Looking At The World From The Bottom Of A Well (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2024-10-01T06:00:01.548Z
Meta Prompt
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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Stuns, in a good way
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Across
- 1AStuns, in a good way
- 5ATaika Waititi, for example
- 9AFictional chocolate factory owner
- 14ANoggin notion
- 15AVein contents
- 16ACall off the romance
- 17ABagpiper's attire
- 18ANaCl, for example
- 19AAndean pack animal
- 20ARelative by marriage
- 22ALento
- 24ACouple in the tabloids
- 26A"The Music Man" setting
- 27AIs no longer
- 30AProhibit
- 32AGive temporarily
- 34APancrustacean hexapod invertebrate
- 36Acrosshare.___
- 37ADoesn't win
- 39AΔ
- 40ASlangy assent
- 42ALatin eggs
- 43AIgnited again
- 44ASprang up
- 45APhysicist 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
- 47AMisfortune
- 48AOne of 10,000 in a band fronted by Natalie Merchant, apparently
- 50AApt acronym for the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria
- 51APlace to stay
- 52AThat thing's
- 53ATake a chance
- 55AMin. fractions
- 57APiece of parchment
- 59ABack-to-health process
- 62AReach
- 65AFashion designer Christian ___
- 67ANews story's first sentence
- 68AThey have the meats, supposedly
- 69AShirt brand that was not started by a Superman baddie
- 70A"___ bien!"
- 71AUnder siege
- 72AThe Darlings' dog
- 73ATaxpayer IDs
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- 1DCollaborative website
- 2DThor's father
- 3DGumboots in Britain
- 4DOccupied, as a table
- 5DBout enders
- 6DNest eggs, briefly
- 7DWhat Professor Higgins might have said to Miss Doolittle when he was pleasantly surprised by her transformation
- 8DResponse to "Not so!"
- 9DGolden Horseshoe waterway that passes through the Southern Ontario city of Niagara Falls
- 10DNothing but
- 11DConfidentiality doc.
- 12DKipling novel
- 13DOne ___ time (individually)
- 21DPrice (less transportation) charged by the producer for petroleum or natural gas
- 23D1914-18 conflict, for short
- 25D"Milk me!"
- 27DPeople who desire happiness or success for others
- 28D"Lights, camera, ___!"
- 29DSouthernmost borough of New York City, ___ Island
- 30DPowder cleanser with a French name
- 31DWhere Noah's Ark landed
- 33DDating from
- 35DGet it
- 38D___ Lee cheesecakes
- 41DCBS forensic drama
- 46DEvent hosts (abbr.)
- 49DCoupe or sedan
- 54DSculptor of "The Thinker"
- 56DAncient Britons
- 57DEyelid 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")
- 60DGulf near Yemen
- 61DGood Queen ___ (Elizabeth I)
- 62DGift of the ___
- 63DPrior to, poetically
- 64DRecipe amt.
- 66DNutritional fig.