#663 - "Three in a Row"

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Beam me up!
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Still searching for the answer (and can’t post any specifics about what confused me until the solution is officially revealed), but still can say what a cool grid! Wish me luck on the meta.. We have what we think is a starting point but you never can tell!

P.S. Hubs and I always work on these together, and I always submit that it wasn’t a solo solve 😉😉😉
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Beam me up!
I can be found in Sheridan, NY, veejaying. (8)
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Beam me up. Fun puzzle!
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I’m beaming. That can be interpreted 2 ways!
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Have to submit but it's a 100%er. Nice puzzle, and I'm looking forward to both Matt posting an MMMM style write up including a youtube link to he and his family covering the song, and the WELL ACTUALLY comment going up on crossword fiend at 12:08 PM on Tuesday explaining in great detail why the answer is wrong.
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Beamed up! Two for two this weekend! And it's only Friday night! 🤪
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Beam me up, but be careful where you point it...
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Beam me up. Graduated from high school when that was popular. I guess that makes me..... old.
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I just blasted it (from YouTube) and our African Grey REALLY got into it.

That bird likes to bop to music.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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When I first saw the title, I had an idea what the mechanism would be. I was completely wrong - no connection at all. Thought that only happened with the solutions that came to me while I slept, but apparently I can come up with them while I'm awake too.

I'm embarrassed to admit that I had to scan a list of 80s #1 hits, I didn't just think of the answer, because I remember the song well.
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This was the time when I was most into music, as a fan and as a musician, and there was so much going on in the music world that this kind of stuff was nowhere near my radar. Tl/dr: googled.
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What I can say about pretty much any hit from the 80s is that I don't know it. I got the title -- i.e., I had actually heard of it -- but if I'd had to get it by listening rather than by solving a crossword, I would still be unbeamed.
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Got it!
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Submitted but 100% sure. Beam me up. So many things I want to say that would be spoilers!!
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lbray53 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:31 pm Submitted but 100% sure. Beam me up. So many things I want to say that would be spoilers!!
Totally.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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Beam me up.
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Just two in a row now, but I can always hope for number three next week! Fun puzzle.
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Fun grid, and based on the grid’s contents and the fact that I was in college in the 80’s I thought it would be an easy click to get the meta. Nope. Totally stumped.
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HA! 5 minutes later, now I see it. That’s clever. And an earworm.

Beam me up!
The other Wendy. :roll:
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dudeski wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:39 pm Beam me up. Graduated from high school when that was popular. I guess that makes me..... old.
I had been out of high school for 14 years... so that makes me... older.
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