CROSSHARE
Print Puzzle
Download .puz File
Account / Settings
Construct a Puzzle
Profile

Principal, Ideal, Original...

◆ · By woozy · Published 2022-10-17T23:02:05.568Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a phrase that describes things that are our THEME
You know? It's really hard to write about a puzzle when the meta mechanism is supposed to be a puzzle.
This one shouldn't be too hard because .... well, I think it's cute.
ERRATA: Oh, screw! There is a fairly serious error in the mechanism. However anyone who gets that far should clearly see what I was intending. So if you get an answer but it's just off by a little bit, enter the slightly amended not quite correct but sensible answer. That will be the right one.
I redid the puzzle at https://crosshare.org/crosswords/7lpVOdgoWPR9I9LHdiU4/principal-ideal-originalwell-not-so-original. However I kind of like this ones entries and clues better.
Checking for previous play data...

Leaderboard (updated hourly)

  • DIS solved 2024-04-02T20:09:27.554Z

Comments

Sign in with google to leave a comment of your own:

    Play today's daily mini crossword
    1A
    Scale model of the U.S. capitol
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23
    24
    25
    26
    27
    28
    29
    30
    31
    32
    33
    34
    35
    36
    37
    38
    39
    40
    41
    42
    43
    44
    45
    46
    47
    48
    49
    50
    51
    52
    53
    54
    55
    56
    57
    58
    59
    60
    61
    62
    63
    64
    65
    66
    67
    Across
    1. 1A
      Scale model of the U.S. capitol
    2. 7A
      First lady McKinley
    3. 10A
      III times XIX
    4. 14A
      Verse
    5. 15A
      14A and a lot, lot more
    6. 16A
      Melodically vocalized
    7. 17A
      Muck-ups (as are the normal situations)
    8. 18A
      Latitude line; the principal one passes through Greenwich
    9. 20A
      Cut of meat containing one or more of the many curved chest bones; a cut from the first set of these bones is called a "standing roast"
    10. 21A
      Pellet shooter
    11. 22A
      Informal conjunction
    12. 23A
      Protestant denom.
    13. 25A
      One of 100 on the Hill
    14. 27A
      In a crude and indelicate manner
    15. 30A
      Money from the government
    16. 31A
      Muck-up (but on a human scale)
    17. 32A
      Scheduled block to air or perform; the most desired in television is the evening from 8 to 11pm
    18. 34A
      Atmospheric layer that blocks ultraviolet rays
    19. 36A
      David Mamet play about sexual harassment
    20. 38A
      John Waters-esque
    21. 41A
      Colorado natives
    22. 42A
      Texting format, for short
    23. 45A
      Amount of payment over time; the best available is set by the banks
    24. 46A
      Am I interrupting anything?
    25. 48A
      Accidentally singing "La donna è mobile" during a production of "The Valkyrie", for example
    26. 53A
      Ballpark figs.
    27. 54A
      Hosp. scan
    28. 55A
      Principal; first; most desired; best available; chief; lead or central
    29. 56A
      Navigators chart
    30. 57A
      Official of state who manages a department; the chief one is often the head of state
    31. 59A
      Running waters
    32. 62A
      "Outer" prefix
    33. 63A
      One's time on earth (so far)
    34. 64A
      Arctic cover (so far)
    35. 65A
      Those born in the last week of July
    36. 66A
      My Latin teacher used to goad "You haven't SAID what the word for 'but' is" (My German teacher used to say my Latin teacher would soon be BALD)
    37. 67A
      Paul McCarthy's sheep-dog of song
    Down
    1. 1D
      British legislators
    2. 2D
      Charged particle
    3. 3D
      Birdie or bogey, for example
    4. 4D
      Happy exclamation from the dressing room
    5. 5D
      Defeat soundly
    6. 6D
      Semiessential proteinogenic amino acid (perhaps belonging to pitcher Young?)
    7. 7D
      Feet for 14A
    8. 8D
      Last bits at the bottom
    9. 9D
      "----- friend stabs you in the front, not the back"-Oscar Wilde
    10. 10D
      Trippy stuff
    11. 11D
      Big name in luxury bags
    12. 12D
      When Ratty and Mole's compatriot had financial difficulties, he was a Toad ------
    13. 13D
      Deliberately overlook
    14. 19D
      Where to stay at night
    15. 21D
      "--- some peanuts and cracker jack"
    16. 23D
      System for dating events over two thousand years ago
    17. 24D
      Posting abbr. for when the pirate ship is coming in
    18. 26D
      Muss and fuss
    19. 28D
      Cease
    20. 29D
      Flower seen exclusively in paintings depicting the annunciation (and of the crucifixion)
    21. 33D
      Liquide que l'on trouve dans 40D
    22. 34D
      The difference between cooped and coped
    23. 35D
      Pitts who starred in "Greed" (1924)
    24. 37D
      Semiconductor with free electrons
    25. 38D
      Impulsive unmotivated action
    26. 39D
      Corroded
    27. 40D
      Grande étendue d'33D salée, ou une chanson de Charles Trenet: "La ---"
    28. 42D
      Person believed to be involved in a crime; often investigations focus on a lead or central one
    29. 43D
      Winter hours in Santa Fe
    30. 44D
      Interdependent grp. of items forming a unif. whole
    31. 45D
      "The Desert Fox"
    32. 47D
      Animal whose pelt was highly valued in the French fur trade
    33. 49D
      Tests for college credit, briefly
    34. 50D
      Sp. misses
    35. 51D
      Feudal lord
    36. 52D
      Possible conclusion to a palindrome that may begin with "Dermitis. Rose sore. Roses or sit......"
    37. 56D
      ---, --- parva stella; Miror quaenam sis tam bella. Splendens eminus in illo, Alba velut gemma caelo.
    38. 58D
      Moths with colorful eye patters, or Apple phone management software
    39. 59D
      Top edge
    40. 60D
      Go us!
    41. 61D
      Health resort
    Loading...