Monumental Moderation
◆ · By Many Muggle Meta Makers · Published by Capn Rick · Published 2022-12-22T05:28:27.783Z
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a 9-letter word.
Note: This is a tribute puzzle to the moderators of the XWord Muggles Forum.
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Part of the body MikeyG wants his students to use
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Across
- 1APart of the body MikeyG wants his students to use
- 5AAl Sisti says “This entry is odd, but all will be revealed below”
- 9A"What's a four-letter word for matte?" asked Mark Woychick flatly.
- 13AAn expression used by benchen71, equivalent to a very similar US phrase: "___-stevens"
- 17AStare Dr. Tom gets from his wife when he says "I'm just going to work on my puzzles for a while"
- 20ADoing nothing
- 21ANautical nickname
- 22AActor Morales
- 23AEl ___ (weather phenomenon)
- 24A"Lost" actor Daniel ___ Kim
- 25AWhite House exec. Harris
- 26ACatcher's glove
- 27AFloats up and down, like a buoy
- 28AAs commanded
- 30AIll-fated energy giant
- 32ASwed. neighbor
- 34ATipplers
- 36A"How Stella Got Her ___ Back"
- 37ABylaw, for short
- 39AHigh point
- 41ARoger of "Cheers"
- 43ARecurring themes
- 45AWord before law or arts
- 49A"Woe is me!"
- 51ATiny fraction of a min.
- 53AComputer shortcut
- 54APopular board game
- 55ATexter's sign-off
- 56AKojak's first name
- 57ACoral formation
- 58ARequirement
- 59ATrips around the track
- 61ABlood-typing letters
- 63AComprehensive CD collection
- 66AStop ___ dime
- 67AJedi guru
- 68AGood chap
- 70AAlabama and California cities
- 71ABack-to-school mo.
- 72A"Beats me!"
- 74ABirch relative
- 75ACommon response when you ask a graduate student (like AnswerPfinder) how they're feeling
- 78AShoulder warmers
- 81AModern, in Munich
- 82AAdvance again, as money
- 84ACelebrity chef Bobby
- 85APlotting group
- 86ASize of a nest where a bird lives
- 88AThrong, like ones found in "city sidewalks, busy sidewalks" in that Christmas song by Jay Livingston
- 89ASomething you might hear on the radio
- 90APartner
- 91AHow some dares are done
- 92AGoal
- 93APreferred groups
- 94APo' ___ (sandwich that AnswerPfinder has been meaning to try)
- 95AUphold, with "by"
- 96AHigh regard
- 99APetty peeve
- 100AMolded
- 101ALegendary flagmaker
- 102AShortly
- 104AForty winks
- 107AGymnasts' performances
- 110ABig Apple sch.
- 111ACon game
- 112A___ Alto, CA
- 113A"Yes ___?"
- 114AMystique
- 116AShort pants?
- 119A"30 Minute Meals" host Ray
- 121AChristmas song
- 123A"Iliad" setting
- 124AAngel's instrument
- 125ASinger Rosemary, or her actor nephew George
- 126A5-pointers in Scrabble
- 128AOtherwise
- 130AAtlas pages
- 132ASo far
- 133APain reliever
- 135AActress Turner
- 137ACattle calls
- 139AGroup of fewer than ten
- 143AComplimentary ticket
- 145ABigfoot cousin
- 147ALike the chances of getting heads or tails on a coin flip
- 149AWeak, as an excuse
- 150APX patrons
- 151AOne of the Jackson 5
- 152ABlunders
- 153A"You said it!"
- 154AHas ___ (is connected)
- 155ADrTom's wife's temper when he emerges from the den 5 hours later
- 156A"Against All ___ (Take a Look at Me Now)" (Phil Collins song that benchen71 remembers hearing on the radio a lot in his teens)
- 157A"Sounds like Bert Lahr to me," said Mark Woychick cowardly.
- 158AAl Sisti says “This entry is odd, but all will be revealed below”
- 159APart of the body MikeyG wants (some of) his students to stop acting like (no offense, we love snarky teenagers)
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- 1DBusy place
- 2DFirst place?
- 3DBlue Jay or Oriole
- 4DBanished, in a way
- 5DVintage film channel
- 6DPicnic spoiler
- 7D"High-five!"
- 8DBegs
- 9DBall girl
- 10DLounges for a GI Joe
- 11DCabinet department
- 12DHeed
- 13D"Yoga Zen" composer/producer Brian
- 14DActor Rhames of "Pulp Fiction"
- 15DHuge, poetically
- 16D"Sorry, we're full"
- 17DApple mobile or portable items
- 18DHappy-go-lucky
- 19D"Absolutely!"
- 29DFoolish fogeys
- 31DAstronaut Armstrong
- 33DGifted poet Whitman
- 35DCasual get-together
- 38DRaces on horseback
- 40D"Oh, ___!" (Gershwin musical)
- 42DReferral for further information
- 44DChris Barbee recalls Mr. Whipple using this adjective a lot
- 45DWith a whimsical outlook, life is never _____tonous
- 46DTwo fives for ___
- 47DPerlman of "Cheers"
- 48DWasher's contents
- 50DList of candidates
- 52DPatient papa
- 60DObstinately youthful Peter who is Wendy's friend
- 62DUniversity of Cincinnati squad
- 64DAmerican action film
- 65DCorn unit
- 67DSomething heard at a sporting event, like cheers
- 68DGerman appliance brand (Geez, with 81-Across, are there "Naticks" in Germany?)
- 69D"The Scarlet Letter" crime
- 70DBiblical dancer
- 71DInfluence
- 73DWhere dinner guests' coats may be piled
- 75DAutomobile pioneer
- 76DCafe au ___
- 77DColors
- 78DStrikebreaker
- 79DOverhead lighting?
- 80DWith competence
- 83DGreat Lakes Indians
- 84DMove like a butterfly
- 86DCriticize petulantly
- 87DDouble-checked
- 89DActress Lena
- 91DScottish seaside resort
- 93DAberration
- 95DYellowfin tuna
- 97DSnowbirds' December destination
- 98DDesktop option
- 100DSnitch
- 103DDEA agent
- 104DIndian flatbread
- 105DToward shelter
- 106DIn her latest puzzle, for polo pony Whimsy snuck in the ‘creative’ portmanteau _____
- 107DChris Barbee often listens to "Like A _____", a Bob Seger classic
- 108DHandel's "Messiah," for one
- 109DMost inexperienced
- 110DPessimist
- 111DHypothesis
- 112DDevelopmental site
- 115DHot streak
- 117DSmash into
- 118DSpoken
- 120DDirector Ethan or Joel
- 122DHastily arrive at, as a conclusion
- 127DPrim and proper
- 129DJanuary, in Mexico
- 131DHindu guru
- 134DCornerstone abbr.
- 136DRazor brand
- 138DHook's henchman
- 140DHalf of Mork's good-bye
- 141DGive off
- 142DCamp shelter
- 143DI openers?
- 144DDistress signal
- 146DSchmeel's stomping ground, briefly
- 148DNav. rank