Speak Plainly! (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2024-11-12T05:00:53.891Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a 15-letter phrase
Here's another puzzle I constructed last year but didn't bother to write an introduction for at the time. Talk about lying down on the job! No matter. I'm sure my being wide of the mark then won't prevent you from having a whale of a time with this puzzle now! The answer to the meta is a 15-letter phrase. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=185306#p185306
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Just the ticket
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Across
- 1AJust the ticket
- 6AThey cross rds
- 9AToaster waffles
- 14A___cotta (earthenware)
- 15AForty winks
- 16ATwo-door auto
- 17ALike a babe in the woods
- 18ATaika Waititi's spouse, Rita ___
- 19AEvery time you turn around
- 20ALess than a few
- 22A"Say ___ so!"
- 23AGive it a whirl
- 24ATarzan portrayer Ron et al.
- 25AStriped stones
- 29ALight-bulb moment
- 33AForest units
- 34AHappen next
- 35AWhat you hear when a dove cries?
- 36AAt sea
- 37ALanguage with a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words, which gets in the way of plain speaking at the drop of a hat
- 38ASpill the beans
- 39ANarcissist's problem
- 40ABlock a river again
- 41A___ paneer (Indian dish made with spinach)
- 42AOn cloud nine
- 44ALone Star State residents
- 45AOut of the wind
- 46ADo a vanishing act
- 47AStart of Shakespeare's best-known sonnet
- 50AThiamin or riboflavin, for example
- 55APlay by ear
- 56ATypical airliner
- 57AAlso-ran
- 58A"... ___ man with seven wives"
- 59ALead up the garden path
- 60AShire of "Rocky" films
- 61AMore amiable
- 62ASlip-___ (some shoes)
- 63ACry uncle
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- 1D"Give ___ further thought"
- 2DCollege official
- 3DLake, canal, or city in Pennsylvania
- 4DAustralian P.M.
- 5DOphelia's brother
- 6DQuite white
- 7DPoi ingredient
- 8DHealth club
- 9DEnvironmental subgroup
- 10D"I don't have that card so you'll need to take one from the deck"
- 11DEntrails
- 12DReady for customers
- 13DIn the mail
- 21D___-80 (old Radio Shack computer on which I learned how to program in BASIC)
- 22DPelvic bone
- 24D___ salts (bath additive)
- 25DTamil director Arun Kumar's professional name
- 26DThe Child's name in "The Mandalorian"
- 27DFable writer
- 28DVietnamese festival
- 29D30-ton computer of the '40s and '50s
- 30DFast Amtrak train
- 31DArtist Sidney ___ (known for his paintings of Ned Kelly)
- 32DEgg centres
- 34DPerfect Broadway songwriter (for "Beetlejuice" and "King Kong")
- 37DMiddle words of a famous palindrome
- 38DPut a strain on
- 40DRace car safety feature
- 41DPunishment imposed for breaking a law
- 43DRock salt
- 44DBoy king of Egypt
- 46DSacred ceremonies
- 47DHealthy, in Paris
- 48DPort in a TV
- 49DObi-Wan portrayer
- 50DBlood vessel
- 51DEaster Island statues
- 52D___ of Wight
- 53DFirst name of he who took one small step for a man
- 54DBird of Hollywood
- 56DJenny from the Block, for short
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