The City & the City (Meta)
◆◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2022-08-30T06:00:58.640Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a fictional city
"The City & the City" (by 38 across) is a brilliant mind-melting weird-fiction detective/police-procedural novel. (It was also made into a BBC TV series, which while decent, paled in comparison.) Such a book deserves a similarly mind-melting meta! I think the major challenge here will be completing the grid; the meta should follow on pretty quickly after that. The answer you are looking for is a fictional city. Good luck! Answer & explanation here: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=105007#p105007
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With 65 across: City where you can see the Eiffel Colosseum? (1)
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Across
- 1AWith 65 across: City where you can see the Eiffel Colosseum? (1)
- 5APlayer of tracks with repetitive beats and synthesizers at a party (abbr.)
- 10A"Law & Order: SVU" actor
- 14AOrchestra tuner
- 15ALarge rock in the middle of Australia
- 16ATown on the island of Sicily that is also an anagram of ROAN
- 17ACity with the largest plaza de toros in the world made famous by a Psy music video? (4)
- 19AWhat you get when you reverse a lime
- 20A"Do not ___. Do not collect $200"
- 21ASmall basin next to a dentist's chair
- 23ASpanish appetizer
- 25A"___ much as is sufficient for thee" (Prov. 25:16, KJV)
- 26A"___ alaykum" (Arabic greeting that translates as "Peace be upon you")
- 30AKnowledge of the eternal forms or ideas
- 33A"Cyprus" in Slovakian
- 34A"Can we have ___?" (request in a restaurant)
- 36APoem of praise
- 37A"Three" in Lithuanian
- 38AAuthor of "The City & the City", ___ Miéville
- 39AGrasp firmly
- 40A"Goose" in French
- 41AFirst word of "the old Lie" according to Wilfred Owen
- 42A"Good" in Italian
- 43AJosh ___, of "How I Met Your Mother"
- 45ATrack 3 of Jacob Collier's amazing debut album, "In My Room"
- 47AIdentifies
- 49APrecious
- 50AAngry mood
- 53AOrange-red food coloring derived from the seeds of the achiote tree (var.)
- 57ALike a ___ to a flame
- 58ACity built on the confluence of the Thames and the Yamuna? (5)
- 60AHawaiian island
- 61ASuffix with trave- or mono-
- 62AArchitectural feature of St. Peter's Basilica
- 63AThird child of Eddard and Catelyn Stark who (spoiler alert) kills the Night King during the Battle of Winterfell
- 64AJavelin
- 65ASee 1 across
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- 1DElgar's "___ and Circumstance"
- 2DRhyming scheme for the quatrain that ends a villanelle
- 3DMonica's brother on "Friends"
- 4DAntares and Betelgeuse
- 5DMoon of Jupiter
- 6DTitle of R.E.M.'s rarities and B-sides collection (and then abbreviated)
- 7DFlood residues or spa supplies
- 8DFruit with a stone
- 9DActress, ___ Margulies of "ER" and "The Good Wife"
- 10DActually
- 11DCity overlooked by the Pyramids of Red Square? (3)
- 12D"___ go Bragh" (Ireland forever!)
- 13DWith 50 down: City known as the capital of Sumo Tlachtli? (6)
- 18D"Equals" in Romanian
- 22DThanks To Original Uploader (abbr.)
- 24DGian Carlo Menotti's one act opera, "___ and the Night Visitors"
- 26D43 across, for example
- 27DCountry ranked last on the Global Peace Index from 2016 to 2018
- 28DCity known for its Opera House built on the Swan River? (2)
- 29DAnn Arbor sch. which boasts Christine Lahti, Selma Blair, and Lucy Liu as alumni
- 31D___ Menzel, who sang "Let It Go"
- 32DProfessional Indian infantryman in the armies of the Mughal Empire
- 35DVirgil's epic poem (var.)
- 38DRemedies for every disease
- 39DJazz pianist Vince ___, whose trio did the music for "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
- 41DCommon typo made when one attempts to text the word "don't"
- 42DLongest-running weekly comic-book
- 44DGaffer tape brand that has the same first four letters as the Asian pear
- 46D___ than a door nail
- 48DCondescend
- 50DSee 13 down
- 51DCrowd sound
- 52DTom Cruise and Emily Blunt film, "___ of Tomorrow"
- 54DLead singer of Radiohead, ___ Yorke
- 55DCyndi Lauper song, "___ After ___"
- 56DSmall bills
- 59DThe USA, to Macron