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Off the couch with a stab in the dark and a fun backsolve!

Hmm. The answer to the prompt and the answer from the meta are different. So I tried “Woo hoo” first, but when crosshare insisted that was not it, went ahead and submitted the meta answer.

45 down though? @Clark E. Tripe what do you think of him calling this fancy newfangled OS “early”?

Off the couch after falling asleep for a while.

Such a great puzzle! OTC but only metaphorically… knitting requires my 34D remain right here!

Off the couch, thanks, Jay. I hope you are on the couch, resting - you are working overtime this week, and it's only Monday!

Oops - did not mean to post twice. I'll just say that I enjoyed this puzzle twice as much instead.

Off the couch. Good one!

As Day Two dawns on the MMM, we have 42 solvers happily off the couch.
. .
There's plenty of room for anyone else who cares to join us.
Nudges tomorrow.

OTC!

With some help.

Very cool! Jay, you’re getting good at this.

Off the couch..er bench, and back to work.
I’m taking issue with the meta constructor’s intended answer.
@Bird Lives, you are one of our funnest grid and meta creators. Bechtel crab. June

MaineMarge wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 10:34 am IMG_7118.jpeg
Bechtel crab.

Ah yes, the Bechtel crab test for movies:

Are there at least two crabs in it,
who talk to each other,
about something other than a seahorse?

BarbaraK wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2023 5:54 pm
45 down though? @Clark E. Tripe what do you think of him calling this fancy newfangled OS “early”?

I thought I knew the correct answer, but GM-NAA I/O wouldn't fit!

Off the couch...fun! Thanks Jay!

OTC after a brief detour down a vacant rabbit hole. Not something I would say though. Thanks, Jay!

Bird Lives, I believe you forgot me. I PMed you well before you posted the solvers early this morning. Linda

On Tuesday, four more solvers were added to the list.

43. LindaPRmaven
44. ChrisKochmanski
45. Qmark
46. Jeremy Smith
47. SeamusOL

Maybe other potential solvers just need a little nudge or two. If so, here they are.

An alternate title for the puzzle is “REsolution.”

The clue at 50 Down. GALE means “Storm.” but REGALE does not mean “storm once more.”

Eight other entries similarly change their sense entirely when prefixed with RE.

Each of those new words can be clued with a clue for one of the other entries in the grid.

Use the initial letters of those alternative entries.

Off the couch without nudges! I had my signs mixed up at first.

Nudged off the couch. Excellent meta, but agree with others - that is not at all what I would say. Thanks!

Have been nudged off the couch, after sinking into a rabbit hole under the cushions! Look forward to more Bird Lives puzzles!

Off the couch, with nudges