Down Periscope!

Published weekly by expert constructor Peter Gordon, the Fireball crossword is famous for being hard. How hard? Well, in the words of Peter Gordon, if you need to ask, too hard for you! It is not regularly a meta crossword, but does feature a contest or meta puzzle several times throughout the year. Available here for a subscription: http://www.fireballcrosswords.com
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Down Periscope!

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Down Periscope! by Peter Gordon

What fourth theme phrase is hidden in this puzzle?

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Yay, a Fireball meta! :D

This one seems easy enough, but since there's no rush, I'll wait a day or two and take one more look to be sure I'm not missing something and sending in bowl games instead of pageant.
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Got it as well. Fireball seemed to pause metas late last year, glad they're back.
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Conrad wrote: โ†‘Wed Feb 02, 2022 3:24 pm Got it as well. Fireball seemed to pause metas late last year, glad they're back.
I whined about that and got a nice note from Peter:

viewtopic.php?t=1302#p73820
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Done and submitted.
Great to have a Fireball meta again.
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I had subscribed to the wrong puzzle series. Will look at this over the weekend.
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Submitted this one. Not a 100% click but reasonably solid I suppose.
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Solved.
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I really wanted to make something, even if it was trivial and meaningless, of the initials spelling Taos. But I canโ€™t find any trace of a connection.
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