Thinking Music (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2023-06-13T06:00:54.443Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a band
Some people can study with music playing and others can't. Me, I like listening to music while I work on something else; I find it helps me think. (I listened to Dua Lipa's "Future Nostalgia" as I constructed this puzzle - "Love Again" is a bop!) If you're anything like me, then this puzzle's for you. So start listening to your favourite album and if the music doesn't distract you, you should find your way to the meta answer, which is a band. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=133127#p133127
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Hospital employee
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- 1AHospital employee
- 6A"A River Runs Through It" actor, ___ Pitt
- 10AE pluribus ___
- 14APizza makers
- 15ALake Lucerne's backdrop
- 16AJapanese wrestling
- 17APop song's visual accompaniment that could involve kids performing in a stage play, for example
- 19AConcert equipment
- 20ATouched down
- 21AWay up or down
- 23AApprox.
- 24AMiami Dolphins quarterback, ___ Marino
- 25ARuth's homeland
- 26ARoman love god
- 28AMoment of shuteye
- 29AThere once was a band from Winnipeg, Whose songs would make your heart jig. Their tunes were so sweet, With rhythms complete, Their fame spread with every gig! (courtesy of ChatGPT), for example
- 33A"These entrails are simply ___!" (pun for fans of MikeyG and DrTom)
- 36APrefix for -phore that will have you waving flags in no time
- 37ATake ___ from (emulate)
- 38ABlissful state to a Buddhist (and not the answer to the meta!)
- 40ACornbread variety named for where it's baked
- 42AZeno of ___
- 43AMasterCard alternative
- 45AVoice of Dory, ___ DeGeneres
- 46AJoseph's younger brother
- 48AProfessional charge
- 49AArrive
- 50ANot very spicy
- 52ADer, die, ___
- 55ANSW newspaper
- 57AForm notions
- 59AOne-track audio
- 60A"Mary had a little ___, she ate it with mint sauce" (that went dark fast!)
- 62AGoes in hard, like a car into a wall during seat-belt safety checks
- 64A"If ___ be so bold..."
- 65AWords of approximation
- 66AAlaskan native
- 67ALion's pride?
- 68AWhat ChatGPT definitely isn't if the clue for 29 across is anything to go by
- 69ASenator, ___ McConnell
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- 1DDesert wanderer
- 2DDangly bit at the back of your throat
- 3DSticky pine product
- 4DAgitated state
- 5DUpper left keyboard key
- 6DBig name in water filters
- 7DTamed, as a stallion (in 10 down)
- 8DHow old you are at your first birthday?
- 9DScience fair exhibits, often
- 10DIt's between Can. and Mex.
- 11DRelating to numbers
- 12DBaseball officials, for short
- 13DNearly all
- 18DLetters on a brandy bottle
- 22DOwner (abbr.) of Arista Records, the label for the band that is the answer to the meta and whose band members' first names can be found in the grid
- 25D___ fide (in bad faith)
- 27DDelphic prophet
- 28DWW2 Code Talkers language
- 30DGiant-screen format
- 31DPickle-to-be, informally
- 32DFinely sharpened
- 33DCertain ground-floor apartment
- 34DPut in the archives
- 35DOmar Sy, for example
- 36DNorthern Scandinavian people-group
- 39DMention one's VIP pals
- 41DListen to
- 44DAs a group
- 47D35 down, if we were close
- 48DTake off
- 51D"Some Like ___"
- 52DPastry with a hole
- 53DBit of tomfoolery
- 54DTrue, in days of yore
- 55DSlender
- 56DOne of the Three Bears
- 58D35 down's currency
- 59DSmall version
- 61D"See ya!"
- 63DComputer model, for short