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Like @ajk, I had a wrong answer that I thought was defensible. But it wasn't as good as the correct one I eventually got when I noticed what I hadn't noticed before.

Clever, fun, and another MOAT stormed!

6 more solvers!

violet
Bird Lives
Spid4567
BarbaraK
Flora Wynn
MikeyG

That brings us to 41.

Another fun meta...thanks Ben!

Just one additional solver, bringing us to 42:

Qmark

Nudges, in order of increasing blatancy:

1. Four across entries just don't fit in. These entries end up going down. But note that these down entries (which were unclued) form actual words.

2. Consider these four down entries in conjunction with the puzzle title.

3. Find a word that can follow all four down entries. The word is related to the puzzle title.

4. The word that can follow these four down entries is FALL.

And a bonus nudge, from the "great constructors think alike" department:

Check out Mike Shenk's Thursday (non-meta) WSJ crossword puzzle Drop Everything

Crossed the MOAT with the help of a rope tow.

Crossed the moat! Got there post-nudges.... but consulting my early notes it turns out I had it but didn't know it! Duh!

Another solver update for you:

ReB
woozy
Carolyn
Ergcat
rayyandroid
Jaclyn
LindaPRmaven
PuzNewbie

We're up to an even 50! Next and last update before the answer reveal, Monday morning Australia time.

2 more solvers, bringing us to a full deck of cards (no jokers):

Gutman
Darrell

Now, on to the answer reveal...

Here's the solution to "Quick Descent":