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Horror Movie Trope (Meta)

· By benchen71 · Published 2021-10-26T05:00:28.429Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a Chvrches song
To mark the occasion that occurs at the end of October, I present this meta puzzle. The answer to the meta is a Chvrches song. Answer and explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?t=1259&p=72413#p72194
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  • Cindy Heisler solved 2021-10-26T11:18:04.306Z
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  • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2021-10-26T11:20:51.355Z
    Very fun puzzle, even though I was not familiar with any Chvrche songs. Thanks!
    • Mwoychick 🤓2:21 · 2021-10-26T15:06:23.281Z
      Good puzzle, tons of stuff I didn't know but gettable with crosses. Note that my time is not accurate - I solved a printed version and then entered my answers on crosshare.org
      • benchen71 constructor · 2021-10-26T22:33:23.899Z
        I do this, too. Makes you look really smart!
        • Mike D 4s · 2021-10-28T13:11:56.800Z
          😂
      • boharr 4s · 2021-10-26T15:29:13.994Z
        Thanks, Ben
        • Meg 5s · 2021-10-26T15:16:22.453Z
          I like it when I learn something from a puzzle. There are actual names for horror movie tropes.
          • David Plass 2:18 · 2021-10-26T21:10:22.329Z
            Wait, what?!
          • Byron 🤓26:43 · 2021-10-26T17:19:29.367Z
            I could have sworn it was Good Girls, since I haven't heard either song.
            • benchen71 constructor · 2021-10-26T22:32:46.625Z
              The Chvrches album was actually very thematic, so it's not surprising that more than one song potentially fits. But the correct answer fits the best!
            • Chaddog 3s · 2021-10-26T20:10:52.228Z
              I incorrectly submitted NEVER SAY DIE first. Then found the more appropriate answer.
              • benchen71 constructor · 2021-10-26T22:32:52.501Z
                The Chvrches album was actually very thematic, so it's not surprising that more than one song potentially fits. But the correct answer fits the best!
              • Bbaack 24:15 · 2021-10-26T20:28:50.742Z
                I liked the split fourth theme clue. Fun meta, thanks!
                • whimsy 🤓15:52 · 2021-10-26T21:19:25.452Z
                  Old Dog Learns New Tricks --Thanks, Ben!
                  • Laura M 27:17 · 2021-10-26T21:57:11.289Z
                    Nice puzzle! Not being familiar with Chvrches, I took two tries (Good Girls and Final Girl). I figured it had to be on the Screen Violence album!
                    • Gutman 10s · 2021-10-26T22:17:53.029Z
                      Had to back solve after looking up the band’s songs
                      • ryoustra 4s · 2021-10-26T22:34:53.708Z
                        Had to read thru a list of horror movie tropes - who knew?? Now I need to create the Bingo card...
                        ... and now I see - because internet - it already exists!
                        • topghost 🤓16:04 · 2021-10-27T04:16:46.078Z
                          my first crosshare crossword! I'm a big fan of CHVRCHES so I felt pretty confident about the meta going in and was happy to see it confirmed. Thanks for the fun time! Hopefully I can get my speed up as I learn how to navigate this website 😅
                          • benchen71 constructor · 2021-10-27T07:49:53.217Z
                            So glad my puzzle was your first Crosshare puzzle! If you enjoyed the meta, there are lots more that I've done in the past (https://crosshare.org/benchen71). But none of them involve Chvrches, sorry. ;-)
                          • Mike D 4s · 2021-10-28T13:12:14.669Z
                            Great puzzle - perfect for this time of year
                            1A
                            With 66 across66ASee 1 across[-----], talk-show host from another planet?
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                            Across
                            1. 1A
                              With 66 across66ASee 1 across[-----], talk-show host from another planet?
                            2. 6A
                              Awestruck
                            3. 10A
                              "It was the nightingale, and not the ___, that pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear."
                            4. 14A
                              Princess in a Nintendo game franchise (not the playable character - that's Link)
                            5. 15A
                              As ___ as the driven snow
                            6. 16A
                              Type of sweater named after islands off the west coast of Ireland, also known as a fisherman sweater
                            7. 17A
                              Prayer before a meal when you aren't sure that the food is prepared?
                            8. 20A
                              Hit man
                            9. 21A
                              Clothing tag
                            10. 22A
                              US equivalent of Auslan
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                              Bout ender, for short
                            12. 25A
                              French fashion house (abbr.)
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                              English assignment
                            14. 30A
                              Modernist novel by Wyndham Lewis
                            15. 31A
                              Fossil fuel, a lump of which Scott Morrison recently held up in Australia's parliament for some weird reason
                            16. 32A
                              Swedish producer who collaborated with Coldplay on "A Sky Full Of Stars"
                            17. 34A
                              What an elec. guitar gets plugged into
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                              Nickname for actor Metcalf assuming her favourite annual holiday is on the 31st of October?
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                              Synonym of 47 down47DSynonym of 40 across[-----]
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                              Relating to the nostrils
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                              Shipped, as an eBay order
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                              Prefix for "-while"
                            23. 44A
                              Some door curtains are made with these
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                              Service charge
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                              Formal words of agreement
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                              Large, free-standing rock outcrop
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                              Book of maps
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                              Someone from the continent (if you live in England)
                            29. 58A
                              How Peter Pan referred to his friend after she smeared herself in phosphorescence?
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                              Suffix for "entr-", resulting in an opening that permits access
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                              Former Italian coins
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                              Biblia ___ Vulgata, the Latin translation of the Bible
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                              Plenty
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                              The League of Evil ___, the antagonists of "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World"
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                              See 1 across1AWith 66 across, talk-show host from another planet?[-----]
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                              Independent Korean-American artist, known for the single "Dirty"
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                              Sediment that forms in wine after fermentation
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                              International Linear Algebra Society (abbr.)
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                              Icelandic epic, that we only know about from crosswords
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                              Deny, but quaintly
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                              Month in which Australians celebrate ANZAC day
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                              Spanish gold
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                              Understand
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                              Tomb Raider, ___ Croft
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                              Mideast region, poetically
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                              "Off to the ___" (ready to begin something exciting)
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                              Bell sound
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                              Wartime intelligence agency of the US during World War II, a predecessor of the CIA
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                              Van Morrison song with a name that is spelled out over and over again
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                              City in southern Peru (and an anagram of "Catan")
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                              Whale food
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                              Reflected sound waves
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                              Cleansing bar
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                              White part of a beard
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                              Opposite of nothing
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                              Kelly Clarkson song, "___ Up" (a song about marriage)
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                              Prize given in honour of an achievement
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                              Left-hand page in a book
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                              Pi times radius squared, for a circle
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                              Faculty of consciousness and thought
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                              Fur babies
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                              About an hour after noon
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                              Put to work
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                              Web surf
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                              The type of end that is avoided by the horror movie trope represented four times in this grid, which is a hint regarding the meta answer
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                              Prefix meaning "culture"
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                              Synonym of 40 across40ASynonym of 47 down[---]
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                              Melodies
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                              Generic top-level domain used by non-profit organizations, open-source projects, and communities
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                              Enzyme suffixes (and an anagram of "seas")
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                              The Emerald Isle
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                              Another bell sound
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                              SASE, for example
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                              Arizona Department of Real Estate (abbr.)
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                              Viral video, ___ Cat, an animated cartoon cat with a Pop-Tart for a torso that flies through space leaving a rainbow trail
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                              Martinique, par exemple
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                              Say no to
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