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Christmas In July (Meta)

· Di benchen71 · Pubblicato 2022-07-19T06:00:42.266Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a seasonal song
It's mid-winter down under, and that means it's time for Christmas in July! You have no idea how strange it is to sing winter-related songs in December when it is 40 degrees in the shade (and that's 40 degrees Celsius, which is 104 degrees Fahrenheit!) So it has become a bit of a thing for Aussies to celebrate Christmas in July, when it's cold, so as to properly enjoy all of the yummy Christmassy food and drink (like hot buttered rum, or mulled wine). So dig in, in order to find the answer to the meta which is a seasonal song. Answer and explanation here: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=100812#p100812
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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  • Laura M 🤓8:57 · 2022-07-19T07:17:24.673Z
    Fun! Merry Christmas!
    • benchen71 costruttore · 2022-07-19T08:33:06.952Z
      Thanks!
    • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-07-19T10:46:01.672Z
      Nice one, Ben. Thanks!
      • madhatter5 3s · 2022-07-19T13:08:08.273Z
        Clever clever!
        • benchen71 costruttore · 2022-07-19T22:51:59.587Z
          :D
        • boharr 7s · 2022-07-19T13:17:27.660Z
          Fun
          • Wendy S HeadinHome 🤓3:39 · 2022-07-19T13:43:55.343Z
            There must be gaping holes in my cultural awareness. I figured this one out without using the phrase at 20A because that one is completely new to me. Its definition says it’s a common internet phrase, so maybe that’s the problem… I just need to spend more time on the internet! ha ha ha (or LOL for the internet crowd). Thanks for the breath of winter air on this sweltering day!
            • woozy 12:26 · 2022-07-19T17:51:34.640Z
              Yoomy both, Younmee both. I got this by the Tyger burning bright in the forests "of the night" (He wanted of the night?) For a little while I thought "but there are only two themers" and "mare night feul"? but I saw the "Fly By" and figured "well nightmare is a word....." and that's enough.
            • I K Snamhcok 1s · 2022-07-19T14:42:51.144Z
              Very nice! Thanks, Ben! Though I can’t even think of Christmas right now. Today, here in Michigan, it’s an almost perfect summer day, doing your puzzle on the back deck.
              • benchen71 costruttore · 2022-07-19T22:54:01.375Z
                This is exactly the problem we have in December. You can't imagine how ridiculous it is to sing "Jingle Bells" when it is boiling hot outside!
              • DIS 🤓6:57 · 2022-07-19T15:14:18.328Z
                Very nice. I didn't even notice the six themers on the top and bottom rows until after I solved it.
                • benchen71 costruttore · 2022-07-19T22:59:01.052Z
                  Yes, you can definitely solve this one using just the three long answers. But those additional six entries are the icing on the cake. Actually, if you convert "1001" from binary you get "9" and there are, in fact, 9 silent nights in the puzzle!
                • Capn Rick 🤓8:16 · 2022-07-19T15:50:30.856Z
                  Good job, Ben! It's nice to think of Christmas during the current heat wave here in the states.
                  • woozy 12:26 · 2022-07-19T17:47:08.680Z
                    Nightmare fuel?
                    • benchen71 costruttore · 2022-07-19T22:55:55.611Z
                      "An image that you just know is going to give you nightmares." Google "nightmare fuel" and then click on the Images tab. Actually, don't.
                    • KayW 8:09 · 2022-07-19T18:51:17.072Z
                      Ho ho ho! Thanks, Ben
                      • ReB 4s · 2022-07-19T21:54:03.851Z
                        Fun puzzle, solving which resulted in a meta trifecta for me today. And so I'll be thinking of you when I have my hot cocoa tonight at the muggles Zoom.
                        • benchen71 costruttore · 2022-07-19T22:56:33.623Z
                          I wish I lived in a more conducive time zone. I would love to get to one of those Zoom meetings!
                        • Bbaack 🤓16:24 · 2022-07-20T01:40:43.023Z
                          Nice one! I needed the 1001 Arabian nights clue for this to finally click for me!
                          • benchen71 costruttore · 2022-07-20T02:37:31.486Z
                            That only made it into the puzzle when "IOOI" showed up in the fill! Glad it helped, though.
                          • DrTom 7s · 2022-07-20T12:35:20.757Z
                            Fun one Ben, I really did try to overthink it. Should have gone with my gut because I thought at first “hmmmm Night came up twice implicitly (or silently?”. I was soooo dense that I did not go back and add it to stand, mare and good-DOH!
                            • benchen71 costruttore · 2022-07-20T22:59:08.077Z
                              That central entry should be "Good Night, and Good Luck.", the 2005 George Clooney film title taken from Edward R. Murrow's broadcast sign-off.
