Marine Biology
◆◆ · By woozy · Published 2024-02-16T16:57:07.415Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to this meta is an entry from the grid that really should have had a clue that fit the theme like the other five meta related entries but didn't.
Nudge 1: Considering the theme is "The Sea" there sure isn't much about the sea in this puzzle
Nudge 2: Maybe all mentions of the theme have been deliberately omitted
Nudge 3: So put the mentions back in....
Nudge 4: It's a meta. So go meta-ing.
Nudge 5: You have a five letter word.
Nudge 6: That five letter word is like the first words of the clues of the meta themers.
Nudge 7: The answer to this meta is an entry that really should have had a clue that fit the theme like the other five meta related entries but didn't.
Nudge 2: Maybe all mentions of the theme have been deliberately omitted
Nudge 3: So put the mentions back in....
Nudge 4: It's a meta. So go meta-ing.
Nudge 5: You have a five letter word.
Nudge 6: That five letter word is like the first words of the clues of the meta themers.
Nudge 7: The answer to this meta is an entry that really should have had a clue that fit the theme like the other five meta related entries but didn't.
If you come up with a creative alternate solution, I may be generous and accept it
Checking for previous play data...
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Across
- 1AUrchin
- 9AMove
- 11AOppressive dominance
- 12AIn logic this is not both false
- 13APut them down for the count
- 14ADragon from Ursula LeGuin's "The Farthest Shore"
- 16ACheeses in red wax sealants
- 18AVicious punker
- 19AMove in realty jargon
- 20AMovie in with Ed Asner's character sends Jordan Nagai's character on a snipe hunt that turned out to be successful (they named it Kevin)
- 22AAnemone or buttercup flowers
- 27A"-- what?"
- 28AColl. entrance exams
- 30AJust marvelous
- 33AThick
- 34ACucumber variety named for a philosopher
- 37ALibrary section where you might find Ursula LeGuin's "The Farthest Shore"
- 38ATV show created by Michael Chrichton based on his experiences as a medical student
- 39AChisel or bevel
- 41AExist
- 42AStar constellation possibly named for a river of Greek mythology. In Nonnus' "Dionysiaca" the monster Typhon boasts that he will bathe in "starry --------" (gotta love Wikipedia)
Down
- 1DBackpacker
- 2DOne which causes abrasion
- 3DActualize an action
- 4DSundial's shadow caster
- 5DIs human (as I do when I am making the grid for this meta.... I do this many times!)
- 6DWhat to do when you don't know the words
- 7DCheer that a confused lion might give
- 8DPrecious stones (My late departed Little Dog's name could have been said to have been "Precious Stone", you say, my mother-in-law called her "precious" and my wife's last name is.... what do you mean, this is a boring story?)
- 9DTaunt
- 10DBobby who shows up all the time in crossword puzzles. He may have had a hockey career but I wouldn't know anything about that.
- 15DCould go both ways
- 17DIn the style of
- 20DCard game I've never understood the rules of
- 21DDesktop worker
- 23DYou and me
- 24DAvails upon office hours in an introductory college course
- 25DA bunch of 21D s strung together or something technical like that
- 26D"Does this outfit suit me?" "Yes, --- ---"
- 29DMakes airtight
- 30DShape
- 31DCooling unit (or 15D without the DC)
- 32DAlong with Shasta, one of the two title characters in the fifth Chronicle of Narnia
- 33DProof of home ownership
- 34DThe theme of this puzzle (although absolutely nothing in the puzzle ever directly alludes to it)
- 35DTreaty governing transport of hazardous materials. (Apparently it is not and abbreviation for "address"... oh, well)
- 36DI'm so glad that the end of the week has come and ... oh, wait. I don't have a calendar and have no idea what day it is. Oh, well. I'm happy any way.
- 40DAtop.