It's a Hit!
◆ · By Mikey G · Published 2022-03-26T19:59:38.296Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is an eight-letter, two-word phrase.
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Final Four matches, and I totally didn't have Gonzaga and Arizona in the championship match so it's not like my bracket is completely busted or anything
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- 1AFinal Four matches, and I totally didn't have Gonzaga and Arizona in the championship match so it's not like my bracket is completely busted or anything
- 6AQualified
- 10AIf you find these creatures, you might be in de-Nile
- 14ASheepish? (This clue is so ewe)
- 15A56-Across that comes from the Greek for "handful"
- 16AType of side
- 17AQuickly parries and ripostes?
- 19AMudder's father ("His mother was a mudder")
- 20AStart of a cycle?
- 21AOodles
- 22AOne of five
- 23AWhere to find sweaters, perhaps
- 25AWicker item in which to place a check for your landlord?
- 28AEnergy-storing molecule produced in the mitochondria (powerhouse of the cell), for short
- 30ABiblical vessels
- 31AExcite
- 34A___ vera ("Hello to you too!")
- 35ASee-36 Down
- 38AOutfit you wear while committing a treasonous act?
- 41APart of CBS
- 42A"When a café has great coffee, it ___ my respect"
- 43A"I don't want this book of Mikey G metas back, trust me"
- 44A1998 Sarah McLachlan song I've never heard of, except in crosswords
- 45ATouch (either forward or backward!)
- 46ASilly doofus who's disrupting our outdoor meal of fried chicken and potato salad?
- 52ASeized vehicle
- 55APass
- 56ASee 15-Across
- 58AZenith
- 59A"I need to use some 34-Across!" "Well, let's not make any ___ decisions"
- 60ARoquefort for a ragdoll?
- 63AType of mathematical function whose image is equal to its codomain (wow, thanks)
- 64ACreature at Christmastime who likes to Shrek the halls LOL
- 65AHad leftovers, maybe
- 66ANot e'en once
- 67AIntersect
- 68AMy favorite are of the pop variety
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- 1DEgypt has one
- 2DAdjective in a 1928 political campaign promise
- 3DPlaces to fill up (in more ways than one!)
- 4DAbbr. in film starring Mike Wazowski, my spitting image
- 5DComprehends
- 6DCost for a plug
- 7DMuscle
- 8DFirst word in one of the US's 50 most populated cities
- 9DAmbulance VIP
- 10DEvaluate
- 11DMove furtively, like the coiled spring
- 12DBreak down
- 13D"I found a new candy shop!" "___!"
- 18DType of 35mm camera (what's that?)
- 22DIt often consists of a tokkuri (carafe) and an ochoko (cups)
- 24DHubbub
- 26DIt's 1 on the Mohs scale for hardness
- 27DFirst name of Taylor, who created a set of infinite polynomials in mathematics used to approximate transcendental functions (fine, a babbling stream)
- 29DStrong praise, like what I give a Gaffney meta even when I have no idea where to begin
- 31DOne of the networks that airs MARCH MADNESS GAMES, BABY
- 32D"___!" "Hay is for horses!" "See, this is why you're never invited anywhere"
- 33DHammerstein's contribution
- 34DCapp, Pacino, and more (What about a cappuccino?)
- 35DJob that may involve pulling some strings
- 36DFrench 35-Across
- 37DFirst word in title of song that begins "When I find myself in times of trouble"
- 39DAncients, for instance: Abbr.
- 40DSpree
- 44DRather, at one time
- 46DEva or Juan
- 47DFoolish, like my puzzles
- 48D"___: The Origins of Our Discontents" (work by Isabel Wilkerson)
- 49DReally bizarre, like my puzzles
- 50DThis is how it starts!
- 51DFan ___ (some poorly written work about ceiling fixtures, I guess)
- 53DAssume (and you know what happens)
- 54DPremieres
- 57DOh, not this
- 60DURL ending
- 61DTime of your life?
- 62DH