Washed-out Holiday (Meta)
◆◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2024-12-23T21:00:35.610Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a song of the season
No one likes it when a holiday gets washed out. But when it leads to a new meta puzzle, that just goes to prove the truth in that old saying about clouds and silver linings. The answer to the meta is a song of the season. A doozy of an answer & explanation image here: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=189798#p189798
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Fun idea though, and well timed. :) Thanks.1A
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Across
- 1ASmall waves with foamy crests
- 5AShip's backbone
- 9APart of a sandal
- 14A"Oh, dear!"
- 15AOff course
- 16A1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (with "The")
- 17AHeld onto
- 18ADumbledore, for example
- 20APC program's file extension
- 21ACocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueur, and cream
- 22AHawaiian pizza topping
- 23A"The Voyage of the Beagle" author
- 25APainting and sculpture, for two
- 27APre-Olympian gods
- 30AEducational institution found mainly in Europe
- 34AChili con ___
- 36A"Don't ___" (keep my name out of your online response to this comment)
- 38AAustralia's "bin chicken"
- 39AAmo, ___, 35 down
- 40AParts of a page layout left blank
- 41ABut that's in German!
- 42ASpider native to southern and eastern Australia rumoured to have a bite that causes necrosis
- 43AShe played Lois in "Lois & Clark"
- 44AGet a grip on
- 45ACanonised fifth-century pope
- 47AAbsorb
- 49ADrive-___
- 51ANew tricks non-learner
- 54ADutch grandma
- 57AAnnual of the family Brassicaceae which is grown for its seeds
- 60A"___ Elise" (Beethoven piece)
- 61AInstrument popularised by Lionel Hampton in the 1930s
- 63AVoice below soprano
- 64ABeatles release that somewhat ironically includes the track "Blackbird" (with "The")
- 65A"Storms In Africa" singer
- 66AIndian flatbread
- 67ABeast in an Ogden Nash poem
- 68A"Project Hail Mary" actor ___ Gosling
- 69AOdette, some of the time
Down
- 1DThickly stuck (on)
- 2DAmazon's voice assistant
- 3DBad thing for a corporate criminal to leave
- 4DConcorde, for example
- 5DHawaiian honcho
- 6DLambs' mothers
- 7DHistoric periods
- 8DDealer in purple cloth (cf. Acts 16:14-15)
- 9D"Soon May the Wellerman Come" (which went viral on TikTok back in 2021), for example
- 10DLean-___ (hovels)
- 11DNaomi's daughter-in-law
- 12DBetween ports
- 13DLong-lasting curls
- 19DAcademy award-winning actress ___ Matlin
- 21DSolemn ceremony
- 24DAcademy award-winning actress Kate ___
- 26DFly commonly known as a dark-winged fungus gnat (ew, how did this entry get in here?!?)
- 28DScruff of the neck
- 29DBeginning
- 31DTidal motions
- 32DOne-eighties in Australia
- 33DCar sticker letters
- 34DMovie Taylor Swift was singing about in "Evermore" ("Motion capture put me in a bad light")
- 35DAmo, 39 across, ___
- 37DMarine Corps Intelligence Activity (abbr.)
- 40DProvoke
- 44DNeuter, as a male horse
- 46DJoy Williams song "Woman (___)"
- 48DSomeone born in Seoul
- 50DTheater seater
- 52D"I'm ___ here!" ("Later!")
- 53DInguinal region
- 54DCricket locale
- 55DCoffee grinder
- 56DAgnetha, Björn, Benny, and Anni-Frid's band
- 58DBroadway prize
- 59D"Furiosa" actress, ___ Taylor-Joy
- 62DPirate's drink
- 63DMGM's motto: "___ gratia artis"