"Permanent Wave" by Abide

Formerly known as the “Sunday Summer Substitute”, editor Cap'n Rick now takes the helm for 'Smooth Sailing Sundays'. As The Commodores sang about Sunday morning, the SSS will focus on easier metas. SSS will also support smaller grids and will mentor new constructors on request. Puzzles released each Sunday around 8am Eastern. Nudges released same day at Noon Eastern. New constructors are welcome.
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"Permanent Wave" by Abide

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Although we made it to Autumn this weekend, I'm happy to report the SSS will continue on. Since Cap'n Rick got a little artsy with the MMM, I tried my hand with the paint program as well.

The meta answer is a 1966 film.

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Sssolved.
Thanks for the puzzle!
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Sssolved! Nice one, Peter. :-)
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Sssolved, thank you, I enjoyed it!
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Nice one, Peter! And I love that sssnazzy grid! :D
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Ssolved. Thanks, Peter. Nice grid.
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SSSolved. Fun, fun, fun. Thanks.
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#8

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SSSolved. Clever and colorful.
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#9

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SSSolved. Thanks, Peter.
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I just printed this out. My first thought is what color highlighter will even show up? And is Peter getting a kickback from the color cartridge makers?
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:crossed_swords: :rabbit: :snake: SSSolved - fun!
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#12

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SSSolved...thanks Peter! Loved the extra artistic aspect.
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Sssolved. Very nice construction! Thanks for the puzzle, Peter!
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SSSolved (AAAwesome or FFFantastic) since we are beyond the SSS phase.

A great meta and I did love the coloring.
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When I opened the .puz file in puzzazz on my phone, it was all messed up. Numbers in squares that should be black (or pink:) and clues not matching anything. But it looks just right in Across Lite on my Mac, and I have sssolved. Nice one, Peter!
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Ssssolved! Very clever Peter!
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The color gremlins messed with the Puzzazz app on Apple iPhones. I can’t try to fix it until this afternoon.
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Whew! Beat the nudges by a hair.... maybe I should have spent my sunday morning working on this rather than writing a long essays in the other thread about my confusion over what "classic brand" is supposed to mean...

Gotta remember theSSSe exist. Every sunday I remember too late.
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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So much fun, thanks Peter!
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Thanks, Peter! Great puzzle! Sssolved.
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