Erratic Kelp
◆ · By Wendy Walker · Published 2024-04-01T04:02:24.610Z
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a well-known Muggle constructor suggested by nine grid answers.
It's Monday, April 1, and in this puzzle we're celebrating the birthday of a well-known Muggle constructor who, even though he's been with us for only a year, has made quite an impression on us all. And how better to celebrate his birthday than by solving a meta puzzle? Shout-outs to the always-generous AJK for test-solving, our MMM Maestro Peter Abide, and Joe Ross for his formidable formatting skills. Hope you enjoy this one as much as I did creating it.
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Member of the "Daily Planet" newsroom
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- 1AMember of the "Daily Planet" newsroom
- 6A"An apology would ___ long way"
- 9AMember of the "Daily Planet" newsroom
- 14AIts capital is Boise
- 15AGoal
- 16AMartini garnish
- 17AIn a seductive fashion
- 19ACalvin who was impressed with Kramer's physique
- 20AMovie theater chain
- 21A"___ Well That Ends Well"
- 22A"A ___ as good as a mile"
- 23A"That's correct! ____ is indeed the smallest municipality by land area in Massachusetts. Susie, Ken, Ned, your team gets a point!”
- 25A___ qua non
- 26ASmell
- 28ASource for celebrity news
- 32AActress Téa
- 35AAlter, ideally for the better
- 37AFormer Japanese prime minister Shinzo ___
- 38AFemale pronoun (Fr.)
- 39ANot even the fiercest blizzard means it's crisis time in this hardy New York city
- 40ALed Zeppelin hit "___ Mak'er" (which is supposed to sound like "Jamaica")
- 41AFormerly known as
- 42AEat supper
- 43AGets rid of
- 44ASource for celebrity news
- 47A"Me, too"
- 49AWilma's husband
- 50A“Disney again? That’s so drab! Ideally we’d go somewhere like ____, Mississippi. It’s right on the Gulf Coast!”
- 54ACommit perjury on behalf of
- 57AGlitch
- 59AVito Corleone's honorific
- 60AJoin the cast of
- 61AAppliance that seems like it should be smaller?
- 63APassover cracker
- 64ASinger-songwriter (and now Broadway actress) DiFranco
- 65ASomeone who puts in stitches
- 66AOrgan meat
- 67AIt feeds you blog updates
- 68AOrgan meat
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- 1DFibonacci or Galileo
- 2DSwelling due to fluid buildup
- 3DPopular salad dressing
- 4DChelsea Flower Show org.
- 5DCommon pairing on Valentine's Day cards
- 6D"The unmitigated ___!"
- 7DGreases
- 8DA Little Woman
- 9D"I was only ___!"
- 10DParent's equivocal response
- 11DArchitect van der Rohe
- 12DEarly 11th-century date
- 13DHankerings
- 18DChoir section
- 22DSporty Mazda
- 24DFirst-rate
- 25DCinnamon, cloves, cumin, and so forth
- 27DLaced again
- 29D"Simon ___" (kids' game)
- 30D"Oh, right; a likely story!"
- 31DGen ___ (members of one post-Boomer generation)
- 32DChristian time of repentance
- 33DPeak stat.
- 34DFashion designer Cassini
- 36DLoud noise
- 39DWhere a dam keeps her milk
- 40DEarly Spielberg movie about a diabolical truck
- 43D"Yikes!"
- 45DFlorence art museum
- 46DLike a camper's name labels
- 48D"A rabbi, a priest, and a minister walk into ___"
- 51DCanada's capital is named for this Great Lakes tribe
- 52D"What's the equation for half the unknown? Why, it's just ___ 2"
- 53DStable
- 54DEntree that might be served on a rack
- 55DApple's electric vehicle
- 56DBlues artist James
- 57DTopics for the confessional
- 58DAcronym in several TV show titles
- 61DScratch or dent
- 62DSmall