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Political Fallout (Meta)

◆ · Di Peter Abide and Nancy Salomon · Pubblicato da Abide · Pubblicato 2023-12-17T13:16:39.954Z

Meta Prompt
The meta answer is an African country.
This puzzle, originally published by Games Magazine in March 2001, has been tweaked slightly to make it a meta puzzle. R.I.P. Nancy Salomon, who mentored scores of new constructors back in the day.
Nudges: Metanisms didn't exist in 2001. But the first words of the three themers have a connection
Google those three words as a group
Ok, I'll Google it for you https://tinyurl.com/52rbd3t4
Muggles Forum discussion here: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?t=2583
Controllo se esistono file di gioco salvati...

Classifica (aggiornata ogni ora)

  • Hector solved 2023-12-17T13:25:34.573Z
  • Wendy Walker solved 2023-12-17T14:03:15.880Z
  • Pair O Ducks solved 2023-12-17T14:08:52.020Z
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  • Dave C solved 2023-12-17T15:49:41.744Z
  • hoover solved 2023-12-17T16:09:15.209Z
  • Bird Lives solved 2023-12-17T17:16:22.140Z
  • GR solved 2023-12-17T17:28:35.458Z
  • AaronT solved 2023-12-17T17:35:07.399Z
  • DIS solved 2023-12-17T18:18:28.506Z
  • KayW solved 2023-12-17T18:24:47.079Z
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  • Philip Chow solved 2023-12-17T19:11:26.436Z
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  • Laura M solved 2023-12-17T19:29:15.768Z
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Commenti

