Rainbow (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2022-06-28T06:00:31.743Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is what graffiti artists do with their colors
Here's a more difficult puzzle for you. (Actually, while I initially thought of this as a "week 4" puzzle, after the last few weeks of meta hell I am revising this down to a 2 or maybe 3 at the most!) Please note that this puzzle has been designed with Google in mind. There is no way you know what's needed to solve this meta without it, unless you are a web designer with a photographic memory! The answer to the meta is what graffiti artists do with their colors. Answer and explanation here: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=98505#p98505
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Kindergarten basics
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- 1AKindergarten basics
- 5ALarge brass instrument
- 9A* Proper spelling for the Italian town sometimes spelled "Sienna"
- 14AArctic ice mass
- 15A* How many types of chocolate come as
- 16APhotographer, ___ Adams
- 17A* Capital of Peru
- 18AGap up the side of a skirt
- 19ASI unit of length
- 20ANotable feature of Taylor Swift's relationship with (allegedly) Jake Gyllenhaal, according to "All Too Well"
- 22ADestiny's Child, for example
- 24A* Marty's time-travelling companion, ___ Brown
- 25AComponent of a D&D turn involving dice
- 26A* Japanese writer Ineko ___, whose autobiographical novel was entitled "Crimson"
- 27A* Brother of Violet, in a family of supers
- 30AMove furtively
- 34A"May ___ excused?"
- 37ARear, as children
- 40ASuffix for jack (or jill), resulting in the Australian equivalent of "cowboy" (or "cowgirl")
- 42AGroupings of 6 characters that define HTML color values that you will almost certainly need to Google in order to solve the meta
- 46AHale-___ Comet
- 47ADiving gear
- 48AUnfortunately frequent preacher trope, "my smoking ___ wife"
- 49A* Bird that lays light sky blue eggs
- 52A* Popular Indian clothing, dark sea green salwar ___
- 54ASoviet news agency
- 57AMacbeth's title before becoming king
- 61ASound heard in a milking shed, perhaps
- 64AFour letters from a 1 across lesson, perhaps
- 65A* You might find an iris of light sea green under one
- 66A* Source of medium turquoise, even in ancient times
- 68APlow team
- 70AThunderbird tail features
- 71AVote in
- 72A* What pale golden rod is, in Australia
- 73ANickname for Steven O'Donnell, Australian television presenter, twitch streamer, actor, writer and video game critic (or twangy stringed instrument missing its middle letter)
- 74A* Citrus-flavoured rich desserts, lemon chiffon ___
- 75ALotssss of ssssibilance
- 76A* Modern name for the country that was another ancient source of pale turquoise
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- 1DKey of Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag"
- 2DCaptain of "The Bounty", survivor of a famous mutiny
- 3DAward-winning "Killing Eve" actress, Jodie ___
- 4DNeptune, for example
- 5DCooking measure (abbr.)
- 6DRival of Delta and American (abbr.)
- 7DPeople from England, for short
- 8DBrad Pitt movie, "Ad ___"
- 9DSomeone born in Apia, probably
- 10DSuffix for magaz and margar
- 11DCornerstone abbr.
- 12DRoman emperor who may or may not have started the fire, but certainly blamed the Christians for it
- 13DSmart ___ (Guiness or Baldwin, perhaps?)
- 21DAcademy ___ (cinema honor)
- 23DThird word of TGIF
- 28DThing you include when you want them to send something back to you when they're done with it (abbr.)
- 29DSounds made by sots
- 31DAlways, poetically
- 32DExclamation of frustration
- 33DeReader company
- 34DCardiac dysrhythmia (abbr.)
- 35DTolkien character who was the leader of the first Men to cross the Blue Mountains into Beleriand in the First Age (or Tolkien character who can become a bear at will, but missing its last letter)
- 36DTrade show, for short
- 38D"Not my mistake, I assure you"
- 39DAustralian birds that occur surprisingly often in crosswords
- 41DEast, in Germany
- 43DPolice alert, for short
- 44DAladdin's monkey sidekick
- 45DMembers of the congregation
- 50DPrince Charming's exclamation after putting the slipper on Cinderella's foot
- 51DBother incessantly
- 53DG-man's org.
- 55DDemonstrates
- 56DAt ___ and sevens
- 58D"You, sir, are ___!"
- 59DAssassin from Japan
- 60DPele's first name (an anagram of NOSED, if that helps)
- 61DVery short instance of time, for short
- 62DFirst lubricant in a line of lubricants, say
- 63D1000 19 acrosses, for short
- 65DWhere on a rainbow to look for the pot of gold, they say
- 67DExpert
- 69DSome MIT grads