Capital Intensive
■ · By Pandora's Blocks Weekly Meta Crossword · Published 2 months ago
Meta Prompt: the AnsweR tO tHis NEw metApuzZle offeRIng is a State Capital.
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- Meg 6s · 2 months agoThat was fun!
- Qmark 4s · 2 months agoGreat puzzle, Will! Fun meta.
- I K Snamhcok 3s · 2 months agoLoved it!
- boharr 4s · 2 months agoThanks Will
- Tyrpmom 2s · 2 months agoNice one.
- Fun mechanism! And great construction getting it all in a smooth 13x13 grid.
- MamaEllen 2s · 2 months agoFinally! Been on a losing streak….but capitals helped me out!
- Cindy Heisler 🤓10:19 · 2 months agoAnother great puzzle, Will. Thanks!!
- CPJohnson 5s · 2 months agoThanks, Will!
- Shmuel Schmell 3s · 2 months agoFun puzzle!
- woozy 🤓11:34 · 2 months agoNot sure I get the Rhode Island part..... Is Providence supposed to be synonymous with Frugality somehow? Otherwise it was a great AHA moment.
- woozy 🤓11:34 · 2 months agoNever mind... can't believe I never heard/used that particular usage of p(lower)rovidence before. But apparently I hadn't.
- Same. I've only heard of it in a divine sense. Once I got P.E... it was a lock (based on the list of capitals I already needed to have!)
- Still kind of puzzling out 3 of the 6 letters...
- woozy 🤓11:34 · 2 months agoWhich ones? Arizona=Phoenix is a mythical bird; as is the Roc. Ohio = Columbus- columbus day is observed in Oct but many have replaced it with Indigenous Peoples Day. Nebraska = Lincoln. In crossword puzzle IKE is a more common entrie than EISENHOWER19Dmuch as ABE is a more common entry than Lincoln-- to me those were "common knowledge" I had to look up Providence in Merriam Webster to get the meaning of frugal (which did stir things in me; I think of providence as the attribute of will and grace of high authority and... well, I guess somewhere I hear my grandmother use it as provision of economic practicality... sort of. South Carolina; Columbia had to be back engineered. At this point I had the solution and we needed and entry beginning with E and that was only EMS
EISENHOWERPresident whose nickname appears in crosswords way more often than his actual name48A. A google for "Outer ware, Columbia" verified they made jackets and outerware. And come to think of it, it's a pretty common brand I had heard of. Unlike EMSEMSOuterwear manufacturer48Aouter ware which I had never heard of but which were googlable as well.EMSOuterwear manufacturer- ReB 4s · 2 months agoAfter solving the first four, the answer had to be PIERRE. And since there were only two grid answers that start with "R", RESTRAINT26Ahad to be the one that went with PROVIDENCE. But I was unaware that providence also had the meaning of frugality.
RESTRAINTFrugality
- Flinty Steve 4s · 2 months agoThat was fun!
- wendy walker 4s · 2 months agoSpent so much time squinting at a certain other puzzle this weekend that I missed the capital I in the prompt for quite some time! Great puzzle, Will!
- ReB 4s · 2 months agoI overlooked the I as well for a short time as I was searching for the missing capital letter. A serif font would have made that easier.
- woozy 🤓11:34 · 2 months agoI missed the SC... well, I saw the SC but as they were in a reasonable phrase and as there was no state with the postal code SC (dope slaps may occur without warning) I figured they weren't part of the puzzle.
- Bbaack 🤓7:56 · 2 months agoThat was a lot of fun, and very clever!
- ReB 4s · 2 months agoNice to find the way after frustration with this week's Friday metas
- rjy 13:02 · 2 months agoReally enjoyed this, thanks Will!
- Katiedid 🤓1:52 · 2 months agoFun! And like others, I learned a new definition for Providence.
- ship4u 🤓2:28 · 2 months agoGreat puzzle, Will. I thought sure I had the answer and finally realized that I needed to take it one more step.
- DrTom 2s · 2 months agoVery nice misdirection. The EISENHOWER19Dwas particularly clever. I never saw until the end that you had given me the answer (albeit the translation) in 32D
EISENHOWERPresident whose nickname appears in crosswords way more often than his actual name32D. Stumped me for some time, thanks for the course correctionSTONESResidents of glass houses shouldn't throw them - Bird Lives 13s · 2 months agoNice one, especially the subtle overtones of the answer in the symmetrically placed 1D1Dand 32D
PEBBLEBit of gravel32D.STONESResidents of glass houses shouldn't throw them - Darth 🤓4:02 · 2 months agoINteresting IDea. I spent WAy too much tiME poNDering states in the gRId and SCratcHIng oUT how they MIght MAke a HIdDEn MEssage!
- prog plus chat 🤓7:41 · about 2 months agoNice. We had to try Little Rock first, you know, but this was great.
- Great puzzle! Fun fact: Pierre is the only state capital that doesn't share a letter with its state.
- Christopher Jones 8:09 · about 2 months agoI had to go through all the state capitals until I found the right one.
1AChannel whose programs are "Made possible by ... viewers like you."
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Across
- 1AChannel whose programs are "Made possible by ... viewers like you."
- 4A"The Lion King" lioness
- 8ADevice that comes in Pro and Air models
- 12AChow down
- 13APlaybill contents, for short
- 14AWorld's longest river
- 15AFrat. member
- 16ATo stick in one's ___
- 17ASpot for subs
- 18ALike Buddy Guy's music
- 20APenthouse occupants, say
- 22AAdmit
- 23AGraceful and polished
- 24A"Lyin' ___" (Eagles hit)
- 25AHealing paste
- 26AFrugality
- 29AChristmas carols
- 30ANeeds to repay
- 33APortmanteaus, e.g.
- 36AOne being 22-AcrossAdmit[-----]
- 37AOpen a bottle of champagne
- 38ABe defeated by
- 39AIt might make tree tops glisten
- 40AIt's hauled around next to the driver
- 42AHome for hibernators
- 43AGrow weary
- 44ABig name in small fruit cups
- 45ARenowned Auburn gymnast Suni
- 46AOne using a crystal ball
- 47AThe lightning bolt on Harry's forehead, e.g.
- 48AOuterwear manufacturer
Down
- 1DBit of gravel
- 2DBrewer's supply
- 3DMore resolute
- 4DFormer channel for catching the Premier League
- 5DLofty
- 6DMauna ___ (macadamia nut brand)
- 7DAlso
- 8DWord found on many October calendars
- 9DMichelangelo masterpiece
- 10DType of wrench for assembling Ikea furniture
- 11DOne who believes in a divinity but not in divine intervention
- 19DPresident whose nickname appears in crosswords way more often than his actual name
- 21DBig first name in jeans
- 23DMid-ranking Brits
- 25DLegally created parent company?
- 27DGo bad
- 28D___dum and ___dee ("Through the Looking-Glass" characters)
- 31DRegard
- 32DResidents of glass houses shouldn't throw them
- 33DRequired parts
- 34DActress Murphy of "Murderville"
- 35D"Yes! Way to go!"
- 36DOne who's not gonna make it
- 38D"The Kinks" hit
- 41DMythical bird
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