Yellows And Greens (Meta)
◆◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2022-05-10T06:00:11.720Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a five letter word
I've got rather a long lead-time with my puzzles such that my most recently constructed meta won't see the light of day until April 2023. But every now and then I like to drop a more recent one into the line-up. This is one such. Good luck solving this meta puzzle, the answer to which is a five letter word. Answer and explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=93168#p93168
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Latin term used with years, "___ domini"
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Across
- 1ALatin term used with years, "___ domini"
- 5ALemon seed
- 8ACadabra preceder
- 12AMercury at room temperature, for example
- 13AZeta follower
- 14ACity on the Rhone
- 16AMore than enough
- 17AColumbus sch.
- 18A"___; I'll stay"
- 19AApproximately, as a date, for short
- 20AMother of Colonel Paul Tibbets, who may not have appreciated having a plane named after her
- 22ASalt of Parisian society
- 23AWin the heart of
- 27AFedEx rival
- 28AMove, in real estate lingo
- 29AHospital solution
- 30ASplit legume of Indian cuisine
- 31AAltar vows
- 32ANominative or accusative, for example
- 33A___ cheese (late-night snack, perhaps)
- 35APerforms perfectly
- 38A"When you're ___, you'll think differently, young whippersnapper!"
- 40ACoagulate
- 41AMaori tattoo, "Ta ___"
- 43APart of MIT
- 46ABk. after Acts
- 48AMended, as a garment
- 50APekoe and oolong
- 51AUK singer, ___ Lipa
- 52APuzzle that gets people obsessing about five letter words
- 53ANBC show since 1975
- 54AMoral code
- 56A"Yuck!"
- 57ADistributed cards
- 60AYellowstone grazer
- 61AVoice of Helen on "Central Park", Daveed ___
- 64AOld-school teaching method, "___ and talk"
- 65AObserve
- 66ABritish slang for a cat with no pedigree
- 67AFoolish or stupid person (var.)
- 68ALa-la lead-in
- 69AWhat you might do if you fail to solve 52 across on the sixth try
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- 1DAnnual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables
- 2DAussie equivalent of "nah" (although we also use that as well)
- 3DScoreless in soccer
- 4DLyric poem
- 5DLowly worker
- 6D"Very peculiar"
- 7DUS gymnast who was the 2004 Olympic all-around champion
- 8D___ & AJ (pop duo that consists of sisters Alyson and Amanda Michalka)
- 9DIf you want to drink then come prepared because we won't be providing anything (abbr.)
- 10DWoke up
- 11DBrotherhood of Man song about a Mexican shepherd boy, a song with more than a passing similarity to ABBA's "Fernando"
- 12DSides of a cube
- 15DImprovises during a musical interlude
- 20DBefore, poetically
- 21DPut to rest, as fears
- 24DSeverus Snape portrayer, ___ Rickman
- 25DBehaves improperly
- 26DBaseball great, Buck ___
- 28DDrummer for the Beatles, if his son was also named after him
- 34DWalk-on role
- 36DNew Zealand singer whose song "Royals" is an excellent example of the mixolydian mode
- 37DMost valiant
- 39DBarely managed, with "out"
- 42DWhere baby hooters come from
- 43D"I just saw the VP having lunch with AOC !" "Well, what do you expect? ___!"
- 44DAnswer to the question, "Whose song is 'Buffalo Stance'?"
- 45DMuslim prayers
- 47DAustro-Bohemian Romantic composer, Gustav ___
- 48DDocument that states a car is safe for use, a necessary item in all second-hand car sales in Australia (abbr.)
- 49DFull of the latest info
- 55DSwedish furniture store known for their meat balls and do-it-yourself assembly
- 58DAttorney's deg.
- 59DBout ender, for short
- 61DHip hop group from Hollis, Queens, Run-___
- 62DDebt letters
- 63DHorses, in UK betting parlance