Part Company (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2023-02-28T05:00:24.292Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a seven-letter, two-word phrase
Time for another end-of-month challenge! Hold onto your hats as you jump into this grid and meta, the answer to which is a seven-letter, two-word phrase. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=122524#p122524
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Swedish band that has never appeared in an Alcoa commercial (to my knowledge)
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- 1ASwedish band that has never appeared in an Alcoa commercial (to my knowledge)
- 5ASurrender land
- 9AGet up ___
- 14ABit of foliage
- 15APlowing team
- 16AFoolish person who perhaps thinks that Monsanto is another name for a Catholic priest
- 17ALiterary and cinematic plantation that also sounds like a trumpet fanfare
- 18AGarry Trudeau's crossword constructing son
- 19ALine of mountains
- 20AAtmosphere, as at a French restaurant
- 22AUS equivalent of Australia's "yobos"
- 23AConcern when flying economy or when playing Konami's "Racing Jam"
- 25ABanes of free apps, often
- 28AWhat Marie Antoinette is famous for suggesting the people eat
- 29ASorcerer
- 33AEldest Von Trapp daughter in "The Sound of Music"
- 35ASpreader of mortar
- 37ADrink server, but not in BP service stations (not unless the US is really different to Australia)
- 40A"The ice on the river is thick enough to ___, so get your gear out of the Sonoco packing materials now!"
- 41AOpened, as a flag
- 43ARiyadh resident
- 44AFlat-topped hill
- 45A"More honour'd in the ___ than the observance" (Hamlet, Act I, Scene 4)
- 48ACasual shirt
- 49A"You aint nothing but a ___" (sang the Harley-Davidson-riding singer)
- 51APlace haunted by wights, surprisingly close to Hobbiton
- 55AUndiplomatic
- 59A"Do, __" (I can't extend this lyric without duping; let's just say she goes on to sing "re, a drop of golden sun"... and I ended up duping anyway!)
- 60ALatvia's capital
- 61AAustralian dame
- 62ATwo-legged bidder in Sotheby's, biologically speaking
- 63ANile goddess
- 64ALike fine wine
- 65ANegative battery terminal
- 66AOklahoma tribe
- 67AWall St. institution that lists (or, just to make things more interesting, used to list) the companies found in this puzzle
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- 1DCanadian prov.
- 2DCeiling support
- 3DStinging remark
- 4D"According to the available information" online
- 5DPart of the eye
- 6DFrench naval missile
- 7DProvisional state of the United States proposed in 1849 by settlers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 8DPrinters' measures
- 9DFather of Aaron, Miriam and Moses
- 10DArk builder
- 11DJames Bond film that often appears in crosswords
- 12DType of dancer or the boots they might be wearing
- 13DSingles
- 21DOne who fishes
- 22D"Is everything all right?"
- 24DDinghy movers
- 25DCollection of songs
- 26DJack's partner in a John Cougar Mellencamp song
- 27DAgricultural workers
- 29DFacebook's parent company and (ironically) absolutely nothing to do with solving the 29 down
- 30DAlaskan native
- 31DCrystal-lined rock
- 32DBert's buddy
- 34DArctic bird
- 36DRode a winning streak
- 38DArm joint
- 39DAndean nation
- 42DSteve Martin's character's occupation in "Little Shop of Horrors"
- 46DSamuel Barber's most famous work, "___ For Strings"
- 47DWhat a 25 down used to come in, back in the good old days
- 49D"The Golden ___", Mongol khanate established in the 13th century
- 50DGather bit by bit
- 51D"Ali ___ and the Forty Thieves"
- 52DPoint after deuce
- 53DSeized vehicle
- 54DMarsh stalk
- 56DEnvelope-pushing
- 57D1990s game console, initially
- 58D1986 Best New Artist Grammy winner
- 60D___ de Janeiro