Name That Actor (Meta)
■ · By benchen71 · Published 2024-05-07T06:00:32.380Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is an actor
One for you movie buffs out there! Just to keep you on your toes this meta is a highly experimental mashup of rebus puzzles and crosswords. Because the end result proved to be even more obscure than I feared, I've also provided you with some hints. The answer to the meta is an actor. Answer & explanation: https://xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=166512#p166512
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* B on the periodic table
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- 1A* B on the periodic table
- 6ASpelling event
- 9A___ Carta
- 14AHigher than
- 15AScientific calculator abbrev.
- 16ABrass, for example
- 17ARecipient of a Pauline pastoral epistle
- 18A"Where The Wild Things ___"
- 19AGet away from
- 20APart of a shoe
- 21AMarge Simpson's sister
- 23ACasual shirts
- 24A"Mr. Blue Sky" band
- 26ADeclare openly
- 28ANYC congresswoman
- 31AAquatic plant
- 34A* With 34 across and 34 across and 34 across... (ad infinitum): Sounds of hesitation
- 38A* The colour of embarassment
- 40AWhispery YouTube vids
- 42AIt's forbidden
- 43AMosquito, all too often
- 44A"It's not ___, it's me"
- 45ADriver's one-eighty
- 46ATel ___
- 47AChap
- 48AEcclesiastical council
- 49AStoic philosopher who said, "We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."
- 51ARaison d'___
- 53ACrime lab evidence
- 54ANeet competitor
- 56A* Clairvoyant's skill, supposedly
- 58AGourmet cook
- 61A"My Cousin Vinny" Oscar winner Marisa ___ who has only been in one movie with the meta answer
- 64AGive off
- 68A* Book bought at an airport, perhaps
- 70ABriny expanse
- 71A"In ___" (Nirvana album)
- 72ACensoring sound
- 73ANon-gendered possessive pronoun
- 74A"Si, ___" ("Yes, sir")
- 75ADollars and ___
- 76AWide shoe width
- 77ANickname of the meta answer who starred in the movies disguised in the asterisked entries (and whose first name is also spelled out in the grid)
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- 1DLocation for a good soak
- 2DOff-Broadway award
- 3DRepetitive learning
- 4DSeed-to-be
- 5DSuper ___ (video game console)
- 6DHillside near a loch
- 7D___ Grey tea
- 8DBotanical swelling
- 9DActress ___ West who has never been in any movie with the meta answer
- 10D* With 39 down: Every inch of a World War Two ammunition belt
- 11DAdhesive
- 12DJunction point
- 13DPro votes
- 21DOur sun
- 22DState firmly
- 25D"The Wizard of Oz" actor Bert ___ who has never been in any movie with the meta answer either
- 27DEither/___
- 28DAramaic dads
- 29DGreek salad morsel
- 30DInterrupt, on the dance floor
- 32D"What's Going On" singer Marvin ___
- 33DIn unison
- 35DCircular
- 36DIll-fated energy company
- 37DAmerican professional wrestler ___ Rousey
- 39DSee 10 down
- 41DMixed-breed dog
- 45DFunctions
- 47DCanter, for example
- 50DApprox. (as a date)
- 52DKing, in Portugal
- 55D"A League of Their Own" actress ___ O'Donell who has also not been in a movie with the meta answer
- 57DNursey rhyme pumpkin eater
- 58D"Mad Money" network
- 59DCourtney Love's rock band
- 60DTied, as a score
- 62DDistribute
- 63DPeace of mind
- 65DRestaurant handout
- 66DClothes' presser
- 67DMatador's opponent
- 69DSome records
- 71DFlash drive port