Laundry Day (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2024-02-27T05:00:44.776Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a 4-letter word
In our house, every Saturday is laundry day. Actually, we do loads of washing mid-week, too. But Saturday is the day for specific items that need washing on a regular basis. Some of these just might be hidden in this puzzle. The answer to the meta is a 4-letter word. Answer & explanation: https://xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=158958#p158958
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Step 1: ___ clean
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- 1AStep 1: ___ clean
- 5AJeff Tweedy's band
- 10ABiblical nudist colony?
- 14A"The Queen's Gambit" actress, ___ Taylor-Joy, who was single-handedly responsible for the revival of the Peter Pan collar top
- 15AParisian love
- 16AHeap
- 17A* Plan ships' docking area
- 19ACapri, for one
- 20AContest submissions
- 21AType of tones used when the situation is fraught with tension
- 23ARPG that features in the later seasons of "Stranger Things"
- 24AYoungest of the first generation of Titans of Greek myth
- 26ADigital novel
- 29ASpanish uncle
- 30ASuitcase attachment (just make sure you use brightly coloured ones so you can quickly tell which are yours when they drop onto the luggage carousel!)
- 33AHow a judge might be referred to by a serf: "m'___"
- 34A"The Sandman" author, Neil ___
- 37AOne of the Great Lakes, the one that sounds slightly spooky
- 38AThree, on a sundial
- 39AEpithet for Nadya Suleman who, with eight newborns, needed a lot of bed linen
- 41ABritish record label
- 42A"Just give me the precis! In fact, I'm so hard up for time I'm only going to talk in initials!"
- 44AMovie theater
- 45AAnd so on (abbr.)
- 46ACultural values
- 48AAni's racing vehicle (cf. "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace")
- 49AChildish comeback
- 51ASecond book in the Bible
- 53A"The Cars that ___ Paris" (1974 Australian horror comedy film directed by Peter Weir)
- 54APart of a sentence
- 56AMovies enact them
- 60AJockey's strap (but not a jockstrap)
- 61A* "Pal, untruths go bad"
- 64AOne of many in the fire, perhaps
- 65AHumanitarian org. created by JFK
- 66A"American Beauty" actress, ___ Suvari
- 67AAussie friend
- 68ASign on a 7 down, perhaps
- 69AStep 2: ___ dry
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- 1DWalk through water
- 2DAncient Egyptian official during the late 18th Dynasty of Egypt
- 3DThe "S" of GPS
- 4DStylist's creation
- 5DFaded away
- 6DMischief makers
- 7DWC, downunder
- 8DMongrel
- 9DPrefix for -dox that means "straight"
- 10DInstalment in a serialized story
- 11D* Platter thoroughfare
- 12DFashion magazine
- 13DNecessity
- 18D___ biloba (maidenhair tree)
- 22DPlace of higher education, in Aussie slang
- 24DJapanese robes
- 25DWandered around
- 26DBest of the best
- 27DEnglish nursey rhyme, "The House that Jack ___"
- 28D* That guy participated in the public disturbance?
- 29D"The Mikado" setting, where you would presumably see many 24 downs
- 31D"We ___ please!"
- 32DCompany with a spokeslizard
- 35DGrammatical case of the direct object (abbr.)
- 36D___ de plume
- 40D___ d' (headwaiter)
- 43D1979 song with the lyric "You don't have to wear that dress tonight"
- 47D"Help! The boat is sinking and I desperately need something that will absorb water!"
- 50DEarthquakes
- 52DFix, as software
- 53DLow-pH compounds
- 54DIt's hard to look ___ and proper in a sweatshirt with a built-in cowl
- 55DDaughter of 24 across
- 56DFeature of some skirts
- 57DGet ready, briefly
- 58D"Un-break My Heart" singer, ___ Braxton
- 59DEminem song featuring English singer Dido
- 62DEmploy
- 63D"Ghostbusters" actor, ___ Aykroyd