Risky Business (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2022-08-09T06:00:41.985Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a profession
Here's a quick puzzle for you. I've tried to make the clues fun and the meta even funner! The answer to the meta is a profession. Enjoy! Answer and explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=102752#p102752
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"Pardon, mademoiselle, but ___ is showing!"
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Across
- 1A"Pardon, mademoiselle, but ___ is showing!"
- 6AMilitary installation
- 10ARussian ruler (in the past)
- 14AMedia personality named after Ruth's sister (but with an unintentional misspelling)
- 15APaella ingredient
- 16AEnergy (get--and-)
- 17A___ must when the Devil drives (but personally, I'd rather not be in that vehicle!)
- 18A"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! ___ after midnight"
- 19ABeginner's reversal of good fortune (am I allowed to use the occasional cryptic clue?)
- 20A"I just stepped in manure!"
- 21A"Hey, watch where you're going! You ___ be more careful!"
- 23ASpaniard in "The Princess Bride", ___ Montoya
- 24APerform like Torvill and Dean
- 25A"Oy, hands off! These Teslas ___ of money!"
- 26AOnline representation
- 29AOpposite of good in a dualistic universe
- 30ALike Solomon (initially; not so much towards the end when he dabbled with polytheism)
- 31AFirst name of the poet who wrote "The cow is of the bovine ilk; One end is moo, the other, milk."
- 33ALetter after sigma
- 36ANot the answer to the meta, but definitely a related profession, and a hint to what to focus on in the grid
- 40A75% of 12 months (what's this? another cryptic clue? I vote in favour!)
- 41AViolent weather
- 42AHow 31 across described a lama
- 43AThe cowboy ___ into town on Friday, stayed three days, and ___ out again on Friday. (ooh, a riddle!)
- 44ARegular earnings
- 46A"I was robbed in the park last night: ___ was snatched!"
- 49AChoices in a manual car
- 51ALike Inspector Clouseau ("But that's a priceless Steinway!" "Not anymore.")
- 52A"Don't you do anything ill-___ - I've got my eye on you!"
- 53AOverhead tennis shot
- 56A"Would you like ___? Or some other beverage, perhaps?"
- 57AHow an ocker Australian refers to everyone
- 58AOpposite of everybody
- 60ARed tab jeans maker
- 61AEmploys
- 62AWith every ___ of one's being
- 63ADownhill racer
- 64AGroundbreaking graphical adventure game
- 65ADo something risky, like play with ___
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- 1D___ of proximal development (distance between what a learner is not currently capable of doing unsupported and what they can do unsupported)
- 2DInfamous sword of crosswords
- 3DWhat you will need to do before you can drink 56 across or 55 down
- 4D"Excellent" in the 80s
- 5DAbsolutely the best character in the Star Wars universe, ___ Tano (and I will not enter into discussions about this!)
- 6DActor who played Manny's father on "Modern Family", Benjamin ___
- 7DSinger-songwriter, ___ Mann, whose most recent album was "Queens of the Summer Hotel"
- 8DReminder of an injury
- 9DShakespeare's nightfall
- 10DUnderground passage
- 11DGo bad
- 12DNightclub in West Hollywood, Whisky ___
- 13DJ. J. Abrams' production company, Bad ___
- 22DFeather accompaniment (in the old West)
- 23D___ on the cake (attractive but inessential addition)
- 24D___ and leaf plot (one for maths teachers!)
- 25DPizzeria fixture
- 26DAustralian TV soap, "Home and ___"
- 27DGrape plant, for example
- 28DContinent that crops up in crosswords the most
- 29DCheese that comes wrapped in red
- 31D"___ is me, T' have seen what I have seen, see what I see!"
- 32DSound made by 65 across, perhaps
- 33D"Mean Girls" writer, ___ Fey
- 34DMale insect (and also an anagram of NEAR)
- 35DTV series starring America Ferrera in the title role, "___ Betty"
- 37DOf ___ (somewhat)
- 38DSome cos. in Australia
- 39DWhat the younger generation do things for
- 43DSettled, as a debt
- 44DMule in "Erie Canal"
- 45DRetort to "Am too!"
- 46DPerfume bottles
- 47DResult of a recon mission, hopefully
- 48DMy pet ___: people that take too long to start moving after the traffic light goes green
- 49DAccess points for paddocks
- 50DDischarge
- 52DHopefully the level of this meta, if I've done it right!
- 53DThe ___ and the short of it
- 54DHow every fairytale starts
- 55D3 down involving hops
- 57DMaternal figure (in Australia, natch!)
- 59D"Yes," said the person speaking in 1 across