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Lateral Thinking

· Di Darth · Pubblicato 2024-02-21T11:00:24.313Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a group activity.
Hey there! It's Darth, and I'm excited to present you with my fifth meta puzzle. This idea for this one was formed after a family event during the holidays and was originally titled "Cryptic Collaboration" with the plan of presenting a meta challenge that would encourage a "group" solve. Not to worry, it's much tamer now and more accessible. (Note those starred clues that help guide you to the solution.)
I'd love to say more, but it might spoil the joy of discovery. After all, that's what "lateral thinking" is all about!
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  • boharr solved 2024-02-21T13:14:53.206Z
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  • boharr 2s · 2024-02-21T13:16:55.893Z
    When I saw "lateral" I thought football, but when I saw "thinking" I got worried. Fun puzzle. Thanks.
    • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-21T13:49:36.580Z
      Lol. Thanks for solving.
    • hoover 3s · 2024-02-21T13:57:36.252Z
      Fun! I've never done one of these. ZOO was what did it for me, then REO.
      • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-21T17:58:25.565Z
        Awesome! Thanks for solving.
      • Meg 3s · 2024-02-21T14:18:04.205Z
        Nice construction and clueing!
        • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-21T17:58:36.107Z
          Thank you, Meg.
        • Bird Lives 4s · 2024-02-21T15:34:30.238Z
          Nice puzzle. It's always a plus when the mechanism and the answer fit together. I've never done an escape room, but I assume it requires thinking outside the box, which might be an alternate title. My favorite instance of this mechanism was this NYT puzzle: https://www.xwordinfo.com/Crossword?date=1/7/2016
          • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-21T17:59:10.676Z
            Thanks, Jay. I'll have a look.
          • Ergcat 🤓12:49 · 2024-02-21T15:29:39.747Z
            That was fun ! I love escape rooms! Thanks for a great puzzle, Darth!
            • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-21T18:01:09.419Z
              Great! Glad you enjoyed it! Our family did the escape room, and my daughter said, "You need to use this as a theme for one of your meta crossword constructions." So, I did! =)
            • MatthewL 🤓6:29 · 2024-02-21T15:39:43.033Z
              Very nice puzzle. ZOO was also my way in, and then DEN. Thanks for the puzzle, Darth!
              • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-21T18:01:26.910Z
                Cool. Thanks for solving.
              • Hector 2s · 2024-02-21T15:49:05.578Z
                Ery nic!
                • Mwoychick 🤓8:56 · 2024-02-21T16:35:20.390Z
                  Ood on, Hector
                  • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-21T18:02:07.676Z
                    ove thi! hanks fo olving! =)
                  • Carolyn 2s · 2024-02-21T16:04:56.120Z
                    Enjoyed it!
                    • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-21T18:03:09.618Z
                      Awesome!
                    • michaelm 🤓6:14 · 2024-02-21T16:44:03.027Z
                      Glad to be out and with no hex conversion even involved! Thanks, Darth!
                      • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-21T18:02:56.843Z
                        Thanks, Mike. A lot of brain games this week, right.
                      • woozy 🤓11:04 · 2024-02-21T16:32:28.326Z
                        FUN. Zoo was a brick wrapped in a handkerchief. RAISE raised an eyebrow while I was doing the grid but was easily forgotten. DEN being the very first entry was ARK at first. Other then Zoo the metanism was subtly subdued. Nice.
                        • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-21T18:03:47.306Z
                          Oh, good. Thanks for solving. =)
                        • Mwoychick 🤓8:56 · 2024-02-21T16:33:52.252Z
                          Fun puzzle, Darth - thank you!
                          • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-21T18:03:59.108Z
                            Thanks, Mark.
                          • DrTom 4s · 2024-02-21T18:45:54.775Z
                            Fun puzzle all over again! I saw it in development and again now. Nicely done and cleanly filled. Some great internal hints to the correct entry, very clever Darth!
                            You have a place here anytime you'd like!
                            • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-21T23:59:52.196Z
                              Thanks, DrTom! Appreciate you. :D
                            • lbray53 3s · 2024-02-21T19:11:47.142Z
                              When I started this puzzle, "Taking One for the Team" was still on my brain. I must have seen that on the Forum page. The first "turning" word I found was CAPTORS. I remembered "Raptors on the scoreboard" as a clue and was hot on the trail of other words that would become teams if you changed one for the team. Thankfully I shook that off fairly quickly, but not until I had scoured the entire grid and all of the clues!
                              • Berto 3s · 2024-02-21T19:55:36.662Z
                                Backsolved from E_CAPER__M
                                C-LAMP was the trigger for me, confirmed by PAST-A. Clever construction- thanks Darth!
