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· Di benchen71 · Pubblicato 2023-01-17T05:00:24.162Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a musical genre
The path from meta idea to the grid you see before you was not exactly an easy one. Let's just say that it really helps if you spell things correctly in your rough notes! Suffice to say the end result should be a good "week 3" meta. There might be some tricky entries in the grid, but I've endeavoured to provide you with assistance in the other direction. The answer to the meta is a musical genre. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=118391#p118391
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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  • Hector solved 2023-01-17T05:20:23.058Z
  • Laura M solved 2023-01-17T05:56:30.093Z
  • Alex Sisti solved 2023-01-17T06:28:46.989Z
  • markhr solved 2023-01-17T06:31:41.984Z
  • SeamusOL solved 2023-01-17T07:14:02.319Z
  • Mikey G solved 2023-01-17T07:22:04.296Z
  • rjy solved 2023-01-17T07:40:28.763Z
  • Dow Jones solved 2023-01-17T07:45:43.059Z
  • Schmeel solved 2023-01-17T10:03:57.261Z
  • edestlin solved 2023-01-17T12:56:58.417Z
  • Cindy Weatherman solved 2023-01-17T13:21:20.891Z
  • Meg solved 2023-01-17T13:24:21.054Z
  • lbray53 solved 2023-01-17T13:30:41.742Z
  • Abide solved 2023-01-17T13:35:39.480Z
  • BarbaraK solved 2023-01-17T13:44:25.781Z
  • boharr solved 2023-01-17T14:07:08.902Z
  • Cindy Heisler solved 2023-01-17T14:23:08.147Z
  • woozy solved 2023-01-17T15:34:54.711Z
  • MatthewL solved 2023-01-17T15:50:22.746Z
  • Ergcat solved 2023-01-17T16:25:53.246Z
  • Dave C solved 2023-01-17T16:49:27.261Z
  • Tyrpmom solved 2023-01-17T16:54:01.414Z
  • jbird solved 2023-01-17T17:15:42.976Z
  • ChemBrewer solved 2023-01-17T17:46:22.906Z
  • DIS solved 2023-01-17T17:50:13.369Z
  • I K Snamhcok solved 2023-01-17T18:01:21.236Z
  • Carolyn solved 2023-01-17T18:07:33.739Z
  • Gutman solved 2023-01-17T20:03:50.198Z
  • whimsy solved 2023-01-17T21:42:16.300Z
  • ChrisCross solved 2023-01-17T22:36:58.714Z
  • DebbieC solved 2023-01-17T22:58:23.141Z
  • KayW solved 2023-01-17T23:33:41.541Z
  • Jaclyn solved 2023-01-18T00:10:49.610Z
  • CPJohnson solved 2023-01-18T01:21:59.739Z
  • Mr Tex solved 2023-01-18T03:35:14.669Z
  • Darth solved 2023-01-18T03:49:33.699Z
  • dplass solved 2023-01-18T13:32:44.489Z
  • Pair O Ducks solved 2023-01-18T14:31:33.024Z
  • kymike solved 2023-01-18T18:18:42.702Z
  • Johnny Luau solved 2023-01-18T20:44:49.671Z
  • Spid4567 solved 2023-01-18T20:56:33.159Z
  • ajk solved 2023-01-19T23:55:09.704Z
  • Darrell solved 2023-01-20T04:23:01.167Z
  • JHSeeman solved 2023-01-20T16:20:23.319Z
  • ReB solved 2023-01-20T20:32:45.909Z
  • DrTom solved 2023-01-21T21:39:43.882Z
  • Qmark solved 2023-01-22T12:37:32.515Z
  • sledge solved 2023-02-04T23:15:22.384Z
  • Samik solved 2023-03-27T14:32:54.553Z

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  • Laura M 🤓11:24 · 2023-01-17T06:04:31.850Z
    Good one! Also love the books referenced in 60A and 44D.
    • Dow Jones 3s · 2023-01-17T07:50:49.549Z
      Grid was tough, but the meta was solvable.
      • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2023-01-17T14:27:18.063Z
        Very nice meta!
        • woozy 🤓15:40 · 2023-01-17T15:36:49.960Z
          Definitely a clever and original idea!
          But a week two. Very enjoyable. Love the clue for 44D
          • benchen71 costruttore · 2023-01-17T22:08:00.825Z
            I clearly had this and last week's MOATs in the wrong weeks!
