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◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2022-11-08T05:00:01.455Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is an author
Apparently, if you are a struggling content creator it really is up to you to get your stuff out there and in front of the eyeballs of potential customers. Social media helps, but these days you have to utilise every possible avenue at your disposal. Hence this puzzle, in which the answer to the meta is an author. (Google may be necessary!) Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=111630#p111630
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here: https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about/interest4.html. US$10 gives you access to 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game. You won't quite know what to expect: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, sometimes all of those, and sometimes none! One thing is for sure, these are some of the more creative metas my brain has been able to come up with. And there's more: this time there's a mega-meta!
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Comments
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- Hector 8:06 · 2022-11-08T05:12:57.322ZI'll check them out one day; thanks, Ben!
- Two of them ("The Ephesus Scroll" and "Meeting of Minds") are available for free on Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/BenChenoweth). As you can see, I have no shame in self-promoting! ;-)
- Well, I'll be darned you managed to get ALL 5 of your books in one puzzle! I just saw that Saul, First King of Israel is another Ben Book and had I been smart enough to notice the quotation marks I might have arrived at the end easier...as it was I had to be Pauled over the finish line.
- Ergcat 12:30 · 2022-11-11T12:09:09.813ZI’m going to read “the Ephesus Scroll”.
- Dow Jones 4s · 2022-11-08T07:44:35.567ZCongratulations on your 3 publications. Thanks for the puzzle.
- Alex Sisti 5s · 2022-11-08T14:01:04.158ZI know him!!!
- Carolyn 3s · 2022-11-08T16:31:52.073ZWonderful meta!
- Sharkicicles 7s · 2022-11-08T18:34:24.300ZA very meta meta. Nice!
- hoover 3s · 2022-11-08T20:39:05.947ZHmmm... What's the over and under on the number of variations of "Paul" received as a guess?
- Bbaack 🤓12:23 · 2022-11-08T20:59:56.174ZThird time is the charm, after Paul and St. Paul. I have the O/U at 32!
- ReB 5s · 2022-11-10T00:49:42.225ZSame here. I guess I had plenty of company.
- Laura M 🤓7:24 · 2022-11-10T04:43:08.872ZExactly the same progression for me :-)
- I K Snamhcok 1s · 2022-11-08T23:51:40.052ZCongrats on your publishing success, Ben!
- Ergcat 12:30 · 2022-11-10T00:08:42.466ZGot it…. Finally! I was convinced from the start that the “author” was Saint Paul! ( his letters to the Ephesians, Corinthians, Romans) ! Lol! Finally googled the whole titles “Ephesus Scroll” “Corinth Letters” “Rome Gospel” and found your author. Learned something new! Thank you, Ben!
- whimsy 24:50 · 2022-11-10T01:41:25.343ZYou're in good company I guess, Ben; right up there with Pete and Paul. Oh, and Goodreads likes you too! Congrats and thanks!
- Laura M 🤓7:24 · 2022-11-10T04:44:49.607ZI really should have figured that out sooner, lol. Very nice, and very impressive!
- Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-11-10T12:10:41.357ZVery nice. I learn something new everyday. Should have gotten it from the title. Congratulations on being a published author!
- Teamdoubletow 2s · 2022-11-12T04:04:48.142ZWhat a coincidence... An author with the same same! Love it!
- Tyrpmom 7s · 2022-11-15T03:58:56.234ZFinally got back to this one. The title makes sense now.
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"Saul, ___ king of Israel" (David's predecessor)
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- 1A"Saul, ___ king of Israel" (David's predecessor)
- 6APlay part
- 9AAladdin antagonist
- 14AParisian school
- 15ATuna of crossword fame
- 16AHercules portrayer, Kevin ___
- 17AInterior design
- 18AMake haste (in Shakespearean times)
- 19A"The Darjeeling Limited" actor, Adrien ___
- 20APrefix for -angle
- 22AUpper limb
- 24A"Levitating" singer, ___ Lipa
- 25AMediterranean city famous for the nearby Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- 28APiece of parchment
- 31AAnswer to the question "Who's Beats are these?", maybe?
- 32AFormer Italian mob boss, ___ Giuliano, whose nickname was Celeste on account of her bright, blue eyes
- 34AGraphical depiction of the connections within an IT system
- 35AMachu Picchu resident
- 36AFat-avoiding Jack
- 40AMediterranean city located on the isthmus joining the Peloponnese to the Greek mainland
- 42ACorrespondence
- 44AVoice of Scar, Jeremy ___
- 45AStravinsky and a lab assistant
- 47AActress, ___ Arthur
- 48AOre-reducing need
- 50APrecious
- 51AMediterranean city known to be built on seven hills
- 52AAccount of the life and teachings of Jesus
- 54ALatin dance (when repeated)
- 56ABy way of
- 58AArchipelago unit (abbr.)
- 59AWhat you can do with your bets and your bushes
- 62AI am; you ___
- 64ABest grade
- 68AWipe clean
- 69ATonic go-with
- 70ACapital of Tibet
- 71AUntamed
- 72AU2 song from "Achtung Baby"
- 73A"Meeting of ___" (get-together of intellectual equals)
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- 1DServed dinner to
- 2DCurling surface
- 3DMythical bird
- 4DDMV personnel in "Zootopia"
- 5DPied-a-___
- 6D"I'm really enjoying this bath!"
- 7DPoint of contact between two chromatids (for all you geneticists out there!)
- 8DStadium level
- 9D"The Well-Tempered Clavier" composer monogram
- 10D"You have two choices: ___ B"
- 11D"Lord of the Rings" ring-bearer
- 12D"Straight Up" singer, Paula ___
- 13DFit for a queen
- 21D"Did you get the flowers ___?"
- 23DAOL rival
- 25D"Does not compute!"
- 26D"Vote for ___" ("Napoleon Dynamite" reference)
- 27DSomething found on a street or a coral reef
- 29DMisspelling for abnormal, fluid-filled sacs that can develop in body tissue
- 30DSpellbound
- 31DPrefix for -mate
- 33D___ parentis
- 35D"To recap..."
- 37DLuke or Leia, for example
- 38DGeometry calculation
- 39DOld Russian ruler
- 41DDeets
- 43DMortgage lender with offices in Charlotte, NC and Pasadena, CA
- 46DCosmonaut, Yuri ___
- 49DGun, as an engine
- 50DOracle of ___
- 51D"MAS*H" role
- 53DDavidic song
- 54DGourmet cook
- 55D"___ be dragons!"
- 57DParrot belonging to 9 across
- 60DApt acronym for the Geological Society of Australia
- 61DFish with an electric variety
- 63D180 degrees from WSW
- 65DPC linkup letters
- 66DGreenback, more formally and succinctly
- 67DBritish Army unit known for counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, and covert reconnaissance (abbr.)
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