Smuggling Goods (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2022-05-03T06:00:22.223Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is what goodies often become like by the end
My surname can be traced back to Cornwall, a place known for smuggling goods into England for centuries. So it's clearly in my blood! There may or may not be some smuggling going on in this puzzle. It got past the border police, so hopefully you're smarter than them and can locate the answer to the meta, which is what goodies often become like by the end. Answer and explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=92473#p92473
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Centre of a solar system
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Across
- 1ACentre of a solar system
- 5A"Cool, man!"
- 9APut to shame
- 14ARipped
- 15AGeometry prefix for nine
- 16ACity of Greek myth, home to the lion killed by Heracles
- 17AMeditative exercise
- 18ASomething that isn't good for you yet you have another one anyway, figuratively speaking
- 20AMillie Bobby Brown movie, "___ Holmes"
- 22A"This is the funniest thing ever!" (in a text)
- 23ALargest of the Andreanof Islands, Alaska
- 24AColoured eye part
- 26AObject that is good for clearing wax out of your pinna, for example
- 28AChips away at
- 32AA vote in favour
- 33AShowed discomfort, a good way of indicating the presence of pain, perhaps
- 34AWorking-class member, in Britain
- 38AAnxiety issue, briefly
- 39APertaining to bees
- 42A"It all went to ___" (got messed up)
- 43AFrench "manger"
- 46AWhat you need at all good pools to be allowed to participate, usually
- 49AActress who played Cuba Gooding Jr.'s girlfriend in "Boyz in the Hood", ___ Long
- 51AAha's biggest hit
- 52A"Lord of the Rings" actor, ___ Bloom, who made a really good elf
- 56ALow-carb diet
- 57AOprah protege, Dr. ___
- 58ACommedia dell'___
- 60AClassic line from Charles M. Jones' "Cheese Chasers": "It just don't ___!"
- 64ADaybreaks in Japan's capital city, a good place to enjoy the rising sun
- 67AStand up
- 68AWhat the red indicator means on a toilet door
- 69AWedding cake layer
- 70ABaking necessity
- 71AGave up, as land
- 72AWhat doesn't justify the means, for non-utilitarians
- 73ASerious conflicts
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- 1DEyelid affliction
- 2DThe dog in "Cheese Chasers", who utters the line referred to in 60 across, for example
- 3DMythical ship
- 4DTrue-to-life art style
- 5DPixar movie, "Monsters ___"
- 6DThreshold
- 7DData, for short
- 8DSocial blunder
- 9D"The Dutch House" author, ___ Patchett
- 10D"Love is a Battlefield" singer, Pat ___
- 11DItalian adjective that means beloved
- 12DJapanese watchmaker
- 13DIslamic equivalent of kosher
- 19D"Now ___ me down to sleep"
- 21DOpera highlight
- 25DMachu Picchu resident
- 27DAgent, for short
- 28DHonour achieved most recently by Alan Menken, for short
- 29DWith the bow, in music
- 30DOcean's rise and fall
- 31DKeats, for one
- 35DReady for customers
- 36DFertile soil
- 37DOh, "to be" in Paris!
- 40DRoused from sleep
- 41DGreek goddess of victory (and a athletic shoe company, for those without a classical education)
- 44DExamine methodically and in detail
- 45DElement with atomic number 50
- 47DWhat this crossword is (ooh, how 47 down!)
- 48D28th president, ___ Wilson
- 50D"Cigar anyone? I've just become ___!"
- 52DNerve behind the eye
- 53DRiver running through Lake Geneva
- 54DPolitical party in Israel
- 55DSpeechify
- 59DRomulus, to Remus
- 61DOne who sings a 21 down
- 62DSomeone with an id and password
- 63DCorrals
- 65DBritish reference work (abbr.)
- 66DGraduating class (abbr.)