CROSSHARE
moreMenu
Profile

PCC#13 "Give Me a Sign"

◆ · By Philip Chow · Published 2023-10-20T02:39:58.964Z

Meta Prompt
[Level 2] Meta prompt: The answer to the meta is the name of a movie starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
hint 1: the 11 starred clues relate to a familiar group of 12
hint 2: the clue for 51-Down mentions the theme
hint 3: JORDAN is a bull (taurus), NALA is a lion (leo)
hint 4: the missing zodiac sign corresponds to the meta answer
Checking for previous play data...

Leaderboard (updated hourly)

  • kurtalert solved 2023-10-20T16:33:50.012Z
  • emmie solved 2023-10-20T17:28:21.488Z
  • grandperoxide solved 2023-10-20T17:29:21.550Z
  • merlinnimue solved 2023-10-20T18:03:28.988Z
  • FrankieHeck solved 2023-10-20T23:32:21.241Z
  • StellarSkylark solved 2023-10-21T04:03:53.268Z
  • Dc solved 2023-10-21T06:02:29.082Z
  • caprine solved 2023-10-21T19:56:16.359Z
  • Hector solved 2023-10-21T23:35:01.058Z
  • Billy solved 2023-10-22T00:10:25.548Z
  • Sendhil Revuluri solved 2023-10-22T13:47:38.910Z
  • damefox solved 2023-10-22T20:38:19.392Z
  • Cindy Weatherman solved 2023-11-16T22:19:35.741Z
  • Alex Sisti solved 2023-11-17T20:20:40.046Z
  • DrTom solved 2023-11-18T17:48:51.934Z
  • Abide solved 2023-12-03T04:18:33.159Z
  • Darrell solved 2023-12-05T09:01:56.706Z
  • whimsy solved 2023-12-12T04:32:48.372Z
  • Flora Wynn solved 2024-01-19T05:45:48.693Z

Comments

Sign in with google to leave a comment of your own:

