Pet Sounds (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2024-01-09T05:00:13.258Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is what you can hear hiding in the puzzle
I can't really say too much about this one without spoiling it, so I won't. The answer to the meta is what you can hear hiding in the puzzle. Answer & explanation (and nyan cat gif): https://xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=153689#p153689
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Thanks, Ben!1A
"___ John B"
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Across
- 1A"___ John B"
- 6AAdult insect
- 11A___ wheels ("Ooh, shiny!)
- 14AInstrument that is tuned with a hammer
- 15ARelating to form
- 16AUnder the weather
- 17APossible answer to the question, "What flavor is that quark?"
- 18AModify, as a law
- 19AMaiden name preceder
- 20A"Young man, you come here right ___!"
- 22A"Wouldn't it be ___"
- 23AZaire's Mobutu ___ Seko (that, at least, is googleable; the other option was "Exclamation found in Shakespeare that might mean 'cease'")
- 24AFlat ___ pancake
- 25AWhat Santa's laugh consists of
- 27ACamera type, for short
- 29ABlack and white symbol
- 33A2 days before 38 down
- 36AMission that was the location for a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution
- 39AKing Saul's medium's town
- 40AApple music players
- 42A"___ only knows"
- 43AFrighten
- 44AFree of charge
- 45AAs a friend, in French (and the title of S07E15 of "The X Files")
- 47AGaping chasm
- 48AEncouraged (with "on")
- 50ASommelier's prefix
- 52ASixth sense, for short
- 53AUpper house rep.
- 55ASailing far from land
- 59A"Don't ___ (put your head on my shoulder)"
- 62AHolders of property deeds
- 65A"You have 3 choices: option C, B, ___"
- 66AInstrument with bellows
- 67AElijah Wood or Aston Kutcher, for example
- 68APen name?
- 69APeople that get things done
- 70ACivil war historian, Shelby ___
- 71AHairy Tibetan
- 72ANemesis
- 73A"___ there's an answer" (but it's got absolutely nothing to do with the Beach Boys)
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- 1D___ the dummy (loses one's temper)
- 2DGracefully slender
- 3DGreen place in a desert
- 4DDifficult burdens
- 5DBursts, as a balloon
- 6DApple computers
- 7D"Aquaman" star, Jason ___
- 8DArabian gulf
- 9DPerson who said, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win"
- 10DLong in the tooth
- 11DShort skirt
- 12DObi Wan actor, ___ Guiness
- 13DElation
- 21DVoice of Darth Vader, James ___ Jones
- 22D"Bye Bye Bye" band
- 26DOutfit for a newborn
- 28DThings that go "pew pew pew" in space movies
- 29D"The greatest teacher, failure is" speaker
- 30DFirst line of the Ogden Nash poem entitled "Fleas" (the second, and last, line is "had 'em")
- 31DWith 49 down: Writer/director of "Sleepless In Seattle"
- 32DGot bigger
- 33DTransgressions
- 34DPer unit
- 35DBean curd
- 37DLong in the tooth
- 38D2 days after 33 across
- 41DJason Mantzoukas' character in "The Good Place"
- 46DStereo predecessor
- 49DSee 31 down
- 51D"___ of the North" (1922 silent documentary)
- 53DInsincere flattery
- 54DWee
- 56DApply a patch
- 57DPoet's Muse
- 58DGood ___ (restored)
- 59DHardworking English character actor, ___ Jones
- 60DAussie equivalent of a Grammy
- 61D"Jesus looked at him and loved him. 'One thing you ___,' he said. 'Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.'" (Mark 10:21)
- 63DCurved molding
- 64DSomething that really needs to be added to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
- 66DSomething 57 down might inspire