When In Rome... (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2023-12-05T05:00:34.519Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is an appropriate book of the Bible
This puzzle is a milestone of sorts. See if you can work out what it is! The answer to the meta is an appropriate book of the Bible (but with "Rome" in the puzzle title, let me assure you that it isn't "Romans"!) Answer & explanation: https://xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=150179#p150179
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that is a rather good one1A
New York baseballers
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Across
- 1ANew York baseballers
- 5A"None of the above" choice
- 10APlaudit with one's hands
- 14ALangston Hughes poem
- 15ASkint
- 16AComputer function that maps data of arbitrary size to fixed-size values
- 17ABollywood costume
- 18ALadder steps
- 19AJob safety org.
- 20ASuit, for example
- 22ASculpture subjects
- 24ATech whiz
- 25ALearned
- 26AApia resident
- 29AAnatomical blockages
- 30AHigher of two
- 31A"Africa" band
- 32AIn media ___
- 35AContinuation of the phrase that begins in the puzzle title
- 39AHot tub
- 40ASports channel
- 41A___ stone (unchangeable)
- 42ALeague or rank
- 44A"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that ___ and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more." (Macbeth)
- 45AJacques ___, of deconstruction fame
- 48ADid a smith's job
- 49ACity on the Somme
- 50AMusical instrument in the woodwind family
- 54AMum's mum, perhaps
- 55AOld-time anaesthetic
- 57A"___ kleine Nachtmusik"
- 58ABachelor's quarters, slangily
- 59A___ and true
- 60A"Speed Bonnie Boat" isle
- 61ASolution hint
- 62A___ the putt (gets the ball in the hole)
- 63A1 across, for example
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- 1DAssorted (abbr.)
- 2DList ender
- 3DMatador's opponent
- 4D"And ___" (Billy Joel song)
- 5D"The Giant, ___" (Hilary Mantel novel)
- 6DElephant feature
- 7D___ Kong
- 8DHeart test, for short
- 9DPolite way to refer to a loo
- 10DParts of a musical progression
- 11DIndian yogurt drink
- 12D"___ in the Dark" (Peter Sellers film)
- 13DDevelopmental stage
- 21D"Alone" band
- 23DNot at home
- 25DReginald, to fans
- 26DSoap bubbles
- 27DEach, informally
- 28DMovie-rating org.
- 29DBodies of military personnel
- 31DActress ___ Thompson of the "Creed" movies
- 32DQ-V link
- 33DMake revisions to
- 34D"My Three ___" (US sitcom)
- 36DEarphones
- 37DJohn Jacob ___, who went down with the Titanic
- 38DLeast cool
- 42DWhere the batter stands, in cricket
- 43D___-Manuel Miranda
- 44DPottery fragments
- 45DUterine procedure, for short
- 46DComputer message
- 47DJapanese horror film series about a cursed videotape
- 48DAerodynamic
- 50DTake it on the ___
- 51DSubject of "Winged Victory" (statue in the Louvre)
- 52D"Orinoco Flow" singer
- 53DSwarm (with)
- 56DPrefix for angle