Drop It Low
◆◆ · By Robert Muse Jr · Published 2024-11-12T22:01:47.180Z
Meta Prompt
Look at the themed answers and submit what precedes with (or before) the first word of 40-Across.
ROBERT FACEBREAKER MUSE JR
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Sound a chicken makes
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- 1ASound a chicken makes
- 6AGerman word for "over"
- 10AEnergy molecule, abbreviation
- 13AWoman's name of Velma's duplicate?
- 14AHigh musical note
- 15ADeafening
- 17AMachine for making holes in materials
- 19A"Not I" (abbr.)
- 20AAbbr. for "radiation"
- 21AAbbr. for a male descriptor
- 22APoetry meter
- 24AAbbr. for "system"
- 25ATennis shot hit with a swinging motion
- 27AInitially
- 31AExclamation of surprise
- 32ARoman goddess of anger
- 33ASwallow quickly
- 35ARed or yellow pigment
- 40AExpression meaning "not finished" ... or a follow-up at the end of 17-, 25-, 50-, and 63-Across
- 43AFamily records
- 44AClose to
- 45AType of arch
- 46ALatin word meaning "thus"
- 48APeople who utter snoring noises
- 50AThroat passage
- 55A"Skip the commercials please!"?
- 56ARaise a glass to
- 57AJapanese word for "good"
- 59ALatin word for "from"
- 62AItalian musical term for "like this"
- 63AHorizon's end, poetically
- 66ASuffix forming plural of a woman's name
- 67ATrouble-making child
- 68ALack of movement
- 69AMystery novelist
- 70AThread used for weaving
- 71AProtective footgear
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- 1DRank abbreviation for a military officer
- 2DType of fat
- 3DLast name of author of "Exodus"
- 4DAbbr. for "carbon copy"
- 5DPoet who wrote "The Raven"
- 6DBoat paddles
- 7DName for a sound of disgust
- 8DTV network initials
- 9DFemale character in "The Barber of Seville"
- 10D"On the ___," like a tightrope
- 11DFamily burial place
- 12DAncient Carthaginian language
- 16DHarbor structure
- 18DAction in Monopoly
- 23DType of committee
- 24DItalian city
- 26DTop grades in Greek?
- 27DOpera by Verdi
- 28DComputer circuit
- 29DBaby deer
- 30DRoot vegetable
- 34DSmartphone network std.
- 36DBrand of beer
- 37DLarge in size
- 38DPrefix meaning "power" or "force"
- 39DAbbr. for "charges"
- 41DBird wings
- 42DCompare with 27D
- 47DDoesn't intervene
- 49DGreek god of beauty
- 50DWomen's army corps acronym
- 51DTo deal with
- 52D"Long time, ___!"
- 53D"She loves me ... she loves me not" flower
- 54DSpanish 101 verb
- 58DAbbr. at the top of an office memo
- 59DLiving off the land?
- 60DTerse to the point of rudeness
- 61DPicnic marchers?
- 64DPeriods of the century?
- 65DEcon. datum