Earthquake Zone (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2022-09-20T06:00:53.042Z
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is comprised of two words
Melbourne experienced an earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale on the 22nd of September 2021. It was the biggest earthquake I've ever experienced, even though it only lasted for about 30 seconds and just made the house shake a little. What made it interesting, though, was that Melbourne was still in lockdown, but this was something we all experienced together. I made this crossword later that day to commemorate the moment! Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=106977#p106977
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. Glad you’re okay… we had a rumbler here a decade or more ago and for people who don’t expect or recognize a quake, it was pretty cool (no damage or it would not have been so cool). I was in a hammock on the back porch and felt the trembling, and my dog looked up at me with a puzzled look.1A
What a solid sublimates into
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- 1AWhat a solid sublimates into
- 4ATV show that ran for longer than the war it was set in
- 8ASpeechless in the presence of someone you greatly admire
- 14APalindromic Turkish name that means "honourable"
- 15ALead vocalist of Panic! at the Disco, Brendon ___
- 16AHorse racing surface
- 17ATransmits or transports (verbal form of a word for the path followed by a projectile)
- 19ACover potato plants with soil to encourage more tubers
- 20APenguin from Bloom County
- 21AOveract
- 23ATwin brother of 30 down
- 25ASomething to do on Broadway
- 28ANeither partner
- 29AFounding editor of Cleo, the first magazine in Australia to feature a nude male centrefold, ___ Buttrose
- 31ABaseball positions behind third base (abbr.)
- 32AMore formal than "yes"
- 33AAs far as
- 35ARole for Shirley MacLaine, for which she received her third Oscar nomination
- 37ARun the show
- 39AStudy of Earth's shifting crust, one feature of which can be found in this puzzle and provides the answer to the meta
- 42ABow partner
- 45APart of a Python conditional statement
- 46A"Put a ___ in it!" (shut up!)
- 50ADebtor's note
- 51A24-hr. cash source
- 53AGridiron org.
- 55AWitch, to Shakespeare
- 56AType of rope with strands running counterclockwise as you look along it
- 59AAmerica's Cup vessels
- 61AWhat every collector dreams of
- 63AStage prompts
- 64AAs busy ___
- 66APlato's ___
- 69ANotes in F major scales
- 70APrecipitation
- 71AAust. business
- 72AFrench for Scotland
- 73AVillage people song with alphabetic arm movements
- 74AMac platform
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- 1DObtain
- 2DGenre that influenced Paul Simon's "Graceland" album
- 3DMelbourne is the largest one in Australia
- 4DBreakfast that comes in toasted and non-toasted forms
- 5DWhat every good character needs
- 6DJedi adversary
- 7D"___ good as dead!"
- 8D"For you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like ___ in the night" (1 Thess. 5:2)
- 9D"Hold up a minute!"
- 10DPassing grade, but nothing to be all that proud about
- 11DOracular
- 12DA/C measurement
- 13DBark sharply
- 18D7th mon.
- 22DDC Talk lyric: "Pardon me, your epidermis is showing, sir. I couldn't help but note your shade of ___"
- 23DAustralian singer, Christine ___, known for her cover of "My Island Home"
- 24DEar-related
- 26DPoem used in the 4th movement of Beethoven's 9th symphony, "___ to Joy"
- 27D"___ is me, for I am undone!" (Is. 6:5)
- 30DTwin sister of 23 across
- 34DMedical prefix related to 24 down
- 36DChem. term that always confused the heck out of me at school
- 38DSubmissions to an ed.
- 40DApple Pay and Google Pay, essentially
- 41DSus
- 42DBe under the weather
- 43D"Michael ___ The Boat Ashore" (brilliantly punny artist and album title combination)
- 44DHulk actor, Mark ___
- 47D"Well... fancy seeing you here!"
- 48DLooks after a feline for a friend
- 49DUnits of mass here in Aust.
- 52D60s Journalist for The New York Times and Esquire, Gay ___
- 54DMissing portion of text
- 57DHeavy metal instruments?
- 58DNorthern Irish comedy series, ___ Girls
- 60DBear baby
- 62DSports group
- 64DHomer Simpson's dad
- 65DUniversity and college campus Christian org.
- 67DInsta upload
- 68D410, to Caesar