Parental Lack In Outer Space (Meta)

■ · By benchen71 · Published 2023-03-09T08:28:40.321Z

Meta Prompt

The answer to the meta is an animated movie based on a book by the cartoonist responsible for "Bloom County"

Bonus meta for you! No reason, just felt like posting a fun little meta with an "outer space" theme.

Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here: https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about/interest4.html. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!

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Leaderboard (updated hourly)

sledge solved 2023-03-09T10:19:24.706Z
kieranjboyd solved 2023-03-09T10:48:02.929Z
rjy solved 2023-03-09T12:17:44.650Z
Gutman solved 2023-03-09T12:18:03.934Z
Hector solved 2023-03-09T12:25:46.810Z
Mr Tex solved 2023-03-09T12:40:03.024Z
dplass solved 2023-03-09T12:42:15.201Z
Abide solved 2023-03-09T13:26:17.322Z
Darth solved 2023-03-09T13:27:52.258Z
boharr solved 2023-03-09T14:19:33.023Z
DrTom solved 2023-03-09T14:29:21.425Z
Pair O Ducks solved 2023-03-09T14:36:59.984Z
ajk solved 2023-03-09T15:58:56.543Z
MatthewL solved 2023-03-09T16:05:38.104Z
Jaclyn solved 2023-03-09T17:01:17.843Z
Dow Jones solved 2023-03-09T17:17:09.263Z
Ergcat solved 2023-03-09T17:18:09.686Z
BarbaraK solved 2023-03-09T17:44:14.116Z
lbray53 solved 2023-03-09T17:54:15.884Z
Mikey G solved 2023-03-09T18:20:12.101Z
HeadinHome solved 2023-03-09T18:33:18.725Z
whimsy solved 2023-03-09T19:00:11.725Z
KayW solved 2023-03-09T19:55:24.978Z
Bbaack solved 2023-03-09T21:43:42.401Z
Laura M solved 2023-03-09T23:07:04.905Z
SeamusOL solved 2023-03-09T23:20:56.740Z
Golem solved 2023-03-10T00:02:15.274Z
Tyrpmom solved 2023-03-10T03:41:37.396Z
Abide solved 2023-03-10T04:18:26.936Z
LesY solved 2023-03-10T12:16:56.126Z
woozy solved 2023-03-10T16:04:42.655Z
markhr solved 2023-03-10T20:19:27.437Z
JM solved 2023-03-11T15:13:03.991Z
Qmark solved 2023-03-12T05:56:57.895Z
swagdude solved 2023-04-07T17:26:28.642Z
MrTheHan solved 2023-05-01T19:30:07.260Z

Comments

rjy 🤓1:11 · 2023-03-09T12:21:04.538Z
Got it from the prompt/title, not yet sure of the backsolve
- rjy 🤓1:11 · 2023-03-09T14:07:20.705Z
  duh! nevermind…
Darth 🤓52s · 2023-03-09T13:29:06.353Z
Solved in 52s... way too long! I need to get up to speed! =) Thanks, Ben!
- rjy 🤓1:11 · 2023-03-09T14:05:34.352Z
  Dayumn! Beat me by 19s
Abide 🤓52s · 2023-03-09T13:50:32.633Z
Yes, the backsolve took longer than the research!
Hector 🤓35s · 2023-03-09T15:00:29.220Z
Nice. BTW, I think it's important that MMe's meta title is actually "Rally for the Final Frontier (7)"
- benchen71 constructor · 2023-03-09T22:29:13.051Z
  Corrected. (I haven't been able to solve that one yet, so thanks for the nudge!)
MatthewL 🤓1:02 · 2023-03-09T16:06:48.018Z
Now this is more my speed.
Ergcat 🤓1:50 · 2023-03-09T17:19:06.537Z
thanks for a fun puzzle! Needed it cause I'm never going to get the MEOW this week!
whimsy 🤓46s · 2023-03-09T19:02:27.199Z
Suddenly, I'm "smart" again! :) Thanks, Ben!
KayW 🤓30s · 2023-03-09T19:57:16.939Z
I confess I googled rather than solved. Now to see if I can figure out WHY that's the answer. Thanks Ben!
woozy 🤓42s · 2023-03-10T16:07:56.965Z
Okay.... Got it from the prompt.

And I see that the diagonals spell MOMS and MARS but... not sure I get the rest.

Um, are these hints to Josh's or MMe's? I'm getting no-where on those.
- dplass 🤓25s · 2023-03-10T18:18:47.400Z
  Same
- benchen71 constructor · 2023-03-10T21:20:43.082Z
  The diagonals are all there is. From that I hoped people would know the answer.
JM 🤓3:12 · 2023-03-11T15:18:21.708Z
Nice! Looking for a few more of these.

Play today's daily mini crossword

Pete's crossword competition (abbr.)

Across

1A
Pete's crossword competition (abbr.)
5A
Ruth's homeland
6A
Humorist Bombeck
7A
Apparently there are seven on Earth?

Down

1D
Belonging to the muggle who recently posted a meta with the title "Rally for the Final Frontier (7)"
2D
"I want some ___" (Claudia's creepy line in "Interview With A Vampire"
3D
One of the Three Bears
4D
Degrees for some CEOs