The Feb. 11, 2024 Washington Post crossword ("Loss of Down") is a metapuzzle made up of eight mini-grids that are not available in .puz format. Please visit here to print out the PDF.
Enjoy, everyone!
Some penalties in football result in a loss of down. In these mini-grids, you have the same problem, literally: a loss of Down.
Every given clue is for an Across entry.
Your goal is to find two meta answers.
Meta Answer 1 is something you can use to overcome the loss of Down.
Meta Answer 2 is a phrase that eight of the Down entries might say to eight of the Across entries.
Loss of Down February 11, 2024
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docison
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KayW
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Very clever!
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woozy
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Aw. That was cute.
Funny story. I was all set to enter Par for the course for the CrossHare midi contest for April but I mistakenly thought midi meant 7x 7 and not 11 x 11. Oops. Well.... Here's a complex but **small** meta on the subject of golf.
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