#636 - "Team Meta"

An excellent puzzle written by one of the innovators of the meta crossword format. It comes out every Friday at noon and increases in difficulty throughout the month. Available for modest subscription (worth every cent) here: www.xwordcontest.com
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#636 - "Team Meta"

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This weekโ€™s contest answer is a Major League Baseball team.
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#2

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Did you get the email-I did not get mine yet
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#3

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e.a. already in with a correct answer and the puzzle's not even up yet?
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#4

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I'm not getting the puzzle; Patreon is just spinning away...

Edit: Matt's twitter from a minute ago says: Apparently Patreon has been down for the past 40 minutes or so. I'll have MGWCC #636 out as soon as they get it back up.
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#5

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I'm getting the spinning wheel of death on Patreon & no email. yet.
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ENORMOUS ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ:
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๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ. ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜!
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#6

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I sent Matt an email and got this response: Patreon has been down for the last twenty minutes. Will have the puz out ASAP once it is back up.
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#7

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Then how are solvers on the board?
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#8

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Erik A is on the leaderboard, but that's because -- in Matt's words from a few months ago -- he sometimes plays the game and dares himself to guess an answer before/without doing the puzzle. That's why you'll sometimes see him as the first person missing a meta.
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#9

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Think we might have an idea on who the SuperTester is...

Patreon updated, still no puzzle:
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ENORMOUS ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ:
๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ,
๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ,
๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ. ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜!
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#10

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Now Alex B has solved it. These people must pay for express service.
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#11

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Two correct answers, and none incorrect! That is a clue in itself, probably.
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#12

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T E A M

M E T A
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ENORMOUS ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ:
๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ,
๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ,
๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ. ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜!
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#13

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Anyone know any good jokes? I heard one about a puzzle thatโ€™s supposed to come out Fridays at noon.....
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#14

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Nothing yet. Iโ€™ll hold off on submitting The Brooklyn Robins for a few more minutes I guess.
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#15

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I think I saved you. The answer is the Cleveland Naps. Opps sorry for the spoiler.
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#16

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Meh, enough refreshing, I'll come back later.
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#17

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Al Sisti wrote: โ†‘Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:12 pm Erik A is on the leaderboard, but that's because -- in Matt's words from a few months ago -- he sometimes plays the game and dares himself to guess an answer before/without doing the puzzle. That's why you'll sometimes see him as the first person missing a meta.
You can guess, but only an idiot takes a one in thirty chance. I agree with Hector.
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#18

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"Patreon has been down for the past 45 minutes, unfortunately. I'll get the puzzle out ASAP when they go live again.

"Sorry for the hassle!

"Matt"
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ENORMOUS ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ:
๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ,
๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ,
๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ. ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜!
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#19

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It's up!
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Beam me up.
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