"Team Players" - May 29, 2022

Available by emailing a request to PandorasBlocksWMC[at]gmail[dot]com, these meta puzzles are distributed by email every Sunday. Pandora's Blocks crosswords are intended to spread the popularity of meta crosswords, however, they are not just for beginners and run the gamut it terms of difficulty.
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"Team Players" - May 29, 2022

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From Will's email

This week's puzzle: Team Players
Difficulty: Easy
After a couple of really tough puzzles, I figured it was about time for an easier one.

The answer to this week's meta is a U.S. city.
(No Google!)

Crosshare link: https://crosshare.org/crosswords/62ooQw ... am-players
-HB
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Dino me.
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Out of the box.
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🦕. Fun puzzle, Will!
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I’m out of the box, but “(No Google!)”? Will is definitely overestimating my knowledge of ******
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Out of the box!
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Ditto what Barbara K said!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Nice and smooth and doable -- thanks, Will!
(Just a couple of "insurance" googles.)

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Dino me!
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BarbaraK wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 10:59 am I’m out of the box, but “(No Google!)”? Will is definitely overestimating my knowledge of ******
People who don't know ****** are my kind of people.

I thought for a moment "well, even I know that" but then.... I didn't.

(My first guess was ********* even though ******** implied the correct answer. I did a "insurance google" and was rather surprised the other ones [especially ****** and *****] were associated with the correct answer, *********. I could have sworn they were all *********.)
Last edited by woozy on Sun May 29, 2022 1:06 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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:sauropod: I had a hunch but definitely was in the "google required here" camp. Still, nice and easy!
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🦕 (with google)
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Out of the box - thanks for the puzzle, Will!
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Late start but quick finish. Thanks for the puzzle, Will!
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Dinoed, but Google was definitely needed! ;)
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Out of the box.

Knew 7D thanks to last week's MMM.
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No clue
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Dino me! 🦕 I did need to Google to.confirm.
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🦕 No google required for me.
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DINO ME. Also had to GOOGLE to confirm.
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