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For That Special Someone (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2022-02-08T05:00:48.863Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is four grid entries that need to be combined phonetically
While this puzzle focuses on gifts for that special someone, let's not forget that there are many different love languages including words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving gifts, quality time, and physical touch to name the well-known ones. The answer to the meta is four grid entries that combine phonetically. Answer and explanation here: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=82644#p82644
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Comments
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- Dow Jones 4s · 2022-02-08T07:09:08.473ZBen, I enjoyed this grid and meta. Very appropriate.
- Laura M 🤓10:51 · 2022-02-08T07:41:11.439ZLovely! A few Naticks in the grid for me, but knew the meta from 1A :-) Thanks for the puzzle!
- I had to look up "Naticks"! Yes, there are a couple of obscure entries in the grid. I can't seem to get rid of all of them, no matter how hard I try!
- Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-02-08T12:05:47.739ZFun puzzle, as usual! Nice meta for February!
- Meg 3s · 2022-02-08T14:04:17.333ZI submitted the 4 grid entries first. Nice puzzle!
- I K Snamhcok 3s · 2022-02-08T13:55:05.412ZHave a wonderful
day, all, with your special someone! - boharr 15s · 2022-02-08T15:01:52.658ZI hate phonetics!
- DIS 🤓8:33 · 2022-02-08T14:42:27.821ZLove the grid!
- Tyrpmom 37s · 2022-02-08T16:04:37.277ZThanks!
- Bird Lives 3s · 2022-02-08T15:48:15.892ZI submitted the homophone, not its four components. That seemed to work. In any case, thank for the reminder; I now see what I have to go shop for.
- whimsy 17:08 · 2022-02-08T16:21:38.252ZSweet! (And no dissin' Natick! My daughter was born there! :) )
- Chaddog 13:45 · 2022-02-08T17:06:01.307ZThat took longer than it ought have. Great puzzle, Ben!
- Sharkicicles 2s · 2022-02-08T17:48:07.387ZHeh, got this after filling in 1A. Fun as always.
- Bbaack 16:53 · 2022-02-09T01:51:53.457ZFun as always, thanks!
- Hidden in 3D 6s · 2022-02-13T15:40:04.896ZJust crossed my first MOAT! Loved it, Ben! Thanks so much!
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One-time Batman actor, ___ Kilmer
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- 1AOne-time Batman actor, ___ Kilmer
- 4AMissing link
- 10APre-Easter period
- 14AHosp. area for really serious cases
- 15A"I'm not listening! I'm not listening!"
- 16AOklahoma tribe
- 17AGift #1
- 20A"Trainspotting" actor, ___ Bremner
- 21APrefix meaning "equal"
- 22AGrown-up
- 23APrefix for -gender
- 26AThree-letter value that defines the colour of a pixel in computing
- 28AGift #2
- 35A"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough!" speaker, ___ West
- 36ANapoleon's exile isle
- 37AWestern end of a famous trail
- 39ABrad Pitt sci-fi movie, "Ad ___"
- 41AGerman composer who wrote the music for "Carmina Burana", Carl ___
- 43AFrom ___ to hero
- 44AGift #3 (but with US spelling)
- 46AAppropriate colour for 28 across
- 48ABenchmark (abbr.)
- 49ALines on a city map (abbr.)
- 50AAnglo-Saxon laborer
- 52ACharlie Brown exclamation
- 54AColleague of 58 down from Australia
- 56A"Napoleon Dynamite" Actor, Jon ___
- 58ASandwich combining salty and sweet (abbr.)
- 61A"Atta ___!"
- 63AStreet on which "Neighbours" is set
- 67AGift #4
- 70A"You ___ here" (common map label)
- 71ABallerina's bend
- 72AWater vapour
- 73ANegating word
- 74A___, zwei, drei...
- 75A___POS machine (payment system)
- 76AImago ___ (Image of God)
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- 1DVague feeling
- 2D"Don't have ___, man"
- 3DElegance
- 4DGiven name of James Herriot
- 5DOrganization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaigns
- 6DK thru 12
- 7DBruce Beresford movie, "___ Last Dancer"
- 8DAuthor of "Deadline", "Dominion" and "Deception", Randy ___
- 9DProgrammable robot developed by Aldebaran Robotics (homophone of "now")
- 10D"Take a ___ off" (sit down)
- 11D5th and 6th last words spoken by Julius Caesar, according to Shakespeare
- 12D"Mad Dogs and Englishmen" songwriter, ___ Coward
- 13DCricket match played over 5 days
- 18DFairytale opener
- 19DOne of Australia's main political parties
- 24DStandard of perfection
- 25DRoman equivalent of the Greek sun god Helios
- 27DAmerican composer best known for his 1931 five-movement tone poem, "Grand Canyon Suite", Ferde ___
- 28DSpots of green in a desert
- 29DFood package abbr.
- 30DNickname for the skateboarders in the Zephyr Competition Team
- 31DWhat you must put to the ground in order to stay in the loop
- 32DUtters, informally
- 33DCast off from the body
- 34DPuts in alphabetical order, perhaps
- 35DHappy-sounding musical scale, for short
- 38DNon-verbal affirmation
- 40DMusical silence
- 42DWithout cost
- 45DArchives again
- 47D"To die, to sleep – to sleep, perchance to ___"
- 51DIce skate-wearing ump
- 53DLimb with a hand
- 55DAlternative name for the Enlightenment, the ___ of Reason
- 57D"Beat a ___" (promote)
- 58DSkunk with a serious lack-of-consent problem, ___ Le Pew
- 59DIsland to the east of Java and west of Lombok
- 60DJune in Paris
- 62DKilometres per hour, for example
- 64DHourglass contents
- 65DIndonesian island group, also known as the Moluccas
- 66DHimalayan cryptid
- 68DDesmond, for short
- 69DWhat Jack Sprat couldn't eat
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