Drawing a Blank
■ · By Cap'n Rick and Wendy Walker · Published by Wendy Walker · Published 2023-09-10T04:02:05.949Z
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a 13-letter phrase.
Here's another SSS collaboration by "Wennedy" (fitting portmanteau word coined by @Al Sisti). We had lots of fun creating this puzzle (as a rookie constructor, Wendy finds that it's a great learning experience working with Rick!) and we hope you enjoy it. Nudges follow:
- Literally, how do you draw a blank? And how might that apply to the puzzle? 2.What subject do many of the clues allude to (pretty blatantly)? Do you suppose it's relevant that one of the constructors just celebrated a significant birthday? 3. Look for six clues that have something in common. 4. Check out Clark E. Tripe's post #15 on the Muggle Forum, where he asked, "Would somebody please fill me in on what's going on???!"
Checking for previous play data...
Excellent puzzle and obviously thanks for the budges, fudges, oh what are they called again?
That will start to happen you know, welcome to the club!!!!
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Situations when one really should have known better: ___ in judgment
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Across
- 1ASituations when one really should have known better: ___ in judgment
- 7ANights before
- 11ARecycling container
- 14ALike rising bread dough
- 15ASaxophonist Simpson whose family often forgot her birthday
- 16AShapiro of NPR
- 17AFormerly Datsun
- 18ALike classical poetry
- 20A"I disagree," tersely
- 21ANostalgic movie channel
- 23A"Every ___ Way But Loose"
- 24AEvery beach town has one
- 27ALanguage suffix
- 28A"No soup for ___!" (Soup Nazi's proclamation)
- 29AHow older folks sometimes feel learning a new phone
- 31AOnline auction site
- 35AGeorgia city
- 37APossessed
- 39AWorld Cup cheer
- 40ABacteria that can cause GI misery
- 41AGolf gadget
- 42AMacaroni shape
- 44AKeanu role
- 45AManuscript full of notes
- 47AEarring sites, traditionally
- 48ASeeks information, such as why one entered a room
- 50ANot under
- 51A"If I ___ be so bold ..."
- 52AIt's good for absolutely nothing
- 54ACryptogram solvers
- 58A"Only ___ Be With You" (Hootie & the Blowfish song)
- 60AOperated
- 61ATriumph
- 62AMost hard-hearted
- 65AFreudian concept
- 67ARun smoothly
- 68AThreesome
- 69AVolunteer's offer
- 70ARecede
- 71AHelper (abbr.)
- 72A"Remind me not to ___"
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- 1DRedgrave and Swann
- 2DUseful quintet for spellers
- 3DOne who whips up madeleines
- 4DHissing sound, one we hope you don't utter after solving this puzzle
- 5DAmerica, en francais
- 6DCoordinate
- 7DMassachusetts state tree
- 8DOpinion
- 9DArt lover
- 10DDelhi wraps
- 11DBaroque composer memorialized at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
- 12DGlass of NPR
- 13DZilch
- 19DSlurpee alternative
- 22DPotent cocktail
- 25DIdiot
- 26DProvided fuel for
- 30DOne who mocks
- 32D"Dallas" character who will always be remembered for his dramatic return
- 33DSunburn soother
- 34DSome evergreens
- 35DSuvari who starred in "American Beauty" and "American Pie"
- 36DHigh cards
- 38DClub steak
- 43DLaundry quantity
- 46DSections of Streisand's mind where her memories are stored
- 49DGraceful white aquatic bird
- 53D"West Side Story" character who has only bad memories of Puerto Rico
- 55DNev. neighbor
- 56DSpot that can be overlooked
- 57DStuck-up sort
- 58DDevelopment site?
- 59DSale caveat
- 62DSong title/subject that neither Charles Aznavour nor Elvis Costello could forget
- 63DButter holder
- 64DRug rat
- 66DTavern