Hooked on Metas

A weekly meta crossword created by members of the forum. Difficulty levels will vary. Hints are usually available starting Wednesday, and solutions are posted on Sunday.
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Hooked on Metas

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Happy Monday, Muggles!

This week’s MMM is a collaboration between Peter Abide and Wendy Walker. The former often reminds the latter how she used to claim she simply didn’t have enough time in her busy schedule to solve any puzzles except the WSJ. Oh, how priorities change!

Thanks for our friend Al Sisti for test-solving and offering excellent suggestions – including pointing out that “Hooked on Metas,” which we were using as a placeholder for the title, was actually a better title than anything we had come up with.

Here’s hoping you enjoy this one. Per protocol we will post a list of solvers, and nudges will be offered on Wednesday. A randomly selected solver will win a suitable prize!

The meta answer is a name.

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Off the couch! Took a while to see what needed to be seen, but definitely fun when the click happened!
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta! :shock:
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Off the couch! Fun meta with a great twist. Thanks!
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I’m OTC, but not quite 100 per cent sure on the details….
Never mind. All is well in cat world!
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Off the couch. Thanks for a clever one.
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Off the couch. Great click at the end!! Outstanding clues.
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Fun puzzle guys! Off the couch!
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Elbowed off the couch.

That is: I needed a nudge.

Fun! Thanks, Peter and Wendy!
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Off the couch, but only with a couple of nudges. Must be Monday brain or something. Anyway -- thanks for the puzzle you two!
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Off the couch, but I think I just rolled off accidentally.
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Got it, but needed a nudge. Great puzzle!
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Solved with a nudge. Thanks for the puzzle and the help.
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I have no idea of what the answer is

but I am amused that the subject and object of 4D can be reversed.
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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MONDAY NIGHT LEADERBOARD

With 20 of 30 correct on Monday night, this is no Cap'n Rick softball. But never say die, maybe this early nudge will help:

The answer to 38-Across tells you what you'll need to find.

Here's tonight's lineup:

1. Al Sisti [TS]
2. damefox
3. Cinny
4. Meg
5. Cindy
6. boharr
7. Bbaack
8. Beth Tyrpin
9. lbray53
10. TMart
11. hcbirker
12. Chris Kochmanski
13. CPJohnson
14. Anita and Steve
15. MatthewL
16. JHSeeman
17. hoover
18. Gutman
19. Hector
20. dplass

Best wrong answer so far by @woozy: "Matt Gaffney"
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Don't forget the submissions by PM!
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta! :shock:
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Two of the wrong submissions are mine :-( I think I have parts of the right idea, but obviously not all of it...
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benchen71 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 03, 2023 11:50 pm Don't forget the submissions by PM!
Yikes, and you were the early bird 🦢

21. benchen71
22. BrennerTJ
23. whimsy
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Off the couch after realizing that I'm an engineer and my spelling is horrible......(facepalm).

Fun one, and I learned a bunch of new things from the clue answers....Thanks both of you.
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I have a couple of embryonic ideas of how this might go, but it's tenuous at best. Will let it ruminate for a couple of days. I'm hooked!

Always fun when Peter and Wendy team up!
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OTC - got it and learned some new things - thanks, Peter and Wendy!
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