Physicist whose name is associated with a paradox concerning the discrepancy between the lack of conclusive evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life and the apparently high likelihood of its existence
47A
Misfortune
48A
One of 10,000 in a band fronted by Natalie Merchant, apparently
50A
Apt acronym for the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria
51A
Place to stay
52A
That thing's
53A
Take a chance
55A
Min. fractions
57A
Piece of parchment
59A
Back-to-health process
62A
Reach
65A
Fashion designer Christian ___
67A
News story's first sentence
68A
They have the meats, supposedly
69A
Shirt brand that was not started by a Superman baddie
70A
"___ bien!"
71A
Under siege
72A
The Darlings' dog
73A
Taxpayer IDs
Down
1D
Collaborative website
2D
Thor's father
3D
Gumboots in Britain
4D
Occupied, as a table
5D
Bout enders
6D
Nest eggs, briefly
7D
What Professor Higgins might have said to Miss Doolittle when he was pleasantly surprised by her transformation
8D
Response to "Not so!"
9D
Golden Horseshoe waterway that passes through the Southern Ontario city of Niagara Falls
10D
Nothing but
11D
Confidentiality doc.
12D
Kipling novel
13D
One ___ time (individually)
21D
Price (less transportation) charged by the producer for petroleum or natural gas
23D
1914-18 conflict, for short
25D
"Milk me!"
27D
People who desire happiness or success for others
28D
"Lights, camera, ___!"
29D
Southernmost borough of New York City, ___ Island
30D
Powder cleanser with a French name
31D
Where Noah's Ark landed
33D
Dating from
35D
Get it
38D
___ Lee cheesecakes
41D
CBS forensic drama
46D
Event hosts (abbr.)
49D
Coupe or sedan
54D
Sculptor of "The Thinker"
56D
Ancient Britons
57D
Eyelid problem
58D
"I'm not saying you're not mentally ill, for all I know, you're crazy as a ___!" (Brad Pitt's character in "12 Monkeys")
60D
Gulf near Yemen
61D
Good Queen ___ (Elizabeth I)
62D
Gift of the ___
63D
Prior to, poetically
64D
Recipe amt.
66D
Nutritional fig.
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Looking At The World From The Bottom Of A Well (Meta)
The answer to the meta can be seen from the bottom of a well
I had never heard of Mike Doughty or the band he used to front, Soul Coughing. But when Paste Magazine included a song called "Looking At The World From The Bottom Of A Well" on one of their monthly sample CDs, I was hooked. Turns out Mike had just released the first single from his latest solo album "Haughty Melodic" (which, for us cryptic crossworders, is an anagram of the artist's fuller name, Michael Doughty.) It's a catchy little tune, quite simple in its chord structure, but the end result is extremely memorable. So much so that, nearly 20 years later, this song has become the inspiration for a "week 1" meta. The answer to the meta can be seen from the bottom of a well. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=180954#p180954
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Fun puzzle that evokes a very serene thought (unless you are actually stuck in the bottom of a well!). At first I did not see the last well and got RATS, which I suppose is a possibility but not as satisfying.