60. Like Clockwork

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Happy July! I hope you have better luck with this month of metas than my sunflowers have been doing! (But I planted some new ones - wish me luck!!) Pretty easy one to kick things off.

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1. Puzzle #59 answer: 23-SKIDOO

Correct entries: 55 (Maybe a bit too easy for a Week 4, although maybe it just means more of you are falling in love with my puzzles! Or doing them anyway, haha.)

Thanks to Gridmaster T, as always.

Shortest explanation: The squares with prime numbers spell out the string THEBIGLEBOWYABBADABBA, which suggests "SKI" and "DOO" at the end of each of them. This concatenates to "SKIDOO," which is perhaps nonsensical in itself, but a quick Google search (or knowledge of early 20th century slang!) gives us 23-SKIDOO, the meta answer. Note the reference to a prime number, the current year, and the fact that BEAT IT at 23-Across suggests something similar.

Now get out of here! (But do this puzzle first.)

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2. Leaderboard:

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3. Let's get a quick one in here! Even if you need help from your favorite search engine, this should clock in (GET IT???) at Level 1.

Keep on puzzling, and may all your solves be beautiful!

Mikey G

The answer to the meta is a long-running TV show.