My Musketeer Meta
◆ · By Bird Lives · Published 2024-09-30T10:16:29.083Z
Meta Prompt
The answer is a six-letter word.
Nudge 1 The puzzle originally had a different title: “Musketeer Motto Meta.” If you don’t know that motto, Google awaits.
Nudge 2 Each of the two crucial words in that motto appears three times in the grid (once for each Musketeer).
Nudge 3 In those six entries you can swap [insert motto here] to get six new entries.
Nudge 4 Each of those new entries could be clued by one of the other clues in the puzzle. Find those alternate entries and circle their first letter,
Nudge 5 Those letters, in order top to bottom, spell the answer, which desribes the state of the merged Musketeers.
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Thanks, Jay!
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White woman among African primates
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- 1AWhite woman among African primates
- 5AGlass and Gershwin
- 9ANail polish brand with the colors Teal the Cows Come Home and Taupe-Less Beach
- 12AIt gets rid of wrinkles Botox can't be used for (and vice-versa)
- 13ASuit material?
- 14APen name
- 15APope for a few months in 903 (the year, not the area code)
- 16ALate brunch specfication
- 18AWinner ___
- 20AThey rhyme, like Keats and Yeats
- 21ACold, unfriendly
- 22APossible cause of kids choking
- 23AUmp's decisions
- 26AMovie accompaniment
- 29A"___ voce poca fa" (Barber of Seville)
- 30AEmail address ender
- 31AMake stuff up
- 32AWords when it’s over
- 35AEmma or Sharon in Hollywood
- 37A"___ Thou" (Martin Buber)
- 38ALeBron for half his career, briefly
- 39A"___ traveler from an antique land" (Shelley)
- 41A“Funny joke you made there"
- 45AYou might find it in Japanese soup
- 47AIt follows teen or golden
- 48A49ers touchdowns happen there
- 49ABoor
- 50ASlow things down
- 51ANot right
- 52AJust gets by (with "out")
- 53AComponents of matches
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- 1DMake like a runaway bride
- 2DIt's often found in geometry class
- 3DCozy recess
- 4DCover the face (Yes, it's a word. Barely. It's in the OED)
- 5DSetting for ten Shakespeare plays
- 6DAmused text response that's never literal
- 7DGallery merch
- 8DHeed the call
- 9DHeard at the recording session
- 10DPub order
- 11DCool treats in summer
- 17DCampus org. for future lts.
- 19DCooling units, in brief
- 22DYule drink
- 23DFast Eddie after Minnesota Fats missed a shot: "That's my ___"
- 24DAdvice-giving Landers
- 25D"___ the Canyon" (Joni Mitchell)
- 26DLead-in meaning lead-in
- 27DTin follows this twice for a dog
- 28DWord in the Vows section of the paper
- 30DUnited hub
- 33DPossesses in Othello
- 34DMake possible
- 35D___ Paulo
- 36DAl Bundy, Homer Simpson, et al.
- 38DMost derby entries
- 39D"Provided that's true . . "
- 40DIrk
- 41DStick together
- 42DShrek for one
- 43DStraight up at the bar
- 44DA joule has lots of them
- 46DPerfect at NASA