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· Di Mikey G · Pubblicato 2024-10-12T17:00:40.876Z

Meta Prompt
[Level 4] The answer to the meta is a well-known musical group.
It's a Level 4, so you know what to do! Nudges are here: https://xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?t=3179
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  • oldjudge solved 2024-10-12T17:02:53.150Z
  • Hector solved 2024-10-12T19:08:26.504Z
  • Meg solved 2024-10-12T19:40:19.464Z
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  • KayW solved 2024-10-13T00:48:52.258Z
  • andeux solved 2024-10-13T01:17:47.378Z
  • whimsy solved 2024-10-13T01:46:05.432Z
  • BrennerTJ solved 2024-10-13T02:48:03.105Z
  • HeadinHome solved 2024-10-13T11:33:13.685Z
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  • Abide solved 2024-10-13T21:13:33.211Z
  • Steve M solved 2024-10-13T22:16:41.477Z
  • Berto solved 2024-10-13T22:43:10.955Z
  • Pair O Ducks solved 2024-10-13T23:02:43.401Z
  • Darth solved 2024-10-13T23:38:57.120Z
  • MatthewL solved 2024-10-14T02:35:19.721Z
  • Tom Wilson solved 2024-10-14T09:19:48.506Z
  • hoover solved 2024-10-14T19:44:55.699Z
  • Danny K Bernstein solved 2024-10-14T21:50:39.926Z
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  • Hector 6:56 · 2024-10-12T19:08:41.379Z
    Very fun; thank you!
    • boharr 3s · 2024-10-12T21:03:06.287Z
      My WAG was right! Now looking for confirmations. Thanks.
      • KayW 🤓7:03 · 2024-10-13T01:34:16.306Z
        VERY creative implementation of the puzzle number this week - loved it! Thanks, Mikey!
        • HeadinHome 🤓5:59 · 2024-10-13T11:38:39.318Z
          Omg that took me too long to figure out! I got stuck on initials because of 21D, and TPE actually googled as a thing. Then, the first letter of the CLUES of 6-9-12 are C-B-D… Charlie Daniel’s Band! Then I looked up what happened musically on 6/9/2012 (nada) .. though if there were a band called Arab Spring that would be cool. (A famous one. I’m sure somewhere there’s a garage band called that. Or should be.) Trio Pup Eve. Brilliant. 😊
          • hoover 2s · 2024-10-14T19:47:13.420Z
            Oh... when I googled 6.9.12, I found that Dave Matthews Band had a concert that date that was mentioned on multiple websites. :/
          • whimsy 🤓13:33 · 2024-10-13T01:52:38.225Z
            Had TRIO, got to PUP, and GAHHH!!! That sure was something. I did need my attention called to the acronyms. Originally, I was trying for something binary-related because of the BITS and pieces and all the ones. Maybe there still is some connection -- I haven't figured out how the title plays into things yet.
            • Mikey G costruttore · 2024-10-12T17:00:40.876Z
              Answer: THREE DOG NIGHT
              Explanation: Per the title, there are 13 three-letter "1-1-1" entries - or, basically, acronyms; all were signaled with another three-letter acronym or abbreviation, the only ones of which appear in the clues. In initial letter order by grid: SSN, IBM, XFL, NBA, ISP, NSA, EPA, TMI, WWW, ELO, LOL, VIP, EDT. These give us SIX NINE TWELVE - but what could that mean?
              It's a riff on a standard "go to that square" mechanism, yet TPE doesn't give us much...but take a look at the full entries at the only 6-, 9-, and 12-positioned entries: TRIO PUP EVE. All of them are clued in a way to signal there might be a synonym (albeit not in the grid) that could also replace it. Three is a crowd, pups are dogs, and a night is also a dark time indeed! Put them together to get THREE DOG NIGHT, the answer to the meta!
              Bonus tie-ins: Three Dog Night had a hit with Harry Nilsson's "One" (and a lot of other covers also!), and three ones is, well, three! Three Dog Night was initially a trio also, making the name at once apropos. And, of course, note JOY across the center, signaling their classic (and another cover) "Joy to the World." I hope this puzzle brought you some joy also!
              • Carolyn 3s · 2024-10-13T17:01:57.921Z
                That was very clever! I did need that 21D hint to get there.
                • Abide 3s · 2024-10-13T21:16:43.428Z
                  My favorite song by Trio Pup Eve is “Manning’s on the Way”.
                  • whimsy 🤓13:33 · 2024-10-14T01:09:44.978Z
                    😍
                    • Mikey G costruttore · 2024-10-14T03:45:20.130Z
                      "My Mother Asserted That I Should Refuse to Make an Appearance" is mine!
                      • Abide 3s · 2024-10-15T04:17:16.118Z
                        Checkmate
                    • Steve M 27:48 · 2024-10-13T21:34:34.819Z
                      Well, didn’t get it from the intended mechanism. TRIO gave me the “three”, or three group members, and JOY made me think of “Joy to the World”, so the logical guess was Three Dog Night! The intended meta mechanism would have been hard for me to spot! Still, a fun puzzle. Always enjoy the Pun of a Kind puzzles. Thanks!
                      • Pair O Ducks 🤓7:19 · 2024-10-13T23:08:12.512Z
                        Found the numbers quickly enough, but needed a nudge to go back and look at those entries again... I'd already moved on to increasingly obscure rabbit holes when they didn't give me anything I recognized. I knew JOY was probably important, so given the constructor's notable penchant for math, my WAG was Joy Division.
                        • MatthewL 🤓18:25 · 2024-10-14T02:38:31.296Z
                          Okay -- total WAG. The title, plus JOY, just sort of made me think of it. Would never, I mean never, have grokked the actual metanism. Thanks for the puzzle, Mikey!
