Best Intentions (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2023-02-07T05:00:46.292Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a two-word movie title
I put this puzzle together while being treated for kidney stones - yikes, those little things are painful! So it is possible that this one won't hang together as well as you might expect. So with that caveat, jump in and see if you can solve the meta by discovering a two-word movie title. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=120463#p120463
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Club in a Manilow song
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- 1AClub in a Manilow song
- 5ARoyal decree
- 10ABaby bears
- 14ANetflix rival
- 15ARange below alto
- 16AQuod ___ demonstrandum
- 17ACoup d'___
- 18APick on
- 19A"For the ___ of all that's holy!"
- 20ACan't do ___ (need)
- 22ASmall pastry case with a filling of fruit or other sweet or savoury mixture
- 24ADetermined to do
- 25ASir's counterpart
- 26AFollower of Jah, for short
- 29AComes down in flakes
- 32ACash points
- 35ATropical tuber
- 37ASabre-tooth from "Ice Age"
- 39A___-80 (early home computer - I had one of these!)
- 40APlanet with a moon whose name looks like a number, both of which are found in this puzzle's title
- 42APaper size (abbr.)
- 43AMigratory bird named after the Latin for "I am green"
- 45ANoddy's creator, ___ Blyton
- 46A"Let It Go" singer
- 47APretty good grade
- 49ACounty east of London
- 51AFragrant chemical compound
- 53AFollowers of Guru Nanak
- 57AType of Ray-Bans made famous by Maverick
- 60AChicken pot ___ (broth)
- 62ASt. Paul's state
- 63AWho you have to rob to pay Paul
- 65APlantation in "Gone With the Wind"
- 66ADanish shoe brand
- 67A___ keyboard (types)
- 68AFather of X AE A-XII
- 69AClose by
- 70AMountain climber's spike
- 71A___ meme (internet content that has lost its value through overuse)
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- 1DEnjoys gum
- 2DOpposite of innie
- 3D"The West Wing" actor, Oliver ___
- 4DWriters
- 5D"___ Brute?"
- 6DN,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide's common name
- 7D___ nutshell
- 8D___ del Sol
- 9DTire patterns
- 10D"It's me!" (but more pretentiously)
- 11DRussia's ___ Mountains
- 12DUse the oven
- 13D41 down's annotation
- 21DBon Jovi's "Livin' ___ prayer"
- 23DTime off, for short
- 25DNASA program that visited Venus, Mars and Mercury (but not 40 across)
- 27D"The Simpsons" character, Disco ___
- 28DRecord using a VCR
- 30DWater source
- 31DSome NCOs
- 32DOff-road transport, for short
- 33DPre-, mid-, or post-___ (different premill. interpretations of the End Times)
- 34DCar sticker letters
- 36DSinger, ___ Redding
- 38DWaititi's main squeeze (congrats on the recent engagement!)
- 40DTilt
- 41DPublishing staff (abbr.)
- 44D___ of Aquitaine
- 46DUsed to be
- 48DClog, as a drain
- 50DJargon suffix
- 52DRecursive acronym for ERESI Reverse Engineering Software Interface
- 54DEucalypt-eating marsupial
- 55DWyandot people
- 56DPunish with the palm
- 57D"You said it!"
- 58DOpposite of virtue
- 59DAncient Peruvian
- 60DMexican money
- 61DTeheran's country
- 64DVietnamese holiday