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Contest time at the BEQ.com. You know the drill: solve the puzzle, figure out the meta. The answer to this particular meta is a current event. When you know the answer, email it to me. The deadline for the contest is end of the day Wednesday February 19th. One randomly selected winner will receive a one-year subscription to the AV Club crosswords. Get to it.
Oh, I should add this puzzle is on the easier side of medium. And if you’re new to the whole meta thing, here’s a good primer for how to solve them.
Good luck, everybody. Share the puzzle. New one on Monday.
Might want to double check 4D. Andorra uses the Euro.
The clue to 73A is also not right. The group in question dates its founding to 1830 which is still during the Second Great Awakening.