When You Get Right Down To It (Meta)
■ · By benchen71 · Published 2023-01-31T05:00:24.071Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a 10 letter phrase
Inspiration for metas comes from various places. Sometimes I think of a meta mechanic while trying to solve someone else's meta. At other times, a phrase suggests itself. This was one of the latter. It's also a fitting "week 5". Don't let that put you off, though, because I think this is a SAD puzzle (simple and difficult). Good luck, as you seek to solve this puzzle and come up with the answer to the meta which is a 10 letter phrase. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=119756#p119756
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Nudge in a certain direction
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- 1ANudge in a certain direction
- 5AWarning that should appear on the side of the "Cards Against Humanity" box (abbr.)
- 9AWise people
- 14AItalian island known for its beaches and Napoleon's exile
- 15AWhat some games end in
- 16AWombs
- 17ANicholas II was the last one
- 18AVincent Van Gogh's preferred medium
- 19ACamera lens setting
- 20ASmall creek
- 22A___ up (come clean)
- 23A___ Lingus
- 24AOne or zero, in computer speak
- 25A"If the shoe fits, ___"
- 27APrefix with sphere (which also sounds like the Aussie slang for "crazy")
- 29APhiloctetes (better known as Phil) from Disney's "Hercules", for example
- 32AFair-hiring letters
- 33ALatin eggs
- 35ASpanish aunt
- 36A"'Til Tuesday" singer, Aimee ___
- 37ABasic and most important information about a particular subject
- 41ABorscht ingredient
- 42A___ Paulo, Brazil
- 43A"Please stop sharing!" (in a text)
- 44AWSJ's country
- 45A"Therefore what God has joined together, ___ one separate" (Matt. 19:6, NIV)
- 47AHebrew name that means "God is just", found in 1 Chronicles 27:29 and 1950s presidential races
- 51ACity road
- 53ASporting trophy, often
- 55ANYC subway
- 56ANavigable route through a mountain range
- 57ASeafood served in Maryland
- 60ACircle the Earth
- 61AEl ___, Texas
- 62ALow-carb diet
- 63AHagar the Horrible's wife
- 64AWhere the Himalayas are located
- 65ARegarding
- 66AExhausted
- 67A"I am not throwin' away my ___" ("Hamilton" lyric)
- 68A"And ___ goes" (Billy Joel song)
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- 1DLooked after a friend's dog, say
- 2DNorthern Ireland province
- 3DNew York pizza chain
- 4DLong-eared hopper
- 5DLive-action Princess Jasmine, ___ Scott
- 6DClown's props
- 7DTool hidden in a cake, perhaps
- 8DToward the sunset
- 9DWhat you don't want to do with fools gladly
- 10DBewildered, metaphorically speaking
- 11DFaces facts
- 12DSurface sores (or, for the squeamish, causes of beach deteriorations)
- 13DDrink slowly
- 21DOver
- 25DEarp of the Old West
- 26DNumber of pins in a bowling alley
- 28DAmanda Gorman, for example
- 30DUsed as a dining table
- 31DSardine container
- 34DOpposite of liability
- 36DRobin Hood's Marion, for example
- 37DSomething you should do before an exam, for short
- 38DWithin earshot
- 39DTook a load off
- 40DAssertion in an old Apple ad
- 41DPeople mover
- 45DAnne Rice vampire, played by Tom in the movie version
- 46DO in AOC
- 48D"This is how it's done"
- 49DItalian biscuits with a sweet almond flavour, am____
- 50D"___ of my hands," said the Scot
- 52DEndorse digitally
- 54DWWII submarine
- 57DTax experts (abbr.)
- 58DFoolhardy
- 59DWords on many wanted posters
- 60DSounds of surprise