"Back Pocket"

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Good morning everyone! As we wind down the dog days of summer, here's a Week 2 meta to beat the heat. The grid may be tougher than the meta.


The meta answer is a summer rerun. For extra credit, find the two additional words that would make a good fifth theme entry.

Edit: Revised instructions to limit the range of “extra credit answers”

Submit answer by PM or on Crosshare by Saturday at 10pm EST.
Randomly drawn winner will receive a Biloxi Christmas ornament.

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Dr. Pepper nudges released on Wednesday.
Hope to see you off the couch soon!

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Solved
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Off the couch. Fun!
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Couch vacated. Fun puzzle. Thanks, Peter.
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Got the answer, but drawing a blank on the extra credit
If you want help with a meta, feel free to PM me. The more specific you are about what you have and what you want, the more likely I can help without spoiling.

(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
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Launched off the couch. Have Answer, waiting for verification of the extra theme entry.

Nice Puzzle, Pete. Thanks.

Now back to staring into the rabbit hole that is Mikey's puzzle.
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Off the... Who? Not me! I'm no couch potato! :o

Fun puzzle, Peter. Thanks.
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OTC
Thanks, Peter.
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Off the couch!
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Off the couch! Thanks, Peter.
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🛋.Another great puzzle by Peter!
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Good stuff, though indeed the grid required some google-checking of guesses in a couple spots. Worst was 8D, where both versions of the clue might as well have been in Greek for me and a typo I had in 6A made it very hard to infer that crossing at first. So that one's on me. :lol:

Meta was simple but fun, thanks. Extra credit earned as well. Which reminds me that school starts next week. Sigh. :lol:
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:crossed_swords: :rabbit: :couch_and_lamp: Fun one! Extra credit submitted...

EDIT: So apparently I found EXTRA extra credit (it was a bit of a stretch). Extra credit re-submitted...
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 metapuzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related charities. It is available at CrosswordsForCancer.com.
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Got it! Now for the extra credit, I have an answer, but we'll see...
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Off the couch and into the office. Happy Monday, everyone!
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Not only do I not get the meta, I don't get the prompt....
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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woozy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 12:26 pm Not only do I not get the meta, I don't get the prompt....
Same. Also, double fail on 8D...I'm a gen xer who never played the game or saw the movie...
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woozy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 12:26 pm Not only do I not get the meta, I don't get the prompt....
Make that 3 of us! Not sure what to do with the prompt and finding the mechanism.
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Ergcat wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 1:14 pm
woozy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 12:26 pm Not only do I not get the meta, I don't get the prompt....
Make that 3 of us! Not sure what to do with the prompt and finding the mechanism.
On the plus side loved seeing 29d! Monteverde is my maiden name and Claudio was a distant relative.
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KayW wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:43 am :crossed_swords: :rabbit: :couch_and_lamp: Fun one! Extra credit submitted...

EDIT: So apparently I found EXTRA extra credit (it was a bit of a stretch). Extra credit re-submitted...
We may be of like mind on this. I got the correct - yet incorrect - extra credit answer, but settled for resubmitting with the incorrect - yet correct - extra credit answer. All in good fun... :lol:
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