girlcow's 'Mystery' Midi
■ · By girlcow · Published 2024-08-18T17:30:24.372Z
Meta Prompt
This month’s midi contest tasked constructors with making “a puzzle worth cracking,” so naturally I tried my hand at a meta crossword. The meta answer is eight letters long, but only one character.
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Singer whose debut album “19” is named for the age she was when it was produced
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Across
- 1ASinger whose debut album “19” is named for the age she was when it was produced
- 6AConsole that ushered in the 8-bit era: Abbr.
- 9AWrinkle remover
- 10AChile days
- 12A"Gimme 5!"
- 13A18+
- 15APot leaves?
- 16APart of FWIW
- 18AIpanema's city
- 19A___TV ("Impractical Jokers" channel)
- 20A"___ Girl" (thriller by Gillian Flynn)
- 21AThey don't lead anywhere
- 25ASource of brain freeze
- 26A___ 12 (college football conference)
- 27A"Back to the Future" inventor, familiarly
- 28A"That's gotta hurt"
- 29ASwell
- 32AMarches through marshes, say
- 34ADaughter of Muhammad whose name can be spelled with only the letters found in "Ali"
- 36AMarch 15th, to Caesar
- 37A3rd planet from the Sun
- 38ARock with a blue tinge?
- 39AMatt of "Oceans 11"
Down
- 1DNeighbor
- 2DPot
- 3DJames of jazz
- 4DToilet, in Bath
- 5DCroak
- 6DSecretive contracts, briefly
- 7DIslamic observance
- 8DTolkien character with an imposing eye
- 11DIt might support a cast
- 14DLow digits?
- 17DSupercharged engine
- 19DEveryday article
- 20DBooking
- 21DRelieves (of)
- 22DFood safety concern
- 23DCrack, as an A1Z26 cipher
- 24DDug (through)
- 28DPalindromic half of a veal dish
- 29DLaw ___
- 30DSax characteristic
- 31DGerman highway
- 33DTarget of many a heist
- 35DBond rating