Rabbit Holes (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2022-07-05T06:00:09.251Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is what's missing from the grid
Meta crosswords can be very difficult. Often, in your attempts to find the correct meta mechanic, you end up going down many different rabbit holes. Well, this puzzle has been constructed to make the most of that very thing! The answer to the meta is what's missing from the grid. Good luck, intrepid solver... Answer and explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=99219#p99219
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According to Shakira, her ___ don't lie
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- 1AAccording to Shakira, her ___ don't lie
- 5ASecond of a set of diseases of the liver, for short
- 9AYoung women
- 14AContinent at the eastern end of the Silk Road
- 15ANickname for a Peter Fonda character associated with bees
- 16A"___ for ___ leaves the whole world blind." (quotation attributed to Gandhi)
- 17AEye drop
- 18ASongwriter who had seven hits all by different artists on the singles chart at the same time and whose most famous song is "Werewolves of London"
- 20ABelonging to someone whose surname is "Henderson", for short
- 22AMiddle of your face
- 23A"The ___ is nigh"
- 24APartner of aah
- 25ADiamonds, for example
- 26AMolecule that carries an amino acid to the ribosome (abbr.)
- 27ABasketball player for the Indiana Pacers who is a business magnate, investor and philanthropist and currently the world's tenth wealthiest person
- 30AAfter-bath wear
- 31APie ___ mode
- 32ASecond largest lake in England's Lake District, ___water
- 33AUse the back of your throat to create vowel sounds, as a baby
- 34AOver, as a result of lack of interest
- 36AArtificial tan source
- 40AWhat good wine and cheese needs to do
- 41AFollow the ___ (be a sheeple)
- 42AType of lettuce used in Caesar salad
- 43AItalian for "month"
- 45AUS sport wrestler and mixed martial artist who has been nominated for fifteen Academy awards
- 47ASkip a meal or two
- 48AAgricultural unit
- 49AFeared auditors Downunder (abbr.)
- 50ADeer known for bugling
- 51AVolcanic output
- 52AEquip
- 55AUS senator and presidential candidate who was in the hip-hop trio 213 with Snoop Dogg
- 58AFancy jug
- 59AYellow citrus fruit
- 60ACurrency of Iran
- 61AAlt-J song, "Leaving ___"
- 62AExited a chair
- 63A"Don't use that ___ with me!"
- 64ACandle issue caused by a draft
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- 1D"Hell ___ no fury like a woman scorned" (idiom that is neither Shakesperean nor from the Bible)
- 2D"Aha!"
- 3DWhere Billy Joel must have spent a lot of his early years
- 4DFrench singer known for love songs and for songs dealing with various social and political issues, Michel ___
- 5DFeatures in many cars that project important information for the driver onto the windshield in a transparent display (abbr.)
- 6DPriest at the time of Samuel
- 7DLong-running comic strip by Charles Shultz
- 8DFirst name of the man who discovered the Mandelbrot set
- 9DThe male one is still a problem in media
- 10DSuffix with elephant and serpent
- 11DRecording studio effect
- 12D"Russian Doll" creator, writer, and star, Natasha ___
- 13D___ message (make a pointed communication)
- 19DCornerstone abbr.
- 21DExclamation when children are present
- 25DIndividual
- 26DImplement
- 27DBrowser feature
- 28DJenny from the Block, for short
- 29DIce sheet
- 30DFrench verse form most commonly set to music between the late 13th and the 15th centuries, structured around a fixed pattern of repetition of material involving a refrain
- 33DRein in
- 35D"It is the ___, and Juliet is the sun"
- 36DAppear
- 37DSomething that might initiate hostilities between nations
- 38DBon ___ (witticism)
- 39D"Gangnam Style" artist
- 41DIoan Gruffudd character, ___ Hornblower
- 43DCroquet implement replaced by flamingos in "Alice in Wonderland"
- 44DAustralian alternative rock band ___ Joe, whose biggest song was "Black Fingernails, Red Wine"
- 45DPoliceman pursuing Valjean
- 46DGo to, as an event
- 47DAll the ___ (experience a range of emotions)
- 48DThe ___ Four (John, Paul, George, and Ringo)
- 51DGet a fish into the boat using a rod and line
- 52DLook at, lustfully
- 53DItalian for "yesterday"
- 54DLike a rat in a ___
- 56DHome of The Crocodile Hunter, Australia ___
- 57DChinese dynasty at the change from BC to AD