#200 (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2024-06-25T06:00:39.863Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a board game
Well, will you look at that: 200 metas! Goodness, I never thought I would see the day when I could say that. "Financial Downturn" (https://crosshare.org/crosswords/4DxgBqcHR4PwVbG4bkjA/financial-downturn-meta) doesn't feel like such a long time ago. Anyway, I'm not showing any signs of stopping, so here's to many more metas to come! Which brings us to this special, celebratory meta. There isn't much I can say about this one, so just jump in. The answer to the meta is a board game. (Note that this is not a tricky meta: your challenge is to try to solve the meta before you get to the bottom row!) Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=171345#p171345
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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- 1AAnimation still
- 4ASpanish friend
- 7ALecherous look
- 13AUno, due, ___
- 14ANarrow aperture
- 15AApproved
- 16AOffshore structure
- 17AGaul or Briton, for example
- 18ABatman's butler
- 19AJohnny's character on "The Big Bang Theory"
- 21AActress ___ Darvish (who also happens to be Josh Gad's wife)
- 22AThe E in BCE
- 23AMake a decision
- 24AGerman inventor and musician who improved the flute's fingering system, Theobald ___
- 26ADo without
- 28AThird largest city in Zambia
- 30A"That's soooo gross!"
- 31ALentil dish
- 32APrefix meaning "large"
- 35AAustralian wild dog
- 36A"___ of Ingleside" (eighth of nine books in the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery)
- 39AUp to, informally
- 40AUtter a profanity
- 42AThrough
- 43AHearty's partner
- 44AStops by
- 47ASprinkler connection
- 48APapal court
- 49ALacking vivacity
- 50AApt acronym for the African Youth Initiative (I haven't done one of these clues for a while!)
- 53A"It takes two" dance
- 54ADavid's weapon of choice
- 58APark mentioned in the song "Winds of Change" but transliterated from the Russian correctly
- 60AHow I like my steak
- 61AGrimes and Elon's third child
- 62ACalendar leading up to Christmas
- 63AImportant Jewish scribe and priest in the early Second Temple period
- 64AGreek vowel
- 65AWhat you have to do four times in this grid
- 66ADiary division
- 67AComfy shoe
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- 1DLower-left PC key
- 2DCrosswords' lake of lakes
- 3DDanish plastic block
- 4DWarn
- 5DBlue cheese feature
- 6DHairy TV cousin
- 7DProvoked
- 8DMusical for which "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" is the opening song
- 9DClumsy one
- 10D"'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did ___ and gimble in the wabe"
- 11DEye provocatively
- 12DNorse epic
- 14DSuffix meaning "scenery"
- 20DNeighbour of Swed.
- 21DLithium-___ battery
- 24DLandlocked country of South America
- 25D"___ Handbook" (writer's style guide)
- 26D"Methinks" online
- 27DPossessed
- 28DLong-nosed fish
- 29DPlay the role of
- 30DNYT and WSJ VIPs
- 31D"___ or not ___. There is no try." (51 down)
- 33DReally annoy
- 34DFlamenco shout
- 36DPutting mortar in the spaces between tiles
- 37D___-Manuel Miranda
- 38D"___ Confidential" (James Ellroy novel)
- 41DCircumference segment
- 43DOwner of a moving castle
- 45DSeek divine guidance from
- 46DMath. ratio equal to Opposite over Hypotenuse
- 47DProphet who married Gomer
- 49DTruck, to a Brit
- 50D"I love a girl with ___ between her teeth" (Marc Jacobs)
- 51DSee 31 down
- 52DJournalist Kupcinet et al.
- 54DStrip in the Middle East
- 55DAny thing
- 56DOrg. with an alphabet
- 57DNacho topper, slangily
- 59DKestrel in "A Kestrel for a Knave"
- 60DColourful Taylor Swift album