Nominative Geography (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2024-01-16T05:00:45.691Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a book by 69 across
I had this meta idea in my notes for a while now, so I don't recall what the seed was. It was a stretch to get all of the required pieces into the grid, but then I went and made it into a pangram! I hope I haven't made the grid too difficult as a result; I've tried to provide some additional help where it might be needed the most. The meta should not be too difficult, though. The answer to the meta is a book by 69 across. Answer & explanation: https://xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=154440#p154440
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- 1ATake possession of
- 8ASubmit, as a contest entry
- 14AContinued for a loooooong time, like news coverage when there really isn't anything new to say
- 15ABon Jovi song, "You Give Love A ___"
- 16ABuilding material probably used in a lot of French architecture
- 17A"Fast & Furious" franchise protagonist, Brian ___ (played by Paul Walker)
- 18AMedical breakthrough
- 19AMake a formal statement at a wedding
- 21APosed a question
- 23ACastle pinnacle, a good perch for ravens that, according to superstition, protect the English Crown
- 24ALowest point
- 27ATakes care of
- 31AFord in the 2005 movie adaptation of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
- 34ADirector, Cecil B. De___
- 36ACome down like ___ of bricks
- 37APasses, as time
- 39AWhere to borrow a book or scroll if you lived in Egypt in antiquity
- 42A"Star Trek" navigator
- 43AProtein-building acid
- 45ASpar in a ring
- 46AInside info, that just might pay off down the track
- 49AThe Jetsons' dog
- 51AIt's blocked by a cream with an SPF
- 53ANightmare location of film, for short
- 57AEgyptian flower left outside in a Prince movie?
- 62ADuchess's husband who presents awards at the drop of a Scottish hat
- 63AImmediately, or at the very least very quickly
- 64A1987 Pet Shop Boys hit
- 66ACombinations of two areas (the answer includes a letter that made this puzzle into a pangram, which has absolutely nothing to do with the meta!)
- 67AMade like a horse, vocally
- 68AFigaro, in a Rossini opera set in Spain
- 69AAuthor of "Fox in Sox" and other classic children's books
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- 1DPet protection org.
- 2DNot quite a B but still slightly better than average
- 3DSubatomic particle (or a Ferengi in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"; actually, now that I think about it the sort of solvers who would know the latter clue would probably also know the first clue!)
- 4DInvisible
- 5DAcronym for all network-connected appliances everywhere
- 6DWished undone
- 7DInfinitive form of the verb that conjugates "je suis, tu es, il/elle est ..."
- 8DLong-tailed, colourful parrots
- 9DObject of one's affection, perhaps?
- 10DWhere you can find the cochlea
- 11D"Lift Every Voice" author, ___ Guinier (an anagram of NAIL, in case that helps)
- 12DChatted online
- 13DRomulan played by Eric Bana in the 2009 reboot "Star Trek"
- 15DNecktie made of string
- 20DKey combination that every Windows user knows all too well: ___-ALT-DEL
- 22DRiver blockages
- 25DKick the bucket
- 26DCasablanca's Lund
- 28DShot in the dark
- 29DMatador's opponent
- 30DBlack gemstone
- 31DFit together, like a well-functioning team
- 32DWriter Ijeoma ___ (hidden backwards in COULOMB)
- 33DChemical compound consisting of an ionic assembly of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions
- 35DYalies
- 38DPrearranged conspiracy
- 40DBank account earnings, for short
- 41D"Don't ___ us, get to the chorus" (Berry Gordy, Jr. quote)
- 44DHam go-with in a bread scroll
- 47DHospital tube used to administer fluids, for short
- 48DHave a bias toward
- 50DSomething not wasted on the young (but their time will come!)
- 52DPound sounds / canine comments / lab reports, etc...
- 54DDragon voiced by Eddie Murphy in "Mulan"
- 55D"Gray ___ are gonna clear up..."
- 56DTakes care of
- 57DMr. ___ (Coca-Cola's response to Dr. Pepper)
- 58DSuffix that joins to pet- to form a flowering plant
- 59DMotorola flip phone from 2005
- 60DTrig. function that doesn't use radians or gradians
- 61DAnagram of 7 down that is one letter short of a poetic word for "everlasting"
- 65DBro's sib