Size Extremes
◆ · By ajk · Published 2023-08-06T04:00:43.991Z
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a measure of magnitude
Happy Sunday. :)
This one went through a few twists and turns before winding up in its current form, but I'm fuzzy on the details. In keeping with SSS tradition it's intended to be more light exercise than intense workout, although I don't pretend to be a great judge of that.
Thanks to test solvers Abide and Wendy Walker, who as usual made it better. And of course to Joe Ross for tech support. Nudges later today, which I imagine will get any stragglers over the line.
Nudges:
Can you place the starred entries?
Each is a member of a distinct set
How do they relate to other members of their sets? Remember the title.
What's at the other extreme in each case?
I don't see any of those other places in the [i]grid[/i]...
Checking for previous play data...
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Emeril's exclamation
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Across
- 1AEmeril's exclamation
- 4AMultiple orange space visitors
- 8AVindicate, legally
- 14ANotre Dame sits on one
- 15A"____ I was trying to say"
- 16AFrequent hospital event
- 17AImpediment
- 19A*Baked ____ (meringue dessert)
- 20A*Cathay ____ (Hong Kong airline)
- 21AKids' national pastime
- 22AHow Falstaff might agree to be paid?
- 23ASugar suffix
- 25ARegister happiness
- 28AArctic conditions, metaphorically (and often literally)
- 29AMargin that makes one a 49-Across, perhaps
- 31ADisplay affection, in Liverpool
- 32ACPR pro
- 34A*80s band with hit "Heat of the Moment"
- 36AJoke or reaction
- 37AComputer collective, in a way
- 40AWeather event often rated F0 to F5
- 42ATech. for texts
- 43A"___ Beso" (Anka's gift to constructors)
- 44AOne plays a big role in "Citizen Kane"
- 45A"Don't Bring Me Down" group
- 47A"____ , didn't see you there"
- 49AOne who finishes second, according to some
- 51APossible first word
- 55ACloses, as with wax
- 57AHerminone's beau
- 58APuffy reptile?
- 59AHow a hammock might be set up
- 61AConundrum
- 63A*"From ____ with Love" (Bond film)
- 65A*Boss, in a way
- 66AWater incursions
- 67ANicholas II, e.g.
- 68ABiological messenger
- 69A"Geez!"
- 70AAnnoyance
- 71ARhode Island winter time
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- 1DFilm about a life
- 2DWrestling promoter Lou who was one letter off from lacking pigment
- 3DTequila alternative
- 4D"Have ____ trip!"
- 5DGraph points
- 6DCommon raptor
- 7DOntario to Norfolk dir.
- 8DCairo resident, typically
- 9DNon-boozy bubbly beverages
- 10DHesitations
- 11DTakes down, as a hammock
- 12D"No clue" via text
- 13DAirport screeners, briefly
- 18DYou might need one for tomorrow in Madrid
- 21DThompson of "Westworld" and Marvel fame
- 24D"That little ____"
- 26DRich earth
- 27DBasket contents, say
- 29DOceania is a good place to find one
- 30DDuck that supplies pillows
- 33DK2 and Pike's Peak, briefly
- 35DEarly web gateway
- 37DVatican City was home to at least 13 of them
- 38DArthur with his name on a stadium
- 39DStraightforward
- 41DCorp. shuffle, in a way
- 46DStranger
- 48D"Maybe" alternative
- 50DProduct purpose
- 52DLook up to
- 53DThey might be inner
- 54DNoah's landing place
- 56DThey're often empty
- 58DAware
- 60DPoet Ogden or mathematician John
- 62DDogfish Head output, notably
- 63D"___ for Ricochet" (thank goodness for Sue Grafton)
- 64DSchool that issues many pol. polls
- 65DGasoline additive