We're Supposed to Be a Team
◆ · By Mikey G · Published 2024-02-03T18:00:46.456Z
Meta Prompt
[Level 1.5] The answer to the meta is NBA team #5.
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Across
- 1AEvanesce
- 5AShe gave Lamb Chop life
- 10ABaseball playoffs mo. (I can't wait!)
- 13A"What's that one lotion called?" "___ vera" "___ to you too!"
- 14AVocally-Twained country artist
- 15ALast syllable of chocolate drink first manufactured in New Jersey in 1928
- 16AClue to NBA team #1
- 19AUK record label
- 20A"I just made vichyssoise!" "___-er job!" (Yes, I had to look up how to spell that one)
- 21AWebsite to go to if you want to see if your favorite urban legend is true (spoiler alert: it's not)
- 22A"Do you know the difference between 'sedimentary' and 'metamorphic'?" "Yep, my knowledge is ___!" "Gneiss!"
- 25AThree-match link
- 26AClue to NBA team #2
- 30AHenry : Fonzie :: ___ : Potsie
- 33ACrossword regular Sumac
- 34APreposition I've likely clued as "before, before" before
- 35ASome like them hot
- 38A1994 song subtitled "Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop"
- 41ACholer
- 42AWong of "Beef"
- 44AWhat a 47-Down might embark on
- 45AClue to NBA team #3
- 50A"Do you partake in cacophonous uproar anymore?" "Nah, ___ there, done that"
- 51AStick for a Stradivarius
- 55AFirst female "Weekend Update" anchor on "SNL"
- 58AChoo-choo in Chihuahua
- 59A"Selma" director DuVernay
- 60AClue to NBA team #4
- 63AMolecule in which thymine is replaced with uracil ("I'm a serious scientist, but uracilly one!")
- 64ACircles overhead?
- 65AWhen bankers fall in love, things get ___-imental
- 66A"I thought I already planted this turf." "___, isn't it?"
- 67A"___ all, folks!" (Or if you're a cobbler, "___ awl, folks!")
- 68AGinger ___ (once again, sadly, not CATS...but it should be!)
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- 1DHall-of-___
- 2DRemember it!
- 3DType of column (I column like I see 'em)
- 4D"Ahhh! A Level 5 meta!"
- 5DFirst word of "Auld Lang Syne"
- 6DAntepenultimate word of many fairy tales
- 7DSocial worker?
- 8D"How the Other Half Lives" author Jacob
- 9DDisgruntled response to "Hey! Are you awake??"
- 10D"Want to see my slideshow on the history of bowling?" "___"
- 11DDove home
- 12DPitch
- 14DRose
- 17DAncient ascetic
- 18DNew Rochelle college whose alumni might say, "___ diploma from there!"
- 23DBTS genre
- 24DFDR and JFK, for two
- 27DType of fly that could get someone home
- 28D"The ___ Tour" (music event that Swiftly sold out)
- 29DHomophone of 65-Across
- 30DWorld capital that's all vowels except for one "P"
- 31D"Be nice to ____s. You may end up working for them" (Charles Sykes quote)
- 32DDevour rapidly, in a way
- 36D"Go team! Solve that meta!"
- 37DPole, e.g.
- 39D"Time"'s 1986 Person of the Year
- 40DGame night was going so well, but then things took a ___ ("I'm so board")
- 43D"...am I wrong?"
- 46DMany teams have one in their name
- 47DSee 44-Across
- 48DStrong suits
- 49DSpreads (I'll get butter at cluing this)
- 52DConfusing site
- 53DI feel sheepish about this adjective (I'm not sure ewe'll find that funny)
- 54DSaid one electrician to another, "___ up?"
- 55DHQs
- 56D"Yeah, don't think so"
- 57DNeed an ark built? I ___ guy!
- 61DDockworkers' org. that's 42-Across in reverse
- 62DZenith competitor