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Job 1:21b (Meta)

· Di benchen71 · Pubblicato 2024-07-23T06:00:23.456Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a 6-letter word
In the lead up to this puzzle going live I discovered that I hadn't written any introduction! So now I have to try and remember how this puzzle came into being more than 12 months down the track. And I have to confess that I can't precisely recollect! However, I have a sneaking suspicion that it happened one Sunday at church as we were singing a song by Matt Redman. And then working out the puzzle mechanics just might have distracted me from the sermon! The answer to the meta is a 6-letter word. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=174080#p174080
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  • Berto 1s · 2024-07-23T11:32:51.230Z
    I had the giving part sussed, I guess it took me a bit longer to take! At least I resisted the temptation to submit FYLEAT… fun one, thanks Ben!
    • kymike 5s · 2024-07-23T13:12:40.911Z
      Like most of Ben's metas. I will give it a chance. It may take a while to figure it out, though. However, this one was smooth sailing. Thanks Ben!
      • whimsy 🤓10:07 · 2024-07-23T13:20:49.645Z
        Wonderful, not quite expected next step! Liked this a lot! Thanks, Ben!
        • imontoo 3s · 2024-07-23T14:05:31.148Z
          Enjoyed it, Ben! 64A made me chuckle. 😄
          • MatthewL 🤓6:53 · 2024-07-23T14:08:49.211Z
            Took a minute, but then realized I had to take as well. Darn near submitted FEALTY, which can be anagrammed from FYLEAT, and seemed appropriate for the story of Job, but then thought the better of it. Thanks for the puzzle, Ben!
            • woozy 🤓12:54 · 2024-07-23T15:44:24.292Z
              FATELY is not all that off either. But TEA FLY or EAT FLY might be a stretch.
            • Bird Lives 3s · 2024-07-23T15:19:11.860Z
              Nice mechanism. I liked finding the final step.
              • woozy 🤓12:54 · 2024-07-23T15:43:25.934Z
                Oh my gosh... that second step was a doozy!
                • woozy 🤓12:54 · 2024-07-23T15:49:05.735Z
                  STY and STYE gave me false hope. But couldn't figure out how that'd work. Tried STY(L)E but that was.. jamming letters in words where they don't fit.
                  Not quit sure when staring at my notes at what point NOV|A appeared as XOV|A but when it did that was it.
                  • Carolyn 2s · 2024-07-23T16:04:11.590Z
                    Very nice! It fit 37A beautifully.
                    • I K Snamhcok 1s · 2024-07-23T15:46:45.812Z
                      I also first submitted FEALTY, but was pretty sure there was more to it. Fun! Thanks, Ben!
                      • Darth 🤓9:55 · 2024-07-23T20:15:28.382Z
                        I guess it all fits together with Matt Redman's song... and the meta answer is... "Blessed be... [of course] the name of the LORD"... Thanks, Ben!
                        • benchen71 costruttore · 2024-07-24T00:04:21.887Z
                          Yes, but that line is in the song because it comes from Job 1:21b which reads, "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised."
                        • Laura M 🤓10:42 · 2024-07-23T22:08:51.237Z
                          Great metanism, loved it! Sadly, I didn't have the same restraint as others and did initially try FEALTY :-)
                          • benchen71 costruttore · 2024-07-24T00:04:37.674Z
                            You were not the only one! ;-)
                          • Tyrpmom 2s · 2024-07-24T03:15:05.677Z
                            Fun stuff.
                            • HeadinHome 🤓1:53 · 2024-07-24T11:12:33.578Z
                              Loved this one! Step one yields FYLEAT which kinda? goes with Job if you anagram (fly eat) and get a mental picture ewwww. But quickly saw there was a step 2 from OVA being what I wanted for 57D during grid fill. Thanks for the puzzle, though now the earworm lingers (that song… it tends to hang out in my head for a while, which I guess is not a bad thing to be hearing all day long!).
                              • DrTom 29:03 · 2024-07-24T14:54:27.446Z
                                OMG ( pun obviously intended) what a super mechanism! I was trying to take the letter from other words. I got a nudge and with the first remembered how odd YELP was when I expected something else.
                                Great puzzle Ben!!
                                • Abide 13:26 · 2024-07-24T21:15:04.245Z
                                  Team FEALTY. But coming back to it an hour later put me in the good graces.
                                  • Dave C 3s · 2024-07-24T22:19:27.344Z
                                    Like Berto, I was trying to figure out what to do with FYLEAT, but then I saw the first letters could be taken away...
                                    • ajk 🤓7:52 · 2024-07-24T23:56:05.935Z
                                      Resisted FEALTY because I knew there had to be a take element. But spent quite a while trying to execute take wrong. 😂
                                      Eventually wandered into this deep rabbit hole: there are 6 across entries that leave new words if you take the first or last letter (yes, I know the adds were all at the end, but go with it): A+WARDS, IRIS+E, S+HONE, THEME+T [ed: was really sure this had to be on purpose 😂], A+GENT, B+GIRL. So now what? Lots of gibberish.
                                      Then I thought, maybe it's one of those pair two letters and find the 3-letter entry with another letter, and lo [heh] it almost works. OFA = FA + O, STY = SY + T, BAN = BA + N, EMT = TE + M, AGE = EA + G, which pulls one from each list of letters per pair. But...it leaves L and T left over, and there are no Ls in the 3-letter entries. 😭😭😭
                                      The good news though is that while staring at SCOW L trying to figure out a way that the L was wrong, I eventually saw COWL, and the light bulb went on. Ironically I was recently working on a not-too-dissimilar mechanism, so I really should have seen this earlier. 😂😂
                                      Great stuff, thanks.
