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Don't Get Fancy With Me

· Di DrTom · Pubblicato 2024-10-02T11:30:55.770Z

Meta Prompt
What you also don't want people to get with you
Man when they say "It takes a village" they MUST be talking about creating Metas. I started this one as an idea hit me one day MANY months ago and finally got it finished and clued. I sent it out for testing and it needed work, so I polished it and sent it back and it still needed work. Even when most all my testers said, "it should work" there were still those who said, "yes but..." and thank you to them. Lots of eyes have already seen this one: Cinny, whimsy, edestlin and schmidzy. I could never have gotten this whipped into shape without them but schmidzy was particularly unrelenting in wanting me to put out the best product possible. So, this should be pretty honed, and if it is not, then it is no fault of theirs.
The meta answer is what you also don't want people to get with you. I would say this is a good solid Persian:
Kitten
Calico
֎PERSIAN
Puma
Lion
Though obviously your mileage may differ.
Nudges will be Friday unless there seems to be a lot of people in the dark.

NUDGES:
Nudge 1] Most people do exactly what I tell them not to do, that would be a good idea with this meta’s title
Nudge 2] Usually “fancying” things up muddies their true intent, but not with this puzzle
Nudge 3] Symmetry, symmetry, symmetry
Nudge 4] Sometimes it may be helpful to think more like a Brit when you are being fancy
Nudge 5] That is particularly true when you are thinking about 49A. What is another name for a masquerade ball in Manchester (the British one, not the New Hampshire one)
Last Minute Nudge] Just to make sure that I got my point across I started and ended with a theme answer!

REVEAL:
There were five words in the grid that you could add "FANCY" to and get a different meaning of the word:
1A FANCY Dress = COSTUME
15A FANCY That = REALLY
38A FANCY Car = ULTIMA
63A FANCY Free = DISTANT
67A FANCY Pants = ELITE
The first letter of those alternates words, in the order of the original words, spells CRUDE, the meta answer.
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  • Darth solved 2024-10-02T05:17:58.705Z
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  • Berto solved 2024-10-02T11:11:08.897Z
  • Cindy Heisler solved 2024-10-02T13:30:48.634Z
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  • Darth 🤓13:36 · 2024-10-02T11:30:55.770Z
    Nice one, DrT! I caught what was going on, but I wasn't confident which were the corresponding answers... the middle one was the most obvious, but I had to Google a few expressions and then a bit of back solving to find them all.
    • hoover 3s · 2024-10-02T17:46:09.678Z
      For the middle one, did you go with the 53A entry or the 17A clue? If we're finding clues that match, 53A doesn't fit, and 17A sorta does (it's fancier than a Civic, anyway).
      • Darth 🤓13:36 · 2024-10-04T00:24:45.443Z
        Well, 53A jumped out as a supercar. I looked up the fancy phrases (as they are familiar to my ear but not in my normal usage) to see if I could find synonyms. I had already assumed COSTUME fit into it and found DISTANT... so with symmetry came up with CRUD... I then assumed E is from ELITE? Maybe I'm wrong.
    • Berto 1s · 2024-10-02T11:30:55.770Z
      I fancy being a Brit gave me a slight edge on this one, for once! Fun one DrT!
      • Cindy Heisler 4s · 2024-10-02T13:33:01.947Z
        With my memory, it is always a challenge to see if I can solve one that I have already tested. This was fun even the second time around. Thanks, Dr Tom.
        • LarsCaine 🤓16:40 · 2024-10-02T13:56:05.201Z
          Awesome! Thanks, Doc!
          • woozy 🤓14:29 · 2024-10-02T14:52:43.396Z
            Cute. Just the right hint.
            But what is the D?
            • DIS 🤓7:32 · 2024-10-02T17:01:48.737Z
              DISTANT
              • DrTom costruttore · 2024-10-02T16:28:53.532Z
                FANCY FREE = 28A Detached and uncaring DISTANT
                • hoover 3s · 2024-10-02T17:43:54.305Z
                  I used DISTANT
                • boharr 3s · 2024-10-02T15:19:22.963Z
                  Nifty!
