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Stock Reduction (Meta)

· Di benchen71 · Pubblicato 2024-08-06T06:00:03.272Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a 4-letter word
I have worked retail in the past. In fact, my first job was as a summer casual in the local Kmart department store. They put me in the toiletries and makeup section, because, as a male, I would be less likely to want to steal the stock! This puzzle is a tribute to anyone who has ever used a pricing gun. The answer to the meta is a 4-letter word. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=175432#p175432
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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  • Carolyn 3s · 2024-08-06T06:25:10.919Z
    Late night treat here on the West Coast!
    • benchen71 costruttore · 2024-08-06T10:22:00.461Z
      Nice straight-forward "week 1" puzzle! :-)
    • hoover 5s · 2024-08-06T12:32:03.141Z
      I started it last night on the middle coast, but I was so tired I fell asleep before I could finish. The meta was the word that popped into my head when I read the intro. Blue light special on aisle 71!
      • Darth 15:04 · 2024-08-06T12:36:13.969Z
        I followed the directive, but it took me a minute to realize I didn't need to find alternate answers for the resulting words. Thanks, Ben.
        • benchen71 costruttore · 2024-08-06T22:40:58.383Z
          Me, too, when I looked the puzzle over before publishing!
          • Mikey G 🤓4:37 · 2024-08-12T05:41:49.203Z
            Same here!
          • Capn Rick 🤓6:38 · 2024-08-06T13:12:02.784Z
            Nice Level 1 meta, Ben! Want to do one for SSS sometime? 😄
            • benchen71 costruttore · 2024-08-06T22:39:34.121Z
              I need all the level 1's I can think of for MOAT! ;-)
            • Cindy Heisler 1s · 2024-08-06T13:20:24.047Z
              That was quick and fun. Thanks, Ben.
              • MatthewL 🤓7:18 · 2024-08-06T14:04:04.539Z
                For once, I didn't overcomplicate it and just kept it simple. Nice when that works out. Thanks for the puzzle, Ben!
                • HeadinHome 🤓1:38 · 2024-08-06T14:10:45.994Z
                  Straightforward, and a clean, no-google grid! Thanks! I spent a bit of time looking for alternate clues for Stance, Arrow, Lower, and Ethane… until I spotted the obvious. ( :
                  • woozy 19:24 · 2024-08-06T16:42:08.980Z
                    I almost tried to look for alternate clues but I thought "Sure, I could have missed one or two, but all of them?"
                    • benchen71 costruttore · 2024-08-06T22:40:19.210Z
                      You'll laugh, but when I looked over this puzzle before publishing I also started looking for alternate clues! :D
                    • ajk 5:50 · 2024-08-06T14:26:48.872Z
                      Nice week 1. Had to guess at the 51A/46D crossing, but guessed right. Fun one, thanks. :)
                      • woozy 19:24 · 2024-08-06T16:39:52.991Z
                        Had to work every step of the way.
                        None of the steps were hard but I had to work each and every one.
                        Good puzzle! Very satifying.
                        • Sharkicicles 1s · 2024-08-06T17:57:38.152Z
                          Nice and smooth. Thanks!
                          • anopheles 🤓4:55 · 2024-08-06T19:29:48.045Z
                            Forgot to time my meta solve, but I can't imagine it took more than 2 minutes - sometimes simplicity is itself a misdirect, so nice one there.
                            • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓2:48 · 2024-08-06T23:51:13.602Z
                              Yay, I got a meta!
                              • Dave C 2s · 2024-08-07T00:36:02.665Z
                                Nice to have a week 1...
                                • Qmark 3s · 2024-08-07T13:43:31.370Z
                                  Nice one...thanks Ben!
                                  • Marie 🤓3:20 · 2024-08-07T15:43:19.166Z
                                    First one of your metas I've actually figured out on my own! :-) Thanks for the challenges!
                                    • Tyrpmom 1s · 2024-08-07T21:23:58.772Z
                                      Riddle-me-ree is new to me.
                                      • benchen71 costruttore · 2024-08-07T23:43:02.554Z
                                        Riddle-me, riddle-me, riddle-me-ree, Answer my riddle or pay me a fee!
