Celebrity Hound

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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#41

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Off the couch! :ugeek:
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#42

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Day 4 - Seven more Muggles have reached the leaderboard bringing our total to 58:

Naptown Kid
SewYoung
TMart
CromsFury
Alex R
zuckylee
Beth Tyrpin

Can we get to 60? Stay tuned!
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#43

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Finally nudged off the couch!
- Just puzzling it out here in Delmarva :D
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MamaE wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 1:11 pm Finally nudged off the couch!
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#45

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Day 5 - A few more Muggles made it off their respective couches bringing our total to 62!

StartChoppin
LB800
MikeyG

Thanks for solving, everyone! Solution tomorrow.
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What a great smile factor. At first, I was like, "What the heck? There's literally nothing." And then when you see it, you see it! A lot of fun!!
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Chevy and Benji.JPG

The meta answer is "CHEVY CHASE", (and you're not). :D

The key to this puzzle was noticing the four "Chevy" models on the left side of the grid adjacent to the four synonyms for "chase" on the right. The title - "Celebrity Hound" - also followed the same convention. The central GASOLINES at 20-Down was intended to provide a hint for the cars.

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That's it - short and sweet! This was one of those metas where you either saw it or you didn't. Like I mentioned on the Zoom, my wife Erin gave me the idea for this puzzle. We were driving along, and I was telling her how meta ideas can be found most anywhere. Just then a Ford passed us, and I used it as an example saying it could be a car, a person, or a verb. "Like Chevy Chase," she said. Bingo!

Thanks everyone for solving!

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Cap'n Rick

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#48

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Fun puzzle, Cap'n! I'm playing catch up... as I just got back (ironically) from a "European vacation" :lol:

[Of course, I was expecting the celebrity "hound" would be Snoop Dogg! haha]
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