57. Product Placement

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57. Product Placement

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PDF and PUZ

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1. Puzzle #56 recap

Puzzle #56 answer: LEAVE IT TO BEAVER

Correct entries: 52

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(Thanks, @BrennerTJ!)

Shortest explanation: Four entries in the grid (FASTEDDIE, WALLYLAMB, THEODORE, and WARDROBE) allude to characters from the 1950s TV show, which is definitely "associated with June" (the mother's name was June Cleaver). Note also the clues at the first- and last-across entries, also pointing in the direction of LEAVE and BEAVER.

Maybe more like a Level 2, since you did have to get those references, which can be hit-or-miss sometimes (I actually had a mini-themeless on Crosshare earlier this year with the spanner of LEAVE IT TO BEAVER clued the same way). And my parents both loved the show, so I might be a bit biased!

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2. Leaderboard (this will automatically update...after I crunch the numbers for the last puzzle):

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3. This is intended to be the Week 2 puzzle, and if you count Quiara's excellent MGWCC as 2.5 or 3 and this one as 1 or 1.5, I think we basically average out.

57. Product Placement

The answer to the meta is a brand.

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Fun puzzle Mikey--thanks!
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Nice one. Thanks, Mikey.
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Got it. Thanks, Mikey!
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:crossed_swords: :rabbit: :cat: Fun! Thanks, Mikey - I needed a confidence booster as this supposedly-week-2 MGWCC is still eluding me.
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Solved. Another fun MikeyG meta! Thanks.
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Out of the cat house(/scratching board/purposely generic product combo.)

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A walk in a meta park. Thanks, Mikey.
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Meg wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 2:08 pm A walk in a meta park. Thanks, Mikey.
You deserve one now and again, birthday twin!
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Twins—I notice the resemblance in the eyes
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oldjudge wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 2:30 pm Twins—I notice the resemblance in the eyes
Hilarious.
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Solved. Thanks Mikey.
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What a fun puzzle.
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Fun diversion for a Saturday afternoon.
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Solved....a great puzzle!
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Enjoyed it, Mikey, thanks for doing these!
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Solved! Nice and fun.
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Solved...fun! Thanks Mikey!
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Did I make page one!?

Fun fun fun puzzle

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That was enjoyable. Thanks, Mikey !!
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