Caring For Animals (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2023-12-19T05:00:35.900Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a girl's name
I know I had fun constructing this puzzle: the big question is will you have as much fun as me completing the grid and solving the meta? I sure hope so! Answer & explanation: https://xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=151591#p151591
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Checking for previous play data...
(which was really clever to get the O to work)1A
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- 1AThings sticking out of dynamite
- 6A"Whose Line Is It Anyway?" host, ___ Tyler
- 11APart of a train
- 14AFood-poisoning bacteria
- 15AKey ingredient in Devonshire scones
- 16ACountry (mostly) located between Can. and Mex.
- 17ADifficult periods
- 18ASilent Marx brother
- 19AWhat you want to score (abbr.)
- 20APerformed in a choir
- 21AWriting implement containing ink
- 22A7 down, once
- 24AAussie slang for a vehicle with a tray behind the cabin
- 26A"It's just the ___ of the thing" (Dennis Denuto's famous line in the classic Australian movie "The Castle")
- 27AMarch 17th honoree, for short
- 29AUnnecessarily complex procedure
- 32AUS medical insurance group
- 33A"I mean it!"
- 35A___-back (easygoing)
- 37A"Inception" character played by Tom Hardy
- 39AFair-hiring initials
- 40A"Thanks," said the Parisian
- 41A"Not guilty," for example
- 42ASouth Asian monastic community
- 44ACartoon squeal
- 45AVoice of Lord Farquaad, John ___
- 47AApple tablets
- 49ATombstone surname that sounds like a noise you should apologise for making
- 50ATombstone letters
- 51AOne who has more fun, supposedly
- 54ALast mo. of the year
- 56ATarantino movie "___ Fiction"
- 60ABurj Khalifa's country (abbr.)
- 61ALubricate again
- 63ASpine-tingling
- 64ALouis XIV, for one
- 65ANative Nebraskans
- 66ADetective's assignments
- 67AGridiron org.
- 68ANorth on a Mexican map
- 69AGive, as permission
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- 1DAdmit guilt, with "up"
- 2DWest Coast sch.
- 3DShortly
- 4DEchidna's baby
- 5DMember of the fam
- 6DDull pain
- 7D22 across, now
- 8DSunday talk (abbr.)
- 9D"And they all lived ___ ever after"
- 10DSingle-celled organism
- 11DProps for a magic act that also involves balls
- 12DItalian region known for its sparkling white wine
- 13DTabula ___ (clean slate)
- 21DTennis great ___ Sampras
- 23DEel's baby
- 25DResurfaces, as a road
- 26DWhat discretion is the better part of
- 27DWhat can mean "S" when it's used in cryptic crossword clues
- 28DShe played Holland's aunt in the "Spider-Man" movies
- 29DOtter's baby
- 30DDog-___ (worn)
- 31DJasmine and basmati, for two
- 32DCool, in the '50s
- 34DGreek storyteller who just couldn't resist moralising
- 36DGoat's baby
- 38DConsumed
- 40DMinnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (abbr.)
- 42DGo along with
- 43DAlpaca's baby
- 46DLarge ___ Collider (CERN particle accelerator)
- 48DCome into view
- 51DOvercook
- 52DHorse's baby
- 53DTrompe l'___ (painting illusion)
- 54DPaleo or keto, for example
- 55DThreat ending
- 57DAstronomical bear
- 58DProperty claim
- 59DPain in the neck
- 62DKanga's baby (in the Hundred Acre Wood)
- 63DHeart printout, for short