Have A Good Show!
◆ · By Pair O Ducks · Published 2024-05-26T12:00:54.825Z
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is something you need for a good show (in theater).
Checking for previous play data...
BTW, I think the current name of 9A is officially Ulaanbaatar (less anglicized than the prior version). So maybe a reference to 'former name' somehow. No matter though. :)
) So there were the three obvious ones, and of course the irony of "Another one bites the dust" (and I can assure you that nobody I knew humed that when doing CPR - Dancing Queen, Lady Marmalade, I Will Survive maybe, but Another one Bites the Dust - well that was just "shocking" 
). The bones in the leg also directed me there, but I only got CAST when the first two did not work and I thought OK, what word can I use and of course CAST fit perfectly - VERY CLEVER!!! I assume there is a way to get the letters, I mean I see CAST in the top and bottom two clues but that I think is coincidence. I'll have to read on to see what I missed. Fun puzzle Lydia and Christina and thanks for all of the clues in my wheelhouse! Oh, my, I just saw why I can spell CAST with the top and bottom two - BRILLIANT!!!! There are those four you mention. I'm glad you didn't let the Captain talk you out of anything, this was a great puzzle.
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Heartfelt machine, briefly?
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Across
- 1AHeartfelt machine, briefly?
- 6ALife saving action that may be done in rhythm with "Stayin' Alive" or "Another One Bites the Dust"
- 9A___ Bator (Mongolian capital)
- 13A"The Right Stuff" writer Tom
- 14AGinger ___
- 15APiece of urban art
- 17AHow sundried tomatoes may be packaged
- 18AUtterly disgusting
- 20AHigh-ranking NCO
- 21A"So... about that homework..."
- 22AIn need of salt, perhaps
- 24A___ Wiedersehen
- 25ABrazilian samba genre
- 31AWords seen on many gift tags on May 12, 2024
- 35AThey are egg-cell-ent
- 36AA little tardy
- 38ATeeming (with)
- 39AMexico, York, Jersey, and Hampshire preceder
- 40A"Have A Good Show!" to an Aussie (... but not the key to this meta)
- 42ALincoln in NYC, e.g.
- 43AIdle of Monty Python
- 45ACatwoman alter ego Kyle
- 46AComplementary color to green
- 47A"Millennium Trilogy" author Larsson
- 49ASedimentary specimen
- 51ABrightness metric derived from the Latin for "light"
- 53AThat, in Madrid
- 54AHome decor job that might use only one can of paint
- 60AMad Libs request
- 64AMineral measuring system
- 65APet protection org.
- 66ASouth American raccoon relative
- 67AThey may be Red or White
- 68AJewish bakery offering
- 69ASaid ptooey
- 70AWhen repeated, "Have A Good Show!" to an opera singer (... but not the key to this meta)
- 71AThem, in Spanish
Down
- 1DTraffic infractions (abbr.)
- 2DForever and ever and ever and ever
- 3DWhip
- 4D"Assuming that's the case"
- 5DFresh Prince of ___ Air
- 6DActor Elwes of "The Princess Bride"
- 7DArgued, as a case
- 8D"___! The Genetic Opera" (2008 musical featuring songs such as "No Organs? No Problemo!" and "My, What Big Scissors You Have")
- 9DBlue Öyster Cult feature
- 10DWant badly
- 11DSinger India.___
- 12DBlue humanoids in James Cameron's "Avatar"
- 16DPermit
- 19DAthens inst.
- 21DTalking birds
- 23DMath course for some srs.
- 25DThe human leg has four (and they can be fragile!)
- 26DFor all to see
- 27DSequel in a popular slasher franchise
- 28DPlains tribesmen
- 29DString instrument that uses alto clef
- 30DInvite to enter
- 32DStart to wave?
- 33DFrequently
- 34D"Have A Good Show!" to a ballet dancer (... but not the key to this meta)
- 37D"Messiah" composer
- 41DLip
- 44DInstrument featured in Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"
- 48DPuts the pedal to the metal
- 50DAdenoid's colleague
- 52D"Skylarking" band, whose name is a homonym of a blissful state
- 54DPopular movie theater chain
- 55DMakes like a pigeon
- 56DBloke
- 57DUsed to be, biblically
- 58DPotatoes, in Indian cuisine
- 59DLPGA golfer Thompson
- 61DOctober birthstone
- 62DSch. in Southern California
- 63DNegative votes
- 65D"Honest" prez