Holding Out For A Hero (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2023-09-06T06:00:45.458Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a hero
It's time for another BenChen71-attempts-to-channel-Madhatter5 puzzle. Once again, the conventions of crosswords have been thrown out the window! Well, it's perhaps not quite as drastic as all that. OK, so there's no symmetry, but I made sure to avoid 2-letter words this time (which was hard, let me tell you!) All told, I consider this one to be "Persian" in difficulty (equivalent of a "week 3"). The answer to the meta is a hero. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=141635#p141635
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Piece by Marina Hyde, for example (check her out on The Guardian; she's bitingly hilarious!)
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Across
- 1APiece by Marina Hyde, for example (check her out on The Guardian; she's bitingly hilarious!)
- 5A"Good" cholesterol (abbr.)
- 8AStrait-laced
- 12APalm fruit
- 13A68 across, for example
- 15AFence opening
- 16ARamones single that opens with "Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go"
- 19APrinter's measures
- 20AGland near the kidneys
- 21APrinter's measures (the other ones)
- 22ACentral American orchid ___ (Euglossa dilemma)
- 23APesto ingredient
- 25AUse as a dinner table
- 28AEstonia, once upon a time (abbr.)
- 29ALocations
- 33AHooptown USA
- 35ANot more than
- 36AGovernment payment
- 37AAural blockage, perhaps
- 40AReply to "Are not!"
- 41AIdle member of Monty Python?
- 43AScrape, as a windshield
- 44ARoad Runner sound
- 45ASicilian hot spot
- 46A2.54 centimetres
- 47AHorse holders
- 48ACharacter who crosses the moat and storms the castle while Fairy Godmother sings "Holding Out For A Hero"
- 50APod occupant
- 51A"What do you call cheese that's not yours?" "___ cheese!"
- 54AMouse-catcher on a farm, perhaps
- 58ASound of satisfaction
- 59AFlammable gas
- 63AOrnamental pond fish
- 64AAuthor ___ Tolstoy
- 65AObelix has a crush on her in Asterix the Legionary (the word also means "Universal remedy" if you're not an Asterix fan)
- 66AShad delicacy
- 67ACCM luminary ___ Grant
- 68AMay birthstone
- 69ASum up
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- 1DGarfield's foil
- 2DMinor chess piece
- 3DZeta followers
- 4DLion's home
- 5DLanguage almost all of the OT is written in
- 6DNerds
- 7DProfessional wrestler Brock ___
- 8DGolf org.
- 9DAssign stars to, say
- 10DAny thing
- 11DDrugs, familiarly
- 13DCarved gemstone
- 14DPlaces to graze
- 17DDance craze with a repetitive name
- 18DBottom of the celebrity barrel
- 22DWith 53 down: Chinese cabbage
- 24DSuccotash ingredient
- 25DCosmetician ___ Lauder
- 26DNot together
- 27DPoison of plant or animal origin
- 28DAt peace
- 30DOscar winner Marisa ___
- 31DIndustrial city on the Ruhr
- 32DTrain stations
- 34DLowest point
- 35DWolf killer in a fairy tale
- 38DJohn ___ (four-time role for Keanu Reeves)
- 39DExclamation heard in 31 down
- 42DUS "cabbage"
- 47DEnjoy a favourite book again
- 49DBilliards ace Willie ___
- 50DGroup of experts
- 51D"The Lion King" queen
- 52DThroat-clearing sound
- 53DSee 22 down
- 54DValley of Weeping (Ps. 84)
- 55DCreole vegetable
- 56D35 down target
- 57DTold a falsehood
- 60DBattering device
- 61DNot divided
- 62DGolfer's standard