Meeting Place

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Meeting Place

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Meeting Place by Peter A. Collins

Attached is Crossword #25.

What tourist attraction is hinted at by this puzzle?
The site is just a web page, a meeting place, a clubhouse - it's the group that's special.
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Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, oh! There it is!
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Well done, BarbaraK! I'm still in the "nothing" stage. I mean, absolutely nothing!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Staring for quite a while...nothing.
Then -- success! Cool puzzle when you get it.
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I'm also in the "nothing" stage.
Check out my meta crossword writeups on Crossword Fiend: https://crosswordfiend.com/author/conrad/
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When I'm totally lost on a meta and have run out of good ideas, one of the things I try is looking for diagonal words. It never actually works. Except this time, it did!
If you want help with a meta, feel free to PM me. The more specific you are about what you have and what you want, the more likely I can help without spoiling.

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I should've gotten this one! In July 2017 there was a puzzle with this same answer, except it had the first letters of the four relevant states in a square throughout the puzzle. The reason I remember is that my brother, Jae, and I solved it while flying to Ft. Myers, probably annoying everyone within earshot in the process.
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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