All the World's a Stage

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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#21

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Pre-nudge report: 38 solvers (including two test solvers), so I'm not sure nudges are really needed, but we don't want anyone to feel left out!

Congrats to:

Abide (TS)
ajk
BarbaraK
Berto
benchen71
Bird Lives
Bob cruise director
boharr
Capn Rick (TS)
Carolyn
Cindy Heisler
Cindy Weatherman
CPJohnson
dannyvee
DCBilly
DIS
Dow Jones
HeadinHome
Hector
Heidi
ImOnToo
JHSeeman
JM
kamashdad
KayW
lbray53
LindaPRMaven
MatthewL
Meg
michaelm
Pair O Ducks
ReB
rjy
Rufus T Firefly
SamKat9
Wendy Walker
whimsy
woozy

Now for the nudges:

You noticed the asterisks, right?

What do those three grid answers have in common?

Did you notice a sequence of sorts? What's missing?

The answer's as easy as BCD. Or wait, what's the phrase?

What is a term for a remark in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.

The meta answer is similar to the side of a pop single record regarded as the main release. But without the hyphen.

Seriously? OK, the meta answer is a 5-letter word beginning with A and the rest of the word sounds like the second syllable of the three themers.
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#22

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Sssolved before the nudges. Nice one! Thanks, Mark!
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#23

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SSSolved!
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Mark bailed the SSS out this week, as the well was running dry. Love the Sssledgehammer nudges!
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#25

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For day 1, we are at 46 solvers - congrats to the following additional solvers. According to Crosshare, we have a 100% solve rate - a meta constructor's dream!

BrennerTJ
GR
Gutman
I K Snamhcok
Jeremy Smith
Laura M
Tom Wilson
Tyrpmom
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Solved yesterday(confirmed via crosshare today), but just getting around to posting.
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#27

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Didn't get to the puzzle until today, but SSSolved without needing nudges...thanks Mark!
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#28

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SSSolved sans spoilers (SSSSS?)

Quick and fun.

Stay well all
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Another 11 solvers today, bringing our total to 57. I'm happy to welcome all of these solvers to the party, but especially proud of one name on the list :D

Darth
DrTom
gthoma
hoover
Jaclyn
jbird
Katiedid
kymike
Nicklas Woychick
Qmark
Streroto
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#30

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Amazing how each group of solvers are solving alphabetically ;) :!:
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#31

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A slow start today, and then I noticed the puzzle was still set to "private" on Crosshare. I have no new family members to report as solvers today, but we're all family on this forum, right? We're up to 61, with the addition of the following Fab Four:

Alex Sisti
Grant Kennell
kurtalert
Philip Chow
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One final update before the reveal tomorrow - six more solvers brings the total to 67 for the week:

ab
Larry Edelstein
JakeDaSnake
Jim23809
Mr Tex
Sharkicicles
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#33

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And now for the reveal:
All the World's a Stage Reveal.gif
We had three themers, each conveniently marked with an asterisk: BESIDES, SEASIDE, DECIDES. Those three themers sound like B SIDE, C SIDE, and D SIDE. So what's missing? A SIDE, of course. And an ASIDE from the stage breaks the fourth wall. Both ASIDE and ASIDES were legit answers.

Thanks to everyone who solved and all the kind comments.
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 contest-style (meta) crosswords that we've created to help raise money for cancer-related organizations - get the bundle at http://crosswordsforcancer.com
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#34

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Cool reveal :)
Check out this very cool project by many of your favorite muggles to raise money to fight cancer. You get a fun puzzle bundle and good causes get $. Win-win: Crosswords for Cancer
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