Seconds Count 3/19/23

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Seconds Count 3/19/23

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Puzzle #84: Seconds Count by Mark Woychick
I'm delighted to share this guest constructed puzzle from Mark Woychick! Mark is a longtime Pandora's Blocks solver and a member of the Xword Muggles Forum, so if you like this one, make sure to send him a PM and let him know!
Difficulty: Easy
The answer to this week's meta is a 9-letter phrase.
No Googling necessary.
Crosshare link: https://crosshare.org/crosswords/FcY4RG ... onds-count
The deadline for this puzzle is 9:00am eastern time on Sunday, March 26th, 2023.
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Out of the box! Fun and clever. Thanks, Mark
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Dino me! 🦕

I enjoyed this one. I did hesitate for a moment which I will explain in a pm.

Great job, Mark. Thanks.
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Great job, Mark! Fun one!
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That was an enjoyable solve. Thanks, Mark.
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Untitledzzz.png
I'm woke to it -
Delightful!
Good to hear from you, Mark!
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Dino me. Thanks Mark!
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🦕 me. Great job Mark! Thanks for taking the time to create this puzzle.
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I’m out of the box. Nice one, Mark!
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OotB and me-dino’ed!
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Out of the box! Thanks Mark and Will!
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Out of the box...fun meta! Thanks Mark!
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Great job! I dug it. :)
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Unboxed. The title led me to a hunch as to what the answer would be. The clues and the first couple of relevant entries made me even surer. I was wrong of course.
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DINO ME!

I started guessing out of frustration and stumbled upon the answer. Once again, I had it written down in my notes in a couple of different places but did not recognize it. I had to Google it to confirm the answer for myself. I was not familiar with the phrase.

I was trying some comicly bizarre variations of the meta.
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:crossed_swords: :rabbit: DINO ME :sauropod:

Fun and clever. Thanks Mark!
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I'm done. Dino me.

Nice one to start the week.
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Nice job! Thank you, Mark!
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Dino me! Nice puzzle, Mark.
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Nice one. I had a fast escape from the box... and there's more that I can only say in the crosshare solvers area.
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