This Too Adds Up
◆◆ · By DrTom · Published 2024-07-02T00:00:25.291Z
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a famous fictional character
I came up with this in response to a different puzzle that did not seem to make sense really, but then you could say that about all of mine. I apologize in advance for the somewhat "crunchy" fill. I ran into more constraints than I originally thought I would. At any rate this is just an "extra" puzzle and I kind of needed to get it out now (when you solve you will probably see why). Have fun!!!
A recent WSJ meta had as its title 1+1=5 and the answer to that meta was BOND. Many people did not see the link, though there is indeed one (a pair of numbers that always add together to make another, larger, number)
Someone who missed it said, "they should have had seven pairs of 00's, that would have made sense...and I agreed
My first idea was just 7 sets of 00s but then I thought, "OK, add something else!"
I decided I'd add the first name of 7 men who had played James Bond 007: Sean, Daniel, George, Pierce, Roger, David, Timothy
I also threw in 38D IAN FLEMMING, just for added emphasis, and of course the title refers back to the WSJ puzzle AND has a 00 in it.
All that adds up to the meta answer 007/Bond/James Bond (I took any of those)
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Fowl place
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Across
- 1AFowl place
- 6AFamous Betty of cartoons
- 10ALinguist's vowel: Var.
- 14AAnimated deer
- 15ADeteriorate
- 16ACaptured
- 17AHealth spa offerings
- 19AMissouri's ally, once
- 20AKimono sashes
- 21AOccupant in a lion's den
- 23AAttend to
- 26A"Could you ___ hand please?"
- 27AExcessively dirty
- 28ATax audit need; Abbr.
- 31AAnxious
- 32ANoted number of nights in Arabia
- 33A"___ does it!"
- 37ADairy airs?
- 38ABullion unit
- 39ABlood (prefix)
- 40A"Mi casa ___ casa"
- 41A"Iliad" warrior
- 42ASilo contents
- 43ALonger
- 45AOne-spot
- 46A1990's sitcom
- 49AAttract
- 50ARun through
- 52A1930's boxing champ Max
- 53ATourney round, informally
- 54AItems on many Thanksgiving tables
- 60A"Enchanted" girl in a 2004 film
- 61A___ berries
- 62AHalf of an old comedy duo
- 63APenn name
- 64ABk. before Jonah
- 65ACorsair (Pirate) ship of old
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- 1DCarriers for the NFL
- 2D___ grass
- 3DCheese ___
- 4DEntrepreneurs' org.
- 5DHay grass
- 6DGenius
- 7DBallpark figure
- 8D___ Kosh B'Gosh (giant in overalls)
- 9DCombat veteran's affliction, perhaps
- 10DShort distance
- 11D"Open a window it's __ here"
- 12DCourted
- 13DKipling's wolf pack leader
- 18DCourt helper
- 22DKey near the spacebar
- 23DOenophiles on the wrong side of the tracks
- 24DChoir voices
- 25D"...it's a bird, it's a plane, ___"
- 27DNotability
- 28DConfirmatory response
- 29DWhispers sweet nothings
- 30DBarbecue site
- 32DAbout, on a memo
- 34DCoward's lack
- 35DBud
- 36DStrengthen, with "up"
- 38DAuthor Fleming
- 42DTransmission
- 44DU.S. version of Ltd.
- 45DColored like a certain hound
- 46DFencing equipment
- 47DCharles de Gaulle's birthplace
- 48DBizet opera priestess
- 49DFlorentine attraction
- 51DPop Tart competitor
- 52D___ peninsula
- 55DBurgle
- 56DSoccer cheer
- 57DPriestly garb
- 58DOld School or bolo, for example
- 59D"Hold on a ___!"