Job 1:21b (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2024-07-23T06:00:23.456Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a 6-letter word
In the lead up to this puzzle going live I discovered that I hadn't written any introduction! So now I have to try and remember how this puzzle came into being more than 12 months down the track. And I have to confess that I can't precisely recollect! However, I have a sneaking suspicion that it happened one Sunday at church as we were singing a song by Matt Redman. And then working out the puzzle mechanics just might have distracted me from the sermon! The answer to the meta is a 6-letter word. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=174080#p174080
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Audio/video TV cable (abbr.)
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- 1AAudio/video TV cable (abbr.)
- 5ADrinking establishment that can make you hurl?
- 8AAbbr. for twentieths of an inch point (but drop "inch" because I said so)
- 12ACoffee containing just a splash of 21 across
- 14A"Son ___ gun!"
- 15A"The house that Jack ___"
- 16ADisease referenced in Alan Marshall's novel "I Can Jump Puddles"
- 17AUltimate month (abbr.)
- 18ALong-form writing piece
- 19A___ Pete Maravich
- 21AAlcoholic beverage that can be aged in barrels
- 23AJosh Gad's wife ___ Darvish
- 24ASpanish day that's an anagram of 23 across
- 26ACPR expert
- 27ANumber represented by candles on a cake
- 29ASixth sense (for short) that can help you see things far off?
- 30AI've got a nit to pick from you!
- 32ACargo-carrying sailing barge that can make you frown?
- 33A"Don't care what they do"
- 35AOscars and Tonys, for two
- 37APresent tense versions of the verbs in Job 1:21b that will help you get to the meta answer
- 39ASwerve wildly
- 41AMaya Angelou's "And Still ___"
- 42AIdentical sibling who can wind you up like a piece of string?
- 43AGleamed
- 45APenultimate month (abbr.) that can make you explode like a star?
- 48ADorm supervisors (abbr.)
- 49AFigure-skater ___ Midori
- 50A"Cat ___ Hot Tin Roof"
- 52AYellowfin tuna
- 53ADevices that give you easy access to your car
- 56A___ Gala, fashion's Night of Nights
- 58AHer face launched a thousand ships
- 59AMessy eater's neckwear
- 61ASecret government operative
- 62ABiblical version of "So what happened next..."
- 63APaul's cousin on "Mad About You"
- 64ALeah, with respect to 7 down, according to Jacob
- 65A"Now!"
- 66ANumber of bowling pins that can keep you dry when camping?
- 67AEyelid annoyance
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- 1DFlower-power child of the 60's
- 2D"These are not the ___ you are looking for"
- 3D"Smoky Mountain Rain" singer Ronnie ___
- 4D"What ___ this time?"
- 5DPhysique, slangily
- 6D"___ Good Men" (Cruise and Nicholson movie)
- 7DJacob's second wife
- 8DWalrus tooth
- 9DSmart aleck
- 10DChagall Guevara song with the lyrics "You command such immense fees from your low friends in high places / If I crawled on both knees would I stay in your good graces?"
- 11DHome for a pig, perhaps
- 13DPart of a monk's habit
- 15DTop of the pile
- 20DPatronises, as a radio station
- 22DEasily irritated or provoked
- 25DEuropean Automobile Manufacturers' Association (abbr., but it's probably not what you think!)
- 28DExpressions of disgust
- 31DPrenatal test, informally
- 32D"Oh, for Pete's ___!"
- 33DProperty claim
- 34DNight before
- 36D"Able ___ I ere I saw Elba"
- 37DVivaldi opera based on "The Decameron"
- 38DFirst Bond movie
- 39DMidpoint (abbr.)
- 40DRouses from sleep
- 44DGeneric Tolkien character
- 45DFirst part of a prosperity doctrine mantra
- 46D"Gift of the Magi" author
- 47DFood, archaically
- 49D"Dance as ___ one is watching"
- 51DWhite whale chaser
- 54DDog noise
- 55D"Your Majesty"
- 57DFemale reproductive cells
- 58DLong laugh?
- 60DProhibit