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  • Hector 🤓10:05 · 2023-12-17T13:29:34.252Z
    Nice themer with distinctive cluing. Cheers, Ms. Salomon!
    • Wendy Walker 4s · 2023-12-17T14:05:27.974Z
      "Hoffa's body" -- brilliant clue! Thanks for introducing us to this creator, Peter -- wish I had known her.
      • Hector 🤓10:05 · 2023-12-17T14:52:45.650Z
        Awesome, thank you!
        • kurtalert 🤓7:01 · 2023-12-17T15:01:45.953Z
          Heh. I have no idea what the ACTUAL metanism is, but politics + HANGING + African country made me immediately think HANGING CHAD... and sure enough... here we are! Looking forward to learning what I was supposed to figure out! Enjoyed the puzzle.
          • Abide editore · 2023-12-17T16:30:12.063Z
            Metanisms didn’t exist in 2001. Just Google the adjectives as a whole.
            • damefox 🤓5:57 · 2023-12-21T00:41:59.608Z
              Saying the puzzle originally came out in 2001 was also a big hint. Fun puzzle, and great clues!
          • boharr 2s · 2023-12-17T15:09:26.518Z
            Thank you, Peter
            • Dave C 3s · 2023-12-17T15:52:00.803Z
              My comment is exactly what kurtalert said. If there is a metanism, I haven't found it yet.
              • hoover 2s · 2023-12-17T16:11:30.544Z
                Thanks for bringing this one back to life, Peter! I probably still have that issue of Games Magazine in a stack somewhere.
                • Bird Lives 3s · 2023-12-17T17:28:07.301Z
                  Hanging Curve BALL. Pregnancy BALL (look it up), Dimpled Golf BALL. So obviously the answer should be Guinea Bissau.
                  • ajk 🤓7:57 · 2023-12-17T19:30:47.614Z
                    👏
                  • DIS 🤓11:10 · 2023-12-17T18:21:53.889Z
                    Brings back memories (though not particularly good ones). Definitely easier for those of us old enough to have lived through it. Thanks.
                    • Alex Sisti 3s · 2023-12-18T15:24:55.936Z
                      ^^ This.
                    • KayW 🤓9:27 · 2023-12-17T18:25:51.377Z
                      LOL Loved it! Nice alternative cluing to the answer - it took me quite a while to "get" it. And thank you for introducing me to the late great Ms. Salomon
                      • Philip Chow 18:22 · 2023-12-17T19:18:03.368Z
                        nice puzzle! needed nudge #1... i only heard of the hanging one... the other two i had to google... very apropos in regards to the release date of the original puzzle given the 2000 election... this was a lovely tribute to Nancy thank you for sharing! :)
                        • michaelm 🤓11:58 · 2023-12-17T19:40:36.785Z
                          What a nice tribute to a mentor and a funky Sunday trip down memory lane. Thanks, Peter!
                          • ajk 🤓7:57 · 2023-12-17T19:29:54.316Z
                            As a politics junkie, I'm kicking myself that I needed the first two nudges. 😭 Very nicely adapted. Especially liked the 14A/15A/26A/37A/38D/64D clues. Fun stuff, thanks!
                            • Laura M 🤓13:12 · 2023-12-17T19:34:58.025Z
                              I well remember the various types of chads from 2000! Imagine, at the time we thought that was as screwed up as an election could get! Great puzzle, and Nancy Salomom sounds like she was an exceptional constructor and human being.
                              • SamKat9 🤓19:41 · 2023-12-17T20:21:56.336Z
                                Great puzzle, thank you! And thanks to the late Ms Salomon as well!
                                • Darth 24:49 · 2023-12-17T23:35:24.124Z
                                  I understand the title now. haha I was thinking too deeply but may have struck an idea for a future meta. ;)
                                  • Abide editore · 2023-12-18T00:02:14.567Z
                                    That was the title for the original puzzle. Sherry Blackard came up with it.
                                  • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓4:44 · 2023-12-18T00:57:39.248Z
                                    I know it's been a (long) while, but this still feels like too soon 🗳️… but very clever construction. (And thanks for a meta I could solve on my own!)
                                    Some random thoughts:
                                    • 6A I have always thought of the FOB as the chain, not the pocket.
                                    • 17A Wow, he really didn’t age well, did he?
                                    • 47D Loved the clue, a real blast from the past! 🍅
                                    • Abide editore · 2023-12-18T02:36:45.189Z
                                      The only clues and puzzle changes were in the SE corner. Trying to PC/update the 2001 clues would have taken away the “flavor”.
                                    • Mwoychick 🤓11:10 · 2023-12-18T00:50:43.253Z
                                      Excellent meta, Peter - thank you!
                                      • DrTom 🤓21:46 · 2023-12-18T03:41:51.581Z
                                        Took me a second, at first I saw most of the letters of Ghana in two of the themers but then I remembered I am from Florida.....
                                        Fun Peter, thanks
                                        • DrTom 🤓21:46 · 2023-12-18T03:58:04.788Z
                                          Peter, why is there a link back to "What's in Your Pocket"?
                                          • Abide editore · 2023-12-18T13:43:28.535Z
                                            That’s a profile pic. Does it link?
                                            • DrTom 🤓21:46 · 2023-12-19T04:27:47.923Z
                                              Well it doesn't now but I could swear it did before because I clicked on it and saw that it was the Kangaroo one that I had initially had some problems with. I did not know how that related because I had already solved the "CHAD" one and did not see the commonality between the two (which now appears to be a non-question because it either didn't, or now doesn't. link)
                                          • Alex Sisti 3s · 2023-12-18T15:24:03.762Z
                                            Dude, I knew you thought highly of Ms Salomon (I too have passed her essays on to several new constructors, after you did the same for me), but I never knew you were published with her and/or that she mentored you. Maybe I should treat you with more respect? But seriously, very cool!
                                            • Abide editore · 2023-12-18T23:51:03.893Z
                                              Yes to all, especially the respect part :-)
                                            • Carolyn 3s · 2023-12-18T20:40:11.510Z
                                              Jumped right out for me!
                                              • JHSeeman 3s · 2023-12-19T17:04:26.996Z
                                                was my initial guess based on 17A. thanks for the fun puzzle.
                                                • Tyrpmom 4s · 2023-12-20T00:16:03.839Z
                                                  Nice memorial.
                                                  Play today's daily mini crossword
                                                  1A
                                                  She vanted to be alone
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                                                  Orizzontali
                                                  1. 1A
                                                    She vanted to be alone
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                                                    Watch pockets
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                                                    Blew in
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                                                    Hoffa's body
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                                                    Queue after ooh
                                                  6. 16A
                                                    Slightly
                                                  7. 17A
                                                    "Dilbert" creator Adams
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                                                    Similar
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                                                    "Fear of Flying" author
                                                  10. 20A
                                                    Roy Bean, for one
                                                  11. 23A
                                                    Follower of Mao?
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                                                    Sat to be snapped
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                                                    Hypnotized
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                                                    Felt covetous
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                                                    Palindromic provider
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                                                    Many BMOCs
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                                                    Eschew the fat
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                                                    With a slant
                                                  19. 37A
                                                    Silence that speaks
                                                  20. 42A
                                                    Parris Island resident
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                                                    Glad rags
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                                                    Co. runners
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                                                    Joyce Kilmer's second cousin twice removed
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                                                    Sea crossing
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                                                    Popped up
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                                                    Stay home for supper
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                                                    Highball ingredient
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                                                    Cabbage Patch Kid feature
                                                  29. 60A
                                                    Potter's pile
                                                  30. 61A
                                                    Circle Line offering
                                                  31. 62A
                                                    We, in a text message or candy heart
                                                  32. 66A
                                                    Tall, in Tijuana
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                                                    New Yorker, for example
                                                  34. 68A
                                                    Past brush with the law
                                                  35. 69A
                                                    Working stiff
                                                  36. 70A
                                                    Fret
                                                  37. 71A
                                                    Election Day roster
                                                  Verticali
                                                  1. 1D
                                                    "To Die For" director Van Sant
                                                  2. 2D
                                                    Mandela's gp.
                                                  3. 3D
                                                    Duran Duran hit of 1983
                                                  4. 4D
                                                    Two out of two
                                                  5. 5D
                                                    One way to get caught
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                                                    United Nations display
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                                                    Jack of "The Great Dictator"
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                                                    Matchmaker's setup
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                                                    Carried a tune
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                                                    Crescent City cuisine
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                                                    Not of one mind
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                                                    Creche piece
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                                                    Lawn tidiers
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                                                    Quiet acceptance
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                                                    Part of ancient Palestine
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                                                    "Amateur Hour" emcee Mack
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                                                    Lop off locks
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                                                    Green beginner?
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                                                    Tabloid twosome
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                                                    Venomous viper
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                                                    Yelled "Geronimo!" and jumped
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                                                    Quaint quarters
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                                                    Customs charge
                                                  24. 38D
                                                    Courtroom crasher?
                                                  25. 39D
                                                    "Guns don't kill people..." gp.
                                                  26. 40D
                                                    Rise rapidly
                                                  27. 41D
                                                    Like French toast
                                                  28. 44D
                                                    Get it
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                                                    Wild and crazy
                                                  30. 46D
                                                    Prominent Edsel feature
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                                                    Killer in a cult classic
                                                  32. 49D
                                                    Contend
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                                                    Outperforms, in a back-and forth contest
                                                  34. 52D
                                                    Stake out
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                                                    Like some French accents
                                                  36. 55D
                                                    Lose on purpose
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                                                    LAX listings
                                                  38. 59D
                                                    Marx, Malden, or Malone
                                                  39. 63D
                                                    Actress Vardalos
                                                  40. 64D
                                                    i lid?
                                                  41. 65D
                                                    Red state
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