Party Platter
■ · By Pandora's Blocks Meta Crosswords · Published 2023-02-12T14:00:46.825Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to this week's meta is a 6-letter food commonly consumed at Super Bowl parties.
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Hubbub
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Across
- 1AHubbub
- 7APlace where you might find Sharks and Jets
- 12AThe "form" in one version of the phrase "form follows function"
- 14AThis very moment in time
- 15A"Yowza!"
- 17A2023 NFC Pro Bowl Coach, familiarly
- 18AWhistle blower?
- 19ASass
- 21APop up, in baseball lingo
- 27A"That's ___!" ("No way!")
- 29AKiddicraft : Lego :: Hydrox : ___
- 30ALet a secret slip, say
- 34A"Nip/___" (former FX show about two plastic surgeons)
- 35AKnocked the socks off
- 36A___ Genevieve, Missouri
- 37AWent from point A to point B
- 39A"Like a ___ of bricks"
- 42AAbsolute ___ (what it felt like in much of the US last weekend, even though the true value of this is -459.67°F)
- 43AWoman's undershirt
- 44ANewbie
- 49A2010 Taylor Swift hit that begins, "You, with your words like knives and swords and weapons that you use against me"
- 50AResponse from a sassy student during role call
- 51A"Smile!"
- 55AType of leaf that is (unfortunately) not featured in any major logos, as far as I can tell
- 56AType of leaf that is featured in one of UConn's logos
- 57ABit
- 59ASome IBM-produced "ingredients"
- 66AZones
- 67A"Me too!"
- 68AThe "beauty" in "Beauty and the Beast"
- 69AFussy ___
Down
- 1D"___ humbug!" (Cry from Scrooge)
- 2DCard game with a Spanish name
- 3DStore's discount
- 4D"Gotta go" in textspeak
- 5DSensible
- 6DBird that lays eggs that are twelve times heavier than a chicken's
- 7DWord on the back of many worker's shirts
- 8DDefinitely, absolutely, for sure retired quarterback Brady
- 9DHubbub
- 10DWonder Woman portrayer Gadot
- 11D"My ___!" ("Oh please!")
- 13DKnitter's need
- 16DFounder and ___ (common title for an entrepreneur)
- 19DPines (after)
- 20DAdvice, so to speak
- 22DCTRL + ___ + DEL
- 23DLike Vassar, post-1969
- 24D"Body on Me" singer Rita ___
- 25DDriver's "Star Wars" character
- 26DFirm refusals
- 28DWapiti
- 31DWreak ___
- 32DRam's mate
- 33DIt may be made of roses or lies
- 37D"Let's Generalize About ___" (song from "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend")
- 38DPart of WHO?
- 39DMake like an opossum, say
- 40DComets and black cats, to some
- 41DInning for many a walk off
- 42D97.5% of a penny
- 43DLoops in, in a way
- 44DTexting format: Abbr.
- 45DTest of royalty?
- 46D(No longer) Devilishly good athlete?
- 47DOwns
- 48D"Methinks..."
- 52DLongtime role for Laurie
- 53DBreak a fast or breakfast
- 54D___ out a living
- 58D"At the drop of ___"
- 59DTaxi
- 60DChalcocite or calamine (or, honestly, just "rock" if we're not being picky)
- 61DNickname for two Spice Girls
- 62DFriend
- 63D___ v. Wade
- 64DEach
- 65DBro's sib.