MOM!!!!!
◆ · By Mikey G · Published 2022-05-08T02:05:38.869Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is my mom's first name.
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Second word of title of Christmas song (it's always Christmas in my heart) with line "joyful and triumphant"
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Across
- 1ASecond word of title of Christmas song (it's always Christmas in my heart) with line "joyful and triumphant"
- 5AThey help the profs.
- 8AWesternmost African capital
- 9AThree-letter tree whose letters are in alphabetical order (there are at least two!)
- 10AWhen a stand-up comic performs on Mars, he ___ his audience
- 12ABS, for example (and I've heard plenty)
- 13ABefore, before
- 14AWhat I need to wear when I eat my buffalo wings because I'm two years old, apparently
- 16A"Look at me, I'm the insects' patellas (bees' knees)"
- 18AChmerkovskiy of "Dancing with the Stars"
- 20AAuto racer Fabi, with all letters in his name somewhere in the phrase "AUTO RACER" (but not in order)
- 22AMake the cut?
- 25AOkla. school with the Golden Eagles
- 26ASplit
- 27AGet-up-and-go (mine got up and went)
- 28A1, 66, and plenty of others, for short
Down
- 1DBiblical spy in Canaan
- 2D"Yeah, even that nudge won't help - what's the meta?"
- 3DWest of Hollywood
- 4DShore bird in crosswords (I'm shore of it)
- 5DConfab
- 6DMy favorite is GINGER (the answer is still not CAT, sadly)
- 7DBrief text?
- 8DI love his jokes
- 11DIt might finish second?
- 15DVerb that means the same thing when its final letter is changed to an "N"
- 17DPainful shrieks that my puns may or may not contribute to
- 19DRetreat
- 21D"This musician keeps coming up in my crosswords, and I'm running out of clues for her." "___..."
- 22DAlley-___
- 23DSeason opener?
- 24DBusiness for this is blowing up!