"Don't Let Them Keep You Down!" - July 3, 2022

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"Don't Let Them Keep You Down!" - July 3, 2022

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Will's back after last week's hiatus!

This week's puzzle: Don't Let Them Keep You Down!
Difficulty: Easy

The answer to this week's meta is a hit song from the 1990s.
(You might need Google, depending on what '90s music you listen to.)

Crosshare link: https://crosshare.org/crosswords/N3EdIZ ... p-you-down
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Out of the box. Fun.
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Right in my musical wheelhouse. Out of the box!
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Out of the box!

Thanks, Will!
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Got it. Never quite understood that song though.
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Out of the box, but not familiar with the song. Went down a few rabbit holes before I came up with the right Google search terms.

Definitely agree with Will, this was a super clean grid, very much enjoyed the solve.
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Dino me!
Good grid, but I needed google to help with the meta. I think I submitted the artist name, then some of the lyrics, then some more of the lyrics until I figured it out.
Not my cuppa tea. Or cuppa whatever. But I got there in the end!
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I’m out of the box with a case of deja vu and no idea why.
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BarbaraK wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 1:00 pm I’m out of the box with a case of deja vu and no idea why.
Because another recent meta was the name of a song...and another recent meta was the name of a singer.
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:crossed_swords: :rabbit: Interwebbing required - but very surprised to discover I'd actually heard this song. Just didn't remember enough of it to get it without interwebs.
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Hit song from the 90s... uh-oh. I'll give it a go. It could be worse. It could be a hit song since the 90s. Although I didn't even know.... that other puzzle... I have a steep road ahead.

Oh well, let's get started.

EDIT: Got it.
Funny story. I was all set to enter Par for the course for the CrossHare midi contest for April but I mistakenly thought midi meant 7x 7 and not 11 x 11. Oops. Well.... Here's a complex but **small** meta on the subject of golf.
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Out of the box - thanks, Will - smooth grid and fun puzzle
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Got it but needed Google. We've never heard of this song... now I want a raspberry lime rickey!
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Got this one about halfway through filling the grid. Fun!
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Finally got it. Not a song I have heard before. You have to go much farther back than the 90's for me to know the lyrics of a song.
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Out of the box. I had to google for the song, but had a good idea early on what to use as search terms.
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Out of the box. Nice one!
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I must be missing something really obvious, having tried quite a few different Google searches and resulting wrong guesses. Definitely feels like abusing the multiple guess feature on Crosshare after the 3rd or 4th attempt...

E: Dino me - I do know the song and was just guessing without a solid click in place. Nice one Will!
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hashbrown wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 7:09 pm I must be missing something really obvious, having tried quite a few different Google searches and resulting wrong guesses. Definitely feels like abusing the multiple guess feature on Crosshare after the 3rd or 4th attempt...
I think in this case you have to be somewhat familiar with the song. To be honest I don't see how the people who never heard of this song managed to google. But I looked at a list of several songs and looked and looked and then.... thought oh, yeah, it's got to be that song because of ... something.

EDIT: Oh! There *is* something very simple that you and I overlooked..... there's a google to get it down to the exact song. *Dope-slap*.
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I knew the song but only found it by Googling. This would have been easy for me if only I ever listened to the lyrics of songs. I am a “There’s a bathroom on the right” and “Reverend Blue Jeans” kind of guy.
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