January 26th (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2023-01-24T05:00:19.093Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is suggested by something that happens three times in the grid
If you will allow me to get political, here's a meta puzzle that speaks to this time of year here in Australia. The answer to the meta is suggested by something that happens three times in the grid. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=119052#p119052
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Checking for previous play data...
My first guess at the meta was "aussie aussie aussie"!1A
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- 1AAbrupt transitions from one sequence to another
- 5ASacrifice location
- 10APart of a cathedral
- 14AGetting the job done
- 15AOf service
- 16ASound of relief
- 17APrefix for byte, still associated in my mind with the downloading of mp3s
- 18APoker giveaways
- 19AEGOT winner, lyricist Tim ___
- 20AExtremely
- 22AClean thoroughly, as a car
- 24ALatin expression used to justify claims that land may be acquired by a state's occupation of it, and very much not true of Australia before 1788
- 28AOpposite of offs
- 29AHomer's barkeep
- 30AMineral spring
- 31AIn favour of
- 32APunctuation mark that comes in an Oxford variety
- 34AAustralia's national gemstone
- 35A___ and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- 40ACries heard at the bullfight
- 41ATeacher that Emmett falls hard for in "Back to the Future 3"
- 42AClumsy one
- 43AFlavour enhancer, for short
- 46AIATA code for John Wayne Airport (and the first three letters of 51 down for my Australian solvers)
- 47A#1 single
- 50ACorporate term for Australia's indigenous peoples
- 54AAsk over
- 55ACourage and fortitude
- 56ALength squared, for a square
- 58A"Get Out" director, Jordan ___
- 60ACoup d'___
- 61AYin's counterpart
- 62ADog-___ (like a well used book)
- 63ADepartment store section
- 64AWhere you find aglets in relation to shoe laces
- 65AElvis' blue shoe leather
- 66A"Smooth Operator" singer
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- 1DRegain consciousness
- 2DNegative way of referring to an odd number?
- 3DAFL team, Richmond ___
- 4DFab Four drummer, Ringo ___
- 5DRight or condition of self-government
- 6D4G go-with, on phones
- 7DFrequent Wes Anderson actress, ___ Swinton
- 8DBack streets
- 9DTake it easy
- 10DMonth in which Australians celebrate ANZAC day
- 11DEnglish historical novelist, ___ Gregory, best known for "The Other Boleyn Girl"
- 12D"Be with you in a ___"
- 13DFemale sheep
- 21DBirth country of Dwayne Johnson's mother
- 23DThe Amazing Mumford's magic words: "___ peanut butter sandwiches!"
- 25DTrial version
- 26DRussia's ___ Mountains
- 27DThe sun
- 32DCircular music media
- 33DSection of a circumference
- 34DOut ___ limb
- 35DJai ___ (ball game)
- 36DAdd to your social circle
- 37DRomance author of "Not My Romeo" fame, ___ Madden-Mills (just trying to get away from "Casablanca")
- 38DLargest moon in the solar system, in orbit around Jupiter
- 39DFurious
- 40DSlangy sound of discomfort
- 43DUS cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981
- 44DActor who took on Tommy Lee Jones in "US Marshals", Wesley ___
- 45DFrench cake
- 47DDouglas Adams' quote: "If you pour your milk into a cup of ___, you will scald the milk." (from "The Salmon of Doubt")
- 48DWhere you can find Uluru, for example
- 49DAfrican fly
- 51DSausages in Aussie slang
- 52DBig name in tractors
- 53DList components
- 56DSailor's "yes"
- 57DManaged
- 59DWas in front