Pack Up Your Troubles
■ · By Wendy Walker · Published 2023-06-11T12:00:37.921Z
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is something you'd find at an airport or a golf course.
"Where do constructors get their ideas for metas?" Well, I got the idea for this puzzle when I drove past the Kennett Square Golf & Country Club on my way home from running errands (in the photo: "a testy opener, Number 1 begins the descent into the golf course. A severely sloping fairway steers a well-placed tee shot away from the left-hand fairway bunker, 245 yards from the tee, and onto a level spot on the short grass"). I THINK I put my groceries in the fridge before firing up Crosshare, but I'm not entirely sure. Here's hoping you find this a pleasant SSSolve. Nudges at noon! And a relevant prize will go to a randomly selected solver!
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- 1AReserve
- 5AGo-getter's attitude
- 10ABar assoc. member
- 13AComparable
- 15AIt's enough to make you cry
- 16AKeanu in "The Matrix"
- 17ARaison ___
- 18AToxic
- 20AEnglish class assignment
- 21ATasty green orbs
- 22ABroadcast
- 23APresent
- 24AChoir section
- 25AWithout a doubt
- 27ADye type
- 28AHe plays Det. Tutuola on "CSI: Special Victims Unit"
- 29A"Queen of Mean" hotelier Helmsley
- 30ADeletion
- 32A"How much is that ___ in the window?"
- 33ALively, bordering on chaotic
- 34AWhat a frayed tee might become
- 35AAncient ascetic
- 38AGets ready
- 42ATorso covering
- 43ABills useful for making change
- 44AThey were jrs. last year
- 46AFifty after
- 47AWhat makes blue cheese blue
- 48A"Wait! I almost forgot!"
- 49AIt might be pale
- 50A"Ciao, baby!"
- 51AVanished without a ___
- 52A"When it absolutely, positively has to be there ___"
- 54AIt beats rock but loses to scissors
- 55A"___ Miserables"
- 56AEarly Mexican
- 57APilot
- 58ASuffix for count or priest
- 59ACut dramatically, as a budget
- 60AWhirlpool
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- 1DNeighborhood market
- 2DIt fits all
- 3DChooses
- 4DGold measure
- 5DLink
- 6DFunicello or Bening
- 7DMandarin greeting
- 8D"Nobody ___ it better"
- 9D___ whim (spontaneously)
- 10DGoggle coating
- 11DResident of Iran's capital
- 12DPlaything
- 14DHe created "Curious George"
- 19DBirds do it; so do bees
- 24DNot obtuse
- 25DSwells uncomfortably
- 26DNorma ___ (Sally Field role)
- 28DEnjoys
- 31DPaul Revere on his midnight ride, say
- 32DToweled off
- 35DId ___ (i.e.)
- 36D"Bringing in the ___"
- 37DOnly these folks are entitled to cast stones
- 38DComforts
- 39DOpen a gate
- 40DLike a horseshoe
- 41DContinue
- 45D1962 Four Seasons hit originally called "Jackie Baby"
- 47DMolten rock
- 48DSpeak in public
- 50DTurn over soil before planting
- 51DDoes a Mischief Night prank
- 52D___ Miss (Southern university)
- 53DRejections