"Follow The Dejections" by benchen71

Can you storm the castle by getting across the MOAT? A weekly meta crossword constructed by forum member Ben (aka benchen71). These metas range from relatively easy to more challenging, depending on how many Australianisms he puts in them! Puzzles are posted in a new thread every Tuesday, with nudges appearing on Saturdays, and the solution coming out on Mondays. (At least, that's the plan. Given he lives in Australia, and they are so far ahead of the US time-zone-wise, things may get posted early!)
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MOAT crossed...thanks Ben!
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#22

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Over the moat and into the castle. Thanks, Ben!
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#23

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Got it, and currently baffled as to how I didn't get it yesterday. :lol:
Fun stuff, thanks.
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#24

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Some more solvers:

Mr Tex
SeamusOL
Qmark
Jeremy Smith
Katiedid
ajk
Gutman

That brings us up to 42. Nudges in the (Aussie) morning!
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Two more, bringing us to 44:

ChrisCross
Rufus T Firefly
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#26

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Nudges, in order of increasing blatancy:

1. There are no hints in the grid, just lots of chatty clues thanks to one too many gin-and-tonics that I imbibed today. The title is all you have to go by.

2. There are no asterisks either, so I sure hope you can find synonyms for "dejected" hiding in the grid without them!

3. 64 across (SADE) is not just in the grid because she occurs in so many crosswords it would be impossible to count them all without a higher-level university degree in mathematics.

4. You are looking for 6 "dejections".
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#27

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Finally crossed the moat. Thanks, Ben.
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#28

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Crossed the Moat with the first 2 nudges, though I am kicking myself for using them! Thanks for another fun puzzle Ben!
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Crossed the moat with no nudges. Thanks, Ben!
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#30

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Last update:

Max Chemtov
Spid4567
Cindy Heisler
SamKat9
edestlin
Darrell

That's 50 in total.
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#31

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Here's the solution to "Follow The Dejections":

Follow The Dejections (solution).png

The adjective MOROSE always makes me think of the song "Skin" by the group Vigilantes of Love. The song comes off my favourite album of 1995, "Blister Soul", and the word "morose" occurs in verse 2, for those playing along at home.
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