Play Ball

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.
JeanneC
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#21

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Submitted answer and waiting for confirmation. Hope no one here puts thousand island dressing on their ๐ŸŒญ at the ball park.
โ€œI cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this yearโ€™s fashionsโ€. Lillian Hellman
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#22

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Submitted. Batting 1000 (islands) on these MMMs
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Bob cruise director
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#23

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Submitted, confirmed and GO SOX
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JeanneC
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#24

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Confirmed. This one was fun!
โ€œI cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this yearโ€™s fashionsโ€. Lillian Hellman
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#25

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Solved and confirmed! โšพ๏ธ
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joequavis
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#26

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off the couch!

Great puzzle Chris! Timely too...maybe next week's will be Masterful?
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#27

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joequavis wrote: โ†‘Tue Mar 30, 2021 5:28 pm off the couch!

Great puzzle Chris! Timely too...maybe next week's will be Masterful?
I see what you did there. ๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
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ImOnToo
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#28

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Off the couch.

Enjoyed it!
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#29

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I will refrain from posting all of the โ€œtwo-word phrase often heard at a baseball game" suggestions that my husband and I came up with before working the puzzle. ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜„
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Cap'n Rick
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#30

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Off the couch!
Ahoy! Check out my meta puzzles here! Check out "Smooth Sailing Sundays" here!
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cbarbee002
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#31

Post by cbarbee002 »

Leaderboard and Nudges: Busy family room (or whichever room it is where you lounge on your couch . . . .) - - 25 solvers to date. One more day until Opening Day! (But, you have til the weekend).

RPardoe
m5rammy
ChrisKochmanski
DPlass
ky-mike
Tom Wilson
hcbirker
oldjudge
boharr
Meg
Tom Mueller
Dannyuvee
dudeski
Jeremy Smith
whimsy
Bob cruise director
Scott Medvetz
JeanneC
Abide
CindyN
Cinny
Cap'n Rick
joequavis
Anita
ImOnToo

A few nudges:

37A is a hint to the mechanism
Apply 37A to the theme answers
There is a mechanism to enable you to confirm that you applied 37A correctly, i.e. you don't have to guess at the answer
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BrennerTJ
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#32

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Post-spoiler submission - will take any help available when sports and popular culture are involved.
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Hidden in 3D
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#33

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Solved yesterday, but never got around to posting. Nice one, Chris! Thank you!
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#34

Post by Schmeel »

Off the couch!
Spoiler 1 was enough to point me in the right direction.
Thanks for the puzzle!
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auee89
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#35

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Solved! With the help the first 2 spoilers. Too stubborn for my own good sometimes.
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Anita
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#36

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Am off the couch (yesterday, prior to the hints), but didn't fully figure out the mechanism.
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#37

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JeanneC wrote: โ†‘Mon Mar 29, 2021 11:58 pm Submitted answer and waiting for confirmation. Hope no one here puts thousand island dressing on their ๐ŸŒญ at the ball park.
"Nobody, I mean nobody puts Thousand Island dressing on a hot dog."
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Laura M
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#38

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I've been running behind in basically everything and just got to this one today, but I'm off the couch (without nudges)! Very nice puzzle.
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cbarbee002
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#39

Post by cbarbee002 »

A few more OTC since yesterday:

Wendy Walker (mea culpa - - Wendy submitted Monday afternoon via email when the site was down and I forgot to list her earlier. :-( )
Dave C
Ilbray53
BrennerTJ
Cindy
Hidden in 3D
auee89
Schmeel
Laura M
CPJohnson
Bird Lives

Hope I didn't miss anyone!
FKelly
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#40

Post by FKelly »

Off the bench and into the game with an answer that makes sense.
I see a hint to a mechanism, but not any formal mechanism.
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