05-21T23:11:33.891Z
              You're most welcome!
              • whimsy 14:23 · 2024-05-22T00:42:33.033Z
                I have too!
              • woozy 18:16 · 2024-05-21T15:14:16.647Z
                Well, that was a clean little palette cleanser!
                • MatthewL 🤓8:33 · 2024-05-21T16:10:27.478Z
                  Took a minute, but just kept coming back to those 5 Xs. Then saw all the OXs. Then saw the Bs. Then slapped my forehead and said "Doh" and quickly found the answer. Thanks for the puzzle, Ben!
                  • Laura M 🤓8:55 · 2024-05-21T18:22:55.438Z
                    eXcellent!
                    • KayW 🤓7:09 · 2024-05-21T19:03:21.422Z
                      Fun meta - thanks! I'm curious - what was the meta that sparked this little gem?
                    • Capn Rick 13:09 · 2024-05-21T19:50:40.477Z
                      Fun one, Ben! Thanks!
                      • Steve M 26:04 · 2024-05-21T19:59:47.740Z
                        Had to think inside the box for this one! Thanks for the puzzle!
                        • Carolyn 3s · 2024-05-21T20:05:48.772Z
                          Very nice!
                          • HeadinHome 🤓5:22 · 2024-05-21T22:21:48.646Z
                            I was all set to look for cereal brands too! Maybe I’ll save that idea in my meta ideas file…. Fun one!
                            • DrTom 5s · 2024-05-21T22:20:44.937Z
                              "Boy that's a lot of X's", I remember remarking, there is 5 (when I finally changed NOR to XOR and CONTENT to CONTEXT) and "hey wait a minute...". I yelled out the answer and now the wife wants me to go antiquing (tried to explain the homophone thing but to no avail). Fun and doable puzzle, I like those. I also learned that there is a viola called a Gamba, perhaps because it looks like a leg, but maybe it is a shrimp? Anyway, fun morning.
                              • Qmark 3s · 2024-05-21T23:03:22.294Z
                                Thanx for another enjoyable meta, Ben!
                                • whimsy 14:23 · 2024-05-22T00:41:57.647Z
                                  I like it! And it wasn't X-Rated! Thanks, Ben!
                                  • Bird Lives 3s · 2024-05-22T17:11:35.409Z
                                    Nice construction. I'm wondering if the puzzle might have been more challenging with a different title, one that didn't use the word BOX. I can't think of any, of course.
                                    • ajk 6:15 · 2024-05-23T11:53:01.587Z
                                      Late to the puzzle due to travels, but this one was simple and fun, thanks. Saw the Xs while filling the grid, and first thought after was to look for boxes.
                                      • Dave C 3s · 2024-05-24T15:53:03.970Z
                                        It took some nudges, but finally....
                                        • ELSavage 🤓8:01 · 2024-05-27T02:36:53.658Z
                                          The Q and Z got me thinking pangram, but there were way more X's than necessary... Late to the party (didn't look at any nudges or the solution), but nice to play anyway.
                                          1A
                                          "___ disturb the universe?" (T.S. Eliot line)
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                                          Orizzontali
                                          1. 1A
                                            "___ disturb the universe?" (T.S. Eliot line)
                                          2. 8A
                                            Lawyers' org.
                                          3. 11A
                                            "Aladdin" prince
                                          4. 14A
                                            One who's not on the outs?
                                          5. 15A
                                            Fantastic animal in a Wes Anderson movie
                                          6. 16A
                                            My mathematical proof is done!
                                          7. 17A
                                            Rice variety used in risotto
                                          8. 18A
                                            "Well done on spearing that bull!"
                                          9. 19A
                                            Dubai's country (abbr.)
                                          10. 20A
                                            Short-tailed wildcat
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                                            Go ___ (deteriorate)
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                                            Sounds of contentment
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                                            Type of habitat with a well-balanced supply of moisture throughout the growing season
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                                            Certain TVs
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                                            Drug agent, slangily
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                                            "Same here!"
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                                            Dec. preceder
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                                            Possible answer to the question "Who's hammer is that?" (within the MCU, that is)
                                          19. 39A
                                            Potentially hazardous
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                                            Miners dig it
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                                            Environment around what is in focus, and a vague hint for solving the meta if the title wasn't helpful enough
                                          22. 44A
                                            Just a number, apparently
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                                            Put on a scale
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                                            Esau's twin
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                                            Harry's friend
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                                            Not as new
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                                            Rein, essentially
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                                            Bring home from the animal shelter
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                                            Viola da ___ (bass viol)
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                                            Red gem
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                                            Time-out for coffee
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                                            Academic period
                                          33. 66A
                                            "Aladdin" monkey
                                          34. 67A
                                            "... but the price is flexible" (abbr.)
                                          35. 68A
                                            "... sitting ___, K-I-S-S-I-N-G"
                                          36. 70A
                                            "___ and the Art of..." (part of lots of book titles)
                                          37. 71A
                                            Make repairs to
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                                            Art pieces that hang from the ceiling
                                          39. 73A
                                            Ambulance destinations, for short
                                          40. 74A
                                            Marked by an otherworldly air or attitude (or comedian Tina ___)
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                                            Goes beyond, like a speed limit
                                          Verticali
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                                            "___ for Murder" (Hitchcock movie)
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                                            How ham may be served
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                                            Book data
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                                            Polychlorinated biphenyl that's a persistent organic pollutant
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                                            Sea between It. and Mont.
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                                            "Ghostbusters" director, Ivan ___man
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                                            Suffix with switch
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                                            "Do you take me for ___?"
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                                            Ran like heck
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                                            Tree feller
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                                            Blue-green colour
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                                            First wife of 47 across
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                                            "Beware the ___ of March"
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                                            Unseemly (with "in")
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                                            Comune in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy
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                                            Caught wrong?
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                                            Wheatus song "Teenage ___"
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                                            What comes between pi and sigma
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                                            Connecting word (abbr.)
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                                            Ivan the Terrible was the first
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                                            Band that filmed a music video on a Russian vomit comet
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                                            Immediately
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                                            Crossword cookie
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                                            Bridal covering
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                                            Offshoot group
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                                            Tokyo tender
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                                            Logic connective that yields true if exactly one (but not both) of two conditions is true
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                                            Greeting from Down Under
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                                            "Barbie" actress Margot ___
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                                            Justin Bieber's mother, ___ Mallette
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                                            Official stand-in
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                                            Country singer ___ Haggard
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                                            Kennel-club classification
                                          34. 58D
                                            "Oh, Mr. Hart, what ___!" (line in a famous Stainmaster carpet ad)
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                                            Totally destroy
                                          36. 60D
                                            App-based car service that doesn't rhyme with "gift"
                                          37. 61D
                                            Hot-dog holders
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                                            "Je t'___" (words in a French valentine, perhaps)
                                          39. 64D
                                            Fort full of gold
                                          40. 67D
                                            On's opposite
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                                            Easy as ___
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