Laughter Is The Best Drug (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2022-09-27T06:00:20.983Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is two six letter words
Apparently, Fantales are an Australian invention! These chocolate-coated caramel sweets come wrapped in paper with trivia questions on them, originally movie-related. Growing up, we would use these questions to play "guess the movie star" with someone reading it out loud and everyone else hoping to be the first to answer correctly. The fun was that the questions were worded in such a way that the details would start out sort of vague, or really obscure, and get more and more obvious. By the end of the question, though, it should be absolutely clear what the answer is. In this puzzle, I've written four clues as "WHO AM I?" Fantales questions. The answer to the meta is two six letter words. Answer and explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=107752#p107752
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Esquire writer, Scott ___
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- 1AEsquire writer, Scott ___
- 5AOpinion pieces
- 10AWith 65 across, where you must be in order to solve the meta
- 14AStart of the famous palindrome associated with Napoleon
- 15ANon Sequitur cartoonist
- 16AEnglish 80s supergroup whose biggest hit was "The Heat of the Moment"
- 17AWHO AM I? Born in 1945 in Chicago, this actor, author, producer, comedian and director is best known for his roles in Christopher Guest mocumentaries. He has one nomination for a Best Picture Oscar as a producer of "Gosford Park", and two nominations for Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture in the SAG Awards. He played the on-screen narrator in Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom".
- 19A3rd person plural pronoun
- 20AMore azure, like the sky
- 21AVoice of Olaf in "Frozen", Josh ___
- 22AIn the ___ (concerned with minor details)
- 23A"You can come out now!"
- 25AOne who will inherit
- 27AWHO AM I? Born in 1945 in Honolulu, this singer, songwriter, actress and comedian began her career in off-off-Broadway plays before becoming a recording artist with several hits including "Wind Beneath My Wings". She has two Tony awards and one Drama Desk Award for her role in the 2017 revival of "Hello, Dolly!" She is also known as The Divine Miss M.
- 32A"I don't know what she ___ you."
- 36AWhat la mer consists of
- 37AIcicle location
- 38AMea ___ ("My bad")
- 39AMagician's rabbit concealer
- 40ANumber of Harry Potter books (but not movies)
- 41ASomeone who enjoys drinking beer, perhaps? (OK, OK, American Leaguer, for short)
- 42AState of matter
- 43ALeave
- 44AWHO AM I? Born in 1959 in New York, this actor and director worked initially under his birth name before adopting the middle name Hyde. He has appeared in many films including "The Fisher King" and "Sleepless In Seattle", also voicing the role of Slim in "A Bug's Life". He received one Tony award for Best Actor in a Musical (for "Curtains") and one Isabelle Stevenson Award. He is best known for playing Dr. Niles Crane in the sitcom "Frasier".
- 47AClose at hand
- 48AIn the middle of
- 53AComputer programs used to come on piles of these
- 56A"Cool!"
- 58AFreshness phrase on food packaging
- 59ALike some vaccines
- 60AWHO AM I? Born in 1970 in San Francisco, this actress, comedian, director and talk-show host began her career as the host of "Talk Soup", before appearing on "Friends" as Dr. Charlie Wheeler. She won one Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host (for "The Talk") and her directorial debut, "Axis", was nominated for best film at three different film festivals. She is the current host of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"
- 62APossible multiple choice response: "___ of the above"
- 63ASituated farther in
- 64AHawaii's state bird
- 65ASee 10 across
- 66ALength of the path travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 of a second
- 67ARelinquish
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- 1DTemple figure
- 2D"___ from the blue"
- 3DDumbledore's first name
- 4DFrench babies
- 5DNight bird
- 6DSwiss psychologist who liked confusing children by pouring liquids into differently shaped receptacles
- 7DEnd of the famous palindrome associated with Napoleon
- 8DRace with two winners
- 9DThesaurus wd.
- 10DMid-western jam band consisting of husband and wife songwriters Don and Lori Chaffer
- 11DQuestion regarding the existence of a male person
- 12D"Fit to be ___" (extremely angry)
- 13D"Simon ___: put your hands on your head"
- 18DSaudi ___ (Middle East country)
- 22DConsole that introduced the world to miis
- 24DMarshy area
- 26DBig bird of Australia (note: "cassowary" won't fit)
- 28DMake fun of
- 29DMagma on the surface
- 30DAt any time
- 31DTenant's expense
- 32DLarge amount
- 33DLong software text that no one reads (abbr.)
- 34DHt. above sea level
- 35DHundreds and thousands, for example
- 39D"It's not a receding ___, it's an increase in face space!"
- 40DEscort to the exit
- 42DTranscript stat.
- 43DDichloromethane, for short
- 45DHighly unsettling TV series starring David Tennant as serial killer, Dennis Nilsen
- 46D"I'd ___ be a sparrow than a snail"
- 49DBand that launched Justin Timberlake's career
- 50DJellied food, but French
- 51DBrilliant plumbing invention which does wonders for reducing bathroom odors
- 52DVoice of Miles Morales' father in "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse", Brian ___ Henry
- 53D"___ and dusted!" ("Finished!")
- 54DMost common element on Earth, by mass
- 55DAnakin Skywalker's pet peeve
- 57D"___ it ironic, don't you think? It's like ray-ee-ain..."
- 60DGoal
- 61DIs, but for more than one