Both Sides Now (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2024-09-10T06:00:58.467Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a 7-letter word
Joni Mitchell's song "Both Sides Now" is a beautiful song with amazing lyrics full of deep melancholy. On a personal level, I actually have a childhood memory of my father playing the guitar and singing this song. Only problem is I misheard the lyrics and thought he was singing about looking at both sides of clowns, which didn't make much sense to me at the time! And now the song (and not that memory!) has inspired this meta, the answer to which is a 7-letter word. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=178941#p178941
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Wine box invented in Australia
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- 1AWine box invented in Australia
- 5AActress ___ Ward
- 9AGuitar gizmo
- 13ACasual greeting
- 14AWay out
- 15AActor Dev ___
- 16ASinger Celine ___
- 17ASee 36 across
- 19A"___ Reader" Taylor Swift song that just so happens to be playing right now
- 21AInfo on an envelope
- 22ASince Jan. 1
- 25AMathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam's stagename
- 26APeter Weir movie "The ___ Living Dangerously"
- 30ASkilled speaker
- 32AHeadwear
- 34AMake a mistake
- 35AFlintstone pet that's an anagram of 16 across
- 36AWith 17 across: Queen album with "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "I'm In Love With My Car" (talk about from the sublime to the ridiculous!)
- 37AArchitect I.M. ___
- 38AFully extended, which might help (in tandem with the puzzle title) with step one
- 42AOne sixtieth of an hr.
- 45AKatniss's friend in "The Hunger Games"
- 46ASite for looking up 5 across, 15 across, 26 across, 9 down, and 18 down
- 50AIsrael Kamakawiwo'ole's instrument (check out his stunning version of "Over The Rainbow")
- 51AMexican food in a shell
- 52AEnrages
- 54ARecruit's response
- 56APoetic preposition
- 57AU.N. locale
- 58ALike fine wine
- 60AOpposed to
- 62ARehearsal (or "Kill with a foil" if you are feeling more bloodthirsty)
- 66ASoybean product
- 70AConclude by
- 71ANot doing very much at all
- 72ADiabolically bad (like reusing a clue from last week's MOAT!)
- 73AWith 73 across: Feedline for a joke
- 74ASwarm
- 75ASinger-songwriter Aimee ___
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- 1DAtlantic fish
- 2DYellowfin tuna
- 3DHBO competitor
- 4DHelpful to others
- 5DInvigorating ocean-side quality
- 6DNot part of the deal
- 7DBrightly illuminated
- 8DBaile ___ Cliath (Dublin, to the Irish)
- 9D"It's a Wonderful Life" director Frank ___
- 10DIngested
- 11DRoxette singer/guitarist, ___ Gessle
- 12DGreeting in Rio
- 15DHillary Clinton's campaign chair, John ___
- 18DActress ___ Chapman of silent films
- 20DMoody music genre
- 22DSmallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet
- 23DPrefix meaning "three"
- 24DOne of Jacob's sons
- 27DAgent, casually
- 28DSmelter input
- 29DThe F of TGIF
- 31DAlso
- 32DHuey Lewis and the News song "___ Be Square"
- 33DWhere to find the Taj Mahal
- 36DTiny fraction of 42 across
- 39DAnxious, as a personality
- 40DOne without scissors, perhaps
- 41DWork in the garden
- 42D"___ bien" (very good, in Spanish)
- 43D'50s White House nickname
- 44D'80s video-game console
- 47DChess pieces
- 48DNot sweet, as wine
- 49DPhysicist's deg.
- 52D___ Land (wilderness area in the northeast corner of Australia’s Northern Territory)
- 53DFish catcher
- 55DAppetizer with peanut sauce
- 56DTwo under par
- 59D"Just ___" (Nike slogan)
- 61DThing
- 62DJapanese fashion designer ___ Kawakubo
- 63DYoung ___ (kids)
- 64D"Don't tell anyone" contract (abbr.)
- 65DQuiet suffix
- 67DBiologist's eggs
- 68DTelltale sign of a shark
- 69DBuyant-Ukhaa International Airport code