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◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2022-01-18T05:00:07.634Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a painting
Art lovers shouldn't have any problems with this one. But there are lots of hints in this puzzle, so hopefully everyone can make it to the meta answer, which is a painting. Answer and explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=80150#p80150
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here: https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about/interest4.html. US$10 gives you access to 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game. You won't quite know what to expect: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, sometimes all of those, and sometimes none! One thing is for sure, these are some of the more creative metas my brain has been able to come up with. And there's more: this time there's a mega-meta!
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- Dow Jones 4s · 2022-01-18T07:03:47.205ZI'm not an art lover, but his style was unique. Needed Google-help to finish the grid and find the painting.
- I got the artist quickly but don't understand the meta. Sadly, according to nga.gov, Blue Poles is not at the NGA.
- cshabsin 🤓7:17 · 2022-01-20T16:32:46.808ZOk, that's really unfortunate. There is no way to disambiguate between, say, Blue Poles and Lavender Mist (which is on display at another NGA: https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/pollock-number-1-1950-lavender-mist.html), from the clues given.
- You haven't found the meta mechanism which will very definitely disambiguate the two!
- boharr 3s · 2022-01-18T16:09:00.868ZI have to remember you are Australian!
- Carolyn 4s · 2022-01-18T17:00:29.339ZLots of fun, once I figured out the proper 1A. His work is so distinctive, it's fun to see it in galleries around the world.
- MamaEllen 4s · 2022-01-18T17:41:08.025ZNice puzzle! In my wheelhouse
- markhr 🤓3:32 · 2022-01-18T20:57:52.395ZIt took me three tries to get the correct painting. I should have known what NGA actually referred to. Crikey!
- Byron 🤓14:27 · 2022-01-20T17:08:50.098ZThe NGA doesn't have it listed on their website: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1793.html#works
- LBintheBK 23:58 · 2022-01-20T22:18:31.947Zthank you for a fun puzzle!
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Across
- 1ACurrent location of the meta answer (abbr.)
- 4AHumiliate
- 9AFirst part of the nickname of the artist responsible for the meta answer
- 13AIcy coating
- 14A"Frankie say ___" (T-shirt that Ross demands back from Rachel)
- 15AFoot wear
- 16AWhat finger-snapping at a poetry slam means (with "it")
- 17ASurgeon's tool
- 18ASmoke detector sound
- 19AIn ___ (in its original place)
- 20AMost important item for a galactic hitchhiker
- 21AMinor change to a piece of legislation (abbr.)
- 22A"Feed me, annoying human!"
- 24ANot my problem, but in an SMS
- 26ASecond of six, Anne ___
- 29ASubstance implicated in the death of the artist responsible for the meta answer
- 33A"Got it ___!"
- 34ADescription of the sea when lava flows into it
- 35A___ constrictor
- 37ARock musical, with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson
- 38ASound of paint falling on a canvas (and an alternative title for this meta puzzle)
- 39AOpposite of buy
- 40AFirst odd number
- 41ANobel ___, elements that make up Group 18 of the periodic table
- 42AOpposite of acids
- 43ALast part of the nickname of the artist responsible for the meta answer
- 45AGot by
- 46AWhat you do to a keg
- 47ABro, but in a Western, perhaps
- 48AResearch rooms
- 51AMother of Ishmael
- 54ABacon accompaniment
- 58AAncient Syrian city where clay tablets were found that are more than 4000 years old
- 59APoker challenge
- 60ADesignate
- 61ACain's brother
- 62ASpider-man trilogy director, Sam ___
- 63ATime going backwards (cryptic clue!)
- 64AFirst name of the artist responsible for the meta answer
- 65AGerman indefinite article
- 66A"You are making it a ___ of thieves!" (Matt. 21:13)
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- 1DItalian knots
- 2DManner of walking
- 3DDisagreement
- 4DAward-winning African journalist, Ofeibea Quist-___
- 5DUnder
- 6D"There ought to be ___ against it!"
- 7DIdentical
- 8DUnequivocal
- 9DGenius baroque composer
- 10D"Excuse me..."
- 11DLike most colleges
- 12DHeld on to
- 13DBelonging to that bloke
- 23DCentre of a cyclone
- 25DUnit of pain intensity
- 26DAny pen, in Australia
- 27DStanding upright
- 28DSolitary type
- 29DMore competent
- 30D"Whose lava is that?" "Mauna ___"
- 31DLike Henry VIII
- 32DFound something funny on the internet
- 34DSemicircular part of a church floorplan
- 36DAs well
- 38DThird hardest mineral on the Mohs scale
- 39DSorrowful
- 41DCollege transcript no.
- 42D"A man walked into a ___. He said, 'Ouch.'"
- 44D"___ in your head!" (you imagined it)
- 45DWhat you fish for in Bisbee’s Black & Blue
- 47DFilm award, ___ d'Or
- 48DGreat ___ Forward (China's second five year plan)
- 49DSwedish band with a new CD and (virtual) tour
- 50D"Sacre ___!"
- 52DBrazilian berry
- 53DLoudness of the input on an amplifier
- 55D___, 57 down, and match
- 56DKey of Mozart's 40th symphony
- 57D55 down, ___, and match
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