You'll Turn It Around
◆ · By Mikey G · Published 2024-04-13T17:00:09.248Z
Meta Prompt
[Level 3] The answer to the meta is a 2-word phrase you might say when you solve it.
Checking for previous play data...
... then skipped to the four numbers, turned them all upside-down thinking i would solve a mikey g puzzle in record time... but then proceeded to get stuck for a long long time... my small brain couldn't convert from capital to lowercase letters, so the N escaped me1A
This is going to be luge!
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Across
- 1AThis is going to be luge!
- 5A"This isn't my lunch order!" "Must be a ___ sandwich"
- 9ASaw, perhaps
- 14A___ sci (college major that sounds like what your pet parrot will do if she doesn't get a treat)
- 15APro ___ (proportionally)
- 16A"Look at this studio! Filled with expensive ___! Just waiting to be eaten today on 'Eel...of...Fortune!'"
- 17AShrinking sea between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
- 18AHarbinger
- 19A"Dude!"
- 20ASum of the first six perfect squares, excluding zero
- 22ANamesake of the highest accolade given out by USA Track & Field
- 23AStates
- 24AActress de Armas who remarked, "I remember the first time my name was in the 'New York Times' crossword. Everyone texted me and they said, 'You made it!'"
- 25ASection at Blockbuster (what's that?)
- 28ASquare of the square of the second prime number
- 33AWhat good movies shouldn't be, according to my parents
- 35ANonclerical
- 36A"You're such a messy artist!" "Right? ___ goes the easel!"
- 37ABird org., at one time?
- 38APart of 61-Down
- 40A"You said you would water the lawn! So, ___ it!"
- 42A67.5 deg.
- 43A"I'm flat on my back ___ / Hoping these waves don't cover me" ("I Still Believe" lyric from The Call - great underrated band)
- 46ADivan
- 48AThree more than the sum of the first seven prime numbers
- 50AFirst word in a popular 1953 Dean Martin song title
- 51APoetic preposition
- 52AGaming company whose name means "to hit a target" in Japanese
- 54AAdam's son was up to the task: he was ___
- 57ATen squared less than the sum of four cubed and five cubed
- 62AHe was Sajak's "guest host" (intro only) on "Wheel of Fortune" on April 1, 2024
- 63ALegalese term meaning "relevant" that becomes a Spanish mother with initial letter moved to the front
- 64APrivy to
- 65A"Fiddlesticks of woe!"
- 66A___ list
- 67AIndy athlete
- 68A"___ pass"
- 69A"Likewise!"
- 70AHHH
Down
- 1DGo across
- 2DSinger in Hollywood
- 3DJoie de vivre
- 4DReal pickle ("Hey, what's the big dill?")
- 5DCold treat, for short
- 6DPie ___ (another dessert - I'm hungry, okay?)
- 7DFork, e.g.
- 8DAnathema
- 9DEarly TV network and rival of ABC, CBS, and NBC that folded in 1956 (use 6 of 8 letters in DOCUMENT)
- 10D"So getting back to what we talked about previously..."
- 11DDid you hear the joke about the domesticated animal? It's pretty ___
- 12D"The Candy House" author Jennifer
- 13DCacophonies
- 21DCharacter with a pink mushroom cap who debuted in "Mario Kart: Double Dash!!"
- 24D"But of course!"
- 25DBond villain
- 26D"Classic Concentration" puzzle (jamming theme song!)
- 27DStradivari's instructor
- 29DFlitter
- 30DAdams who sang 1991's stirring ballad "Get Here"
- 31DThe planets, formerly
- 32DSome tools for duels
- 34D"Palate cleansers," to many in my book club
- 39DAcronym in band with 1978 album "You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish" (love the cover)
- 41DPossible response to "Nice work, folks!"
- 44D"I've never met an ____, but Harvard has one in a bottle" (Ogden Nash)
- 45DEon, for one
- 47DCriticizing a figure skater's routine will have you on ___
- 49DC2H4
- 53DBread machines?
- 54DDiscount grocery chain
- 55D"Super Password" host Convy
- 56D"And there's so many more to mention also": Abbr.
- 58DSeed from a bean?
- 59DHow some ties are broken, for short
- 60DSaints' location, briefly
- 61DOtorhinolaryngologists, for people who like to be concise