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I lead you to the answer

· By woozy · Published 2024-02-20T00:31:57.876Z

Meta Prompt
The meta is something you shouldn't feed a crocodile
I warned you I'd do this!
But don't worry. Just have fun and don't take it seriously.
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  • Abide 8s · 2024-02-20T02:13:22.673Z
    Seemed pretty straighforward.
    • KayW 🤓8:13 · 2024-02-20T21:54:23.009Z
      LOL that was wild. I love your clues. But FWIW my first incorrect guess.... er, SUBMISSION! was PENGUIN
      • woozy constructor · 2024-02-21T07:04:39.438Z
        Ha-ha! I almost forgot that! And that would have been a hilarious answer.
      • Laura M 🤓10:06 · 2024-03-01T23:57:04.253Z
        I liked it!
        1A
        Definite article
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        Across
        1. 1A
          Definite article
        2. 4A
          Chatter
        3. 7A
          Digits
        4. 14A
          Large Tub
        5. 15A
          Santa ---; Winds that make meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks
        6. 16A
          Actress Jennifer who seemed to be everywhere 25 years ago
        7. 17A
          Cell division
        8. 19A
          With 27D and 54A, why you shouldn't feed this to a crocodile
        9. 20A
          Jai ---- (has anyone ever seen it played, by the way)
        10. 21A
          That pinniped has my ------ approval
        11. 23A
          "our" in Esperanto
        12. 24A
          South Korean Appliance and Consumer products giant. (Giant! Get it? Because its name is....)
        13. 26A
          Animal companion. (My latest is a little rescue dog name Nova Kane Swanneck-Wiggleworm. We adopted her two days before New Years. The details don't help you but I wanted to introduce her.)
        14. 27A
          "Say you need me with you now and always; Promise me that all you say is true; That's all ---- of you"
        15. 28A
          Have loud words
        16. 31A
          Send a request for a hard copy through your phone or some other Internet device
        17. 33A
          1800 wasn't one, neither was 1900, but 2000 was
        18. 35A
          The universe
        19. 39A
          If I knew what this thing in the sky was, it wouldn't be
        20. 40A
          Important part of a crossword grid
        21. 42A
          Unitary number
        22. 43A
          Wheelhouse
        23. 45A
          Not quite to the point
        24. 47A
          Odisha now and Utkala then
        25. 49A
          Short messages
        26. 50A
          Oodles
        27. 53A
          The disbanding of this school group is, apparently, just cause for defenestration according to a classic Simpson's episode
        28. 54A
          See 19A and 27D
        29. 55A
          Boat propulsion
        30. 56A
          Song in which Joanie Mitchell sings: "I was driving across the burning desert; When I spotted six jet planes Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain; Like the hexagram of the heavens; Like the strings of my guitar" (It was just a false alarm)
        31. 58A
          Went under
        32. 62A
          Pig's foot used as food
        33. 64A
          Ten-gallon hat maker
        34. 66A
          The very beginning
        35. 67A
          Norse goddess of the Underworld
        36. 68A
          Judge in the news 30 years ago
        37. 69A
          Reach the sum of
        38. 70A
          Squid juice
        39. 71A
          All in all, they feel sick
        Down
        1. 1D
          "Robot Chicken" rating
        2. 2D
          Hard rain gonna fall
        3. 3D
          The "At last" singer James is probably more culturally relevant, but if I don't remember the comic strip "Kett" who will?
        4. 4D
          Matter state with separated particles
        5. 5D
          Flowering herb with a distinct fragrance
        6. 6D
          10 is good one if you count on your fingers. HEX is another if you want to make a very frustrating WSJ crossword contest
        7. 7D
          What you are when you are using a hammer
        8. 8D
          Overlooked
        9. 9D
          Annoy
        10. 10D
          Deaf communication across the pond
        11. 11D
          Sumerian king who rescued an eagle; OR Jamaican reggae singer with debut album "The Strong One"
        12. 12D
          Indian flat breads (the other one)
        13. 13D
          Furtive one
        14. 18D
          Lube away
        15. 22D
          Evaluation
        16. 25D
          Geothermal gusher
        17. 27D
          See 19A and 54A
        18. 28D
          Grad
        19. 29D
          Make changes to your loan
        20. 30D
          Mr. Toad escaped from here by dressing as a washer-woman
        21. 31D
          Liquide composé de deux atomes d'hydrogène et d'un atome d'oxygène
        22. 32D
          Prying about in others business
        23. 34D
          Implements used in an operation or activity
        24. 36D
          Champagne choice (and choice champagne)
        25. 37D
          At an indefinite time in the past
        26. 38D
          Collections
        27. 41D
          Genetic messenger
        28. 44D
          Smartphones run on it
        29. 46D
          Perch
        30. 48D
          Apparently with Bluetooth technology we are supposed to forget that this was ever considered important
        31. 50D
          "Hah! Sucka!"
        32. 51D
          Used a 55A
        33. 52D
          Vast and wide
        34. 54D
          Consumed
        35. 56D
          Perched upon
        36. 57D
          When asked his name he answered "I have none, because there were no people to name me"
        37. 59D
          Caveat often associated with used goods
        38. 60D
          "Don't look at me!"
        39. 61D
          Gelatin brand
        40. 63D
          Capote familiarly
        41. 65D
          Huge ungulate
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