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Good morning Muggles, and welcome to Muggle Meta Monday!

This week’s meta is called “It’s What I Do!” The answer has two parts, and together, they bring the rating to about a week 2.5. Please PM me your solution by 10 PM on Saturday, and as has become the custom, I’ll post a couple snapshots of a leaderboard during the week. Feel free to PM me for nudges, but try to stick with it for a couple days first. If nothing else, there’s always Nudge Wednesday.

One correct solver will be chosen at random and will receive an item of his/her choice from my swag bag (a Blarney Rebel Band CD, a Utica Club keepsake, or a $15 donation to a charity of your choice).

The answer to this meta is a) a famous villain and b) his fitting accomplice (you’ll know when you’ve found the accomplice because it will anagram to what he represents). Ready? Get to work!!

It's What I Do! - PUZ

It's What I Do! - PDF

It's What I Do! - spreadsheet

Hey Al
In response to 25A - Better Dead than Red.

Half-off the couch... but satisfied with that much.

Two potential paths for the other part... actually two incomplete lists, but one more promising than the other.

[edited: Now officially off the couch -- Thanks, Al! Fun puz!]

I suspect the answer is a) Al Sisti, and b) his test solver.

I’m certain I have half of it but stumped on the second half…

Dannyvee wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 11:17 am I’m certain I have half of it but stumped on the second half…

I'm sure you do have the first part. I suspect I may need to give a nudge before Wednesday.

... to that end, if you guys do feel you have Part a, PM me with that and I'll give you the nudge for Part b.

Al Sisti wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 11:32 am ... to that end, if you guys do feel you have Part a, PM me with that and I'll give you the nudge for Part b.

Uh.... what about vice versa?

Ok, per Al I have the b part. Working on the villain. Lots of rabbit holes.
Edit: Al says I’m off the couch! I think I’ll reserve comment for a bit. Gonna wash the dog.
That puppy has the softest fur!! Anyway, I spent way too much time googling unnecessarily. But, it’s good to learn new things! Thanks, Al for the fun.

Three quarters of the way there. (Although.... if you have one you contextually have the other, don't you? After all they were a team...? Oh never mind..... EDIT: Oh! I get it.... except I don't....).

I got one and I'm pretty dang sure what to do for the second... but I just can't get it to work.

EDIT: Got it to work.

Off the couch!

With the help of Al’s nudge.

Myself, I found this one to be a load of fun (thanks, Al!), even with my various stages of befuddlement along the way.

Got to the doorstep but couldn’t make it in without a nudge from Al. Al’s brilliant clue writing combined with a great meta idea—what could be better?

Yanked off the couch after getting step one. Terrific puzzle with great clueing as always.

boharr wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 5:41 pm Yanked off the couch after getting step one. Terrific puzzle with great clueing as always.

I'm already having to apologize for the clue for 66D. And I do. Sometimes the things that pop into my head should stay there.

Al Sisti wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 5:55 pm

boharr wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 5:41 pm Yanked off the couch after getting step one. Terrific puzzle with great clueing as always.

I'm already having to apologize for the clue for 66D. And I do. Sometimes the things that pop into my head should stay there.

I love that clue!

Me too! I laughed my head off.

But hey now, no spoiler alert for 13D???

Half-way off the couch, PM sent.

Stuck in probably the same half-on, half-off limbo as others. If I have one right, I probably have both, but I won't submit until I understand why!

A fun puzzle! What's really strange is that we were just discussing this villain on Sunday ...

Off the couch!
Unfamiliar with the villain, ignoramus that I am, but with constuctor's criticism I figured it out.
Good puzzle and meta idea.
Thanks!

With the nudge from Al after I got part a, I am off the couch.