                                      • Abide 🤓8:28 · 2024-08-09T02:29:07.245Z
                                        Couldn't find the alternate enries and went to read the nudges. No help there so I started to PM for a nudge. Once I spelled them out I saw it -lol.
                                        • benchen71 costruttore · 2024-08-09T03:56:20.940Z
                                          You'll laugh, but when I looked over this puzzle before publishing I also started looking for alternate clues! :D
                                        • DrTom 3s · 2024-08-11T03:39:38.331Z
                                          Novel and of course fun. Caught on pretty quickly but as always finished the grid first just because I like to read the clues!
                                          Thanks Ben
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                                            ___ one's time (waited)
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                                            Include discreetly in an email, for short
                                          3. 9A
                                            Civil rights activist Medgar ___
                                          4. 14A
                                            "Likewise"
                                          5. 15A
                                            Siegfried's partner
                                          6. 16A
                                            Studio Ghibli film about a goldfish who wants to be human
                                          7. 17A
                                            Skylit courtyards
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                                            Leb. neighbour
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                                            Like days of yore
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                                            Difficult type of relationship to maintain, apparently
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                                            Stimpy's partner
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                                            Japanese musical drama
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                                            From Jan. 1 till now
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                                            Transplanted material in a treatment for leukemia
                                          15. 33A
                                            "Desperate Housewives" actress, ___ Hatcher
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                                            "___ Beso" (Paul Anka song)
                                          17. 35A
                                            Little bit of French?
                                          18. 36A
                                            "___ by land..."
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                                            How to get rid of some of your stock: take ___
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                                            Bolivian city about halfway between La Paz and Sucre
                                          21. 43A
                                            "___ Wiedersehen!"
                                          22. 44A
                                            Bullfight cheer
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                                            Get out of bed
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                                            "The Perks of Being a ___" (Emma Watson movie)
                                          25. 50A
                                            Letter that starts "start"
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                                            Gheorghe Zamfir's pipe?
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                                            Bond's creator ___ Fleming
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                                            Memory foam is made of viscoelastic ___ foam
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                                            Art student's prop
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                                            Med. insurance plan
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                                            Time off, informally
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                                            Unable to move
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                                            Toronto's province (abbr.)
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                                            Really silly
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                                            "Klara and the Sun" director ___ Waititi
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                                            Tribulation
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                                            Parting word in Spain
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                                            Deity mocked by Elijah in 1 Kings 18
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                                            Colon, in analogies
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                                            "Drat!"
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                                            Asylum seeker, maybe
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                                            Ornamental headband worn by monarchs
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                                            Rite performed by a mohel
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                                            Price to pay
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                                            Steve Martin's "Roxanne" character Charlie is based on him
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                                            Geological period
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                                            Field mouse
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                                            "The ___ is nigh!"
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                                            Bread in a Reuben
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                                            Boy child
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                                            Kind of purchase for some freemium games
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                                            This instant
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                                            "That reeaally hurts!"
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                                            Insignificant matter
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                                            Disagree
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                                            Earlier
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                                            Egyptian god of the underworld
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                                            Hassle-free
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                                            Riddle-me-___
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                                            Out in the country
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                                            Wile E. Coyote purchase
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                                            Light-switch position
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                                            "Uno, due, ___"
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                                            "__, Adrian, I did it!" (iconic line from "Rocky 2")
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                                            ___-de-sac
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                                            "Poor Winston's idea of foreplay was, 'Brace yourself, ___!'" (iconic line from "Mrs. Doubtfire")
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                                            The Dog's owner in "Footrot Flats"
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                                            "Be that as it may..."
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                                            Belarus neighbour
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                                            In attendance
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                                            Weird Al medley style
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                                            Finch portrayer
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                                            "Er, don't think so"
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                                            Memorisation method
                                          38. 56D
                                            Euterpe oleracea (___ palm)
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                                            Metric prefix meaning 10 to the power of -9
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                                            Needle apertures
                                          41. 59D
                                            Approx.
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                                            One ___ time (individually)
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                                            ___ generis (unique)
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