L Words (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2023-09-05T06:00:38.913Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a girl's name
Here's a "week one" meta for you; it includes 5 clues with a leading asterisk which should hopefully bring the difficulty down a bit! I had some fun putting this one together. I trust you will enjoy solving it and seeking the answer to the meta, which is a girl's name. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=141509#p141509
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… btw I think 67A is a typo?
). Lack of knowledge and less than easy google path made getting the 40A replacement tricky, but eventually I got literal and just typed the clue into google, which produced the correct answer. Neat and tidy in the end, but yeah maybe more week 2 than 1. :) Fun stuff, thanks.1A
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- 1ARelease without warning, as an album
- 5APolice alerts (abbr.)
- 9AMovie with Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore
- 14AEmerald Isle
- 15AClose a door hard
- 16ACowboy contest
- 17ASagittarius A*, for example
- 19AExtraterrestrial
- 20A"I cannot ___ lie"
- 21A*"Stranger Things" character
- 23ANoah's boat
- 25AWork group
- 26AMembers of an organized group of criminals
- 31AWhere you have a reasonable chance of running into a US senator
- 35AGerund finishers
- 36AMineral that scores 1 on the Mohs scale
- 38ABattery terminal
- 39A*Middle East airline
- 40A*Man of learning in Ezra 8:16
- 42A*Short prog rock band name
- 43AStage name of rapper and record producer, Sudan Ameer Williams
- 45ATiny fraction of a min.
- 46AHunter's garb, for short
- 47AMonty Python member, John ___
- 49AAction that accompanies "D'oh!"
- 51AWindows shortcut key
- 53AI find your text quite funny
- 54A*Elven-ring wearer in "Lord of the Rings"
- 59ABallet leaps
- 63APipe unclogger
- 64AOriginator of Glinda, Kristin ___
- 66ABugs Bunny line, "___ a stinker!"
- 67ACasablanca's Lund
- 68AFascinated by
- 69ADough-rising ingredient
- 70APlace for a chapeau
- 71ASmall earring
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- 1DAmount owed
- 2DRub the wrong way
- 3DSpoken rather than written
- 4DWhere you might be forced to endure dodge ball
- 5DVolcano output
- 6DSnow-clearing vehicle
- 7DIsland east of Java
- 8DProcess, as ore
- 9DTake a taxi
- 10DLama, for example
- 11D"Garfield" dog
- 12DFortune-teller
- 13DA whole lot
- 18DNintendo racing game, "Mario ___"
- 22DTook charge
- 24DLow-carb diet
- 26DImpersonate
- 27DBasketball's Shaquille ___
- 28DA bit below one's best effort
- 29DWater from the sky
- 30DLead guitarist of Guns N' Roses
- 32DPalace dweller
- 33DSwelling caused by trapped fluid
- 34DFamous fabulist
- 37DPitikwahanapiwiyin, for example
- 40DNike slogan
- 41DOSX scheduling software, previously
- 44DStraight lines that cut a curve in two or more parts
- 46DNarnia's creator
- 48DGo astray
- 50DJudo school
- 52DLawful
- 54DBenChen71 greeting
- 55DGrammy winner India ___
- 56DSinger, ___ Del Rey
- 57D"The King's Speech" actress, Jennifer ___
- 58D"___ we forget"
- 60DCamper's shelter
- 61D"___ Brute?"
- 62DWearing footwear
- 65DScottish denial