"New Beginnings- A Fresher Start"

A weekly meta crossword created by members of the forum. Difficulty levels will vary. Hints are usually available starting Wednesday, and solutions are posted on Sunday.
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Bob cruise director
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#41

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Bird Lives wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 11:35 am
Bob cruise director wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 11:14 am
Bird Lives wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 10:40 am

Corrected. Thanks. I'm a lousy recording secretary.
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You are giving Cruise Directors a bad name - :lol:
It should be obvious to even a casual observer that any similarity between me and the genuine Cruise Director is purely coincidental.
Have you gotten my PM's with the answer. The don't show up in my PM sent file but I don't know if that means anything.
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#42

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Bob cruise director wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 12:26 pm Have you gotten my PM's with the answer. The don't show up in my PM sent file but I don't know if that means anything.
My PM is gone from sent as well (and yes, that means it's been read).
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#43

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Cindy N wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:40 pm
Bob cruise director wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 12:26 pm Have you gotten my PM's with the answer. The don't show up in my PM sent file but I don't know if that means anything.
My PM is gone from sent as well (and yes, that means it's been read).
In a PM from Bird, he said that he never got the two PM's I sent. But a re: gets through.
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#44

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Count me off the couch.
Really enjoyed that.
Nicely repurposed puzzle!
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#45

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Spent way too much time on the couch this week but finally got it.

What a great idea to turn a rabbit hole into a “fresher” meta. Talk about turning lemons into lemonade!

Now to find that Easter egg...
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#46

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Off the couch shofer! I mean, fer sho! :D
I got step one right away. Step two was a bear for me, but it literally came to me in the middle of the night. Great puzzle, and thank you for this little piece of immortality Bird Lives!
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#47

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Here's the list (complete, I hope, but possibly not) of solvers as of 12:45 Friday. Now, we're off to see the MGWCC week #3.

1. Meg
2. Cindy
3. lbray53
4. Hector
5. miked
6. Dannyvee
7. ChrisKochmanski
8. boharr
9. hazmat
10. DJB
11. Laura M
12. Schmeel
13. oldjudge
14. joequavis
15. whimsy
16. markhr
17. BarbaraK
18. LesY
19. Sfull411
20. C=64
21. MikeM000
22. Rpardoe
23. DrTom
24. Beth Tyrpin
25. FrankH
26. KayW
27. Jeremy Smith
28. Bob cruise director
29. m5rammy
30. yourpalsal
31. michaelm
32. Dplass
Last edited by Bird Lives on Sat Nov 21, 2020 4:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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#48

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yourpalsal wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:17 am Off the couch shofer! I mean, fer sho! :D
I got step one right away. Step two was a bear for me, but it literally came to me in the middle of the night. Great puzzle, and thank you for this little piece of immortality Bird Lives!
I'd almost think you've been doing madhatter's Meta-Linguistics puzzle, Sal! :lol:
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#49

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I don't know what's going on. I click on the private message option and send it to Bird Lives. It disappears from my Outbox, it shows up in my Sent, but I'm not on the list yet. Hopefully, third times the charm!
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#50

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Bird Lives wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 12:49 pm Here's the list (complete, I hope, but possibly not) of solvers as of 12:45 Friday. Now, we're off to see the MGWCC week #3.

1. Meg
2. Cindy
3. lbray53
4. Hector
5. miked
6. Dannyvee
7. ChrisKochmanski
8. boharr
9. hazmat
10. DJB
11. Laura M
12. Schmeel
13. oldjudge
14. joequavis
15. whimsy
16. markhr
17. BarbaraK
18. LesY
19. Sfull411
20. C=64
21. MikeM000
22. Rpardoe
23. DrTom
24. Beth Tyrpin
25. FrankH
26. KayW
27. Jeremy Smith
28. Bob cruise director
29. m5rammy
30. yourpalsal
31. michaelm
32. Dplass
Nope, still haven't solved this one, sorry.
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#51

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THE ANSWER:
Schmeel sent an exigesis that was better than anything I could have written, though I have added the graphic:

Each theme entry clue had 2 numbers and a topic in parentheses after it. The first number indicated the length of the name with the first letter changed - a 'New Beginning'; the second number indicated which letter to use from that distinctive person's last name, and the topic indicated the field that person was active in:
18A - FILLAVOID - 5 letters begged the change to Willa, Cather, of literary fame.
23A - RONANFARROW - 5 letters cried for Conan, O'Brien, a comic without doubt.
36A - FEWTONONE - 4 letters called for Newt, Gingrich, a politician by any measure.
51A - SHEEPFLOCKS - with 3 needed letters who could it be but Che, Guevara, South American revolutionist.
56A - DIDNTFAZE - 3 letters here too, which implied Sid, Vicious, British punk
rocker.

The answer:
R(6) from Cather
I(4) from O'Brien
N(3) from Gingrich
G(1) from Guevara
O(5) from Vicious.

The first letters of the five clues for these spell out the last name.
New beginnings solution 2.jpg
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#52

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Here's the final tally, not much different from the previous one:
1. Meg
2. Cindy
3. lbray53
4. Hector
5. miked
6. Dannyvee
7. ChrisKochmanski
8. boharr
9. hazmat
10. DJB
11. Laura M
12. Schmeel
13. oldjudge
14. joequavis
15. whimsy
16. markhr
17. BarbaraK
18. LesY
19. Sfull411
20. C=64
21. MikeM000
22. Rpardoe
23. DrTom
24. Beth Tyrpin
25. FrankH
26. KayW
27. Jeremy Smith
28. Bob cruise director
29. m5rammy
30. yourpalsal
31. michaelm
32. Cindy N
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#53

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A most excellent effort...
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#54

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Wow. Ingenious construction. I'm amazed that any human could solve this.
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#55

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Wonderful!
Thanks for clearing up Sid Vicious and the Easter Egg (which would be an excellent name for a rock group.)
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