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Sssolved without the nudges. Enjoyed it! Thanks, Barbara!

Sssolved without nudges! Thanks for the fun puzzle.

Oh and "standard / custom nudges" — can I steal that? Some days I'm in the mood to sit with a puzzle until it locks in, and some days I just want to get on with life, but I feel guilty asking for early hints (or worse yet, admitting when the public nudges still aren't enough!) I love, love, love the shame-free language!

Crosshare won’t open but I’ve got it. Love the artist and yes a great song. Thanks for Sunday diversions! (Didn’t look at the nudges. I’d say a level 1)

Ssssolved! Nice one, Barbara.

Got it, revived some memories...

schmidzy wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2023 5:16 pm Sssolved without nudges! Thanks for the fun puzzle.

Oh and "standard / custom nudges" — can I steal that? Some days I'm in the mood to sit with a puzzle until it locks in, and some days I just want to get on with life, but I feel guilty asking for early hints (or worse yet, admitting when the public nudges still aren't enough!) I love, love, love the shame-free language!

But of course! Help yourself. My language is your language.

HeadinHome wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2023 5:30 pm Crosshare won’t open but I’ve got it. Love the artist and yes a great song. Thanks for Sunday diversions! (Didn’t look at the nudges. I’d say a level 1)

Hmm, bizarre. There are solvers and comments there, so it's working for some people. Why not you? Is there a rift in the space/time continuum between your isp and theirs? I wonder how many others can't get to it. Grateful again that Joe puts the pdf/puz/spreadsheet files on this site.

Thanks for solving!

Well, My first guess was wrong.

So I made up a meta where it was right.

https://crosshare.org/crosswords/EPGEPj ... -washed-up

In this week of Thanksgiving, I am thankful for the 52 people who've sssolved my puzzle this first day! And there are still 6 more days. If you liked it, tell your friends:)

The sssolvers so far are:
Abide (TS)
Wendy Walker (TS)
Capn Rick (TS)
whimsy (TS)
Cindy Weatherman
Tom Wilson
boharr
Berto
Cindy Heisler
lbray53
JM
Meg
FrankieHeck
JHSeeman
Hector
Qmark
merlinnimue
Mwoychick
KayW
Darth
ajk
woozy
Katiedid
Schmeel
Sharkicicles
michaelm
MaineMarge
Carolyn
JWords
DIS
DebbieC
JR
Laura M
heidi
hoover
rjy
BethA
Bob Cruise Director
GR
CPJohnson
Bird Lives
Jeremy Smith
Pair O Ducks
DrTom
Tyrpmom
Rufus T Firefly
HeadinHome
DCBilly
benchen71
markhr
Sendhil Revuluri
Darrell

If I've missed anyone, let me know. (Crosshare has a bit of a lag, so if you've recently submitted, you should show up on the next update.)

SSSolved!

Got to it late, and didn’t need the nudges.

Fun!

SSSolved without nudges. Had to eliminate a few candidates but the mechanism was clear and fun as was the AHA. Thanks Barbara!

Sssolved. Needed all the nudges. Nice one, Barbara!

Another 13 sssolvers have joined our merry band, bringing the total to 65!

BrennerTJ
I K Snamhcok
kurtalert
andeux
Mr Tex
Dow Jones
MatthewL
Alex Sisti
iceman
Gutman
Jaclyn
Philip Chow
CPJohnson

I'm so thankful for all of you!

On shore. Nudges just confirmed what I already had. Needed to think on it a bit and it came to me while I was in bed this morning. Nice work!

We have two more SSSummery SSSunday SSSolvers, bringing the total to 67!

Welcome to the party:
kymike
Mikey G

Still two more days to grow the list. Think I'll go crash the WSJ beach bash:)

No new additions to the solver list, and it's SSSaturday, so time for the big reveal!

The meta answer is "Ring of Fire", the Johnny Cash song that was #87 on the Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The clue for 15-Down directed you to look at the EDGES of the grid, and there you'd find 8 words that could follow "fire"

Fire opal
Fire sale
Fire ant
Firewater
Fire away
Fire pits
Fire off
Firepower

So you could say there's a "Ring of Fire", right? And since we've got a ring of fire going, there was a bonus WEENIE ROAST and SMORES in the grid

There were a few initial guesses of other "Fire" songs, but everyone who submitted ended up getting it!

I'm so thankful to the 67 of you who solved the meta and also the 70 others who solved just the crossword!

Come back tomorrow to see what @Cap'n Rick has for the next SSS!

And while you're waiting, don't forget his and @Wendy Walker's MMM, @benchen71's MOAT, @DrTom's MEOW, and @MikeyG's Pun of a Kind.

I'll leave you with the Man in Black himself