          • MatthewL 10:15 · 2023-01-17T15:52:14.877Z
            Tough grid, but gettable. Really liked the metanism (see what I did there). Nice puzzle!
            • benchen71 costruttore · 2023-01-17T22:08:13.297Z
              I see what you did there!
              • KayW 9:38 · 2023-01-20T02:44:32.001Z
                ;)
            • Ergcat 19:42 · 2023-01-17T16:26:58.548Z
              Good one! You were right, the grid was a little tough but the “down” clues helped to fill it in! Thank you for fun solve!
              • Dave C 2s · 2023-01-17T16:49:53.920Z
                It was fun.
                • I K Snamhcok 2s · 2023-01-17T18:07:29.010Z
                  Gneiss! (Sorry, I’m not coming up with an apt portmanteau to describe this ginormously fun puzzle.)
                  • benchen71 costruttore · 2023-01-17T22:08:26.597Z
                    Nice one!
                  • Carolyn 4s · 2023-01-17T18:08:10.463Z
                    Enjoyed it!
                    • whimsy 14:58 · 2023-01-17T21:50:38.250Z
                      Once I ditched the two grid spanners and realized what I was supposed to be looking at....:).... it went much more smoothly.
                      Thanks, Ben! Gwork! (Good work -- but they probably already say that in Aussie; right after they say Gday.)
                      • benchen71 costruttore · 2023-01-18T00:48:15.679Z
                        LOL! Not sure I've heard "gwork", but I'll keep my ears open!
                      • ChrisCross 🤓8:17 · 2023-01-17T22:38:16.527Z
                        Quick one, which is what I was in the mood for after the WSJ and the MMM. Thanks!
                        • ChrisCross 🤓8:17 · 2023-01-17T22:45:09.572Z
                          I should have said: gaymer bromance sexercise backne firenado!
                          (Boy, the list of portmanteaus on wikipedia is raunchy, and I'm not even talking about the ones I used.)
                          • benchen71 costruttore · 2023-01-17T23:27:52.799Z
                            Took me half a minute to decode!
                          • KayW 9:38 · 2023-01-17T23:34:05.869Z
                            Fantabulous!
                            • benchen71 costruttore · 2023-01-18T00:47:22.512Z
                              I see what you did there, too!
                              • KayW 9:38 · 2023-01-20T02:44:55.929Z
                                ;)
                            • woozy 🤓15:40 · 2023-01-18T05:37:13.610Z
                              Reminds me of when my little sister was about 10 years old and somehow we trying to discuss what the word "Sappy" meant and she finally said "Oh, I know. It's a mixture of SAD and HAPPY". And dang if she wasn't right.
                              • dplass 6:38 · 2023-01-18T13:32:59.815Z
                                Nice. I don't quite get FSA
                                • benchen71 costruttore · 2023-01-18T21:30:32.078Z
                                  Full Speed Ahead
                                  • dplass 6:38 · 2023-01-19T00:00:49.997Z
                                    Whoa, that went right over my head.
                                    • benchen71 costruttore · 2023-01-19T01:20:05.090Z
                                      Actually, I mis-remembered. FSA = "Full steam ahead". But I don't think this abbreviation is commonly used.
                                • ReB 5s · 2023-01-20T20:34:48.326Z
                                  I think my brain is mashed up this week. Some weeks are just like that.
                                  • DrTom 4s · 2023-01-21T22:10:15.681Z
                                    Tough grid - I think the DOS or Homeland Security issues visas in the US and I never would (never did) get FSA (assuming Full Speed Ahead) for that clue. I kept putting in ASA and with the DOS I kept wondering why ALLAORST was enthusiasm, I gave up an figured it was an Aussie thing since I had the puzzle solved by then. Fun idea for the meta though, as per usual, and not to overly taxing (though I am lucky I decided to write down the REAL words of the PORTMANTEAUS. Now the real interesting part is the word itself which means "stiff leather trunk or valise". Given that "coat" in French is a manteau and a Porte-manteau is a coat rack, one wonders if portmanteau came about to name somehting one carries one's coats in when travelling? Gotta love language.
