Let's Build On That
◆ · By Pandora's Blocks Weekly Meta Crossword · Published 3 months ago
Meta Prompt: The answer to this week's meta is a famous author who could be the next theme answer.
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- Thanks for the puzzle, and welcome back. No idea what this meta is about though...
- FrankieHeck 🤓5:20 · 3 months agoWelcome back! Took me a minute. I had to sort of backsolve to see what was going on.
- eieiowen 🤓6:56 · 3 months agofun solve
- DIS 🤓14:53 · 3 months agoWelcome back! Good start to the new season.
- Gutman 10s · 3 months agoGlad you are back.
- JM 🤓13:06 · 3 months agoNothing hideous here! Great start!
- Byron 🤓13:48 · 3 months agoI'm so happy these are back!
- boharr 4s · 3 months agoGlad to see you again. And thanks for the puzzle.
- I K Snamhcok 4s · 3 months agoGreat to have you back, Will!
- oldjudge 6s · 3 months agoWelcome back Will!
- Meg 2s · 3 months agoI got the mechanism after the meta, which is a fun way to solve a puzzle. We are so glad you’re back, Will! I think of you every time I see a Brazilian pepper bush.
- Cindy Heisler 3s · 3 months agoWelcome back, Will -- Sundays just weren't the same without Pandora's metas. A great start to the new season.
- Vicki and Mike 🤓4:28 · 3 months agoThe cold, dark days of winter are drearier without a new Pandora's Blocks to look forward to every Sunday. Welcome back, Will!
- RobertaB 13:49 · 3 months agoGood to have you back!
- Laura M 🤓3:22 · 3 months agoFun! Welcome back!
- Jeff G 6s · 3 months agoHey Will excellent start to the new season! Looking forward to more! Thanks
- Qmark 🤓9:49 · 3 months agoThanks Will! Sunday morning coffee just hasn't been the same without your puzzles.
- Bbaack 🤓15:08 · 3 months agoFun one, welcome back!
- ReB 5s · 3 months agoNice fun meta to start off this season.
- Carolyn 24s · 3 months agoExcellent puzzle. Thanks !
- LuckyGuest 3s · 3 months agoEmbarrassed to say how long it took me to see this. Great to have you back!
- Hammertime 🤓13:11 · 3 months agoGlad you're back! Hope the exams and such went well over the winter.
- Jim Dean 🤓14:16 · 3 months agoGreat puzzle, welcome back!
- Chaddog 5s · 3 months agoWelcome back, Will!! Thanks for the puzzle. Spelled it wrong on the first try though...whoops.
- MARR71 7s · 3 months agoSadly, I needed a hint to get this "easy" one. It helps a lot if you complete the grid correctly ;-}. So glad to have Will's puzzles back!
- Thanks everyone! It's great to be back! All of these comments made my day!
- whimsy 🤓13:29 · 3 months agoNice to be hanging with the dinos again!
- hazmat 🤓8:09 · 3 months agoWelcome back Will!
- MajordomoTom 12:17 · 3 months agoNever ... More!
- auee89 4s · 3 months agoWelcome back Will! I really enjoyed how you used 75A75Ato get to the answer. I did need hints to get this one.
HEARTPart of each of this puzzle's theme entries that tells a tale - Darth 🤓5:45 · 3 months agoI see how it builds. A couple of other clues in there as well. Thanks. Will.
- Wendy S HeadinHome 🤓19:26 · 3 months agoLike some others, I have no idea what the mechanism is… just inferred the author from the wording of the clue to 75A75A(though I don’t know what the clue is referring to in the puzzle!). Huh?? What theme answers? Feeling dense… but glad to have Pandoras Blocks back!
HEARTPart of each of this puzzle's theme entries that tells a tale - DrTom 26:51 · 3 months agoYou know, it was not until just now that I saw the Easter Egg in 75A75A- HEAT TELL TALE...good one Will. Surprised that you didn't warn people about some of the letters being stolen or maybe about being Grade A Beef (i.e. a Sirloin Letter)
HEARTPart of each of this puzzle's theme entries that tells a tale - Meta World Peace 3s · 3 months agoThis is a fantastic puzzle to lay the foundation for Season 4, Will! Love the revealer wink to EAP's famous tale. And maybe the first 18x14 dimensions I've seen in many years of solving. You keep building 'em bigger and better.
- MamaEllen 2s · 3 months agoGreat puzzle and great to have you back!
