Box Of Tricks (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2024-05-21T06:00:07.458Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a 5-letter word
When at first you can't solve someone else's meta, you're supposed to try and try again. The alternative is to come up with a meta of your own that utilises the meta mechanism that didn't work with that other meta. This is one of those. So have at it: and if you don't get it immediately then go and make your own meta! I guess this is the "pay-it-forward" approach to meta creation? Anyway, you're looking for a 5-letter word. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=167809#p167809
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"___ disturb the universe?" (T.S. Eliot line)
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- 1A"___ disturb the universe?" (T.S. Eliot line)
- 8ALawyers' org.
- 11A"Aladdin" prince
- 14AOne who's not on the outs?
- 15AFantastic animal in a Wes Anderson movie
- 16AMy mathematical proof is done!
- 17ARice variety used in risotto
- 18A"Well done on spearing that bull!"
- 19ADubai's country (abbr.)
- 20AShort-tailed wildcat
- 21AGo ___ (deteriorate)
- 23ASounds of contentment
- 24AType of habitat with a well-balanced supply of moisture throughout the growing season
- 26ACertain TVs
- 28ADrug agent, slangily
- 31A"Same here!"
- 34ADec. preceder
- 37APossible answer to the question "Who's hammer is that?" (within the MCU, that is)
- 39APotentially hazardous
- 41AMiners dig it
- 42AEnvironment around what is in focus, and a vague hint for solving the meta if the title wasn't helpful enough
- 44AJust a number, apparently
- 45APut on a scale
- 47AEsau's twin
- 48AHarry's friend
- 49ANot as new
- 51ARein, essentially
- 53ABring home from the animal shelter
- 55AViola da ___ (bass viol)
- 59ARed gem
- 62ATime-out for coffee
- 65AAcademic period
- 66A"Aladdin" monkey
- 67A"... but the price is flexible" (abbr.)
- 68A"... sitting ___, K-I-S-S-I-N-G"
- 70A"___ and the Art of..." (part of lots of book titles)
- 71AMake repairs to
- 72AArt pieces that hang from the ceiling
- 73AAmbulance destinations, for short
- 74AMarked by an otherworldly air or attitude (or comedian Tina ___)
- 75AGoes beyond, like a speed limit
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- 1D"___ for Murder" (Hitchcock movie)
- 2DHow ham may be served
- 3DBook data
- 4DPolychlorinated biphenyl that's a persistent organic pollutant
- 5DSea between It. and Mont.
- 6D"Ghostbusters" director, Ivan ___man
- 7DSuffix with switch
- 8D"Do you take me for ___?"
- 9DRan like heck
- 10DTree feller
- 11DBlue-green colour
- 12DFirst wife of 47 across
- 13D"Beware the ___ of March"
- 22DUnseemly (with "in")
- 23DComune in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy
- 25DCaught wrong?
- 27DWheatus song "Teenage ___"
- 29DWhat comes between pi and sigma
- 30DConnecting word (abbr.)
- 32DIvan the Terrible was the first
- 33DBand that filmed a music video on a Russian vomit comet
- 34DImmediately
- 35DCrossword cookie
- 36DBridal covering
- 38DOffshoot group
- 40DTokyo tender
- 43DLogic connective that yields true if exactly one (but not both) of two conditions is true
- 46DGreeting from Down Under
- 50D"Barbie" actress Margot ___
- 52DJustin Bieber's mother, ___ Mallette
- 54DOfficial stand-in
- 56DCountry singer ___ Haggard
- 57DKennel-club classification
- 58D"Oh, Mr. Hart, what ___!" (line in a famous Stainmaster carpet ad)
- 59DTotally destroy
- 60DApp-based car service that doesn't rhyme with "gift"
- 61DHot-dog holders
- 63D"Je t'___" (words in a French valentine, perhaps)
- 64DFort full of gold
- 67DOn's opposite
- 69DEasy as ___