Happy Anniversary! (Meta)
◆ · By Clark E. Tripe · Published by Abide · Published 2023-04-10T05:04:19.662Z
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a seven-letter word.
Puzzle intro, discussion, and Wednesday nudges at https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=125983#p125983
Here are some nudges- text is reversed
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#4 .egassem laiceps a rof renroc thgir mottob eht ot nwod levart ,)POT(1 erauqs ta gnitratS
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ZZ Top song that is not, contrary to the prevailing belief, about a woman's bottom
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Across
- 1AZZ Top song that is not, contrary to the prevailing belief, about a woman's bottom
- 5ARiver running through Whitehorse
- 10AAirspeed measure
- 14AOlympic medalist Apolo
- 15AOne of many found in 60-Across
- 16ARiver running through Saragossa
- 17AStarbuck's boss
- 18AActress Ward and namesakes
- 19ATakes to court
- 20ALaurel and Hardy, for example
- 22AExam taker
- 24AIt's given to start a project
- 25AThe Washington Monument et al.
- 27AHowls at the moon
- 30ARiver running through Bern
- 31APub offerings
- 34A___ Hashanah (Jewish New Year)
- 36AGive a speech
- 40ARiver running through Shreveport
- 41AWhere freshwater meets the sea
- 43ARiver running through Green Bay
- 44APraise highly
- 46ARating for many HBO shows
- 47AGreyhound fare?
- 48ARiver running through Compiegne
- 50A"___ Lang Syne"
- 52ASwell time?
- 56AProp waved for the Yankees' #99
- 60AFrench schools
- 61AStyx hit with the lyric "Hangman is coming down from the gallows and I don't have very long"
- 64A"Toodle-oo!"
- 65AQuid pro quo, essentially
- 67AContrary to the prevailing belief, she never said "Play it again, Sam"
- 68ARiver running through Orsk
- 69AConsumed
- 70AGrimm witch's final resting place
- 71AHeavenly Murgatroyd! She danced with Metta World Peace in Season 13 of "Dancing With the Stars"
- 72ARiver running through Lyon
- 73ABath salts, across the channel?
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- 1DBest man's offering
- 2D"Yep"
- 3DFlamadiddle instrument
- 4DRubs elbows
- 5DPolite rural assent
- 6DBeekeeper played by Peter Fonda
- 7DAshton Kutcher's role on "That '70s Show"
- 8DEgg cells
- 9DLipton rival
- 10DNHL Hall of Famer Mark (and how he left the faces of many opponents)
- 11DBorders on
- 12DMuskogee tribe
- 13DFire hydrant attachments
- 21DLetters before an alias
- 23DJetson boy
- 26DTommy ___, company based on the oxymoronic idea of "upscale casual" apparel
- 28DMos. and mos.
- 29DDrunk as a skunk
- 31D"___ we having fun yet?"
- 32DSuperman foe Luthor
- 33DUtica's summer hours
- 35DRugged wheels
- 37DThis year's NFL champions were also the last champions of this now-defunct organization
- 38D"Read from ___ to bottom;" direction to find a special message "running through" this entire grid
- 39D"Outer" prefix
- 41DUpper crust
- 42D"This Is India" novelist Santha Rama ___
- 45D"Tres chic!"
- 47DSlow musical movements
- 49DConvent address
- 51DNext size up from med.
- 52DHot under the collar
- 53DWords of compassion
- 54DSubtly suggested
- 55DInspiration for poets and musicians
- 57DIt's found on a trumpet but not a bugle
- 58DFamous 50s Ford flop
- 59DRelies (with "on")
- 62DPrime rib location?
- 63DReduplicative Hawaiian bird
- 66DNoise made by a fan?