PCC#35 "Upper Atmosphere"
■ · By Philip Chow · Published 2024-06-01T13:20:31.335Z
Meta Prompt
[Level 2] Meta prompt: The answer to the meta is the name of the city where I'll be spending the next week on vacation
Hint 1: can you think of a synonym for atmosphere that appears in the grid?
Hint 2: the clue for 34-Across mentions "walking on air"
Hint 3: the meta answer is a city in Canada
Hint 4: three instances of the word "AIR" are in the grid... check what's on top of them?
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Rewards for a good dog
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- 1ARewards for a good dog
- 7A"Hold your horses!"
- 11AGraffiti artist, perhaps
- 12A"___ in there!" ("Don't give up!")
- 13A12-Across on a clothesline
- 14APredator of the Pacific Northwest
- 15ADevices like PalmPilots rendered obsolete by smartphones, for short
- 16AVillain who asks "Why so serious?"
- 17ASquare ___ in a round hole
- 18ASudden takeover
- 20AMaking good as new
- 24AIn a lazy way
- 25ABefore, poetically
- 27AFull of 32-Across
- 30AState firmly
- 31AGrand-scale, as a film
- 32A___ balloon
- 34ACloud ___ (blissful place where it feels like you're walking on air)
- 35APersistent feeling of resentment
- 36ATurns sharply
- 37ADressed for a frat party, perhaps
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- 1DPhilo, Sling, or Hulu
- 2DPerson at the fridge hunting for a midnight snack, say
- 3DTick off
- 4DThrows in
- 5DPavement material
- 6DClever like a fox
- 7DGoldberg who says "You in danger girl" in "Ghost"
- 8D"___! The Herald Angels Sing"
- 9D"___ upon a midnight dreary..." (opening line of Poe's "The Raven")
- 10DWhen repeated, ingredient used in Asian desserts like almond tofu and coconut pudding
- 16DKind of duty some people try to get out of with wacky excuses like "the dog ate my summons" or "I'm a psychic and I know something bad is going to happen"
- 18DSuffragist Elizabeth ___ Stanton who said "Truth is the only safe ground to stand on"
- 19DGrease monkey's "grease"
- 21DFishy sign
- 22DOver a third of its state revenue comes from gambling
- 23DColor that is a portmanteau of "gray" and "beige"
- 26DMessed up
- 27DDemographic whose slang terms include "delulu," "drip," and "rizz"
- 28DCapital of Samoa
- 29DPerform a rendition of "Life is a Highway"
- 30DGive ___ (yank)
- 32D5'-9", for example: Abbr.
- 33DStella D'___ (cookie brand that means "star of gold" in Italian)