Making a State-ment

A weekly meta crossword created by members of the forum. Difficulty levels will vary. Hints are usually available starting Wednesday, and solutions are posted on Sunday.
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Darth
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#21

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OTC. In traveling mode and solved yesterday, but didn't get back to Crosshare until this morning. Nice puz! =)
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#22

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Off the couch with a THUD! After I Got a big push from @Woozy ! Thanks for the mental workout!
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#23

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I’ll take just a little more nudge if anyone wants to shoot me one. I see lots of potential rabbit trails that I’m not up to chasing if it’s going to lead no where. It’s an intriguing title!

UPDATE - finally! got there with some private tutoring. One or two of the things I should have noticed do ring a bell, but otherwise I’m not sure I would have had the familiarity to get this without help. Great mechanism though!
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#24

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:crossed_swords: :rabbit: :couch_and_lamp: Nudged off the pair-o-ducksical couch - well done!
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#25

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Five more solvers have left the couch on day 2:

Darth
Anita and Steve
Ergcat
KayW
HeadinHome


Which means, I think some Wednesday nudges are in order:

1. You don't need any town names.

2. The section headings on this Wikipedia page are really fun: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_(word)...

3. What's one way U.S. states famously make a statement about themselves? Each state has one.

4. No two-letter words in this grid, but some nearby short entries are looking awfully close...
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Eric Porter
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#26

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OTC with the nudges. I went down the rabbit hole from nudge 1 and needed nudge 2. I probably shouldn't have looked at 3 & 4.
Thanks for the puzzle.
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#27

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Finally off the couch, on a Wednesday no less! Thanks for the puzzle and the nudges! Great idea and execution @schmidzy!
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#28

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OTC with the help of the nudges. Wonderful puzzle and I wish I had seen the mechanism earlier :)
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#29

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Got it ... but I needed help!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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#30

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Off the couch, but only with nudge assistance!
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#31

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Finally OTC! Great mechanism, @schmidzy!
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#32

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OTC after the hints. I had been chasing the wrong rabbit. Nice meta!
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#33

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Off the couch. Needed google but no nudges.

Nicely done!
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#34

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DUH, made an early error of assumption and followed that assumption to a dead end. The nudges showed me the error of my ways. Off the couch FINALLY!! The puzzle was just ducky!
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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#35

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This one has been eluding me all week and I just found my way there. I owe some credit to @woozy's comment about wishing they'd tried harder. Thanks for the puzzle, @schmidzy!
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Jeremy Smith
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#36

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OTC with some of the nudges. Nicely done! Thanks, Schmidzy!
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#37

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Took until Saturday morning but finally got it. Elegant construction and mechanism of solution.
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#38

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26 more solvers join the leaderboard:

LindaPRmaven
benchen71
Eric Porter
Berto
Sharkicicles
JHSeeman
rjy
bhamren
LarsCaine
LB800
DCBilly
Dave C
minimuggle
SJMcK
Jaclyn
Kulea
Capn Rick
Mike D
kurtalert
BarbaraK
Dow Jones
DrTom
dannyvee
edestlin
Jeremy Smith
Prog

... Reveal to follow!
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#39

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The contest answer is RHODE ISLAND

Four state mottos appeared in the themers:

EUREKA -- CA
FRIENDSHIP -- TX
INDUSTRY -- UT
FORWARD -- WI

Four three-letter words used these state abbreviations with an added letter (and as it turns out, each was very nearby to its paired themer!):

C(H)A
T(O)X
(P)UT
WI(E)

= HOPE, the state motto of RHODE ISLAND

Thanks to everyone who solved for sticking with what turned out to be quite a tricky puzzle, and thank you for all the kind words! I enjoyed reading many state motto fun facts from all of you in the comments on Crosshare.

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