#644 - "Think Drink"

An excellent puzzle written by one of the innovators of the meta crossword format. It comes out every Friday at noon and increases in difficulty throughout the month. Available for modest subscription (worth every cent) here: www.xwordcontest.com
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#644 - "Think Drink"

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This weekโ€™s contest answer is a beverage.
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Week .001

Congrats to our 2019 Prize Winners!

(Anyone remember 2019?)
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solved
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One advantage to having a streak busted is you can submit after the first theme entry and be #5 on the Leaderboard :ugeek:
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#5

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Another week 1, another new streak starting!
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Beam me up. A refreshing week-one to start another FIVE Friday month.
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Beam me up!
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#8

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I agree with week .001 - if this week doesn't set a new record with correct entries then I don't know what will.
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Submitted. With rain forecast for Sunday, this would have been a great meta weekend.
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Beam me up!

Happy to have this Week .0000000001 because I'm still struggling with WSJCC.
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Nice to have an easy one once in a while. Next week has the music meta and a fireball meta plus the normal stuff so there will be plenty of toughies.
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#13

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Easy peasy Week 1.
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That was a little too easy. Beam me up!
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In the comment I submitted along with my answer, I said I was sorry not to have seen a particular Stevie Wonder song even though it might not quite have been appropriate. (Attn. Moderator: if that's too much of a spoiler-- after all, Stevie has only a couple hundred songs -- please remove.)
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I LOVE a stressfree Matt Gaffney week one! Energize!
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hcbirker wrote: โ†‘Fri Oct 02, 2020 1:15 pm That was a little too easy. Beam me up!
It's week 1, it's supposed to be easy...

Beam me up too!
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I can also think of one he could have used
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So glad to see the 2019 medalists! Congratulations to everyone! Amazing how few are on the solo solver lists; makes me feel a bit better about missing it. One of these years...

This week's answer was not my first guess based on the title. Looks like someone took the bait; submitted without solving; and got it wrong.
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#20

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solved, indeed quite easy
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