Talking To Camera (Meta)
◆◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2022-03-22T05:00:58.018Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is someone who should be in the grid but isn't
I had a lot of trouble turning this meta idea into a workable grid. I tried a few different grid arrangements, until I arrived at this one. There might still be some challenging entries here, but I think I've provided you with enough info in the clues to make it easy enough to resort to Google, if need be. Persevere, and you will hopefully discover the answer to the meta, which is someone who should be in the grid but isn't. Answer and explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=87672#p87672
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Hitchcock movie, "___ M for Murder"
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- 1AHitchcock movie, "___ M for Murder"
- 5AUniversity distinction, ___ cum laude
- 10APhysicist who rejected the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, proposing that particles are indeed particles - and at all times, not just when they are observed in a certain way, David ___
- 14ARepeat back
- 15APermit (the verb, not the noun)
- 16AHow you would think the French word for "then" is spelled based on the way it sounds
- 17ANot far
- 18ABlue cartoon character with a lexically flexible name (is it a noun? is it a verb? is it an adjective? yes!)
- 19AResponse to "Shall we?"
- 20AClub gig, perhaps
- 22ALight source used to horrifying effect in hotel room crime scenes
- 24ADisney animated film of which Taika Waititi wrote the first draft
- 27AAmerican comedian, ___ Wong
- 28AFormerly named
- 29AThe next ___ entries join together to form a phrase
- 30APossible nickname for Katherine
- 32AActress who played Mary Jackson in "Hidden Figures", Janelle ___
- 34AWith 35 and 38 across: Invisible barrier between actors and the audience, henceforth referred to as *
- 35ASee 34 across
- 38ASee 34 across
- 39AGeneral Sherman quote about armed combat
- 41AExpressed, as a farewell
- 44AKeyboard in a synth band, for short
- 45APresidential nickname
- 48AWords preceding a date on a food label
- 50AJe suis, tu es, il ___, elle ___
- 51ALong point in a tennis match
- 53AThat, in Spanish
- 54ARower's need
- 56ARecord used to redirect a sub-tree of the DNS to another domain
- 57ACreator of Jason Bourne, Robert ___
- 59AAustralian funeral directors, ___ Brothers
- 62APool lengths
- 63AArtist whose album "Thank You For Being There (An Ode To Hip hop)" is on Spotify, so you should be able to look him up
- 65ABakery employee who puts the finishing touches on cakes
- 69AShow biz award quartet
- 70ASlang way to refer to Elle, perhaps?
- 71AContinental currency
- 72ASpeedwagons, perhaps?
- 73ACold War weapons
- 74AOregano, for example
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- 1DCozy room
- 2DFrozen water
- 3DExclamation of insight
- 4DDefinitely not!
- 5DWhat scales measure
- 6DTributary of the Lippe or an Egyptian dancing girl (either way, it's obscure!)
- 7DOverabundance of something
- 8DNeither/___
- 9DTerrible
- 10DShape of a 21 down
- 11DDavid Mamet movie starring William H. Macy as a college professor accused of sexual harassment
- 12DSomething from the oven
- 13DDiana Rigg's part on "The Avengers"
- 21DOrange flavoured chocolate that people roll down the aisles at the movies
- 23DGet-up-and-go
- 24DActor known for saying, "I pity the fool!"
- 25DExclamation of 26 down
- 26DWonderment
- 27DTo boot
- 30DBelt of asteroids named after a Dutch astronomer
- 31DMusical upbeat (opposite of "thesis")
- 33DNight ___ (someone who likes staying up late)
- 36DMine find
- 37DEgg layer
- 39DSpider's construction
- 40DFinnish metal band that won Eurovision despite dressing in monster costumes (or perhaps they won because they did?)
- 41DHigh school wise guy (as his name would appear on his Economics teacher's roll), who breaks * when he says, "The question isn't 'What are we going to do?' The question is 'What aren't we going to do?'"
- 42DSoothe
- 43DMerc with a mouth, who breaks * constantly, but the only printable line I could find is when he's being dragged away handcuffed by one hand, holding a knife in the other, and he says, "Have you ever seen '127 Hours'? Spoiler alert..."
- 45DFrench words that appear in the names of many dishes
- 46DAnti-racist hashtag
- 47DHole at the top of a needle
- 49D2nd person pronoun (singular and plural)
- 52DWoody Allen movie in which Allen's character, Alvy Singer, breaks * when he says, "What I wouldn't give for a large sock with horse manure in it! What do you do when you get stuck in a movie line with a guy like this behind you?"
- 55DShy Montmartre waitress, who breaks * when she whispers in the cinema, "J'aime me retourner dans le noir pour voir le visage des autres." ("I like to turn around in the dark to see the faces of the people around.")
- 58DD-Day landers
- 59DCharacter who literally breaks * in "The Purple Rose of Cairo" when he steps out of the screen to talk to Cecilia
- 60DWhat you might say when you agree to meet someone in the morning, rather than the afternoon
- 61DLooney Tunes character who breaks * when he says, "Ain't I a stinker?"
- 64DJapanese computer giant
- 66DPrompt for an actor
- 67DMess up
- 68DChampionship Vinyl owner who breaks * when he says, "My desert island, all-time, top-five most memorable breakups, in chronological order, are as follows: Alison Ashmore; Penny Hardwick; Jackie Alden; Charlie Nicholson; and Sarah Kendrew. Those were the ones that really hurt."