Oopsie! by Ben Chenoweth

STARTING APRIL 30, 2023

Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 meta puzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related organizations. Many of the constructors and test solvers involved with the project are members of the Muggle community. The bundle is available in exchange for a donation to any cancer-related charity. For more information, visit CrosswordsForCancer.com or email CrosswordsForCancer@gmail.com.
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Oopsie! by Ben Chenoweth

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Oopsie! by Ben Chenoweth.

The answer to this meta is an adjective.

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This puzzle is part of the CCCC bundle. To access the bundle and for more information, see this post.
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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Fun and playful puzzle! Thanks, @benchen71
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Not hard but fun! Could actually have figured it out with less theme material, but having it all there was much more elegant
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So glad to be a part of this project in the company of some very fine meta constructors! Thanks @AnswerPfinder for including me.

For those wanting a nudge, here they are in order of increasing blatancy:

1. The long central across entry is a clue of sorts in that it points at the importance of losing things.

2. Focus on the six across clues that refer to losing something.

3. Clearly the first part of these clue provides the definition for the grid entry. But the rest of the clue must have some significance, right?

4. The second part of the clue refers to a place which in turn points to another grid entry.

5. Did something get lost in moving from one place to the other?
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Very fun. Thanks.
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Very cool meta!
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Fun one! Thanks, Ben!
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Another great one! Thanks Ben!
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Solved. Another fun one!
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@benchen71 A fun puzzle over breakfast. You get a 23D for creativity and fun

And @BarbaraK was right. Like with Lay's potato chips "Betcha can't eat just one"

Now off to @MikeyG
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Fun one Ben.

Thanks for the fun meta/puzzle.
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Fun stuff, thanks. Slowly working my way through the alphabet. :lol:
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I froze for about 11 seconds; and then something seemed familiar and I went to town!
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A lot of fun, and anything silly makes me smile. Thanks, Ben!!
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I stumbled onto the answer. Pun intended.

This is so fun.
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Some you just don’t see………………………until you do. Nice aha! there, Ben, fun one!
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A great puzzle Ben - and a lot of fun to solve. Thanks!
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KIcking myself. I got the right answer without the nudges, but it wasn't till I read the nudges that I realized I missed all the fun.
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Got it!

And I didn’t even need to speak Strine. 😊
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I didn't even see the nudges until after solving. 39A was key in setting me on the right path.

Nothing clumsy about the construction of this meta. Nicely done.
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