A Puzzle Of Firsts (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2024-01-02T05:00:19.008Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a three-word answer to a question
Why are we so obsessed with being first? I guess it comes from our innate selfishness, something the writers of the New Testament were at pains to counter. As Paul says in Phil 2:3-4, "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others." It's something we see in Jesus' teaching, too: "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." (Matt. 7:12) OK, that's enough preaching from me. On to the meta, the answer to which is a three-word answer to a question. Answer & explanation: https://xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=152983#p152983
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"Let slip the 29 down of ___"
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- 1A"Let slip the 29 down of ___"
- 4AInformal greeting
- 6ASun or moon, poetically
- 9AKnucklehead
- 10A"Field of Dreams" setting
- 12ASong for two
- 13AGrammy-winning CCM group "___ of Clay"
- 14ADirector, ___ Welles
- 15A"Careful with this link" letters
- 16AUrban feline
- 18AHorses' gaits
- 20AStayed out of sight
- 21AConsumed
- 22AMaritime prefix
- 23A"No seats" sign
- 24AIn poorer financial shape, say
- 28ATerse confession
- 30ALavish parties
- 31AAlso
- 32ASoon, for Shakespeare
- 33ACloses with force
- 34AVerb that you really don't want associated with "toe"
- 35AJoule fraction
- 36A"Sur le Pont d'Avignon" river
- 37ANorse god with a day of the week named after him
- 38AWide-angle lenses
- 40AIll temper
- 41ANutritional figs.
- 42APampering place
- 43ANFL six-pointers
- 46AArcher's projectile
- 48ADark coffee liqueur originally made in Jamaica
- 50AFencer's weapon
- 51ARevise
- 53A"The Big Bang Theory" character, probably
- 54ARussian poet ___ Mandelstam
- 55AYellow part of an egg
- 56ASports fig.
- 57ASlang for a century in cricket
- 58A___ Paso, TX
- 59AWine choice
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- 1DAny planet
- 2DChurch section
- 3DConcerning, in a memo
- 4DInvitation sender
- 5D___ Jima
- 6DRemove from office
- 7DOversees a game, for short
- 8DTexter's "incidentally"
- 9DSurrealist painter with an AI named after him
- 10D"Dies ___" (Latin hymn)
- 11DBrightest star in Scorpius
- 12DPart of a G major chord
- 13DRastafarian deity
- 14DPrefix meaning "eight"
- 17DThree feet
- 19DRoss' doppelganger (obscure "Friends" reference!)
- 22DTerse denial
- 23DTransgression, religiously speaking
- 24DMoves from breastmilk to solid food
- 25D"A Man Called ___" (Tom Hanks movie)
- 26DNumber of quarters in a whole
- 27DPocket for a watch on a chain
- 28DCalvary inscription
- 29D"Let slip the ___ of 1 across"
- 30DArctic ice sheets
- 32DPershing's WWI group
- 33DRecoil (from)
- 34D"Thar ___ blows!"
- 36DStart again
- 37DMelbourne transport option (OK, you can also find one in Boston)
- 39DEmployment employee, informally
- 40DApple tablet
- 42DKitchen fixture
- 43DTire pattern
- 44DPeter Gabriel song "Digging in the ___"
- 45DMeta puzzle where the answer is staring you in the face but really hard to see
- 46DLhasa ___ (dog breed)
- 47DBridle attachment
- 48DBad thing for a poker player to have
- 49DPot starter
- 50DU+2404
- 52D"Flaming ___" (cocktail containing Krusty's Non-Narkotik Kough Syrup for Kids)
- 56DJr's father