Going Up (Meta)
◆◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2024-10-15T05:00:36.668Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is an author
It's time to play "name that author". I've had this idea in my notes for a while. After coming up with the themers I thought filling in the rest of the grid would be a snap. Not so! Good luck as you jump into the grid and attempt to solve the meta. The answer to the meta is an author. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=182468#p182468
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Checking for previous play data...
) Glad you managed to pull off the grid, Ben -- it certainly increased my vocabulary! Thanks!1A
Make like a dove
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Across
- 1AMake like a dove
- 4AFor each
- 7ARollerblade
- 12ACash source, for short
- 13AFile format for digital books
- 15ADairy cow from a British Channel Island
- 16AMore attractive
- 18AFriend of Jerry, George, and Kosmo
- 19AEcholocation device
- 20ASpa day garment
- 22AFathers
- 23ASmall, for a rapper
- 25A"Scrubs" role played by Judy
- 27AQuick kiss
- 30ADistasteful
- 32AGlaswegians, for example
- 36AUnited ___ Emirates
- 37ADamage somewhat
- 38AFeast of Booths that (entirely coincidentally) occurs this week
- 39ACalifornia peninsula
- 40AAbsence of light
- 42AUse a surgical beam
- 43AHouse-exterior material
- 45AExpected
- 46APentathlete's sword
- 47AToy truck brand
- 48AGerman automaker
- 49AFace of a gauge
- 50ARn
- 52A"___ Jam" (video game)
- 54AWest Coast wine valley
- 57A"Frozen" snow queen
- 59AArchimedes' ___ (earliest hydraulic machine)
- 63AWears away
- 65ACocktail shot made of equal parts vodka, triple sec, and lime juice
- 67AIn jeopardy
- 68ALeft-handed Israelite (cf. Judges 3)
- 69AHospital scan (abbr.)
- 70AType of tea often said to be orange
- 71A"A Boy Named ___" (Johnny Cash song)
- 72ASpanish saint
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- 1D___Lock (key above Shift)
- 2D"Another" word in Spanish
- 3DProphetic sign
- 4DDish in a lab
- 5DDermal opening?
- 6DPerson with regrets
- 7DParisian salt
- 8DLarge, yet neatly trimmed moustache popular in the 1980s (think Tom Selleck in "Magnum P.I.")
- 9DLargest continent
- 10DLook after
- 11DMr. Potato Head features, appropriately
- 14DCanadian-born professional ice hockey forward who was the first player without Korean ancestry to play on the South Korean national team
- 15DDerisive shout
- 17DInteractive broadcast medium that enables listeners to speak on-air to program hosts or their guests
- 21DPort Phillip, for example
- 24DPuzzle-platform video game developed by Playdead (it's awesome!)
- 26DBaton Rouge college (abbr.)
- 27DBlue Ribbon brewer
- 28DMuse of poetry
- 29DSpicy cuisine (mmm, gumbo!)
- 31DCoolidge's nickname
- 33DZebra giraffe
- 34D"A sailor went to ___"
- 35DIron alloy
- 38DYarn measure (or a cryptographic hash function, if that's more your thing)
- 41DMouthful for 15 across
- 44DPresident after JAG
- 48DPioneering ISP
- 51D"Why is a raven like a writing ___?" (Wonderland riddle)
- 53DQueen's "We Will Rock You", for example
- 54DHalf-moon tide
- 55DCommedia dell'___
- 56DPig on the table
- 58DThey come after oohs
- 60D22 across on a farm
- 61DNehemiah prequel?
- 62DBurgundy, to Berliners
- 64DNationality suffix
- 66DWith 66 down: Loose dress of Hawaiian origin