On the Other Hand

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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Good morning Monday Muggles. Good morning to ya. We got up bright and early just to how-dee-do ya.. (Only Muggles of a certain age, in fact a lot older than a certain age, will know what I’m alluding to here.)

I went to Lincoln Center Friday evening to see this kinetic sculpture by Es Devlin.
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It’s called “Your Voices” because "each of the work’s 700 industrial ratchet straps represents one of over 700 languages actively spoken on New York from Algerian to Zulu." How fitting for this week’s MMM.

The answer is a language.

The answer is also neither of the languages mentioned above. Even with that nudge, this one is a bit more difficult than the other puzzles I’ve posted here of late.

Thanks to @Abide, @Al Sisti, and @Wendy Walker for test solving and for their suggestions, even the ones I rejected.

You can PM me your answer or go to Crosshare for immediate gratification.
Deadline Saturday 10 a.m. Nudges Wednesday.


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OTC. Thank you, Jay! :)
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🛋️🕺🏻
Nice, Jay
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Very nice - needed that after missing out on MMMM
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Off the couch!

Quite nice. Thanks, Jay!
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Well, I know the answer.

But I wish I knew why.
GUAVA is not an anagram of VAGUE
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Took pulling to get me off the couch. Clever puzzle. Thanks, Jay.
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Nudged off the couch today - literally and figuratively!

Thanks, Jay, enjoyed the challenge!
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Got it. Feeling a little better after totally whiffing on MMMM.
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Off the couch, nice one!
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Off the couch. Good one Jay!
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I’m OTC, not to be confused with Over The Counter. I enjoyed solving this one!
Check out and support http://CrosswordsForCancer.com.
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Off the couch! Nice one, Jay!
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Oh.... now I get it! (8 hours after submitting the correct answer)
GUAVA is not an anagram of VAGUE
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Off the couch. Thanks for the puzzle.
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Very nice. Thanks.
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Off the couch, after Jay kindly directed me away from a deep rabbit hole!
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta! :D
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In the first 24 hours, only 23 people have left the couch. For you statisticians out there, that’s less than one per hour.

Abide (TS)
Al Sisti (TS)
Wendy Walker (TS)
1. Meg
2. Darth
3. Mr Tex
4. dannyvee
5. jbird
6. Hector
7. ChrisKochmanski
8. woozy
9. DIS
10. edestlin
11. Laura M
12. boharr
13. Andrew Bradburn
14. markhr
15. SJMcK
16. Anita
17. hcbirker
18. Ergcat
19. BarbaraK
20. benchen71
21. Tom Wilson
22. dplass
23. Beth Tyrpin

Either I was right that this one was a tad more difficult or a lot of people are out doing their Christmas shopping instead of giving their attention to the important things in life like crossword puzzles. Maybe a small nudge will help.

That glove in 31 Down when turned inside out does not change the direction it travels.

More nudges, and possibly more helpful ones, tomorrow.
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Thanks for the nudge, Jay, but so far, I am not helped and am still solidly on the couch. Will wait for future nudges.
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Just printed this out, had a distinct sense of deja vu, and realized that I, too, was a test solver! Fun puzzle!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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