Confused extra-terrestrial
◆◆ · By woozy · Published 2024-03-05T03:33:38.966Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a two word phrase I said when I realized this crazy idea I had for a meta would actually be possible
What to say about this. I wanted a return to old-fashioned straightforward metas. The one is probably kind of hard because the theme mechanism actually, to my surprise, worked really well, and thus hid themselves. On the other hand this might be kind of easy because it's really focused and very clear where to concentrate even if what you are supposed to see is elusive.
Anyway, this has nothing to do with outer-space or aliens so.. don't get distracted by red herrings.
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Entreat; plead
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Across
- 1AEntreat; plead
- 4AStorage medium that uses integrated circuits and has no spinning or moving parts
- 7AEnergy
- 10AOzone depleter
- 13ARowboat propeller
- 14AConsumed soft white cheese
- 16ALanguage where 47A would be translated ແມວໃນລົດເຂັນ (aemv nai lod khen)
- 17AWas it a car -- - cat I saw?
- 18A2 A.M. viewing option in my childhood
- 20APioneer film director Tourneur by birth (6)
- 22ATough customer
- 24A-- -- I, so shall you
- 25AWhat to take some of my clues with
- 31ALubricate
- 32AMexican sandwich
- 33AWhat we need to give our dog Nova Kane Swan-neck when we leave the house, otherwise she thinks we'll never return. However Gustafer, typical of his species, couldn't care less and has over-inflated self-___________
- 35AAcid suffix
- 37ATel ----; ( I could clue this as the fifth with the name of the author of "What do Fish have to do with Anything" but that would be stupid)
- 38ATitle of an ode extolling the qualities of lacquer?
- 42ARot, nonsense, stagnant water
- 46AMagic, on scoreboards
- 47AGustafer riding a wheeled conveyance (5)
- 49AU.S. military tribunal's aegis
- 51AHigh status people
- 52APertaining to languages spoken in eastern Switzerland and northeastern Italy (2)
- 58A"Pathétique" or the "Moonlight" one, for example
- 59AIn what manner
- 62ASummer hours in Penobscot
- 63ASomething to prove. (-------, theerrierm)
- 64ABefore before. ("'fore one can be three, be two; before be five, be four")
- 65AThat in Toledo
- 66AAn endless epic tale succumb to gravity
- 67AOlic to Oil in this grid
- 68ACollection
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- 1DChild in "Monsters 36D"
- 2DMusical talent
- 3DMiddle school subject that sounds like an actor
- 4DAncient Roman winter holiday (7)
- 5DSound system for those with two 2D s
- 6DRicky's portrayer to Lucille's Lucy
- 7DCartoon skunk; muppet shrimp; web cartoon (and appropriated alt-right logo) frog
- 8D"L' ----, c'est moi"
- 9DTrack specially constructed for a particular use
- 10DSecond largest university by enrollment in South Carolina. .... go, Tigers.... I guess.....
- 11DRelating to asymmetric alternating current of electricity (4)
- 12DDisplay component
- 15DConsumer protection org.
- 19D"Ode ____ Small Lump of Green Putty I Found in My Armpit One Midsummer Morning"
- 21DIdiom that can mean either large or small amount. ("It took ____ work" means it was arduous. "It has ____ honey" means it has a little honey. "It has ____ whiskey" can mean just about anything)
- 22DPassing of DNA or other material other than by the "vertical" heredity between parents and offspring. (Also an elevation abbr.)
- 23DEn inglés la palabra es "Gold"
- 26DSheet of connective tissue (variant)
- 27DHow an Eszett is often transcribed. (I'm really sorry about the two letter entries. I tried really hard to avoid them but they slipped my attention and by the time I noticed I was for to deeply committed to go back.)
- 28DJapanese beer brand (1)
- 29D2012 Common, Michael Rainey Jr. film that is apparently not a remake of a 1967 Jack Lemmon Peter Falk film
- 30DSelf-identification for an ethnic group (or identification for an individual within a group)
- 34DSome Swedish DJ I never heard of; (I could clue this as the hundred and second with the name of the author of "What do Fish have to do with Anything" and maybe that wouldn't be all that stupid)
- 36D"Monsters ___" a movie with a girl named 1D
- 38DBathroom break for a group of sight-seers (3)
- 39DNero Wolfe's passion
- 40DSite of the 1978 International Conference on Primary Health Care where the "Health for All" declaration was adopted
- 41D"As I was going to -- Ives"
- 43DBolts shut
- 44DCollege senior exam
- 45DSci-fi aliens. (Don't fall for red herrings)
- 48DTidy up
- 50DEveryone says there is not enough math in the metas lately. So take a common shorten womans name. Convert the letters to their number representations (a=1, b=2, etc) and multiply them together. The result is 700.
- 53DYoung 'uns
- 54DWorkplace safety org.
- 55DDirector of "Walkabout" and "Don't Look Now"
- 56DArtist creator of "Cut Piece" and "Painting to be stepped on" who has performed with John Cage and John Lennon (not at the same time unfortunately)
- 57DDark area of the moon
- 60DMined load
- 61DIs a taco a sandwich? Is water ---? It saddens me to think I once thought the Internet would be a tool to elevate people.