"Not a Creature Was Stirring..."

A weekly meta crossword created by members of the forum. Difficulty levels will vary. Hints are usually available starting Wednesday, and solutions are posted on Sunday.
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#61

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Nudge #3:

The last ✳️ is serving triple duty as theme entry, direction, and anagram
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#62

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OTC, submitted on Crosshare. Thanks for the nudges. Excellent Christmas meta. Wishing all a SAFE and Happy Holiday !
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#63

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Wednesday night, and hardly a creature stirring on the couch:

53. Beth Tyrpin
54. CPJohnson
55. auee89
56. madhatter5
57. michaelm
58. HunterX
59. HeadinHome
60. Anita
61. Cinny
62. benchen71
63. Snood
64. rjy
65. LesY
66. Jeremy Smith
67. Dow Jones
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#64

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Off the couch. Confirmed on Crosshare. thank you, Peter, for a fun meta!
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#65

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Huge props to Peter Abide! This MMM just got top billing on Mike from Crosshare's weekly best-of list: "This one is a nice smooth grid with a very clever meta mechanism."
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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#66

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My first MMM. Still learning the culture, but looks like it's gonna be more meta fun. Thinkin I *like* this graduated nudge thing. Heard "something" during the ZOOM thing, but it wasn't clear to me. That first "spoiler nudge" was both enough to get me over the hump *and* to make me feel like an idiot for needing it. Getting used to that. The price I must pay for the fun. :-) Have no idea where this places me relative to the furniture at this point.

As the contest seems to be delayed, did I hear Dr. Tom mention that he might have a meta floating around here somewhere this week?
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#67

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mntlblok wrote: Thu Dec 23, 2021 4:41 pm
As the contest seems to be delayed, did I hear Dr. Tom mention that he might have a meta floating around here somewhere this week?
viewtopic.php?t=1363
for @DrTom guest MEOW

And DrTom has the MMM for next Monday!
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#68

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Abide wrote: Thu Dec 23, 2021 4:59 pm
mntlblok wrote: Thu Dec 23, 2021 4:41 pm
As the contest seems to be delayed, did I hear Dr. Tom mention that he might have a meta floating around here somewhere this week?
viewtopic.php?t=1363
for @DrTom guest MEOW

And DrTom has the MMM for next Monday!
Thank you!
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#70

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Off the couch!

Wait. I don't want to be off the couch...I'm on vacation!

Okay, getting up...sitting back down.

Very nice, Mr. Abide.
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#71

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Off the couch! This was my first MMM and I thought it was really clever. I always love holiday-themed puzzles :)
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#72

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Wendy Walker wrote: Thu Dec 23, 2021 10:31 am Huge props to Peter Abide! This MMM just got top billing on Mike from Crosshare's weekly best-of list: "This one is a nice smooth grid with a very clever meta mechanism."
And well deserved!
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#73

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Thursday night update including some Crosshare crossovers:

68. Markhr
69. Mike D
70. William D
71. mbd
72. schmidzy
73. Naptown Kid
74. Septomin
75. Chaddog
76. graham
77. mntlblk
78. Thurman8er
79. mindle
80. Matt A
81. noneuclidean
82. Lucas
83. Daniel Skora
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#74

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Abide wrote: Fri Dec 24, 2021 12:03 am Thursday night update including some Crosshare crossovers:

68. Markhr
69. Mike D
70. William D
71. mbd
72. schmidzy
73. Naptown Kid
74. Septomin
75. Chaddog
76. graham
77. mntlblk
78. Thurman8er
79. mindle
80. Matt A
81. noneuclidean
82. Lucas
83. Daniel Skora
83 solvers *and* @MattGaffney? That's one for the record books...
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#75

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Abide wrote: Fri Dec 24, 2021 12:03 am Thursday night update including some Crosshare crossovers:

68. Markhr
69. Mike D
70. William D
71. mbd
72. schmidzy
73. Naptown Kid
74. Septomin
75. Chaddog
76. graham
77. mntlblk
78. Thurman8er
79. mindle
80. Matt A
81. noneuclidean
82. Lucas
83. Daniel Skora
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#76

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Abide wrote: Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:11 am Tuesday night additions to the nice list

43. Matt Gaffney 🎰
is there a story that goes with this?
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#77

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Got it but needed the nudges! Good one! Thank you, Peter!
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#78

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Merry Update

🎄❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️🎄

84. Debbie C
85. Golem
86. BrandonW
87. Louis D
88. THC
89. Gmoney
90. Ergcat

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#79

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MMM Reveal

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Ninety solvers found the silent N-I-G-H-T carol we were looking for. I appreciate the nice responses this one generated. To all a good night!
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