Bad Habits (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2025-01-07T05:00:18.127Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a 3-word phrase
When inspiration hits you just have to pursue it! Yes, this was the first day in months I had to work on my PhD. And yes, I did manage to get three articles read and a paragraph added to the thesis. But yes, I then got distracted by this meta. Ah well, that's how the cookie sometimes crumbles. The answer to the meta is a 3-word phrase. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=191349#p191349
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Needed the nudges to get me recentered, but got there eventually. It's funny how rarely we do last letters. Fun idea, thanks.1A
Banquet hosts, for short
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Across
- 1ABanquet hosts, for short
- 4ANo-fat Jack
- 9AUnpleasantly pungent
- 14ACask material
- 15ABoxer ___ Ali
- 16APiece of cake
- 17AMovie about Hercule Poirot investigating a phony diamond at an island resort when (surprise, surprise!) a murder occurs
- 20ADry, as a desert
- 21A43 down, for example
- 22ARay of light
- 25ATimepiece
- 28AMovie about an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider who quietly wields immense power as president George W. Bush's second in command
- 31A"Monster-___", movie about a woman who meets the perfect man with a mother who will do anything to destroy their relationship
- 33ARock producer ___ Brian
- 34ARussian Revolution leader
- 35AVideo game from 57 across
- 37AEdible snail
- 39AMovie consisting of four crime stories adapted from Frank Miller's popular comics
- 41ASun visor
- 45AAlanis Morrisette song, "You ___ Know"
- 50AUpset, as a millenial
- 51A"Home and Away" character ___ Stewart
- 53A"___ & Prejudice", movie about five sisters whose lives are turned upside down when a wealthy young man and his best friend arrive in their neighbourhood
- 54AMovie about a young female doctor who notices a pattern of strange occurrences with patients at a hospital
- 55ANarnia lion
- 57AWhere 35 across came from
- 58A"___ be all right on the night!"
- 60ABaby elephant
- 62AMovie about a soldier who finds himself the outsider in his own squad after they kidnap a female villager
- 69ABetter suited
- 70A"Norwegian Wood" instrument
- 71A"___ 99" (game from the makers of Uno)
- 72ALike walks during cold weather
- 73AAeroplane thoroughfare
- 74APart of a movie where the plot draws to a close
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- 1DHomer's bartender
- 2DKing Charles spaniel, familiarly
- 3DSchuss
- 4DTalk while under the influence, perhaps
- 5D"___! at the Disco" band
- 6DConundrum
- 7DGinger ___
- 8DRoad material
- 9DTennis great Arthur ___
- 10DButcher's hatchet
- 11DPutting on the line
- 12DPost-op locale
- 13DBear's lair
- 18DRapper Kendrick ___
- 19DToll hwy.
- 22DEighth of a byte
- 23DPolar opposite to WSW
- 24DElev.
- 26DAmoeba's composition
- 27D"___ fan tutte" (Mozart opera)
- 29DCorporation exec. responsible for internal efficiency
- 30DTreebeard, for example
- 32D___-washy
- 34DEasy basket
- 36D"Chandelier" singer
- 38DCorporation exec. responsible for external innovation
- 40DSilencing contracts, briefly
- 41DPC "get me out of here!" key
- 42DFormer NBA star ___ Ming
- 43DPeruvian volcano
- 44D"The Thinker" and "David", for two
- 46DBilly goat surname
- 47DThat guy's
- 48DNFL scores
- 49D___ Lingus
- 52DGem surfaces
- 55DNothing but
- 56DLike some facial cavities
- 59DCarefree escapade
- 61DHistory that's handed down
- 62D"Minnie the Moocher" singer ___ Calloway
- 63D4th mo.
- 64DAirport org.
- 65DThree, on a 25 across
- 66D"___ is me! for I am undone" (Is. 6:5)
- 67DGeorge Michael Bluth's girlfriend ___ Veal
- 68DFishing pole