Puzzle Sixty-One: Skip Ahead to the End (meta)

The meta answer is an eight-letter word. 

Submit answers at the link below before 12 PM EST, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022 Friday, Sept. 30, 2022 (I'm pushing this out two days because I couldn't get the blog post up until two days after I sent the puzzle via email):

https://forms.gle/FywmP7N4vgUS6qRX7

Check answers here:

https://www.callingit.in/1/#w09bErCt9zrCdQc9-PiXhj9xrqPin9THUryWLQe+Da8dPFDuW-U2tpcCBBaGVhZCB0byB0aGUgRW5k

As always, the winner gets the coveted Lexicon Devil sticker. 

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Puzzle Sixty: I'm Going Already! (freestyle)

 This themeless was described as "a bit morbid" by one commentator. As if that's a bad thing!

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