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Assemble, fine puzzlers, and hear my tale

I promise, I won't be long

You've seen many puzzles, and tried to prevail

Some were right, and many were wrong.

Today I give you a new type of puzzle,

One that is sure to astound.

You'll have to be flexing every last muscle,

Searching high, low, all around.

For the solution to this vexing verse

Lies not within this page

You'll have to search outside, or worse:

Farther in... how strange?

I've laid the base of helpful clues

Although you never knew it

Just one more clue to light the fuse

So don't you look straight through it!

You know me as the meta-puzzler

At least, some of you do..

Those of you who've known me longer

Have a bit less work to do.

So go on! Start your searching

There's oh so much work to do

I'll continue creeping and lurking,

So do ask if you must have a clue.

HINT #1

Though your instincts tell you not to,
Listen to the words I say.
Lingering here will never help you,
Your instincts lead you astray.

HINT #2

Seven clues I've given you
And Seven clues you've solved
Though they might seem like nothing new
They're meant to be involved

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    $\begingroup$ (+1): I love the rhyming! Well done! :D $\endgroup$
    – Mr Pie
    Jul 15, 2019 at 21:21
  • $\begingroup$ @OmegaKrypton Not so much, I can't even fathom how you came up with that. Keep up the effort though! $\endgroup$
    – Cubemaster
    Jul 16, 2019 at 2:42
  • $\begingroup$ @Cubemaster rot13(gur bayl yrggre abg hfrq va gur cbrz vf 'd'. hfrshy be abg?) and are you sure there isnt a wordplay tag? thanks! $\endgroup$
    – Omega Krypton
    Jul 16, 2019 at 3:16
  • $\begingroup$ @OmegaKrypton Unfortunately, nope. Just an arbitrary amount of underscores $\endgroup$
    – Cubemaster
    Jul 16, 2019 at 12:11
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    $\begingroup$ And there is no wordplay tag here! Though I like your style of analyzing it. Gives me some good ideas for the future. $\endgroup$
    – Cubemaster
    Jul 16, 2019 at 12:13

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Is the answer

Parseltongue? That is, the name of the user who submits the answer.

You've seen many puzzles, and tried to prevail
Some were right, and many were wrong.

Presumably, any user who finds the answer has seen many a puzzle, and has submitted many right and wrong answers

You'll have to be flexing every last muscle,
Searching high, low, all around.

I happen to have huge muscles

For the solution to this vexing verse
Lies not within this page
You'll have to search outside, or worse:
Farther in... how strange?

The solution lies within. It's yourself!

I've laid the base of helpful clues
Although you never knew it
Just one more clue to light the fuse
So don't you look straight through it!
You know me as the meta-puzzler

Don't look straight through. Look at the reflection. You are the meta-solution.

At least, some of you do..
Those of you who've known me longer
Have a bit less work to do.

Nobody knows you longer than yourself

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  • $\begingroup$ Wow, I wish I had thought of that! Would have made for a great answer, but not what I'm looking for. Think bigger $\endgroup$
    – Cubemaster
    Jul 16, 2019 at 3:23
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    $\begingroup$ "I happen to have huge muscles" The snake flexes ;) +1 $\endgroup$
    – sunfishho
    Jul 16, 2019 at 6:08
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    $\begingroup$ That moment when the OP's answer is wrong and the answerer's is correct ;) $\endgroup$
    – Rubio ♦
    Jul 18, 2019 at 0:44
  • $\begingroup$ Witty answer, hahaha. Shame I ran out of upvotes. Will upvote when I can :P $\endgroup$
    – Mr Pie
    Jul 18, 2019 at 15:19
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    $\begingroup$ A mighty fine answer, though not the right one. A bounty for you anyway! $\endgroup$
    – Cubemaster
    Jul 25, 2019 at 12:29
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This is only a partial answer.

Taking hint #2, that cubemaster has given seven clues that have been solved, together with the meta-puzzling clue, and that the clues are not on this page took me to cubemasters previous puzzles, among which are titles relating to numbers 1-7.

We are the first inhabitants

Tectonic Plates / Rocks

As the seconds add up I get further away

Yesterday

I am the last of the three

Future

When I'm called forth, times must be tough (assuming an intended forth/fourth pun)

Heartache

I am the fifth of my kind

Renaissance

Harnessed by the 6th day

Fire

I exist in the middle of the seven

Greenhouse

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  • $\begingroup$ This is a great spot! $\endgroup$
    – Stiv
    Jul 26, 2019 at 14:02
  • $\begingroup$ Hmm quite an interesting theory... $\endgroup$
    – Cubemaster
    Jul 26, 2019 at 15:30
  • $\begingroup$ Adding onto this, there are lines in the puzzle that seem to clue these answers, although I can't match up all of them. For example: "So don't you look straight through it!" seems to clue the answer to 7, "Just one more clue to light the fuse" clues the answer to 6, "You'll have to be flexing every last muscle" could be cluing 4 (?) $\endgroup$
    – mattshin
    Dec 15, 2020 at 22:08
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In my opinion, the answer is:

Somebody

How I got there you probably ask, Well....

I myself am not sure of this, just read the text backwards (from the end to the beginning) and it made me think that this is the answer,

especially the following lines:

Searching high, low, all around.

For the solution to this vexing verse

Lies not within this page

You'll have to search outside, or worse:

Farther in... how strange?

I've laid the base of helpful clues

means:

So if it's familiar to someone who knows you it's probably someone who has watched your profile,But actually you said that only some of those who know you- This is probably alluding to those who have studied your profile well and seen your ranking among all users. And just on this page you have to look up and down and find the answer:**enter image description here**

I hope this is indeed the answer you were looking for, but even if it is not good that there is an opportunity to wish you congratulations on your being in: top 8% this year🎉

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  • $\begingroup$ This is an extremely clever answer. +1 $\endgroup$
    – Parseltongue
    Jul 25, 2019 at 20:44
  • $\begingroup$ You guys are making me rethink my own answer! Not quite what I'm looking for, but a quite excellent alternative for sure! $\endgroup$
    – Cubemaster
    Jul 26, 2019 at 13:17
  • $\begingroup$ And thanks for the congrats, btw. Been a great year! Maybe next year I can work on actually learning how to solve puzzles, rather than just make them! $\endgroup$
    – Cubemaster
    Jul 26, 2019 at 13:21
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I tried to comment on Fillet's answer so that they take most of the credit, but I don't have enough reputation points. So this is a continuation of that answer. Is the answer:

Puzzler --- Instead of the word future, Cubemaster mentioned he was looking for tomorrow. Which means there is a 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, & 11 letter count word. We are missing a 7 letter word. Puzzler fits.

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  • $\begingroup$ But YESTERDAY and HEARTACHE are both 9 letters long... If 'future' is actually TOMORROW (8) then we are missing a 6 and a 7, with two 9s... $\endgroup$
    – Stiv
    Jul 30, 2019 at 21:29

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