                                      • ELSavage 🤓10:12 · 2024-07-28T01:55:19.107Z
                                        Interestingly, my first thought for 57D was ova (but it obviously didn't fit) and I thought 'hood' was too generic for 13D. As soon as I wrote down the alternate answer for [b(ar]f), I knew the rest and just had to confirm.
                                        • Jessica 10:50 · 2024-08-08T15:47:31.782Z
                                          Good puzzle, thanks. Thank you for explaining the answer.
                                          1A
                                          Audio/video TV cable (abbr.)
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                                          Orizzontali
                                          1. 1A
                                            Audio/video TV cable (abbr.)
                                          2. 5A
                                            Drinking establishment that can make you hurl?
                                          3. 8A
                                            Abbr. for twentieths of an inch point (but drop "inch" because I said so)
                                          4. 12A
                                            Coffee containing just a splash of 21 across
                                          5. 14A
                                            "Son ___ gun!"
                                          6. 15A
                                            "The house that Jack ___"
                                          7. 16A
                                            Disease referenced in Alan Marshall's novel "I Can Jump Puddles"
                                          8. 17A
                                            Ultimate month (abbr.)
                                          9. 18A
                                            Long-form writing piece
                                          10. 19A
                                            ___ Pete Maravich
                                          11. 21A
                                            Alcoholic beverage that can be aged in barrels
                                          12. 23A
                                            Josh Gad's wife ___ Darvish
                                          13. 24A
                                            Spanish day that's an anagram of 23 across
                                          14. 26A
                                            CPR expert
                                          15. 27A
                                            Number represented by candles on a cake
                                          16. 29A
                                            Sixth sense (for short) that can help you see things far off?
                                          17. 30A
                                            I've got a nit to pick from you!
                                          18. 32A
                                            Cargo-carrying sailing barge that can make you frown?
                                          19. 33A
                                            "Don't care what they do"
                                          20. 35A
                                            Oscars and Tonys, for two
                                          21. 37A
                                            Present tense versions of the verbs in Job 1:21b that will help you get to the meta answer
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                                            Swerve wildly
                                          23. 41A
                                            Maya Angelou's "And Still ___"
                                          24. 42A
                                            Identical sibling who can wind you up like a piece of string?
                                          25. 43A
                                            Gleamed
                                          26. 45A
                                            Penultimate month (abbr.) that can make you explode like a star?
                                          27. 48A
                                            Dorm supervisors (abbr.)
                                          28. 49A
                                            Figure-skater ___ Midori
                                          29. 50A
                                            "Cat ___ Hot Tin Roof"
                                          30. 52A
                                            Yellowfin tuna
                                          31. 53A
                                            Devices that give you easy access to your car
                                          32. 56A
                                            ___ Gala, fashion's Night of Nights
                                          33. 58A
                                            Her face launched a thousand ships
                                          34. 59A
                                            Messy eater's neckwear
                                          35. 61A
                                            Secret government operative
                                          36. 62A
                                            Biblical version of "So what happened next..."
                                          37. 63A
                                            Paul's cousin on "Mad About You"
                                          38. 64A
                                            Leah, with respect to 7 down, according to Jacob
                                          39. 65A
                                            "Now!"
                                          40. 66A
                                            Number of bowling pins that can keep you dry when camping?
                                          41. 67A
                                            Eyelid annoyance
                                          Verticali
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                                            Flower-power child of the 60's
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                                            "These are not the ___ you are looking for"
                                          3. 3D
                                            "Smoky Mountain Rain" singer Ronnie ___
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                                            "What ___ this time?"
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                                            Physique, slangily
                                          6. 6D
                                            "___ Good Men" (Cruise and Nicholson movie)
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                                            Jacob's second wife
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                                            Walrus tooth
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                                            Smart aleck
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                                            Chagall Guevara song with the lyrics "You command such immense fees from your low friends in high places / If I crawled on both knees would I stay in your good graces?"
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                                            Home for a pig, perhaps
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                                            Part of a monk's habit
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                                            Top of the pile
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                                            Patronises, as a radio station
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                                            Easily irritated or provoked
                                          16. 25D
                                            European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (abbr., but it's probably not what you think!)
                                          17. 28D
                                            Expressions of disgust
                                          18. 31D
                                            Prenatal test, informally
                                          19. 32D
                                            "Oh, for Pete's ___!"
                                          20. 33D
                                            Property claim
                                          21. 34D
                                            Night before
                                          22. 36D
                                            "Able ___ I ere I saw Elba"
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                                            Vivaldi opera based on "The Decameron"
                                          24. 38D
                                            First Bond movie
                                          25. 39D
                                            Midpoint (abbr.)
                                          26. 40D
                                            Rouses from sleep
                                          27. 44D
                                            Generic Tolkien character
                                          28. 45D
                                            First part of a prosperity doctrine mantra
                                          29. 46D
                                            "Gift of the Magi" author
                                          30. 47D
                                            Food, archaically
                                          31. 49D
                                            "Dance as ___ one is watching"
                                          32. 51D
                                            White whale chaser
                                          33. 54D
                                            Dog noise
                                          34. 55D
                                            "Your Majesty"
                                          35. 57D
                                            Female reproductive cells
                                          36. 58D
                                            Long laugh?
                                          37. 60D
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