                                    • Qmark 4s · 2023-01-22T12:39:03.796Z
                                      Thanks Ben! Let it "simmer" for a few days...when I came back to it, the mechanism appeared. :)
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                                      Orizzontali
                                      1. 1A
                                        Team spirit
                                      2. 7A
                                        Amateur newsletter, the very first of which was for "Star Trek"
                                      3. 14A
                                        Glossy coatings
                                      4. 16A
                                        Word following "Kyrie" in a Mr Mister song
                                      5. 17A
                                        "That's the same as ours!"
                                      6. 19A
                                        Many Buzzfeed posts
                                      7. 20A
                                        With as much speed as possible (abbr.)
                                      8. 21A
                                        Medical drama starring Noah Wyle and Julianna Margulies
                                      9. 22A
                                        Mulder & Scully and Troy & Abed, for example
                                      10. 24A
                                        Rd intersectors
                                      11. 27A
                                        Part of DJIA
                                      12. 29A
                                        Mao ___-tung
                                      13. 30A
                                        "The Phantom Menace", with respect to "A New Hope"
                                      14. 32A
                                        Nickel carbonate
                                      15. 34A
                                        Government office responsible for visas, often (abbr.)
                                      16. 35A
                                        Lyft competitor
                                      17. 36A
                                        Word for words like "Slithy" or "mimsy" which is itself a 36 across (how meta can you get!)
                                      18. 40A
                                        "Tres ___!"
                                      19. 42A
                                        Assistance
                                      20. 43A
                                        Ones in charge (abbr.)
                                      21. 45A
                                        Steal a ride
                                      22. 47A
                                        File extension that hopefully opens in Adobe Reader rather than Microsoft Edge
                                      23. 49A
                                        "Anna and the King" actress, ___ Ling
                                      24. 51A
                                        Printer's measures
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                                        Prefix with -scope, as seen on 21 across
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                                        "I'm a Mac." "And I'm a ___"
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                                        Priest during Samuel's boyhood
                                      28. 56A
                                        Disney computer-animated buddy cop movie starring a rabbit and a fox
                                      29. 60A
                                        Novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett in which Mary Lennox is sent to live at Misselthwaite Manor
                                      30. 64A
                                        Stool, often
                                      31. 65A
                                        Items you might find in an auto repair shop
                                      32. 66A
                                        Mindless followers, in slang
                                      33. 67A
                                        Prefix meaning "stretchy"
                                      Verticali
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                                        Cried like a kitten
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                                        Golf club with a nearly vertical face
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                                        College cheers
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                                        "I ___ my wit's end!"
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                                        Jeans maker, ___ Strauss
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                                        Votes into office
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                                        Service charge
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                                        Enthusiastically supportive
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                                        Oder-___ Line (German-Polish border)
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                                        Virus that can cause microcephaly
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                                        Suffix with expert
                                      12. 12D
                                        "There's ___ in 'team'!"
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                                        Tolkien tree-person
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                                        Figure out
                                      15. 18D
                                        Homer's long-suffering neighbour
                                      16. 23D
                                        "Once ___ a time..."
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                                        Metropolitan locale
                                      18. 25D
                                        Golf ball holder
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                                        Camera type, for short
                                      20. 28D
                                        Windshield cleaners
                                      21. 29D
                                        Rocky hill
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                                        Campus area, for short
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                                        "And" or "or" (abbr.)
                                      24. 34D
                                        Father
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                                        Like military manoeuvers
                                      26. 38D
                                        Film directed by Steven Soderbergh starring Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey, "Magic ___"
                                      27. 39D
                                        Santa's helper
                                      28. 40D
                                        Abbr. used in really old dates
                                      29. 41D
                                        LOTR actor, ___ McKellen
                                      30. 44D
                                        The Luggage in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series is made from ___ pearwood
                                      31. 46D
                                        Classic Keith Green song "___ in the Light"
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                                        Instagram upload
                                      33. 48D
                                        "___ Howser, M.D."
                                      34. 50D
                                        Comeback to a skeptic
                                      35. 53D
                                        Philosopher Lao-___
                                      36. 55D
                                        "Nobl___ oblige" (rich people have to fulfill their social responsibilities)
                                      37. 57D
                                        "That's a ___ order"
                                      38. 58D
                                        Killer whale
                                      39. 59D
                                        Smartphone forerunners
                                      40. 60D
                                        Recipe abbr.
                                      41. 61D
                                        Derisive laugh
                                      42. 62D
                                        Before, poetically
                                      43. 63D
                                        Numbered hwy.
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