Just went back to look at the across clues and they were definitely tougher 😂. Thanks for this puzzle and for helping alert people to that feature!

I had a good time thinking of the most obscure clues possible.  I'd be very impressed if anyone actually would have gotten an across!

Fun! I still have the first two stanzas of "Paul Revere's Ride" memorized from elementary school, but the third stanza eluded me 😂

Never even heard of any of the across answers haha.

Try Downs-only Mode!  The Across clues won't help anyways

Meta answer explanation: https://i.imgur.com/srxJNkm.png

Wow this is awesome! I managed to guess my way to the correct film based on the marine species but that's about as far as I got - should've thought to do some googling to find the lyrics

Meta #3: Disney Sing-Along

Explanation of meta answer here: https://i.imgur.com/BNTMhg5.png

Meta #2: Answer

Nice one Jeff! Still gotta think on the meta 🤔

Fun one!  I got the meta but the link just sends me back to the puzzle.

It is actually a different puzzle - click Begin Puzzle on it and you'll see. @JeffPrug came up with this neat trick of using a second puzzle as the meta submission mechanism until Crosshare adds support for that.

Glad you enjoyed it!  Thanks to Mike D for already explaining, but sorry that the links just kept bouncing you back and forth, I hopefully clarified the instructions on the answer puzzle.

Meta #2: What's Your Type?

Nice! I like how you managed to create this meta submission mechanism - very clever!

I am about halfway through adding better support for metas to Crosshare itself - soon you'll be able to specify a meta sol'n and get submissions directly on a single puzzle 😊

Explanation of meta answer: the Rebus squares WHY EQUALS EM EX PLUS BEE sound out the equation y = mx + b which represents a linear function.  Linear functions have graphs that are straight lines, which is also hinted at in the title "Give It To Me Straight"

Such a clever way to let people check their answer! And a fun meta too!!

I saw the trick pretty quickly because Zoom's auto-transcription makes some of these exact errors during my day job. :)

I tried LINE first... then i tried STRAIGHTLINE... then i gave up whoops 😅... very clever trick for checking a meta!

Meta #1: Answer

Nice Jeff! I had mistyped SELLER and couldn't find my mistake 😫

Meta #1: Give It To Me Straight

The title is another way of saying "Superb Owls"

Really nice puzzle Jeff! I think my favorite was ROSIE but all the cluing was great!

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Thanks!  It wasn't planned from the beginning, just happened as a fortunate coincidence.

Fun puzzle, clean fill, and overall a great way to ring in the inauguration.

JeffPrug

@jeffprug

Try Downs-only Mode! The Across clues won't help anyways

Meta #3: Disney Sing-Along

Meta #2: Answer

Meta #2: What's Your Type?

Meta #1: Answer

Meta #1: Give It To Me Straight

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