No Minor Entertainer (Meta)
■ · By benchen71 · Published 2023-10-03T05:00:20.452Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is the full birth-name of a musical artist
OK, so there are lots of entertainers out there. So no guesses! But the one you are looking for is pretty big. The answer to the meta is the full birth-name of a musical artist, so you might need Google to help you with the middle name. And we're doing the prize thing again! Enter for your chance to win another 12 music-themed meta puzzles like this one. If you don't want to wait you can buy the pack here: https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about/interest4.html. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=144210#p144210
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Price-regulating group (now why did my mind jump straight to narcotics?)
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Across
- 1APrice-regulating group (now why did my mind jump straight to narcotics?)
- 7ACurrent generation's hit song
- 10ATabloid twosome
- 14ATennis star, Andre ___
- 15AAlbums, before music came 68 across
- 16AExploding star
- 17ADecide you want to really work for a living?
- 20A"CSI" evidence
- 21ADay after Sun.
- 22AFirst month in Madrid
- 23AObi, for example (no this is not another Jedi reference)
- 25ADetangle
- 28ASurgery sites, briefly
- 30AEnthusiastic applause, often performed while standing
- 35ABlack-and-white cookies
- 38ARegion
- 40A"___ of Dogs" (Wes Anderson animated movie)
- 41ADracula, if you want to swap him to another team?
- 44AWile E. Coyote's supplier
- 45ATolkien tree-beings
- 46AUsed needle and thread
- 47ABecame aware of
- 49A"Monsters, Inc." girl
- 50AWhen in Nome... you're in this state
- 53AGerman missus
- 57ARich people are born with a silver one in their mouths, apparently
- 61ASword beater, in an aphorism that cannot be applied literally
- 62AMag. staffers
- 63ALegally absolve George Bush's VP for his crimes?
- 68ASee 15 across
- 69ATolkien monster
- 70AOust from office
- 71ABrewed beverages that won't get you tipsy
- 72APastrami on ___ (deli sandwich that sounds delicious)
- 73ARepresentative Alexandria ___-Cortez
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- 1DDeck contents
- 2DGemini-___Target Vehicle (NASA rocket)
- 3DPrinces of India
- 4D"Cats" monogram
- 5DUpper-left PC key (Help! Get me out of this program!)
- 6DAcid-testing paper
- 7DNot filled in
- 8DPhoto ___ (media events)
- 9D"Gangnam Style" artist (he's not who you're looking for, though)
- 10DPrivy to
- 11DVocal quality
- 12D"And they lived happily ___ after"
- 13DMustard alternative
- 18DLong, long time
- 19DSelf-referential
- 24D"Sesame Street" shopkeeper
- 26DThings to avoid
- 27DDone with
- 29DWork-related malady (abbr.)
- 31DLose interest in
- 32DTranslation of the middle word of Caesar's boast
- 33D"Ye ___ Shoppe"
- 34DCan't do without
- 35DSquashed circle
- 36DTrack event
- 37DJane Austen heroine who (spoiler alert) ends up marrying Mr Nightley
- 38DAnthony Hope novel, "The Prisoner of ___"
- 39DFrequently, in poetry
- 42DStagger
- 43DGeneral on a Chinese menu
- 48DSmall iPod
- 49D"Macbeth" ghost
- 51DGap on a form or a list
- 52DBarbie's main squeeze
- 54DActress who played Nurse Espinosa on "Scrubs", Judy ___
- 55DDwight beat him twice
- 56DBe of ___ (help)
- 57DDalmatian marking
- 58DWindow glass
- 59DBlack-and-white predator
- 60DAlternatives to evens
- 64DNeither here ___ there
- 65DHelp with the dishes
- 66DMom's bro
- 67DSimile center