                  • Bird Lives 3s · 2024-10-02T16:13:11.576Z
                    There has a to be a crude joke here about striking someone's fancy, but I can't quite come up with it. Nice puzzle.
                    • DrTom costruttore · 2024-10-03T05:00:00.039Z
                      I can think of some, I just won't put them here....
                    • markhr 🤓4:30 · 2024-10-02T16:25:54.689Z
                      I'll try not to get smart with you either. Fun puzzle.
                      • Steve M 34:13 · 2024-10-02T17:09:43.742Z
                        I liked it! Thanks!
                        • kurtalert 🤓6:36 · 2024-10-02T17:50:14.857Z
                          Damn - got stumped for quite a while on FANCY THAT - I saw it defined as "hard to imagine" and I connected that to "As if" which is clued as "Unlikely!" - which is the same thing as Hard to Imagine. So I was at CAUDE, which had me convinced that there was a next step beyond... doh!
                          • KayW 🤓7:54 · 2024-10-02T22:25:52.720Z
                            Well lah di dah! This truly was a flight of fancy. Nice one, Tom - thanks!
                            • Tyrpmom 2s · 2024-10-03T00:03:41.613Z
                              Baby bear meta. Just right.
                              • Dave C 4s · 2024-10-03T12:44:25.759Z
                                It took a while and then Mr. Google to realize the connection between "fancy dress" and Manchester. Good one.
                                • DrTom costruttore · 2024-10-04T23:03:51.467Z
                                  Yes, anyone with any Brit connection got that Fancy Dress means costume, not really gowns and tuxedos. Having an English background and living htere for a few years helped me in designing the puzzle. Glad Mr. G finally saw his was behind the mask.
                                • HeadinHome 🤓1:37 · 2024-10-03T13:43:16.169Z
                                  Hit it on the 4th try… first tried CUTE (had just the C and E at that point). No go. Then tried SMART (don’t get smart with me) just as a WAG. Then tried RUDE because I had figured out Ultima for “fancy car”, and had spotted FREE (“fancy free”) which the clue for DISTANT matched… so now I had ?UDE (CUDE not being a word so figured I must be wrong about the C). When RUDE was rejected I tried CRUDE just for fun, and when that worked I finally back solved for the R at “fancy that”. This puzzle really is cleaner than I made it… maybe my problem was I was looking only at the obvious spots for too long (first, center, and last entries), not in the rest of the fill. I also overthought the title for a long time, thinking we would be looking for NON-fancy versions of the fancy things since it says DON’T get fancy … found “A Line” in the clue for 38D (“try out a line”) and thought a simple dress might be an A-line dress?? So what’s a very simple car? Simple pants? So spent a long time looking for other things in the clues (cart? jeans?) in the clues.
                                  • DrTom costruttore · 2024-10-04T23:02:04.782Z
                                    Well I am glad you kept at it, and that you enjoyed it.
                                  • ajk 🤓30:20 · 2024-10-04T23:01:35.904Z
                                    Very late to the puzzle, but saw the method instantly upon completion (the DRESS clue obv stood out from the start, even without the PANTS one). From there it was just hunting for the other FANCY x entries. Found CAR and then eventually THAT/FREE. Took a few beats to match those last two to the alts (when I had C-U-E I was thinking it might be CUTE for a bit, but the symmetry would have been ruined). Eventually got there. About 15-20 min all in, including the grid. Fun one, thanks. :)
                                    • DrTom costruttore · 2024-10-05T05:06:56.413Z
                                      I had hoped by starting with a themer that I would get everyone on the right path, and by ending with one, well that was just icing. Thanks for solving Alan.
                                    • DCBilly 3s · 2024-10-06T22:02:56.402Z
                                      Pip pip cheerio old chap
                                      • DrTom costruttore · 2024-10-07T14:31:52.550Z
                                        As the Brits would say "good effort!"