                              • benchen71 costruttore · 2022-07-20T23:00:21.970Z
                                The other two make full entries, too: "Nightmare Fuel" and "One night stand"
                              • dplass 7:22 · 2022-07-20T19:40:48.919Z
                                MARE FUEL really threw me off... as did IOOI, I kept looking for doubled OOs or doubled letters...
                                • Carolyn 3s · 2022-07-24T05:50:38.579Z
                                  Thanks!
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                                  Baseball hat
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                                  1. 1A
                                    Baseball hat
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                                    Card from a black suit
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                                    Key that capitalises
                                  4. 13A
                                    Creme-filled cookie
                                  5. 15A
                                    Old Italian money
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                                    What the Knave of Hearts stole
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                                    Honey brew
                                  8. 18A
                                    ___ Sharif or ___ Epps (depending on your generation, perhaps?)
                                  9. 19A
                                    Foot joint
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                                    Hay, in a stable for female horses
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                                    Insta upload
                                  12. 23A
                                    US communication standard for the deaf
                                  13. 24A
                                    What pop-up blockers attempt to block
                                  14. 25A
                                    Wine that's been turned into something else
                                  15. 29A
                                    One or some of a thing
                                  16. 30A
                                    Spanish aunts
                                  17. 31A
                                    Denzel Washington movie, "The Book of ___"
                                  18. 32A
                                    Let in
                                  19. 35A
                                    ___ hers (matching bathroom basins, for example)
                                  20. 36A
                                    "Come ___" (enter)
                                  21. 37A
                                    Moral plus serendipity
                                  22. 40A
                                    Suffix for emin (as in "Your emin___")
                                  23. 41A
                                    Repetition of a computational procedure, for short
                                  24. 42A
                                    Goes up
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                                    Silencing agreement (abbr.)
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                                    Part of a radio that detects broadcast signals and converts them into audible form (abbr.)
                                  27. 45A
                                    Actor DiCaprio, for short
                                  28. 46A
                                    ___ around the subject (avoids talking about something)
                                  29. 48A
                                    German ice
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                                    Cow sound
                                  31. 52A
                                    Term of endearment
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                                    Single easel
                                  33. 55A
                                    Commenced
                                  34. 58A
                                    Retinal cells
                                  35. 59A
                                    Fictitious 16th century Icelandic alchemist, ___ Saknussemm, who appears in Jules Verne's "Journey to the Centre of the Earth"
                                  36. 60A
                                    Old ___ (previous romantic partner)
                                  37. 61A
                                    Collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic, and a meta hint if you really needed one
                                  38. 62A
                                    Sci. class
                                  39. 63A
                                    What Maverick gets in trouble for in "Top Gun"
                                  40. 64A
                                    Formal 39 down
                                  41. 65A
                                    Big-eyed bird
                                  Verticali
                                  1. 1D
                                    Pause indicator
                                  2. 2D
                                    Regions
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                                    Oyster biproduct
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                                    Animated movie, "___ with a Chance of Meatballs"
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                                    Green citrus fruits
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                                    Russia's ___ Mountains
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                                    Drinking establishment
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                                    Deck treatments
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                                    Curve or arc, especially in architecture or in the design of a ship
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                                    Annoy
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                                    Type of interstellar travel, like a warp drive (abbr.)
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                                    Chinese philosopher Lao-___
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                                    Poetry written in appreciation or reflection
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                                    Orange soft drink
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                                    Instrument with black and white keys
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                                    Part of a 1 across that shades the eyes
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                                    Partner of species in 62 across
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                                    Girl who falls into Wonderland
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                                    Skating locations
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                                    Assistant
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                                    I really wanted to clue this entry by reference to a William Blake poem because of what type of forests are referred to, but the "Y" just didn't fit with anything going across
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                                    Go-between
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                                    American graffiti artist best known for his dynamic lettering and stick figures
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                                    Film technique that Andy Serkis is a master of, for short
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                                    Sets with LCD screens
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                                    Mishmash
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                                    ___ easy (slow and careful)
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                                    Frock
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                                    Actress Mara ___ of Fincher's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
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                                    ___ wait (prepares to ambush)
                                  31. 47D
                                    Hitchhiker's digit
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                                    Provide funding for
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                                    Nintendo's plumber
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                                    Currently playing
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                                    "Island of the Blue Dolphins" author, Scott ___
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                                    Sound that would freak you out if you heard it in a supposed haunted house
                                  37. 54D
                                    Run up a ___ (at a 7 down, perhaps)
                                  38. 55D
                                    Closest pal, in texts
                                  39. 56D
                                    Building addition
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                                    "Don we now our ___ apparel" (from a seasonal song that isn't the meta answer)
                                  41. 58D
                                    Fix, as a fight
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