"Reaching Across the Aisle"

[lbray53]

Off the couch. Thanks Al. I had an extra something that delayed my solve for a bit.

[benchen71]

Off the couch. Nice one!

[BarbaraK]

You had me at 35D. 36A and 42D were icing on the cake.

Nice meta! I’m off the couch

[JeanneC]

First attempt at solve not so hot. Hopefully, the second one is right. Such an elegant mechanism!

[Bird Lives]

Off the couch, but not until I had spent some time chasing the wrong rabbit down the wrong hole. 36A and 42D were terra incognita for me, but fortunately, we have a data scientist in residence this week, and he knew immediately.

[minimuggle]

Still on the couch....may need the nudges tomorrow.

[Eric Porter]

I'm also going to check out the nudges tomorrow. I have an idea of what the mechanism could be an I see something that must be a part of the solution, but I can't make anything work.

[MatthewL]

In the same boat -- I see something that is clearly relevant, but not able to put it all together.

[woozy]

In the same boat -- I see something that is clearly relevant, but not able to put it all together.

That's more than I see. The only thing I see that is clearly relevant is that part of the puzzle that says "The answer to this meta is a theater personality". I figure that is probably important but I could be wrong.

[MaineMarge]

Thanks Al!
Took awhile to locate the last piece, but I’m off the couch and out to find a comfortable seat outside-

Whoops! Kubota tractor seat already occupied by Goldilocks!
What a personality kid she is!
Neighbor Dorothy this week at 13 months.

[Al Sisti]

Here's our end of day 2 leaderboard... Oh, and Happy Nudge Wednesday Eve!

1 Abide (TS)
2 Cap'n Rick (TS)
3 Hector
4 Tom Wilson
5 imontoo
6 Cindy Weatherman
7 Meg
8 rjy
9 I K Snamhcok
10 oldjudge
11 whimsy
12 DavyGravy
13 boharr
14 Darth
15 bhamren
16 Laura M
17 DrTom
18 Mikey G
19 JM
20 DebbieC
21 Dave C
22 heidi
23 BrennerTJ
24 Anita and Steve
25 DIS
26 Mike Fitzgerald
27 Bbaack
28 KayW
29 jbird
30 markhr
31 Qmark
32 dannyvee
33 Gutman
34 lbray53
35 benchen71
36 BarbaraK
37 JeanneC
38 LindaPRmaven
39 SJMcK
40 FrankieHeck
41  Bird Lives
42  MaineMarge

[Ergcat]

Hmmmm, 42 on leaderboard! But I’m not seeing it! Had some ideas but not working out to anything! Will need nudges, I’m afraid!

[TeamDoubleTow]

Confirmed off the couch on Crossshare! Thanks for the great puzzle. All solving credit goes to my better half.

[Al Sisti]

Happy Nudge Wednesday, all! I'm going to give them to you one at a time, so you can ruminate on them individually.

Think of the white spaces as seats...

[Al Sisti]

The answer is five letters. Some of you found a couple other viable words that were coincidental... sorry about that. Oh, and...

...since I misspelled that boxer's last name. As some of you know, I hate "clever" clues for "made up" words in a grid -- but since the current entry doesn't fit the current cluing, and since it has nothing to do with the meta anyway -- the new wording for the clue at 13A is "Descriptor for the career of a once-well-known comedienne."

[MatthewL]

I believe I am off the couch, but waiting for confirmation. The nudge confirmed the method I had been trying, but it helped me to re-focus and keep going down that path.

[Dplass]

OTC. I really needed the second nudge. Otherwise there were too many possibilities.

[jhseeman]

Off the couch, someone had sent me a similar nudge to #1, which is what I needed to solve.

Thanks Al, fun puzzle and meta.

[Al Sisti]

I believe I am off the couch, but waiting for confirmation. The nudge confirmed the method I had been trying, but it helped me to re-focus and keep going down that path.

You are hereby confirmed!

[Eric Porter]

Hmm. I'm correct on Crosshare, but I'm still not sure about that last letter.

I hate it when I have the correct general idea, try it but don't see it, then it turns out to be the right approach after all. I should have looked just a little harder.