Bill Collector
◆ · By DrTom · Published 2023-04-12T04:05:06.839Z
Meta Prompt
The answer is a treat for bill collectors
Well hopefully forewarned is forearmed. As promised here is this week's puzzle. It is not as polished as Play Dough, but I doubt it is any more difficult. You ought to be able to recognize the themers right away (though I will tell you they are not symmetric), and if not there is always Friday nudge day. I am guessing this will play about a level 1 or no more than a 2!
NUDGE FRIDAY!!!
Nudge 1 Did you notice several names of important sounding people in the grid?
Nudge 2 So you know where to find their names, where would you find their faces?
Nudge 3 Do those names have a number associated with them?
Nudge 4 If a constructor gives you numbers, what do you do?
The mechanism revealed:
Five presidents in the GRID, each of whom graced a paper bill. The denomination of the bill led you to a GRID square number and its letter, and those letters, in the order the President had appeared in the GRID, spelled the Meta answer – MINTS
Checking for previous play data...
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Nick and Nora's dog
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Across
- 1ANick and Nora's dog
- 5AWill's Venetian villain
- 9AWords that start many a fairy tale
- 14AFlock member
- 15ATurkish generals
- 16AA swinging place
- 17AFans of the star of the new “The Weakest link”
- 19AActor Jonathan of "Brazil"
- 20AHand-holder
- 21AWith Sweet Caroline times never seemed like this
- 22AAliens, for short
- 23AManilow's club of song
- 26A"It's no ___!"
- 27AHolmes boy Basil
- 29AAbbr. on a your AMEX statement
- 32ATo the rear
- 35ASoc. Sci. study of consumption
- 36ARegret
- 37ACapital of Mississippi
- 39AHigh end US auto that always competed with Cadillac
- 42AJackie's after Jack
- 43ALeonardo's lady
- 45AExactly when needed
- 46A"Totally far out dude!"
- 47ACapital of Bermuda
- 49ADisallow
- 50AWhat you call someone late for the opera at Palais Garnier
- 51AKing or Queen
- 54ACIttà where la pizza was first made
- 57ALarge lizard
- 59APermit
- 60AArchie Bunker's black neighbor, George
- 63ADefines not being neat
- 64ACarrier whose name means "skyward"
- 65ABothers
- 66AMore tender
- 67AWait
- 68ACause of a smell of gas in the room
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- 1D"Nope this is not a fat suit, it's ___"
- 2D"___ isn't so!"
- 3DSalon supply
- 4DBilling abbr.
- 5DSchoolyard retort
- 6DPast
- 7DIt's a gift we often do not wish to be on the receiving end of
- 8DC.I.A. way back when
- 9DGo against
- 10DOld appliance line (but not made in Sweden)
- 11DCold start
- 12DThe Italian equivalent of "Voici"
- 13DSmall storage unit
- 18DToms
- 21DCertain Muslim
- 24DAthletic prodigy
- 25DWhere to find "Grey's Anatomy"
- 27DAtty.Gen. under John Kennedy
- 28D"C'est magnifique!"
- 29DGator's kin
- 30DWhere "Handmaiden's" can be found
- 31DPresent from Dad
- 32D"When it's ___" (answer to an old riddle about a door)
- 33DSilent movie vamp Theda
- 34DFrom this it is hard to get to base
- 38DMuscat resident
- 40DAnnoying sort
- 41DFOX News antithesis
- 44DSomething often picked
- 47DDobbin's lead
- 48DSmall bit of nothing
- 49DBritish bean
- 51DCount down with jazz
- 52DFirst name of the bomber that changed the world
- 53DWedding registry dinnerware brand
- 54DAmnesty International and the American Red Cross, e.g.: Abbr.
- 55DWater under the bridge in Florence
- 56DBrace
- 58DRussian mountains
- 60DOne of the Bushes
- 61D"Boola Boola" singer
- 62DBeanie Babies, e.g.