X Marks the Spot

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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X Marks the Spot

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Hello, Muggles!

The answer to this week's Muggle Meta is the title of a novel.

For a variety of reasons, I am looking forward to seeing the comments this week. One of the main reasons is that I've been out of the meta milieu for a while and my fellow Muggles always PULL me back in! I will be out of town from Friday through Sunday, but I will stay in touch as much as possible. We are going to see the Angels take on the Nationals for two games. We are all diehard fans and the Angels are doing very well this season so it's highly likely that some baseball commentary will find its way into the thread. :D



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Schmeel
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Off the couch!
Fun puzzle. It took me a while to figure out what was going on.
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Off the couch! Great puzzle. Thanks, @Thurman8er!

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I think I have it. Awaiting confirmation...

EDIT: Confirmed. Great puzzle!
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I believe I'm off the couch. EDIT: Confirmed.
Looks like your Angels will be in town to play my Yankees at the end of the month. Then the fearsome Tigers. lol
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Off the couch. X-cellent puzzle, Steve! Thanx. ;)
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Pending confirmation, maaaaybe off the couch?? Enjoyed it! (...oh, and GO NATS!!)

Edit: confirmed, and also confirmed some mutual respect between these Angels and Nats fans, so all's right with the world
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Off the couch, and submitted. Though not sure I’m correct. We’ll see.

UPDATE: Confirmed!

As for my Tigers, they’re supposedly on the rise, but it ain’t quite happenin’ yet this year.
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This was fun. :ugeek:

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nice and smooth.......
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Possibly off the couch - pending confirmation.

Enjoy the games, Steve, and thanks for the puzzle
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Off the couch! As a cantillation nerd, I really appreciated 39-Across.
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The Excel file may have an error in it...look at the lengths of the words in the top few rows not matching the picture above, and the solo-square with #26 in it....
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adamsimonlevine wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 12:30 pm Off the couch! As a cantillation nerd, I really appreciated 39-Across.
Me too!
Maybe you can fit its partner 'veyored' in your next puzzle! Though finding an alternate clue might be difficult.
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Off the couch. What a fun puzzle. Moderately difficult until I figured out the fill. Meta came quickly after that.
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Challenging grid but really enjoyable. I have gotten the first part of the mechanism although I have a question about one of the answers. Now I must ponder the novel.
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I was doubtful of my answer because of the title's history, but I'm off the couch.
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Bird Lives wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 2:30 pm I was doubtful of my answer because of the title's history, but I'm off the couch.
I haven’t been confirmed yet, but I had a similar feeling when I submitted that title. I’m probably off the couch as well.
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OK, it just came to me.... Have yet to confirm but I believe I have rolled off the couch
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That was a lot of fun, thanks!
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