Time for a Change
◆ · By Mikey G · Published 2022-12-31T18:30:44.934Z
Meta Prompt
[Level 3] The answer to the meta is a common 8-word phrase.
I hope all of you are having a great, puzzling end to 2022. May your 2023 be filled with all that is true and good! Best of luck on my last meta of the year!
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Across
- 1ANight lights
- 6AGives a darn?
- 10ANot exactly the best cuisine ever, let's put it that way
- 14A"Well, golly, shucks, and other similar exclamations!"
- 15A"And make it snappy!"
- 16AIt might be found on your icebox shelf
- 17AGet the vapors
- 18ABlack is the world's most common
- 20AOut-of-date, literally referring to a time "before the flood"
- 22ASpanish Armada event
- 23APasses
- 26AWhat you might need to become a roads scholar
- 29ABaby fox
- 31AI had a joke about moldy bread to share, but my humor is ___
- 34AThe party planner couldn't pitch any strikes, but he could throw a ___
- 36ACosecant's reciprocal
- 37AVariety of a popular card game
- 38AYou might hear it on the radio
- 39ABorn: Fr.
- 40AWhat you should take during my lectures
- 42AMann of "The Simpsons"
- 43ARuminates
- 45AShoe designer Blahnik
- 47AHow a ballerina might dance
- 49AWe didn't have enough help at the salon, but we ___
- 51AWhat jerks might give you
- 55AIn "Dancing with the Stars" routines, this style is often performed with no shoes
- 58AWhen I told too many puns to my neurologist, it really ___
- 61AIt really raises a stink
- 62ASee 46-Down
- 63AJob experience?
- 64AKid
- 65AMost audacious
- 66ACertain IDs
- 67ATizzies
Down
- 1DDavenports
- 2DMacbeth's title
- 3DFeeling you might get when you can't get a Week 1 meta right away
- 4DClass of mathematical numbers
- 5DFirm appointment
- 6DMort who said "My life needs editing"
- 7DHe emerged as "red, all over like an hairy garment" (Genesis 25:25)
- 8DPut aside
- 9DYou probably don't get just a single instance on an ice cream cone
- 10DThey might be up against the wall
- 11D"THAT IS SO HILARIOUS THAT I'M AUDIBLY AND LITERALLY GUFFAWING RIGHT NOW"
- 12DArtist whose surname sounds like an interjection
- 13D"P" of many acronyms
- 19DPiccolo player, perhaps?
- 21DWhere, unlike my sparkling online self, I am usually terrified to interact with people, for short
- 24DPackaging cord (I had a pun about this, but I won't string you along)
- 25DIf: Sp.
- 27DHelp - but not like you should!
- 28DLate Cub Ron whose number 10 was retired
- 30DYou need them to drive
- 31D"Is that a genuine pillow covering?" "No, it's such a ___"
- 32DTime I often get up on a Saturday, realizing full well I have to clue all of these entries before noon CST
- 33DHandle found on some appliances?
- 35DCubs fan?
- 38DWhat you can deliver, with "the"
- 41D"All the Books" or "What Should I Read Next?"
- 43DLiberty Hardy and whoever her sidekick is that day on "All the Books"
- 44DGive heed
- 46DWith 62-across, "Exodus" author
- 48D1/6 fl. oz.
- 50DOthers: Sp.
- 52DHawaii's "Garden Island"
- 53DYoung partner?
- 54DCohost of Hall and Schumer at the 94th Oscars
- 56D"I'm so odd, I can't ___" (avant-garde millennial's words)
- 57DPredicament
- 58DFocal point
- 59DCholer
- 60D"___ the season to feed me lots of crunchies" (Ginger Cat's carol - and I think that's every season)