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Hot Breakfast (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2021-10-19T05:00:42.481Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is an eight letter word
I love a cooked breakfast! Bacon, eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms - yum! So if you're anything like me then this meta puzzle is for you. Dig in to find the answer to the meta: an eight letter word. Answer and explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?t=1248&p=71636#p71553
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- Laura M 🤓12:49 · 2021-10-19T07:08:46.719ZHappened to be up late (U.S. west coast) and saw this soon after it was posted. Fun!
- Hector 8:35 · 2021-10-19T12:19:00.780ZElegant meta, thanks!
- Enjoyed it! Nice that it "clicked", esp given some of the red herrings related to eggs in the grid: CRACK, DYED, ROT(ten)
- I very rarely intentionally add red herrings, but it is crazy how often they slip in without me being aware of it!
- boharr 5s · 2021-10-19T18:11:44.359ZClever one!
- Somehow the letters I found weren't in the right order! I guess they were...SCRAMBLED!
- That is totally appropriate, given the theme. But my intention was that the order be derived from the lengths of the EZ words going from smallest to longest.
- whimsy 16:50 · 2021-10-19T20:59:49.184ZFun! Yes, I liked the many allusions to eggs.
- Capn Rick 13:56 · 2021-10-19T23:28:11.401ZYummy!
- Bbaack 11:58 · 2021-10-20T02:28:48.677ZNice one, especially since I live close to Denver!
- I might have missed something, but what's Denver got to do with it? (I live in Melbourne, Australia, btw.)
- Bbaack 11:58 · 2021-10-21T15:46:45.598ZHere in the U.S. a Denver omelet (or omelette) contains ham, cheese, and red and/or green peppers. One of my favs! You could start something similar down under (maybe using ostrich or emu eggs) and call it a Melbourne omelette!
- Thanks for the explanation! An emu egg would make for a very big omelette, apparently!
- DIS 🤓5:53 · 2021-10-21T16:34:44.823ZGreat -- thanks!
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Across
- 1AClue part 1
- 5ASomewhat unusual
- 8AUser interface item (abbr.)
- 11A"Don't it just stick in your ___!"
- 12AIn favour of
- 13A"Not ___ in hell!"
- 16ACity in northern Morocco where you could definitely buy a 63 across
- 17ABump into
- 18ANot right now
- 19ARecent period in US politics
- 21AArchitectural decoration associated with the Parthenon
- 22ASubstance much better for putting in your hair than real poo
- 24AFissure
- 28ATeam game played with a rope
- 33AReceive a ___ welcome
- 34AClue part 2
- 36AGame that helped launch the Xbox
- 37AFirst shepherd mentioned in the Bible
- 38A"And I've got the ___ to prove it."
- 39ASpeaker of multiple languages, with poly-
- 40ACanal recently blocked by the Ever Given
- 41A___ time (never)
- 42AHealth insurance giant
- 43AIndigestion relief brand
- 45AAnnoying edge around a phone screen
- 46AMoscow ballet theatre
- 50ARowan Atkinson's most famous character
- 54A"Pearl Harbor" actor, Josh
- 59ARapper, LL ___
- 60AFailed movie or stage show
- 61ALatin words nailed to the cross (abbr.)
- 62ALocation for muggles who haven't cracked the meta (yet!)
- 63ATasseled hat
- 64AColoured
- 65ADr. Seuss character, ___-I-am
- 66A"No need to write anything in this email body." (abbr.)
- 67AClue part 3
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- 1DPrefix added to -plasm
- 2D___ a bite to eat
- 3DStrip in the Middle East
- 4DWent for a dip
- 5DMarx Brothers' movie, "A Night At The ___"
- 6D"... then I woke up, and it was all a ___."
- 7DCharacter found in every web address
- 8DWhat Gandalf yelled "You shall not pass!" at
- 9DSpicy cuisine, known for doing amazing things with lemon grass
- 10DElement of a musical score
- 14DCandy dispenser with a manual release mechanism
- 15DBefore, but in poetry
- 17D"I'm not all that impressed with what you've just shown me."
- 20DPoses a question
- 21DOn all ___
- 23DPrefix with -dactyl
- 24D24 across, but much wider
- 25DPurchase again
- 26DSpinning, whirling
- 27DOil obtained from rapeseed
- 29D"Well, golly!"
- 30DDance in 3/4
- 31DBy oneself
- 32DRelating to wheels (because they go around)
- 34DBase eight number system
- 35D"Moondance" singer, Morrison
- 38D"The cat ___ the mat."
- 42D"This won't hurt ___!"
- 44DPopular 90s arcade basketball game
- 47DDoes a farrier's job
- 48DArabic letter representing a glottal stop
- 49DSpherical part of a monarch's regalia
- 50DRecord label whose first release in the US was Elton John's "Crocodile Rock"
- 51DHogwash
- 52DPerson in charge
- 53DBirth name of Australian painter Albert Namatjira
- 55DBrood of pheasants
- 56DArtist whose album "The Memory of Trees" is an ambiguous genitive: is it the trees who remember, or is it we who remember trees?
- 57D"___ bien!"
- 58DNeat as a pin
- 60DGreat pals, just not forever (abbr.)
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