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■ · By Emma Oxford and Will Pfadenhauer · Published by Pandora's Blocks Meta Crosswords · Published 2023-01-29T14:00:34.039Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to this week's meta is an eight-letter trademark.
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Wide divide
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- 1AWide divide
- 5A"The way things stand..."
- 11A"Car Talk" network
- 14A___-B (common dental brand)
- 15A"Aw nuts"
- 16ASecond Elizabethan ___ (historical period from 1952-2022)
- 17A(6,1) Politician who once introduced himself with, "For those of you who don't know me, I'm Michelle's husband"
- 19AGoal
- 20AClean ___
- 21ADianne Feinstein and Katie Porter, e.g.
- 22AConveniences sometimes with inconvenient fees
- 23ARan, as ink
- 25AOne of two countries that borders the largest freshwater lake (by surface area) in the world
- 26A(4,5) Winner of the first season of "American Idol" who performed at the second inauguration of 17-Across
- 32A"Because I ___!"
- 34AOver the ___ (old)
- 35A"___ you serious?"
- 36ASome long-lasting bulbs
- 37AReward for a win
- 39APet lovers' org.
- 40AHosp. areas
- 41A"I ___ you" ("I get it")
- 42AUnlike a wallflower
- 44A(2,8) One of the two "no-names" alluded to in Vulture's 2009 article "Marvel Rolls Dice, Casts No-names for 'Thor'"
- 47A"Get ___" (2017 Jordan Peele film)
- 48AQuaker abolitionist Lucretia
- 49AGutter site
- 51A[I'm shocked!]
- 54ASanta's helpers
- 58ADiagnostic test done in a tube
- 59A(3,7) Blues singer who won her first Grammy in 1990 and her most recent one in 2023
- 61AAstronaut Jemison who was the first Black woman to go to space
- 62ARuns real fast
- 63AOrg. for Hoosiers and Tar Heels
- 64AMuscles worked by crunches
- 65ATogether, as a marching band
- 66AMuscle many vaccines are injected into, for short
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- 1DWhoopie pies, to a Pittsburgher
- 2DRussian river
- 3DRecurring role for Angelina
- 4DTrucks for hauling equipment
- 5D"All good!"
- 6DSlapdash
- 7D"___ remiss if I didn't say..."
- 8DAirport conveyance
- 9DPet food brand owned by the same company that makes M&Ms
- 10DAmtrak stop: Abbr.
- 11DSpick and span
- 12DProper to the point of stuffiness
- 13DCleveland football team... wait no, Los Angeles football team... wait no, St. Louis football team... wait no, I was right the second time, Los Angeles football team
- 18DSet pieces in "Chicago"
- 22DPose (a question)
- 24DSkipped the pomp and circumstance, in a way
- 25Dwww.pandorasblocks.org, e.g.
- 26DMost Disney animated features
- 27DDo this to your bowl (which should be glass or metal, not plastic) and beaters (or whisk) before trying to make homemade whipped cream
- 28DFormer US Rep. Cheney
- 29DCollaborator with Tove Lo on "Heroes (We Could Be)"
- 30DKiller whale (although it's actually a species of dolphin)
- 31DMatt's "White Collar" role
- 32DCoin opening
- 33DDynamic opening?
- 38DTaylor Swift album featuring "22" and "I Knew You Were Trouble"
- 39DWhere you can find Loch Lomond and Loch Ness
- 41DIn shape
- 43DOne in a raft?
- 45DEmerald or pistachio
- 46DWord after Roman or Galactic
- 49DCastmate of Saoirse, Eliza, and Florence in 2019's "Little Women"
- 50D___ League (regional organization in Africa and Western Asia)
- 51DHenchman
- 52DPicnic ruiners
- 53DObnoxious kid
- 55DBad habit, maybe
- 56DList-ending abbr.
- 57D"Now!"
- 59DAlleged "health" measure created by Adolphe Quetelet - a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician, and sociologist who among his many achievements was notably not a healthcare practitioner
- 60DMedium's claim