MGWCC #764 - “Eat, Drink, and Be Meta”

An excellent puzzle written by one of the innovators of the meta crossword format. It comes out every Friday at noon and increases in difficulty throughout the month. Available for modest subscription (worth every cent) here: www.xwordcontest.com
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Guffman
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#21

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#101 on the board! Would’ve been higher, but my PT session started just as I realized the last step.
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Beamed up. I submitted minutes after the last update so I will need to confirm but I am calling it a solve.

NIcely dialed back, as promised in the write up, "to balance the meta scales".

Edit: Confirmed! Matt must be updated regularly in an attempt to stay ahead of the rush.
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#23

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Took a few minutes to suss it all out but it's a no-doubt answer and should be beamed up when the next intergalactic bus rolls by....
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Laura M
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#24

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Beamed up! Easier than last week.
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Submitted for beamage... and as some meals start: Cheers!
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#26

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Awaiting the beam to join y'all up there. Good start to the weekend!
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#27

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beamimg
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Katiedid
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#28

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Part of the grid was tricky, but then beamed up quickly.
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#29

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Jimmed up.
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woozy
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#30

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Oh, Now I get it. I thought it had to be something but... I can do something else.

I'd say it's not that easy as there's a rabbit hole that is actually more compelling than the true path and that uses the same mechanism but gets nowhere.

Also there is a (maybe unintentional) ambiguity on one of them.

Waiting to beam up but now pretty sure.

EDIT: there are I am at 153 and ... I just realized yet another thing.
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#31

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Got a late start due to eating, drinking and being merry with friends for lunch.

Fun one! I quite enjoyed it. And yes, I agree that Matt took it easy on us for a week 3. Even the grid was pretty quick, relatively speaking.
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Was out of town for a few days so I got a late start on this, but I've safely beamed. Appreciated the easing of the difficulty level on our 50th wedding anniversary!
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Jeremy Smith wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 6:10 pm Was out of town for a few days so I got a late start on this, but I've safely beamed. Appreciated the easing of the difficulty level on our 50th wedding anniversary!
Happy Anniversary! Wow 50! Congrats!

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Joe
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Waiting to beam aboard. This was the Week 2 I so desperately missed last week!

Man, did I get Natick-ed in that section with 17D, 19D, and 23A. I had to Google to finish, but then again, there was a ton of theme material in a small-ish amount of real estate.
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Alvibu67
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#35

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Beam me up! Now if I get next week's I'll have three in a row AND earn my Four-gone badge - solve a week 4 puzzle!

We'll see...

Have a good weekend!
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Berto
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#36

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Got this quickly (I hope, awaiting beam) but didn’t believe I was on the right track until near the end of the solve. Just ingenious. Congrats to those who solved it so quickly. (Guess I’d be further up the board if I didn’t wait until 6pm to start!!!)
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#37

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Wow, that grid had some gnarly spots - like an unfamiliar word crossing 4 proper nouns, one vaguely familiar and guessable, but the other 3 totally unknown. Thank you, google.

Waiting for the transporter chief to get back on duty, but confident I’ll be beamed up then.

I thought one of the clues could have been Star Trek related, but realized it’s close but a different spelling.
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Awaiting the tractor beam! This was just my speed... Didn't see it right away but after persuing a related strategy... ended up on the correct one for this puzzle.
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Agree that parts of the grid were Naticky, but I don’t mind that. I got snagged for a little while with one part, because there’s a great valid alternate option for one of the eleven, but backsolving made me switch to the one that was obviously intended. Awaiting a refresh, but feel sure I’m on the launch pad. Or wherever it is you stand awaiting a beam up!
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Same as the other Wendy above

Also I have to learn to spell certain things
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