PCC#5 "Grandma Means Love in Every Language"
◆ · By Philip Chow · Published 2023-08-26T06:46:34.466Z
Meta Prompt
[Level 3] Meta prompt: The answer to the meta is what I affectionately called my grandma, to whom this puzzle is dedicated [August 8, 1935 - July 31, 2023]
(Googling most likely required)
Hint #1: the six starred entries have something in common
Hint #2: hopefully you don't get lost in translation
Hint #3: "tutu" is Hawaiian for grandmother
Hint #4: check the clues... wasn't there a clue that had the word "Hawaiian" in it?
Hint #5: consider the first letters of the answers (in grid order) to the six clues that mention a foreign language
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* Ballerina's skirt
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Across
- 1A* Ballerina's skirt
- 5AFreak out
- 10AKind of stick that boings
- 14A"Dear ___ Hansen" (Tony-winning musical)
- 15AAncient Greek marketplace
- 16AGive ___ for their money (not allow someone to win easily)
- 17ATear apart
- 18APhysician who promoted Hippocrates' theory of the humors (whose name sounds like a unit of volume equal to 8 19-Across's)
- 19ASmall container size for ice cream
- 20A* Terézia Polereczky, to composer Béla Bartók
- 22A"___ Unchained" (Tarantino movie starring Jamie Foxx)
- 24AEnding with Louis to make a state where 7-Down is located
- 25A"Little Miss Muffet / Sat on a tuffet, / Eating her curds and ___"
- 26AMoxie
- 29AThe red ninja turtle's weapon (that looks and sounds like the letter Ψ)
- 31A"Ho ho ho" crier
- 35AStereotypical frat party
- 37ATwo-toed sloth that begins and ends with the same vowel
- 39ASurgery sites: Abbr.
- 40A"Sweet dreams are made of this / Who am ___ disagree" (lyrics from a Eurythmics song that my younger coworker didn't know which made me feel old)
- 41ASets, as concrete
- 43AActress Long of "Big Momma's House"
- 44AActress Ryan of "Sleepless in Seattle"
- 45AHungarian violinist Leopold (whose name sounds like "hour")
- 46AShowed boredom, in a way
- 48AUniversity teachers, for short
- 50ABe a couch potato, with "out"
- 52ACapital where the Dalai Lama once lived
- 53AWhat many customers hit up before dining at Peter Luger Steak House since they don't accept credit cards
- 55ASainted pope called "the Great" (whose regnal name is the blue ninja turtle and whose regnal number is "the first")
- 57ABeverage served with dim sum
- 60A* Headscarf tied under the chin
- 64AMajor work
- 65ABackup strategy
- 67AOptimas and Souls
- 68AMoon goddess
- 69ARenaissance Faire weapon
- 70ASuffix with kitchen or luncheon
- 71AH.S. Exam that in 2015, dropped its requirement for students to copy and sign a statement in cursive as many students found it too difficult to do (to be fair, many US schools stopped teaching cursive writing)
- 72AEncouraged, with "on"
- 73A* "Divine Secrets of the ___ Sisterhood" (Rebecca Wells novel)
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- 1DSea eagle that sounds like a change in direction
- 2DPart of the eye
- 3DPowdered orange beverage that astronauts made cool
- 4DLasting forever, like one's love and affection for family
- 5DIdol worshiper, perhaps
- 6DBrightly-colored lizards (rhymes with pajamas)
- 7DThe Big Easy, by another nickname
- 8DAll the rage?
- 9DDomino Sugar competitor (whose logo features an ampersand and a hibiscus flower)
- 10DTropical fruit that is one of the flavors in Hawaiian Punch
- 11D"Where is fancy bred, in the heart ___ the head?" (Willy Wonka quote)
- 12D___-ho (zealously enthusiastic, or when repeated, what I affectionately called my grandpa, whom my grandma would buy oranges for all the time)
- 13D"Hold ___ your hat!"
- 21DHustle
- 23DYoungest brother of baseball's Felipe and Matty (whose first name is someone not revered by a 5-Down, and whose surname appears in crosswords all the time thanks to its vowel-heavy makeup)
- 25DMajor Italian export including Pinot Grigio and Prosecco
- 26DPinch pennies
- 27DFirst Russian emperor known as "The Great"
- 28D* 3D printing manufacturer whose name sounds like what's missing from this Wham! song title: "Wake Me Up Before ___"
- 30D"The Black Unicorn" poet Lorde
- 32D* Comedian Matteo Lane's "Things in ___'s House" (or prefix for a nine-sided polygon but with an extra "n")
- 33DMakes an effort
- 34DCarne ___ (burrito filling)
- 36D"Gifts of Passage" author Santha Rama ___
- 38D"___ Way You Want It" (Journey song)
- 42DGoes "vroom vroom," as an engine
- 47DPreceder of Xray, Yankee, Zulu
- 49DCampaign contributor with deep pockets, or what Lex (my friend Frankie's feline pet) literally is because he eats too much
- 51DQuick look
- 54DPancake syrup flavor
- 56DReceded, as the tide
- 57DBeatles song with the lyric "I do appreciate you being 'round"
- 58DMajor work
- 59D"What's Love Go to Do With It" singer Turner
- 60DGo out with a ___ (end dramatically)
- 61D___ roadblock (be stymied)
- 62D"Firework" singer Perry
- 63DOn the ocean blue
- 66DBring up the rear