                                • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-22T00:01:16.164Z
                                  That works! Thanks for solving.
                                • whimsy 🤓10:13 · 2024-02-21T20:14:24.100Z
                                  Nice to see our pal TRIPE raise its (his?) "gusty" head again! :-) And I find PAST(A) always helps. Thanks for this one, Darth! Fun and not out of my vacation brain range!
                                  • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-22T00:04:30.287Z
                                    I actually had a shout out to Clark E. for that clue, but we removed it since others on Crosshare may not be Muggles. The "gutsy" clue was suggested by DrTom and I really liked it. :D Thanks, whimsy.
                                  • ajk 🤓6:47 · 2024-02-21T20:20:38.339Z
                                    Didn't see it immediately, but after a couple of intervening meetings it struck me right away when I picked it back up. OREO and then ZOOM. HISS was the only one I had a (?) by until assembling the rest. Fun stuff, thanks.
                                    • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-22T00:06:58.958Z
                                      It was a dilemma. How do you clue HIS and HISS at the same time? But it stayed out of necessity. lol Thanks for solving.
                                    • kurtalert 🤓3:19 · 2024-02-21T20:45:04.907Z
                                      Very cleverly done, thanks Darth!
                                      • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-22T00:07:31.670Z
                                        Awesome! Glad you liked it. =)
                                      • Laura M 🤓6:45 · 2024-02-21T22:26:26.463Z
                                        Nice one!
                                        • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-22T00:09:43.020Z
                                          Thanks, Laura.
                                        • HeadinHome 🤓3:38 · 2024-02-21T22:58:38.074Z
                                          I love this one so much I’m sending it to my family meta poo-pooers as a good example of a smooth grid and gettable, clever meta!! Thanks! The themes were so much fun… esp. zoo/zoom, pop/pope!
                                          • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-22T00:08:57.813Z
                                            Awww... so glad you liked it and found it sharable. :)
                                          • KayW 🤓6:17 · 2024-02-22T00:27:48.007Z
                                            Loved this! amazing to me that you found words where the truncations were plausible entries!
                                            • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-22T02:19:47.237Z
                                              Thanks, Kay. I guess it took some lateral thinking to construct. Lol
                                            • Capn Rick 🤓6:04 · 2024-02-22T02:25:09.124Z
                                              Nice one, Darth! Very clever clueing!
                                              • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-22T04:00:57.906Z
                                                Thanks, Cap'n! That means a lot.
                                              • Tyrpmom 3s · 2024-02-22T03:22:36.488Z
                                                Fun
                                                • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-22T16:03:10.102Z
                                                  Thanks for solving. =)
                                                • nate 🤓13:01 · 2024-02-22T05:13:03.485Z
                                                  Super fun, thanks for the puzzle!
                                                  • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-22T16:02:41.099Z
                                                    Thanks for solving, Nate.
                                                  • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓3:41 · 2024-02-22T15:05:50.216Z
                                                    Very fun! ZOO was also my clue in, but no complaints from me — gradually getting more able to tackle the easier metas unassisted, while I still can only gape and marvel at the trickier ones!
                                                    • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-22T16:02:23.814Z
                                                      Awesome! You're doing well! Thanks for solving. ;)
                                                    • Abide 3s · 2024-02-24T15:35:03.601Z
                                                      Great puzzle Darth! My first string of letters had (T)HIS, then HIS(N), and POP(S). But I eventually escaped...
                                                      • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-24T21:57:56.102Z
                                                        Thanks, Peter. Good to know it wasn't super easy. And, yeah, I had thought of THIS as another possessive. My friend from the south calls his dad POPS, too. I originally had HOP and HOPE there, which only seemed to work with "___ in" (Original clue: Respond with eager anticipation)... but I finally decided to rework that whole piece. It was a fun experiment.
                                                      • ReB 3s · 2024-02-25T04:30:40.248Z
                                                        Fun and well-constructed. Started earlier today, solved grid and expected I would have to add letters to outside the puzzle, but then had to put it aside. Just before going to bed, I took another glance, looked at 1A, said to myself that I'd expected the answer would have EDEN rather than "Daniel in the lion's DEN" - checked 66A for symmetry, saw that the more normal answer was ZOOM rather than the humorous ZOO - and it was off to the races. Thanks.
