Test Your Medal
◆ · By Mikey G · Published 2024-07-27T17:00:51.575Z
Meta Prompt
[Level 3] The answer to the meta is an Olympic event.
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"There's gold in ___ thar hills!"
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Across
- 1A"There's gold in ___ thar hills!"
- 5AThey were a Breakout company once, har har
- 10ADynamic start?
- 11A"The Taming of the Shrew" setting
- 12ASilver ___ (type of fish)
- 13ABygone days
- 14ASkater Midori
- 15AIt's basically pointless
- 16ACast
- 18AGlitch
- 21ASecond word in title of song with lyric "My, my, how can I resist you?"
- 23AOne who's out for a buck?
- 24AShe wrote the lyric "Everything around her is a silver pool of light"
- 28ABaby docs
- 29ALogical leader? (Yes, two of these in one puzzle...)
- 30A"A Boy Named Sue" author Silverstein
- 32AHunky-dory
- 36AAfter putting milk in my coffee, I have to ___ down
- 38A"Don't Bring Me Down" band
- 39AJim : John :: Dwight : ___ ("The Office" roles)
- 41ALike Koenig's bronze sculpture The Sphere
- 42AHolocene, e.g. (period that contains the Bronze Age)
- 43AShort race, for short
- 44A"You guessed her age?" "Oh, yeah, I ___ her once"
- 45ASprints at a beach, like a bronzed lifeguard might
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- 1DUnderstood
- 2DTract I want to go to moor often
- 3DGlitch
- 4DAn expert janitor will ___ up the competition!
- 5DEach
- 6DSome are 41-Across
- 7DBook ends?
- 8D"Golden Girls" actress McClanahan
- 9DFirst name of the author who wrote "Dr. No" and "Goldfinger"
- 15DJ.R. or Patrick
- 17DBird jokingly said to "eat" the comments in the New York Times' Wordplay column
- 19DCo. whose Instant Messenger was a staple of my high school days
- 20D"Weren't you planning on opening a new salon?" "Nah, plans didn't ___"
- 22D"Have ___!" ("Make yourself at home!")
- 24DRound enders, briefly
- 25D"If you're asking me...," in texts
- 26DAuthor name-checked in the Crash Test Dummies' "Afternoons and Coffeespoons"
- 27DWord that becomes its numeric homophone when its middle letter is changed to a "W"
- 31DJousting implement
- 33DNeo's portrayer
- 34DIverson who was once upset to be "talking about practice" in a famed press conference
- 35D"You thought I made eggs? The ___ on you!"
- 37DHow many shows are broadcast
- 39D"A ___ Herring Without Mustard" (Alan Bradley novel)
- 40DMLA alternative in formatting
- 41DRocky hill that's also the name of a science fiction imprint