MGWCC #753 - “Global Search”

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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#21

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Easy but I feel like I’m missing one of Matt’s signature flourishes here.
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#22

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sharkicicles wrote: Sat Nov 05, 2022 2:24 am Easy but I feel like I’m missing one of Matt’s signature flourishes here.
Me too. Be funny if I whiffed this.

(Anyway, man I got a late start on this!)
I guess I should change my signature, and start promoting this meta: Hungry Little Creature. I was going to sent it to people for testing but I dropped the ball on it.
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#23

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Beamed up...nice to have a fresh start with a Week 1 again.
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#24

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Beamed up.... Great way to start the weekend.
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#25

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Finally had a chance to look at this & beamed within 4 minutes:
396. Joe Ross 🔟 11/05 - 11:10

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Happy autumn weekend, to all! Today's Bearcat game might include a flask of Bourbon & branch.
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#26

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So, i'm beamed up with a very large number because I go a late start.

But I was actually worried I might have whiffed this, and I figure I must be missing something because my entire rationale is just too weak and were this anything but a week one I never would have submitted this.

Is there something more to this?
I guess I should change my signature, and start promoting this meta: Hungry Little Creature. I was going to sent it to people for testing but I dropped the ball on it.
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#27

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Beamed up. When I started reading the clue for 58D ("Brian of crosswords . . .") I wanted put in our MacDonald. Unfortunately, the grid only allowed a three-letter name.
Also, I think the commenter here at #23 should have had a place in the grid.
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#28

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rjy wrote: Fri Nov 04, 2022 7:54 pm Awaiting the tractor beam, boulevardier in hand…

Update: beamed up!
I literally just finished finished a boulevardier! What a delicious cocktail.

Oh, and I beamed aboard yesterday. If anyone’s keeping track.
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#29

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Just went back to see if I was right; #64, probably one of my better finishes.
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#30

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186 on the board does not concern me at all. My level is strictly solve/whiffed.

BUT.

63A deterred me from submitting what otherwise seemed an obvious “guess” sooner. Because it said find it (which I presumed to mean “in the grid,” rather than guess it (outside the grid).
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#31

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Beamed up. Starting a new streak!
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#33

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So... is it just that several clues start with Q and Qatar is the only country that starts with Q? Is that all there was to it?
I guess I should change my signature, and start promoting this meta: Hungry Little Creature. I was going to sent it to people for testing but I dropped the ball on it.
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woozy wrote: Fri Nov 11, 2022 3:04 pm So... is it just that several clues start with Q and Qatar is the only country that starts with Q? Is that all there was to it?
Yes, but note that in every entry with a Q (both across and down) the Q is not followed by a U.
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