WordPress WP_Query Limited to 5 Meta Query Clauses - wordpress

Question

The query works if you change "publish" to "draft" or remove the source clause. These are args passed to the WP_Query constructor. I immediately count the results to verify that WP_Query is in fact returning no results. I checked the data in the database and made sure the data is congruent.
Array
(
[post_type] => post
[post_status] => Array
(
[0] => publish
)
[meta_query] => Array
(
[view_count_clause] => Array
(
[key] => _viewcount
[type] => NUMERIC
)
[actual_date_clause] => Array
(
[key] => _actualdate
)
[start_date_clause] => Array
(
[key] => _actualdate
[value] => 2021-03-23 00-00-00
[compare] => >
)
[end_date_clause] => Array
(
[key] => _actualdate
[value] => 2021-03-24 00-00-00
[compare] => <
)
[color_clause] => Array
(
[key] => _color
[type] => NUMERIC
[compare] => IN
[value] => Array
(
[0] => 4
)
)
[source_clause] => Array
(
[key] => _sourcename
[value] => AHA
[compare] => =
)
)
[orderby] => Array
(
[actual_date_clause] => DESC
)
)

Answer 1

Related question here.... How to avoid the limit on the number of AND conditions for custom field (meta value) queries in WordPress get_posts()?
Problem:
WP_Query limits meta query clauses to five meta clauses. If you have 6 meta query clauses, you will get no results.
Solution 1:
Write your own SQL query. Example provided by the related question.
Solution 2:
Remove excess meta queries beyond the 5 meta query limit for WP_Query and manually filter results. Choice of meta queries to be removed should be based on whatever would result in the smallest data set.