                                      • Jessica 16:38 · 2024-10-17T20:46:13.823Z
                                        Great puzzle. Thanks for the nudges and reveal. I liked 10a, 38D, 56D, 43D, 38A.
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                                        Woman's attire that can be simple or elaborate
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                                        Orizzontali
                                        1. 1A
                                          Woman's attire that can be simple or elaborate
                                        2. 6A
                                          Fitness centers
                                        3. 10A
                                          Lonely soul prior to an important Eve
                                        4. 14A
                                          Kindled anew
                                        5. 15A
                                          Well, it's not this
                                        6. 16A
                                          Big name in pineapples and politics
                                        7. 17A
                                          Accord
                                        8. 18A
                                          Dry run
                                        9. 20A
                                          "Welcome" site
                                        10. 21A
                                          Keep someone in stitches
                                        11. 22A
                                          Baptism official
                                        12. 23A
                                          Winter wonderland transports
                                        13. 26A
                                          "Unlikely!"
                                        14. 27A
                                          Grasslands
                                        15. 28A
                                          Detached and uncaring
                                        16. 32A
                                          Oh ___ (hard to believe)
                                        17. 35A
                                          French door part
                                        18. 36A
                                          "Dear" one
                                        19. 37A
                                          Not belonging to them
                                        20. 38A
                                          Ingredient in a jam
                                        21. 39A
                                          Monopoly advancers
                                        22. 40A
                                          Middle-earth meanie
                                        23. 41A
                                          Bleats
                                        24. 43A
                                          Underhanded
                                        25. 45A
                                          "Pictures" of leaves on slate
                                        26. 47A
                                          Sometime today, say
                                        27. 48A
                                          Certain apartment
                                        28. 49A
                                          What one might wear to a masquerade in Manchester
                                        29. 53A
                                          Lemans inspired $100K British supercar that comes in a kit, ___ Evolution
                                        30. 56A
                                          Semi-colon?
                                        31. 57A
                                          1773 jetsam
                                        32. 58A
                                          China
                                        33. 60A
                                          Cowboys' pokers
                                        34. 62A
                                          Double-reeded instrument
                                        35. 63A
                                          Not tied down...or in a bag
                                        36. 64A
                                          A la King
                                        37. 65A
                                          Catches
                                        38. 66A
                                          Quantities: Abbr.
                                        39. 67A
                                          Man's attire which can also be simple or elaborate
                                        Verticali
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                                          Bongos, e.g.
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                                          Kidney-related
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                                          Pretentious and upper crust
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                                          Be in session
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                                          Babe's home
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                                          Emphasize
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                                          "That was a close one!"
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                                          "I see!"
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                                          Becomes involved
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                                          Wandering at sea (now there's a feeling I'm associated with)
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                                          Teaspoonful, maybe
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                                          "Ah, me!"
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                                          Change states, in a way
                                        14. 19D
                                          Come to mind
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                                          One-horse open carriage
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                                          Misfortunes
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                                          Come together
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                                          Jewish month
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                                          Highly populated area
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                                          Shaving mishap
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                                          Deuce topper
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                                          Chimney spot
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                                          Milan money
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                                          Parentheses, e.g.
                                        25. 35D
                                          ___ de deux
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                                          Try out a line
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                                          Mar, in a way
                                        28. 41D
                                          Ecological community
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                                          Cattle feed
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                                          Bad flue symptom?
                                        31. 44D
                                          Discouraging words
                                        32. 46D
                                          Cuts the cake
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                                          Clotted cream base
                                        34. 50D
                                          180, so to speak
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                                          Excellence
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                                          Facilitates
                                        37. 53D
                                          Seated on
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                                          Brain area
                                        39. 55D
                                          Bring (out)
                                        40. 56D
                                          Losing proposition?
                                        41. 59D
                                          Upper half of the price for something really expensive
                                        42. 60D
                                          Mo. to celebrate hard work
                                        43. 61D
                                          Princess annoyer
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