Burning The Candle At Both Ends (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2024-12-03T05:00:43.904Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a well-known Australian band
We're back into "week 1" territory here. I could have made this harder, but I've tried to put lots of hints in to dial down the difficulty. The answer to the meta is a well-known Australian band; but don't be put off by "Australian" - you will have heard of them (at least, you should have heard of them!)
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here: https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about/interest4.html. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!
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- 1ABound along
- 5APlanet in proximity to the Sun and the Moon
- 10ABig name in trucks
- 14AApple's equivalent to the Google Pixel Tablet
- 15A"___ words were never spoken!"
- 16AOriginator of the role of Belle in the Broadway musical adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast" Susan ___
- 17AOperatic solo
- 18A"David Copperfield" clerk
- 19AAct boldly
- 20ALegendary Thessalian people who accompanied their king Achilles in the Trojan War giving rise to a term for subordinates who execute orders unquestioningly or unscrupulously
- 22AAirplane walkway
- 23AWork with a needle and thread
- 24AGet away
- 26ABuoyant woods that make good model planes
- 30A33 down layer
- 31A"Pygmalion" character
- 32AArt ___ (architectural style)
- 35AGrassy clump
- 38AFictional fiction writer in a series of hidden object puzzle adventure games whose ability to see ghosts guides her in searching for clues and solving puzzles (oh, just google "Death at Fairing Point")
- 42AUse a chair
- 43AFrozen waffle brand
- 44AApproximately, in dates
- 45ASauna site
- 47ALeaning
- 48AMore than one eight-armed sea creature
- 51AOrg. with a panda logo
- 52AContemptuous sound
- 53ACow's-milk cheese made in the regions of Picardy and Nord-Pas-de-Calais in northern France which is sold in individual rectangular blocks with a moist orange-red washed rind
- 59APurple berry
- 60AWord on the back of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
- 61ABritish nobleman
- 62ATransitional point
- 63A"___ Kick Out of You"
- 64A"Sleepless in Seattle" director ___ Ephron
- 65AFull collections
- 66AAuthority that can come with passion
- 67ASubordinate (abbr.)
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- 1D"Hunger Games" Hemsworth (as opposed to the "Thor" Hemsworth)
- 2D"Grand Ole" place
- 3DTwo of a kind
- 4DRed-coated cheese
- 5DPiano practice pieces
- 6DIt points the way
- 7DArchaeologist's site
- 8DMake fun of
- 9DCharles III, for short
- 10DWith 45 down: An alternative title for this meta puzzle
- 11DAudibly shocked
- 12D"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" author Eric ___
- 13DPatella's place
- 21D"Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing" singer Chris ___
- 22DExpert fighter pilot
- 25DWorn out
- 26DSleeping places that are definitely better when not on fire
- 27DJai ___
- 28DDryer residue
- 29D"SOS" R&B singer
- 32DUse a shovel
- 33DSee 30 across
- 34DStand-up comic Margaret ___
- 35DAlphabetise
- 36DFairy tale beginning
- 37DThe ___ Heart (central part of Australia) [this clue can also serve as a hint if you still need one]
- 39DTide descriptor
- 40D"Star Wars" genre
- 41DUp to, briefly
- 45DSee 10 down
- 46DGumbo cooker
- 47DLike many garages
- 48DWhen prompted
- 49D"The ___ is clear!"
- 50D"___ Dei" (image of God)
- 51DWork on your novel
- 52DBiological pouches
- 54DAll over again
- 55DGerman singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with her song "Satellite"
- 56DMekong River land
- 57DMakes a mistake
- 58DVenetian-blind part
- 60DPhilip Pirrip's nickname