Crossword #40: Meta #3: The Good Place, Maybe
● · By Paul Vong · Published 2021-07-19T23:33:42.802Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to this meta is a five-letter word. To find that word, solve every mini-grid. Then take one randomly placed word from the first five grids to spell out a hint to the sixth grid. Starting at a letter in the bottom right grid, move horizonally and vertically, not diagonally, to spell this puzzle's meta answer. Send your meta answer with the title "META PUZZLE #3 ANSWER" and your answer. I'll announce one random winner from the correct submissions on Friday, July 30, 2021. If you need any hints, email me or DM me on Twitter @pauliscool1927. Good luck! See an important announcement at dictionaries6.wordpress.com.
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"___ California" (place where you can check out anytime you like but never leave)
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- 1A"___ California" (place where you can check out anytime you like but never leave)
- 6AMorning TV host Kelly
- 10ABeaver structure?
- 13AKenney who said "talk to your kids about drugs" in a weird tone, at a cemetary, at a fake dead kid's funeral, for a PSA
- 14AWeather tool
- 15A"Is anyone here a ___?!" (line heard after someone says "Is anyone here a doctor?!")
- 17A"Good lord!"
- 18AKept cool
- 19A___-Car (car rental brand)
- 20ACup song funder?
- 21AClarinets and Musettes' cousins
- 22A___ Day (holiday)
- 23AStart of Jose and Francisco
- 24A"Oh dear!"
- 25AOne word of a famous Valentine's card pair
- 26ASolange, to Bey
- 29ASAG-___ (you don't need any hints to get this one)
- 34AFirst prime minister of Japan Hirobumi, or artist for manga Junji, or L.A. judge from the 90s
- 37AJapanese beverage (not bottled tea, duh)
- 38ALtrs. on seconds
- 39APizazz
- 40AChurch music piece
- 41A"I might do it"
- 42ASlanted
- 45AAdams or Poehler
- 46A"My Cherie ___" (Stevie Wonder song)
- 47ABiden's country
- 48A___ curiam
- 49A"Dimes," in hold 'em lingo
- 50ACoffee container
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- 1DChannel with a "Max" streaming service
- 2DSounds of amazement
- 3DReady meals
- 4D___ Gay (airplane used in WWII)
- 5DEncouraged
- 6DZoomed past
- 7D"Bite the dust" or "on the money"
- 8DDawson's friend on "Dawson's Creek"
- 9DGreek god of war
- 10DCoffee option, for those who don't like the buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (sorry, I was drinking coffee and had the buzz)
- 11DFilipino marinade
- 12DOne who is underage
- 14DBath or bed, but not table
- 15D___ B or ___ C
- 16DOne of two N.T. books
- 26DMythical beast
- 27D"I like ___" (campaign slogan)
- 28D"Ready, ___, go!"
- 29DTarget
- 30DPicture holder
- 31DTest out
- 32DPicture puzzle, or many letters fit in a square on a crossword
- 33D"Ain't She Sweet" composer
- 34DBeer choice
- 35DVietnamese New Year
- 36DYSL perfume named for a drug
- 37DUndefined amount
- 40DNavigation tool
- 43DTulane rival
- 44DChildrens' game