Duck Out

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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Happy Sunday, Muggles!

As I hope you are all aware by now, we've got a "new kid on the block" here on the forum! Phil (@pchow13) is serving up delightful biweekly metas over on his own channel, "Phil's Crossword Corner", and it looks like he's just finished adding his catalog of older puzzles. If you're not one of his solvers already, what are you waiting for? Go give Phil a follow!

I reached out to Phil a couple weeks ago to see if he'd like to write something together, and this puzzle is the result of that connection. Phil told me this is his first ever crossword constructing collab, but I'm certain it won't be his last! Anyways, onto the puzzle, the answer to which is something you might duck out of.

Thank you to @Cap'n Rick for keeping the SSS running smoothly (pun intended!), to @Joe Ross for the tech help, and to @Abide, @FrankieHeck, and Christina Bodensiek for test solving and feedback.

Please submit your answers on Crosshare or PM one of us. Nudges forthcoming today at noon, and the answer will be revealed on Saturday. Happy solving!



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Sssolved! Well done on a fun collab, too. :D
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta! :shock:
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Sssolved. Great collab work. Nice way to start the meta week.
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Sssolved- thanks for the puzzle!
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schmidzy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:54 am Happy Sunday, Muggles!

As I hope you are all aware by now, we've got a "new kid on the block" here on the forum! Phil (@pchow13) is serving up delightful biweekly metas over on his own channel, "Phil's Crossword Corner", and it looks like he's just finished adding his catalog of older puzzles. If you're not one of his solvers already, what are you waiting for? Go give Phil a follow!

I reached out to Phil a couple weeks ago to see if he'd like to write something together, and this puzzle is the result of that connection. Phil told me this is his first ever crossword constructing collab, but I'm certain it won't be his last! Anyways, onto the puzzle, the answer to which is something you might duck out of.

Thank you to @Cap'n Rick for keeping the SSS running smoothly (pun intended!), to @Joe Ross for the tech help, and to @Abide, @FrankieHeck, and Christina Bodensiek for test solving and feedback.

Please submit your answers on Crosshare or PM one of us. Nudges forthcoming today at noon, and the answer will be revealed on Saturday. Happy solving!
Hope y'all enjoy the puzzle... @schmidzy🦆🦆 was SO MUCH FUN to work with and I look forward to constructing together again :mrgreen:
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Nice one Lydia and Phil!
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SSSolved. Excellent puzzle. Thank you Lydia and Phil.
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Sssolved. Nice collaboration. Thanks for the puzzle!
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Aren't we lucky ducksss for getting to sssolve this!
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Thanks, guyssss!
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:crossed_swords: :rabbit: :snake: SSSolved.

As for this duo's debut meta:
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Thanks!
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 metapuzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related charities. It is available at CrosswordsForCancer.com.
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Sssolved! That was fun!
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SSSolved - thank you both!
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Sssolved. Cool collab!
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SSS, NNN! Fun puzzle; thanks!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Fun and cute and not painfully (but playfully) obvious.
I guess I should change my signature, and start promoting this meta: Hungry Little Creature. I was going to sent it to people for testing but I dropped the ball on it.
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Thanks everyone for the kind words so far! How about some noonday nudges:

1. Huh, I could have sworn there were some ducks around here somewhere! Looks like they all ducked out.
2. You'll need to put four ducks back in their proper place.
3. Gee, these ducky entries all "pair" nicely with another clue!
4. Sure enough, we're doing alternate entries again. Mr. G is your friend, in case some of these aren't familiar.
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SSSolved!

As they say: It takes two. Quite nice!
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Solved without nudges. Just the right difficulty level for an SSS, and fun mechanism. Super jealous of the 41D clue. :lol:
Thanks. :)
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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SSSolved! Thanks folks! (no nudges needed)
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Nnnudgelesss sssolve, fun one, thanks!
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