- Charles Montpetit 🤓2:33 · 3 months agoGot the correct answer thanks to the indirect reference to the Tell-Tale Heart in 75a, but I failed to see the progression in the themers, simply because I started with the AL in 25a's "BALANCE" and noticed that every other themer also had an AL in there (as does EDGAR ALLAN POE). In order to emphasize the buildup from A to ALLA, wouldn't it have been preferable to have avoided having both an A and an AL in 25a?
- Charles Montpetit 🤓2:33 · 3 months ago... and also avoid an AL in 1a's ZALES1A, which is symmetrically opposed to 75a's revealer, and therefore looks like it's part of the theme, as well?
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- 1AKay competitor
- 6A"Who ___?" (Saints chant)
- 9A___ rule (restraint on free speech)
- 12ASubjects of early lessons
- 16AConjure
- 17ASão Paulo greeting
- 18AGreek letter that appears in some density calculations
- 19ARoot that is one of the vegetables in Terra Chips
- 20ADomain that might be "sailed"
- 22AAdmits to being wrong
- 24AIt comes past due?
- 25AFind some middle ground
- 27A"The ___ of Music" (new album by Ben Rector)
- 28AWager
- 29AStomach, shortly
- 30AActivist with the radio show "Keepin' It Real"
- 39ALivestock that wear two shoes on each foot
- 40AContraction before "the ramparts"
- 41AAges
- 42AJournalist ___ B. Wells-Barnett
- 43AMidwesterner's "sorry"
- 44A___ rug (dance)
- 46ASound from a raven
- 47ACoagulated clump
- 48APart of many wedding vows which is also the name of a Joan Crawford movie
- 53AGoof
- 54ANoun between "Father" and "Holy Spirit"
- 55AYellowfin tuna
- 56APasta dish that often inspires people to Google whether it can get them drunk
- 62ADecided to just have one cookie...and another... and another...
- 65ANASA rocket that was used six times between 2000 and 2005
- 66A1997 film with Meg Ryan and John Cusack
- 68ASocial adeptness
- 69ALil ___ X
- 70APigpen
- 71ASobs
- 72A"Anything ___?"
- 73AOne doing CPR
- 74ASignal that could be sent from a flashlight or a whistle
- 75APart of each of this puzzle's theme entries that tells a tale
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- 1DCitrus rind
- 2DDeclare
- 3DAccording to The Beatles, it's "all you need"
- 4D___ out a living
- 5DPart of a home security system
- 6DPerson targeted in a Home Depot commercial
- 7DJai ___
- 8DMine has Word, Photoshop, Google Chrome, and Crossfire on it
- 9DPresidential podium emblem
- 10D"Moby Dick" character
- 11DForgot to apply sunscreen, say
- 12DWhere you might find a teen counselor
- 13D___ owl
- 14DBrand of shoe that could have used the tagline: "We're where the rubber meets the road"
- 15D"And ___ meet again..."
- 21DEyelid issue
- 23DSpeaks indistinctly
- 26DType of animal that tweeted "BING!!!!", "CRACKLE!!!!!", and "ZIPPITY ZAPPITY!!!" from its tank at the Tennessee Aquarium this past week
- 27DWhite House Press Secretary ___ Psaki
- 30DThrough the ___
- 31DFormer Montreal athlete
- 32DSwerve
- 33DPhrase repeated by the pig, cow, and dog in "The Little Red Hen"
- 34DIt usually consists of students with GPAs of 3.5 or better during a given semester
- 35DWolfpack sound
- 36DMakeup of some bathroom floors
- 37DStench
- 38DAthletes who play their home games on S. Capitol St., to locals
- 44DGives a darn
- 45DCountry whose border guards said "Russian warship, go f*** yourself"
- 46DSolicit voters
- 47DBears or Bulls, on a scoreboard
- 49DBody for Cory Booker
- 50D"It'll ___ long way towards..."
- 51DAcorn producers
- 52DMake a primitive ceiling, as is often done on Survivor
- 56DChopped meat dish
- 57DLatin abbr. found in many citations
- 58DOne step from the World Series for the 38-DownAthletes who play their home games on S. Capitol St., to locals[----]
- 59DActor Neeson of "Taken"
- 60DGlom ___
- 61DWeek points?
- 62DLargest continent
- 63DLevel
- 64DSunrise direction
- 67D"My ears ___ burning"
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