Partners In Crime (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2025-03-11T05:00:04.976Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a 3-word phrase
This puzzle was inspired by the grid of MGWCC #817 Keep It Simple. You don't have to have solved that one to enjoy this one; the mechanisms are entirely different! The answer to the meta is a 3-word phrase. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=198333#p198333
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) And Thanks, Ben! Nicely conceived and carried out; always more than what meets the eye!1A
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Across
- 1ABlueprint detail
- 5AJay-Z's genre
- 8A___ Toksvig, host of "QI" and "The Great British Bake off"
- 13A"Mi ___, su ___"
- 14A"Two Mules for Sister ___"
- 16A"In" and "Out" on a desk
- 17ABank's pre-loan assessment
- 19ABygone anaesthetic
- 20ASouth African coins
- 21AThe ___ Lama
- 23ASeasonal bug
- 24ALongitude determiner at sea
- 30ABaby's cry
- 31A"Aladdin" monkey
- 32AOpposite of WSW
- 33ABargain with the prosecutor, perhaps
- 37ABamboo-eating bear
- 39ALetters on a phone
- 40A"God called the drye ___ the erth and the gatheringe togyther of waters called he the see" (Gen. 1:10 Tyndale Bible)
- 43APrevailing attitude
- 44AStar Wars character played (most recently) by Donald
- 46A"O villain! thou wilt be condemned into everlasting redemption for this" speaker
- 48AThrown object's path
- 49APistachio, for one
- 52APrimary
- 53ATake advantage of a wild pitch, perhaps
- 56ATree fluid
- 59A"Christina's World" painter Andrew ___
- 60AFashion-conscience man of the 19th century
- 62APut to rest, as fears
- 65AFrank Sinatra's favourite cocktail, apparently
- 68APrefix meaning "nerve"
- 69AFrench friend
- 70APopular cookie
- 71A26 down by another name
- 72ABachelor's quarters
- 73A"Drei" squared
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- 1DHas Jake Gyllenhaal returned this to Taylor Swift yet?
- 2DLike some bulls
- 3DCollege sports channel
- 4DTwo of hearts, for example
- 5DWork-related malady (abbr.)
- 6DRemote batteries
- 7DMadrid art museum
- 8DMake foggy
- 9DKevin played him on "Glee"
- 10D"Nope"
- 11DHair colouring
- 12DSyr. neighbour
- 15DOne of Ariel's sisters in "The Little Mermaid"
- 18DUS songwriters' org.
- 22DHigh tennis shot
- 25DCorridor
- 26DLargest South American bird
- 27DThe T of SATB
- 28D"Return of the Jedi" moon
- 29DAll set
- 30DHospital section
- 33DBrown bubbly beverages
- 34DBridget Riley's movement
- 35DBritish coins
- 36DWord that joins partners together
- 38DPrayer conclusion that means "so be it"
- 41DMajor-___
- 42DActress Susan or sci-fi writer Greg
- 45D1955 hit for the Platters
- 47DInterfering elderly woman, impolitely
- 50DTake advantage of
- 51DAquarium fish
- 54DOscar, for example
- 55DSucker
- 56DIt often emphasises the back beat
- 57DGallic goodbye
- 58DSteel tower for electrical cables
- 61DSoon, for 46 across
- 62DSwedish-American actress and singer ___-Margret
- 63DShe played Rachel on "Glee"
- 64D"Un ___ Dun" (China Miéville novel)
- 66DAustralian singer who conceals her face
- 67D"___ Lasso"