PCC#20 "Let's Get Buzzed"
■ · By Philip Chow · Published 2023-12-16T16:59:37.200Z
Meta Prompt
[Level 2.5] Meta prompt: The answer to the meta is the name of a Disney character
Hint #1: 20A, 37A, 67A, 11D, 39D all have something in common
Hint #2: the two examples from these groups of 7 were randomly chosen - you don't have to manipulate them any further... focus on the title instead
Hint #3: the title doesn't have to do with drinking, but it does have to do with the math game referenced in 48-Down
Hint #4: if you google the rules of the game, players take turns counting out 1, 2, 3... but when they get to 7 or any multiple of 7 they say BUZZ
Hint #5: extract the letters from boxes 7, 14, 21, 28, and so on...
Checking for previous play data...
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Wiggle room
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Across
- 1AWiggle room
- 6ABlog feed letters
- 9A"Yeah!" singer who will headline the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show
- 14ABay Area's equivalent to New England's "wicked"
- 15A"That feels so good!"
- 16AWhinny
- 17AEngaged in battle
- 18AMedical scan often done in a large tube: Abbr.
- 19AVolunteer's offer
- 20AGluttony or sloth
- 22AGot the heck out of Dodge
- 23AJazz trombonist Kid ___
- 24ADesert watering holes
- 26AMany a Keats poem
- 27ATerm for a smart aleck that the Three Stooges used a lot
- 30A"___-A-Lympics" ('70s Hanna/Barbera spoof)
- 33A___ de toilette (fancy perfume that isn't made with actual toilet water)
- 34ABe cautious, especially when handling fragile packages
- 37A"The Chamber of Secrets" or "The Half-Blood Prince"
- 42ABurnt ___ crisp
- 43A"___ and away!" (Superman catchphrase)
- 44AHis face is on the 1-yuan note, and the 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100
- 45AWinter vehicles that resemble bicycles, but with runners instead of wheels
- 49ABecomes more profound
- 52AStuck with the same old routine
- 53AGenetic messenger molecule, for short
- 54A"Diamonds and Rust" folk singer Joan
- 55A"Oh, that's really adorable!"
- 60A___ Paulo, Brazil
- 62A"White Teeth" novelist Smith
- 64A"The Hand that Feeds" industrial rock band, for short
- 65A"Yuck... that's so gross!"
- 67AEurope or Antarctica
- 70A1986 Indy 500 winner Bobby (whose name is one letter off from India's Taj ___)
- 72ADecorative vase
- 73AOnly player to have won two FIFA Golden Balls
- 74A"Yay, me!"
- 75AOutdoor gear retailer
- 76AIndiana hoopster
- 77AExperiences
- 78ABrand name ending for "Gator" or "Power"
- 79AWhat the Grinch did to Christmas
Down
- 1DFollow around, as a job trainee
- 2DRussian czar known as "the Great"
- 3DWhitney Houston's "I Will ___ Love You"
- 4DDressed up
- 5D___ Grey tea
- 6D"Hell's Kitchen" chef Gordon who yells at everyone
- 7DIndian wedding dresses that are often red
- 8DSparkle, like stars or freshly polished shoes
- 9DPrefix with "verse" or "form"
- 10D"To thine own ___ be true"
- 11DQuirinal or Viminal
- 12DPelted with ovoid objects, as in a bad Halloween prank
- 13D___ Island (The Ocean State)
- 21DRick Astley's "Never Gonna Give ___"
- 25DBaby shower gift
- 28DSuffix with "mountain" or "auction"
- 29DLike apparel donned in a Christmas carol
- 31DLike the horizontal entries in a crossword: Abbr.
- 32D"The ___ Four" (The Beatles)
- 34DChemical symbol for Untripentium, the temporary name for theoretical element #135
- 35DVariety of poker with a mix of facedown and faceup cards
- 36DPertaining to a large asteroid family named after the Greek goddess of the dawn
- 37DElevations: Abbr.
- 38DElectronic dance music DJ Steve or World Golf Hall-of-Famer Isao
- 39DOrange or indigo
- 40DRemove from office
- 41DBoxing-match enders, for short
- 46DSheep sound
- 47DUnrefined metal in rocks
- 48DBee sound, or a math counting game in which players are not allowed to say multiples of a certain number
- 50DAmbient musician Brian
- 51D___-Man (classic arcade game with four ghosts)
- 55DCherished
- 56DHundred Acre Wood resident ___-the-Pooh
- 57DInternational peace group that designates "World Heritage Sites": Abbr.
- 58DGlittery decoration
- 59DWhole
- 60DFont embellishment that the "sans" refers to in Comic Sans
- 61DIn the know
- 63DHonda's luxury line
- 66D“Mirror, mirror on the ___, who’s the fairest of them all?”
- 68DMischief-makers
- 69DShipshape
- 71D"___ Misérables" (Broadway musical)