"Valentine Remix"

[minimuggle]

Got it. Thanks for the puzzle and the nudges.

[Abide]

Nudge #3

Hopefully by now you have a 5-letter synonym. You can Google that word and “dance” to get a two-word answer. The long entries show the “remix”.

For Cap’n Rick Level 5 nudges, PM me.

[benchen71]

Oof, I needed all of the nudges, but I'm off the couch (I think). Thanks for the puzzle, Peter.

[michaelm]

Triply nudged as well.
Thanks Peter, You Dance!

[Cap'n Rick]

Nudge #3

Hopefully by now you have a 5-letter synonym. You can Google that word and “dance” to get a two-word answer. The long entries show the “remix”.

For Cap’n Rick Level 5 nudges, PM me.

I thought I was gonna need some of those Cap'n Rick Level 5 nudges, but I finally figured it out. I guess I was handicapped by my two left feet!

Fun puzzle, @Abide.

[Abide]

WEDNESDAY NIGHT LEADERBOARD

Those nudges can be a big help when the answer is a semi-obscure dance. Adding 23 new solvers bringing tonight's total to 65.

Alvibu67 solved at 11:14 on 2/15/2023
MatthewL solved at 12:33 on 2/15/2023
ajk solved at 12:53 on 2/15/2023
Mr Tex solved at 12:59 on 2/15/2023
Snood solved at 13:09 on 2/15/2023
minimuggle solved at 13:16 on 2/15/2023
dplass solved at 13:43 on 2/15/2023
Jessica Schirle solved at 14:52 on 2/15/2023
benchen71 solved by PM at 15:13 on 2/15/2023
MikeM000 solved by PM at 15:22 on 2/15/2023
Johnny Luau solved at 15:16 on 2/15/2023
Dow Jones solved at 15:41 on 2/15/2023
SeamusOL solved at 16:23 on 2/15/2023
michaelm solved at 16:52 on 2/15/2023
Anita and Steve solved at 16:58 on 2/15/2023
dannyvee solved at 17:11 on 2/15/2023
Richard solved at 17:41 on 2/15/2023
Teamdoubletow solved at 18:00 on 2/15/2023
Capn Rick solved at 18:18 on 2/15/2023
DebbieC solved at 18:45 on 2/15/2023
BirdLives solved by PM at 18:51 on 2/15/2023
Gutman solved at 18:53 on 2/15/2023
Berto solved by PM at 20:26 on 2/15/2023

[JeanneC]

Off the couch! Just in time too. All those Valentine bon bons are gone.

[ajk]

By the way, If you haven't solved my Souper Bowl meta from this weekend, you can find it here https://punofakind.blogspot.com/

Forgot about this one until just now. Fun stuff, thanks.

[Abide]

FRIDAY MORNING UPDATE-- now up to 74 movers-and-shakers

Jeanne C solved by PM at 23:55 on 2/15/2023
edestlin solved at 6:34 on 2/16/2023
Dawn Landry solved at 11:39 on 2/16/2023
Jim Dean solved at 13:00 on 2/16/2023
Sanne Budd solved at 17:52 on 2/16/2023
Golem solved at 19:12 on 2/16/2023
ReB solved at 19:15 on 2/16/2023
Julia solved at 21:54 on 2/16/2023
DIS solved at 22:27 on 2/16/2023

[Abide]

FINAL RESULTS

Crosshare stats for Valentine Remix (Meta)
Total completions: 233
Correct contest submissions: 79
Total contest submissions:90

85 total solvers

BarbaraK solved at 8:52 on 2/17/2023
africh solved at 9:39 on 2/17/2023
JR solved at 13:25 on 2/17/2023
Eric Porter solved at 14:47 on 2/17/2023
Cate C solved at 15:44 on 2/17/2023
cbarbee002 solved by PM on 2/17/2023
Tane solved at 19:49 on 2/17/2023
dot solved at 1:19 on 2/18/2023
THC solved at 8:31 on 2/18/2023
Steve M solved at 10:37 on 2/18/2023
Darrell solved at 14:44 on 2/18/2023

Reveal and two prize winners announced tomorrow (Red division/Black division)

[Abide]

How this worked:

The Omega-Across EROS is appropriately clued (Valentine's Day reference). That entry also is seen as a mixed up word in the longer clues (ROSE, ORES, SORE, ROES).

So EROS is the entry you need a SYNONYM for. The way the clue reads most people should think of Cupid as the little guy with the bow. Recognizing that many Muggles are more comfortable on couches than going to line dances, high school proms, or wedding receptions, you probably needed to Google "Cupid dance" to find the CUPID SHUFFLE answer.

TL;DR: EROS gets "shuffled".

And yes @Bird Lives this is really a thing!
https://www.on3.com/college/alabama-cri ... prospects/

Prize Winners: THC (red division) and @JeanneC (black division). Keep on shufflin'!

[Bird Lives]

Congratulations to @Abide for pulling off such an elaborate hoax, a premature April Fool’s gag. First he invents a dance whose name he can use in a Valentine’s meta. (I mean, had you ever heard of this dance? Of course not. Neither had I or anyone else.) Then he uses his considerable CGI skills to create videos that you see when you Google said dance, a video of fictitious CGI people doing this fictitious dance.



As for the real answer. The most logical place to start is 1A WELT, not just because it’s the first word but because all of the shuffled EROSes are symmetrically placed, and 1A fits with this symmetry. There aren’t too many synonyms for WELT, though two of them are anagrams (WEAL / WALE). One of those synonyms must be part of a dance. Or maybe it's just WELT and the synonym lies elsewhere.

The other clue/entry that yells for attention is SLANG. The lengthy, elaborate clue has to be there for a reason. So if you anagram that one and the first one and add the definite article to bring the letter-count to 12, you get the answer: THE LENG WALTS – Pennsylvania Dutch dialect for THE LONG WALTZ (when they came to America, the Amish forgot to bring the Z). It's the dance that ends the reception at Amish weddings, harvest festivals, bar mitzvahs, etc. The Leng Walts is a great idea and a great phrase, and you can't blame Scorsese for stealing it.

Anyway, that's my answer and I'm sticking to it. The refusal of Crosshare to acknowledge this answer I can attribute only to a glitch in the software.

[KayW]

Congratulations to @Abide for pulling off such an elaborate hoax, a premature April Fool’s gag. First he invents a dance whose name he can use in a Valentine’s meta. (I mean, had you ever heard of this dance. Of course not. Neither had I or anyone else.) Then he uses his considerable CGI skills to create videos that you see when you Google said dance, a video of fictitious CGI people doing this fictitious dance.

Yes, @Abide is REALLY good. He also either 1) built a time machine to send cyborg DJs back to every wedding I've been to in the last 15 years to have them lead this fictitious dance or 2) hypnotized me over the interwebs and implanted false memories of me doing this dance. And no. There's no video. Trust me, NO ONE wants to see me "dance". I'm putting my tinfoil hat back on now.

EDIT: But really, he could have done better at promoting the name while he was fabricating all this. Despite all the times I did that dance, I never knew the name of it or the song until I googled it for this meta. Maybe you're onto something there after all, @Bird Lives...