  • kurtalert 🤓4:13 · 2023-10-20T16:34:09.210Z
    Fantastic puzzle, thanks Phil! No hints needed today!
    • merlinnimue 🤓6:28 · 2023-10-20T18:07:54.140Z
      Thanks for another great puzzle... I was worried I might not get the meta but thankfully the stars aligned and I didn't have to cry home to mummy
      • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓3:46 · 2023-10-22T13:48:32.308Z
        Fun! (I did try "Jungle Cruise" first, but got it before I went to "Moana"…)
        • damefox 🤓4:16 · 2023-10-22T20:41:43.434Z
          Nice one! What a great movie. And by "great" I mean "kind of mess but I'm not complaining." Fun fact that was his first lead role!
          PS - I think you need the word "stop" in the clue for AVALE.
          • Philip Chow constructor · 2023-10-23T01:08:03.023Z
            thank you, fixed... and that's a good bit of trivia about the Rock... I actually never watched the movie, just needed something that represented Scorpion for the meta
          • DrTom 24s · 2023-11-18T18:20:12.332Z
            Thanks Phil. I got it a round about way, I was looking for signs but not in the clues darn it. I missed the stars completely, I should have seen it with the odd clue "Virgin mother of Jesus". At any rate I saw 51D and figured it was Zodiac so along with the fact that I am a Scorpio and I remember "The Rock's" first movie it was easy. Congratulations on a complete A-Z puzzle, heck you even got J in there three times. Nice work! (by the way splitting it into different sections and looking for repeated bi or trigrams did not reveal the answer darn it)😂
            Play today's daily mini crossword
            1A
            Witty remark
            1
            2
            3
            4
            5
            6
            7
            8
            9
            10
            11
            12
            13
            14
            15
            16
            17
            18
            19
            20
            21
            22
            23
            24
            25
            26
            27
            28
            29
            30
            31
            32
            33
            34
            35
            36
            37
            38
            39
            40
            41
            42
            43
            44
            45
            46
            47
            48
            49
            50
            51
            52
            53
            54
            55
            56
            57
            58
            59
            60
            61
            62
            63
            64
            65
            Across
            1. 1A
              Witty remark
            2. 5A
              PC key combo for the command "Copy"
            3. 10A
              Discombobulate
            4. 14A
              "Lemme think about it... yeah, not gonna happen"
            5. 15A
              Venue where you might see a Jumbotron
            6. 16A
              Vaping device, informally
            7. 17A
              Just slightly
            8. 18A
              "Anaconda" rapper Nicki ___
            9. 19A
              "Vamoose!"
            10. 20A
              Late "Dancing with the Stars" judge Goodman
            11. 21A
              * Fish that needed "finding" in a Pixar film
            12. 22A
              * Twins Mary-Kate and Ashley of "Full House"
            13. 24A
              * Crustacean boss of Spongebob Squarepants with an apt last name
            14. 26A
              ___ vera (succulent plant)
            15. 27A
              Actress Poehler of "Parks and Recreation"
            16. 28A
              * "Hunger Games" protagonist and skilled archer Katniss ___
            17. 32A
              Kind of rack found in the kitchen
            18. 35A
              Horn sound
            19. 36A
              Airport screening org.
            20. 37A
              * Virgin mother of Jesus
            21. 38A
              * "Three ___ Goats Gruff" (classic fairy tale)
            22. 39A
              * Wide receiver Cooper ___ for the LA Rams
            23. 40A
              "___ y plata" (Montana's state motto which translates to "gold and silver")
            24. 41A
              Start of a counting rhyme
            25. 42A
              Vessels that carry blood back to the heart
            26. 43A
              * Water bearer of Greek myth
            27. 45A
              Tear to shreds
            28. 46A
              Main character in "The Indian In the Cupboard" (hidden in "Doomrider")
            29. 47A
              * Lady ___ (personification of moral fairness that carries a set of balance scales)
            30. 51A
              * NBA legend Michael whose #23 was retired by the Chicago Bulls
            31. 54A
              * Simba's mate in "The Lion King"
            32. 55A
              Cardi B single ft. Megan Thee Stallion with the lyric "bring a bucket and a mop for this..."
            33. 56A
              Wings, anatomically speaking
            34. 57A
              Winning 4-3, say
            35. 59A
              Prom rental
            36. 60A
              Lagerfeld of fashion
            37. 61A
              Piano adjuster
            38. 62A
              Late "Jeopardy!" host Trebek
            39. 63A
              Private ___ (detectives)
            40. 64A
              Catches sight of
            41. 65A
              Bit of subterfuge
            Down
            1. 1D
              Apprehensive feeling and word that Helga purposely spelled wrong in a spelling bee on “Hey Arnold!” (with the last letter X instead of the actual last letter M)
            2. 2D
              "Burnt" crayon color
            3. 3D
              How contracts are usually signed
            4. 4D
              Something to boil a lobster in
            5. 5D
              Visited
            6. 6D
              Decorates, as a Christmas tree
            7. 7D
              Gambling city near Lake Tahoe
            8. 8D
              Residential care worker: Abbr.
            9. 9D
              Flattery intended to persuade
            10. 10D
              ___ up (admitted)
            11. 11D
              Be in want of a massage, maybe
            12. 12D
              National park in Utah
            13. 13D
              Swelled heads
            14. 21D
              Word that can follow "maiden" or "middle"
            15. 23D
              Folktale collection or modern slang for background information about a person
            16. 25D
              Like the song 55-Across
            17. 26D
              "Life is ___ of tears in which there are moments you just can't stop giggling" (quote by Robert Brault)
            18. 28D
              Actress Kemper of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
            19. 29D
              Decorative sewing case (hidden in "perpetuity")
            20. 30D
              "SportsCenter" channel
            21. 31D
              Short snoozes
            22. 32D
              Urban air pollution
            23. 33D
              Beginning for "normal" or "legal"
            24. 34D
              Monopoly token my aunt likes to use because it has a handle and was sad it got replaced with a cat in a newer edition
            25. 35D
              Hindu forehead decoration
            26. 38D
              Bar freebies you can munch on
            27. 39D
              Fulfilled, as a promise
            28. 41D
              Jane Austen novel that inspired the movie "Clueless"
            29. 42D
              Entry requirement, at times
            30. 44D
              Alpine melodies
            31. 45D
              Measuring sticks
            32. 47D
              Jackson in a 2004 Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction"
            33. 48D
              Whitney Houston's "___ Always Love You"
            34. 49D
              Brief guest appearance
            35. 50D
              Powerful adhesive
            36. 51D
              Actor Gyllenhaal of "Zodiac" (movie about the Zodiac killer, a serial murderer who taunted police with letters and coded messages)
            37. 52D
              Skin care brand that used to have "Oil of" in front of its name
            38. 53D
              Having a red center, in a steakhouse
            39. 54D
              Taboo
            40. 58D
              Baby shark
            41. 59D
              Where kids sit for a photo with Santa
            Loading...