Starting Rotation
◆ · By Pandora's Blocks Meta Crosswords · Published 2023-04-09T13:00:05.723Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to this week's meta is someone who might be part of a starting rotation.
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Pull strings?
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Across
- 1APull strings?
- 6AMiner's yield
- 9ACompany that merged with WWE earlier this week
- 12A___ of Cawdor (title for Macbeth)
- 13AWord before fever or bale
- 14A___ bargain
- 16ASettles a legal dispute
- 19AFirst name of a poet whose work appears prominently in "Dead Poets Society"
- 20ATake to court
- 21A"Just Like Paradise" band
- 22AFunctional
- 24AChief executive officer, often
- 27A"In what way?"
- 29AIt's two keys to the right of "Delete" on many keyboards
- 33ASoon, poetically
- 35AHabeas corpus and certiorari, for two
- 36AHBO competitor
- 37AThat's pretty slick!
- 38AAP competitor
- 40AGrind ___ halt
- 41ASought not to be sought, perhaps
- 42ASome World Cup games are decided by them: Abbr.
- 43APoet Ernst Moritz ___
- 45A"I ___ for the future" (line from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off")
- 47ANeighbor of a Chadian
- 49AWestern defense grp.
- 50ACertain Pac-12 athlete
- 54ALast two words of a Hemingway title
- 57AComponent of gender-affirming care, for short
- 58ACapital of Pennsylvania?
- 61AWord that represents "addition" in a common mnemonic
- 62AOne of several buildings at Smith College
- 66A8-Down affliction
- 67ABit of an "overnight" meal
- 68ADark
- 69AFashion designer France
- 70AResult of a successful at bat
- 71AFalls short (in comparison)
Down
- 1DGrand Central and Union, for two: Abbr.
- 2DDrive-___
- 3DBroccoli ___
- 4DBrit's college
- 5DMovement founded by Tarana Burke
- 6DNamesake of a Chicago airport
- 7DSnitch
- 8DBody part with rods and cones
- 9DIn the direction of the heavens
- 10DBeer belly's composition
- 11DMitochondria's domain
- 15DFeasted
- 17DSpit like Cardi B, say
- 18DSerenaded
- 23DPlayground fixture
- 24D"A Tale of ___ Cities" (Dickens novel)
- 25DLoan letters
- 26DBonnie who won Song of the Year for "Just Like That"
- 27DKato Shuson's "I kill an ant / and realize my three children / have been watching," for example
- 28DTripping, in a way
- 30DIce Cube's first name
- 31DRides
- 32DSign of approval
- 34DSubtle difference
- 35D___ title (becomes a champion)
- 37DCovert ___
- 39DUndergraduate program for a future attorney
- 44DSecretary of the Interior Haaland
- 46DLong, long time
- 48DJane who wrote "Ode to Pity"
- 51DAtkins who sang "That Ain't My Truck"
- 52DCoffee container
- 53D"___ to you!"
- 54DAides for profs.
- 55DJabba the ___
- 56DShe sang "Echoes in Rain"
- 58DSurvey
- 59DPennsylvania's "Flagship City"
- 60DCPR pros.
- 63D"How interesting!"
- 64D___ tai (cocktail)
- 65DDouble helix stuff, for short