"Out came the matador, Who must have been potted or Slightly insane, but who looked rather bored. Then the picadors of course, Each one on his horse. I shouted 'olé!' every time one was _____"
17A
Full of grace
18A
Pale and ashen
19A
Irritate and annoy gradually but persistently
20A
No longer is
22A
Famous last word (of a James Joyce novel)
24A
Architect of the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama
25A
Entertainment device integrated for streaming
29A
The are on The Way
32A
Heavy wrestling
33A
Actress Tyler who was born 39 years after actress Ullman
35A
Fair of face
36A
In the process of maturing
38A
In and of herself, the mother of Circe is only one of 3,000 Oceanids
My aides briefly claim that the poet Eliot was a doofus (cryptic)
72A
Top-notch
73A
Hunter who was either killed by Artemis' bow, or by a giant scorpion, which may or may not have been acting on her behalf. (Records from that time are spotty at best)
74A
A means to determine statistical significance
75A
Craving for Japanese currency
76A
Game similar to Gomoku (which is itself similar to tic-tac-toe but with five in a row and a larger grid) but with a "custodial capture" move
Down
1D
Calypso, Jazz, R&B fusion
2D
Star Trek series after TOS but before DS9
3D
Outdoor equipment retailer with a royal sounding name
4D
Not in the least bit right
5D
Clothing crease
6D
The sixth of the 5 Ws (and the only one that .... well,....)
7D
Far to go
8D
Basic principal
9D
Candles on a child's cake
10D
Netminder
11D
Creative types
12D
Intended on purpose
13D
GMT -4:00 in the summer
21D
Mo. arch city
23D
There are four species of this bird but the yellow-bellied one is the most fun to say
25D
Board established by FDR
26D
Make faces for the camera
27D
"Are you my French friend?" "I don't know; __ _?"
28D
Treacherous snake
30D
Unrefined materials
31D
Short for what the S in OS is short for
34D
Aida composer
37D
What grains represent when you play chess on fine sand
39D
Turbulent and full of sediments as though recently agitated
42D
What Deadwood was notorious for having. (Although it did have order.)
43D
Prepare a young fish in a 50D
44D
One engaged in a fight to the death
45D
Let go
47D
Freedom with no commitments
48D
When the ape made its get-away this abbreviation was all that was left
49D
“I’m youth, I’m joy,” Peter answered __ _ venture, “I’m a little bird that has broken out of the egg.” (This, of course, was nonsense; but it was proof to the unhappy Hook that Peter did not know in the least who or what he was, which is the very pinnacle of good form.)
50D
The child who never grew up
52D
Behaves amorously without serious intent
56D
Long running (72 years as of 56D) NBC morning show with a red and white logo
58D
Pry nosily
61D
Bonny and blithe, good and gay
63D
It won't be long. when measure your position relative to the equator
64D
Fast flier
66D
Mightier than the sword, they say
68D
Half a Belgian boy detective
69D
Child classmate of Richie Rich and Little Lotta whose schtick was her unhealthy obsession with round shapes
70D
Of all the numbers that are their own square roots, this is the One I want (the other is Nothing)
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This is one of my "nothing weird" ones and should be a simple fast breezy level one... if you know something. If you don't know it there's no way. But everyone knows this. So Level 1.
This is a contest/meta puzzle. To submit your answer, first finish solving the grid (or reveal it if you get stuck or solved offline).
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whimsy 13:54 · 8 months ago
Wow! Took me a long time to figure out that A. It wasn't an inferred answer, and B. What mechanism I should be using.
I was quite familiar with the basis for where this was going about halfway through the grid, but still...
I think you've got yourself a more than level one, woozy, even with the background knowledge.
Glad I stuck with it and got the quite satisfying answer! Thanks for an initially frustrating and then fun puzzle!
35A Monday's child is Fair of face = Pretty 17A Tuesday's child is Full of grace = Agile 51A Wednesday's child is Full of woe = Rueful 7D Thursday's child has Far to go = Away 41A Friday's child is Loving and giving = Generous 67A Saturday's child Work(s) hard for a living = Outdo 61D But the child that is born on Sabbath day,
Is Bonny and blithe, good and gay = Nice
A poem about PARAGONs. The meta answer is PARAGON
Okay "Work(s) hard for a living" = OUTDO was a bit of a stretch.
KayW 🤓7:16 · 8 months ago
Got it at last! I don't know why I fell into "the title is the prompt" trap - it is a very well-crafted and straightforward meta.
I am conveniently blaming all my meta-solving issues this week on a weekend hospital stay and pain pills I'm still on. (I'm fine now, just a bit addled.) Thanks for the fun!
17A Tuesday's child is Full of grace = Agile
51A Wednesday's child is Full of woe = Rueful
7D Thursday's child has Far to go = Away
41A Friday's child is Loving and giving = Generous
67A Saturday's child Work(s) hard for a living = Outdo
61D But the child that is born on Sabbath day, Is Bonny and blithe, good and gay = Nice