                                                        • Darth costruttore · 2024-02-25T14:16:55.261Z
                                                          Perfect. That was the solution path I was hoping folks would take with it. Glad you escaped the room with time remaining. =)
                                                        1A
                                                        *Setting of a biblical story
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                                                        Orizzontali
                                                        1. 1A
                                                          *Setting of a biblical story
                                                        2. 4A
                                                          Remove identity, as a Facebook photo
                                                        3. 9A
                                                          *Indication of something possessed
                                                        4. 12A
                                                          Morales of "La Bamba" and "Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning"
                                                        5. 14A
                                                          "A Beautiful ___" (Broadway musical on the life of Neil Diamond)
                                                        6. 15A
                                                          Cast a ballot
                                                        7. 16A
                                                          Molecule part
                                                        8. 17A
                                                          "Guardians of the Galaxy" star, son-in-law to Schwarzenegger
                                                        9. 18A
                                                          Opera solo
                                                        10. 19A
                                                          *Item on a worktable
                                                        11. 20A
                                                          Others, in Oaxaca
                                                        12. 21A
                                                          *Rome is known for its glorious ___
                                                        13. 22A
                                                          Southeast Asian hot sauce
                                                        14. 24A
                                                          Astronaut Jemison, the first Black woman in space
                                                        15. 26A
                                                          Self-image
                                                        16. 27A
                                                          Rogue computer of "2001: A Space Odyssey" ("I'm sorry, Dave...")
                                                        17. 28A
                                                          Keep ___ tight leash
                                                        18. 31A
                                                          *Exalt or uplift
                                                        19. 34A
                                                          Soft serve design
                                                        20. 36A
                                                          *Father, to some
                                                        21. 37A
                                                          Diversion from one's work (and a hint to the meta)
                                                        22. 40A
                                                          Finished a course
                                                        23. 41A
                                                          "Get the picture?"
                                                        24. 42A
                                                          Hurts with horns, as an angry bull does
                                                        25. 43A
                                                          ___ de plume
                                                        26. 44A
                                                          Sound of disapproval
                                                        27. 45A
                                                          Start of Iowa's capital
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                                                          Braying beast
                                                        29. 47A
                                                          Purim hero (Esther's cousin and guardian)
                                                        30. 52A
                                                          *Whizzed through
                                                        31. 55A
                                                          Budget-friendly, in brand names
                                                        32. 57A
                                                          *Low-voiced singer
                                                        33. 58A
                                                          PC document
                                                        34. 59A
                                                          Poe's bird
                                                        35. 60A
                                                          Prepare for publication
                                                        36. 61A
                                                          Dough dispensers
                                                        37. 62A
                                                          Gutsy meal?
                                                        38. 63A
                                                          "White Flag" singer (whose name derives from a legendary queen of Carthage)
                                                        39. 64A
                                                          *Early 20th century "classic"
                                                        40. 65A
                                                          Appears to be
                                                        41. 66A
                                                          *Like some online meetings
                                                        Verticali
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                                                          Good buys
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                                                          Spanish "to be" (for location or condition)
                                                        3. 3D
                                                          Tennis player Osaka
                                                        4. 4D
                                                          Reply to "Hablas español?" (when you only know "a little")
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                                                          "___ to the Future" (Alaska motto)
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                                                          Pageant crown
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                                                          Words in a memo ("Regarding...")
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                                                          Spy spoof of 60's TV, featuring a shoe phone and a "cone of silence"
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                                                          Bar mitzvah dance or "60 minutes" in Spain
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                                                          "How Sweet ___ (To Be Loved by You)" (James Taylor hit)
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                                                          Senate position
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                                                          Inspire admiration
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                                                          Puff with a pen
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                                                          Scorners of seniors
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                                                          Claimed, but not proven
                                                        16. 27D
                                                          Subtle suggestion
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                                                          Abbr. on an old phone
                                                        18. 29D
                                                          Carrot for a snowperson
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                                                          Condo units
                                                        20. 31D
                                                          Horse with a speckled coat
                                                        21. 32D
                                                          Prefix with "focus", "pilot", or "biography"
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                                                          Line on an agenda
                                                        23. 34D
                                                          Hunt for, as missing objects
                                                        24. 35D
                                                          Nintendo console (Think outside the Xbox!)
                                                        25. 38D
                                                          Pudding and pie
                                                        26. 39D
                                                          Garden plot to "stop and smell" perhaps
                                                        27. 45D
                                                          Hovercraft and honeybees
                                                        28. 46D
                                                          Citrus drinks
                                                        29. 47D
                                                          Christopher Nolan creation
                                                        30. 48D
                                                          Early afternoon hour
                                                        31. 49D
                                                          Andalusian port from which Columbus sailed (hint: letters in ZODIAC)
                                                        32. 50D
                                                          "Do as I say, not ___"
                                                        33. 51D
                                                          "Life ___ short!"
                                                        34. 52D
                                                          From a distance
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                                                          Give credit to, as a source
                                                        36. 54D
                                                          Muppet who avoids first person pronouns
                                                        37. 56D
                                                          Show concern
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