"The Nutcrackers" - AVXWords December 18, 2019

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"The Nutcrackers" - AVXWords December 18, 2019

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The answer to the meta is a word that describes someone 86-Across.
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A little back-solving for me for part of it, but I'd say most of the grid was NYT Thursdayish, and the meta week 2-ish on the Gaffney scale. Enjoyable.
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#3

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Fun puzzle and meta. Didn't someone on Crossword Fiend suggest a Nutcracker meta just this week?
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Agree; a 5-star AVX/Francis Heaney had me a bit trepidacious... but definitely a 1.5-2.0 here. Fun one though...
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#5

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Entertaining! Closer to week 1 than 2, IMHO.
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Agree with above. Is 5/5 meant to suggest the highest level of difficulty? If so, it wasn't that at all. But enjoyable.
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#7

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The difficulty rating may be for the grid not the meta.
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