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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With 66 across, talk-show host from another planet?
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- 1AWith 66 across, talk-show host from another planet?
- 6AAwestruck
- 10A"It was the nightingale, and not the ___, that pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear."
- 14APrincess in a Nintendo game franchise (not the playable character - that's Link)
- 15AAs ___ as the driven snow
- 16AType of sweater named after islands off the west coast of Ireland, also known as a fisherman sweater
- 17APrayer before a meal when you aren't sure that the food is prepared?
- 20AHit man
- 21AClothing tag
- 22AUS equivalent of Auslan
- 23ABout ender, for short
- 25AFrench fashion house (abbr.)
- 26AEnglish assignment
- 30AModernist novel by Wyndham Lewis
- 31AFossil fuel, a lump of which Scott Morrison recently held up in Australia's parliament for some weird reason
- 32ASwedish producer who collaborated with Coldplay on "A Sky Full Of Stars"
- 34AWhat an elec. guitar gets plugged into
- 37ANickname for actor Metcalf assuming her favourite annual holiday is on the 31st of October?
- 40ASynonym of 47 down
- 41ARelating to the nostrils
- 42AShipped, as an eBay order
- 43APrefix for "-while"
- 44ASome door curtains are made with these
- 45AService charge
- 48AFormal words of agreement
- 49ALarge, free-standing rock outcrop
- 51ABook of maps
- 53ASomeone from the continent (if you live in England)
- 58AHow Peter Pan referred to his friend after she smeared herself in phosphorescence?
- 61ASuffix for "entr-", resulting in an opening that permits access
- 62AFormer Italian coins
- 63ABiblia ___ Vulgata, the Latin translation of the Bible
- 64APlenty
- 65AThe League of Evil ___, the antagonists of "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World"
- 66ASee 1 across
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- 1DIndependent Korean-American artist, known for the single "Dirty"
- 2DSediment that forms in wine after fermentation
- 3DInternational Linear Algebra Society (abbr.)
- 4DIcelandic epic, that we only know about from crosswords
- 5DDeny, but quaintly
- 6DMonth in which Australians celebrate ANZAC day
- 7D"Treasure Island" character, Ben ___
- 8DSpanish gold
- 9DUnderstand
- 10DTomb Raider, ___ Croft
- 11DMideast region, poetically
- 12D"Off to the ___" (ready to begin something exciting)
- 13DBell sound
- 18DWartime intelligence agency of the US during World War II, a predecessor of the CIA
- 19DVan Morrison song with a name that is spelled out over and over again
- 23DCity in southern Peru (and an anagram of "Catan")
- 24DWhale food
- 26DReflected sound waves
- 27DCleansing bar
- 28DWhite part of a beard
- 29DOpposite of nothing
- 30DKelly Clarkson song, "___ Up" (a song about marriage)
- 32DPrize given in honour of an achievement
- 33DLeft-hand page in a book
- 34DPi times radius squared, for a circle
- 35DFaculty of consciousness and thought
- 36DFur babies
- 38DAbout an hour after noon
- 39DPut to work
- 44DWeb surf
- 45DThe 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
- 46DPrefix meaning "culture"
- 47DSynonym of 40 across
- 49DMelodies
- 50DGeneric top-level domain used by non-profit organizations, open-source projects, and communities
- 52DEnzyme suffixes (and an anagram of "seas")
- 53DThe Emerald Isle
- 54DAnother bell sound
- 55DSASE, for example
- 56DArizona Department of Real Estate (abbr.)
- 57DViral video, ___ Cat, an animated cartoon cat with a Pop-Tart for a torso that flies through space leaving a rainbow trail
- 59DMartinique, par exemple
- 60DSay no to