                          • Darth 🤓16:13 · 2024-10-13T23:53:57.420Z
                            Lol. I had a wild hunch to start based on the puz title... but then the metanism led me to TPE, which is "The Philadelphia Experiment" of course! :D TPE is not "well known" nor technically a "group" since Adam Marano worked alone on the project. haha
                            • hoover 2s · 2024-10-14T19:50:10.716Z
                              I didn't check the checkbox because I got dragged across the finish line. I wasn't able to make anything out of:
                              • Googling six nine twelve yields lots of pages about dominoes. There was a well-known group Dominos.
                              • FIL or F. I. L. (the 6th, 9th, 12th letters of the alphabet) + musical group
                              • TPE or T. P. E. (first letters of words at those positions) + musical group
                              • Googling 6.9.12 yielded Dave Matthews Band who played somewhere on that date and got mentioned on lots of websites
                              • Mikey G costruttore · 2024-10-15T02:18:29.091Z
                                Sorry! I was indeed kind of riffing on the "letter in the square" and instead going for the whole entry this time around. Wonder if there was a way to indicate I was going for the whole entry. "Ants Marching" will now be in my head, though!
                              • BarbaraK 2s · 2024-10-16T05:37:20.825Z
                                But.. what about the (4) in the clue for 13-across?? I was sure that meant that was the fourth theme entry and I needed to figure out why and find the other three.
                                When the first set of nudges got me to TPE which Google said is a thing but didn’t work, I realized I still hadn’t done anything with EBRO and tried to pull it in somehow.
                                Anyway, another look just now got me the 🤦aha. I definitely know the band so should have seen that in my notes way sooner
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                                IRS info
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                                Orizzontali
                                1. 1A
                                  IRS info
                                2. 4A
                                  Partner of pieces
                                3. 8A
                                  Top (I had a pun about this word, but I'd peak with it)
                                4. 12A
                                  Dark time
                                5. 13A
                                  River that's a confused bore (4)
                                6. 14A
                                  Cry from a beachgoer-turned landscaper: "___'s up!"
                                7. 15A
                                  Y is mine, briefly
                                8. 16A
                                  Stewart who sang the 1979 version of "Knock on Wood" and whose name ends with two of the same letter
                                9. 17A
                                  Iridescent gem ("I can't find mine!" "___ yourself together!")
                                10. 18A
                                  ___ a million (odds I'll write a crossword without puns)
                                11. 20A
                                  Ken or Lena
                                12. 22A
                                  Jazz org.
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                                  Paper clip alternative (how fasten-ating!)
                                14. 28A
                                  Aspirant
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                                  I can't eat blackthorn fruits before a race - it ___ me down
                                16. 33A
                                  Verb often abbreviated to its only consonant in textspeak
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                                  Worms I might actually eat
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                                  AOL, for one
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                                  Chillax
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                                  Amy Poehler voiced her in "Inside Out"
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                                  Code-cracking org.
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                                  Energy Star org.
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                                  Newsreel pioneer Charles (and good surname for a hiker!)
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                                  Sum of the first two odd perfect squares
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                                  If the mother hen wants her eggs to incubate more quickly, she'll ___ a plan! (This pun can fly the coop)
                                26. 46A
                                  Body of water between Japan and South Korea
                                27. 48A
                                  "Oooh! Eureka!"
                                28. 50A
                                  ___ Lake (Ann Patchett novel)
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                                  After eating all these purple fruits, I'm ___ tuckered out!
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                                  What I shed when I saw the beautiful wedding cake
                                31. 57A
                                  "This meta is so much fun!"
                                32. 60A
                                  Fish story (that might be a reel whopper)
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                                  CEO, for one
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                                  Use an acetylene torch
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                                  "Does that air freshener work?" "No, it's out of ___"
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                                  Garten who released "Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir" in 2024
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                                  "Now hold on a second!"
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                                  Bank
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                                  Boston summer hrs.
                                Verticali
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                                  Utah lily ("Leggo my ___!")
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                                  "Frozen" reindeer
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                                  Fictional musical about one woman's trip to Hawaii: "___, Nanette!"
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                                  Squishy seat
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                                  "Big Blue" com.
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                                  Crowd, perhaps
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                                  Agronomists' supplies
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                                  Like Mikey G's singing
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                                  Boxer, perhaps
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                                  Good Feelings, for one
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                                  Short-lived sports org.
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                                  Bellhops are part of the ___ crowd
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                                  Minute, like acronyms and abbreviations
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                                  Nigeria's capital since 1991
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                                  Brownie ___ (what I score in baking class...when I buy the brownies first)
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                                  Tenant
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                                  Spain, in Spain
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                                  Greet from a distance, perhaps
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                                  ___ rellenas (Colombian treats)
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                                  Countermand
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                                  Chew the scenery
                                22. 35D
                                  "...or I'll eat ___!"
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                                  Animal that works one day a year (February 2, specifically)
                                24. 42D
                                  Abstruse stuff
                                25. 45D
                                  Former San Francisco Giant Orlando
                                26. 47D
                                  "I know you're my BFF, but wow, didn't need to know that..."
                                27. 49D
                                  House of ___ (fictional name of my royal realm, based on my profession)
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                                  Great way to have it
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                                  Sands of the '60s
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                                  "You're eating the whole watermelon?" "Hey, ___ your own business!"
                                31. 56D
                                  Squabble
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                                  URL component
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                                  "Real funny"
                                34. 59D
                                  "Don't Bring Me Down" grp. (but not the answer to the meta!)
                                35. 61D
                                  "IMO that's hilarious!!"
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