Point The Way (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2025-01-06T05:00:56.520Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is an 8-letter verb
Let's see if I can construct for you a nice "week 1" puzzle, with just the slightest extra twist! The answer to the meta is an 8-letter verb. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=191347#p191347
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Sleeper's problem
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Across
- 1ASleeper's problem
- 6ATime for a late lunch, perhaps
- 11APlace of higher education in Birmingham, AL
- 14AOffensively showy
- 15ACast a spell
- 16ACapote's nickname
- 17A"The Birth of Venus" artist
- 19ASmall river dam
- 20APunk rock offshoot
- 21APop music's ___ Vanilli
- 22ABaghdad's country
- 23ARocky greeting?
- 24A___ Paulo, Brazil
- 25AProgrammable keyboard?
- 28AFrench Persian's utterance?
- 30AMama's boy
- 31A"A Visit from the Goon Squad" author Jennifer
- 33AFactual
- 39A"Jeopardy!" creator, informally
- 40AIt points the way
- 41ABarf
- 42AQatari-based news source
- 44AIt comes before Nehemiah
- 45ADOS command equivalent to "ls" in UNIX
- 46ATurn loose
- 49AItem in a toxic internet challenge
- 53ADouble-helix molecule
- 54AOpposite of "nyet"
- 56ATaiwanese PC brand
- 57A___ Ababa, Ethiopia
- 59ACozy room
- 60APots go-with
- 61AFreebie at an Italian restaurant, perhaps
- 63AAOL exchanges
- 64A"Go get it, Fido!"
- 65ASwashbuckling Flynn
- 66AR&B artist Des'___
- 67AEstrella en el centro del sistema solar
- 68A1000 cubic centimetres
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- 1DRoad on the cover of a Beatles album
- 2DTeaser ad, for short
- 3DDefense org. since 1949
- 4DGuess (abbr.)
- 5DBuddhist doctrine of nonviolence
- 6D"La Joconde" is found here
- 7DWater source
- 8DYellow primrose
- 9DArchitect known for designing the pyramid at 6 down
- 10DGeneral Practitioner, for short
- 11D"In ___" (Nirvana album)
- 12DFamous sans serif font
- 13DLong garment in 22 across
- 18D"See ya!"
- 19DManitoba's capital
- 26DWhat "vidi" means
- 27DDem. Rep. from NYC
- 28DUS House member MTG, to her Aussie friends
- 29D"Space ___" (1978 video game)
- 31DActress Horvath who played Eärien, Isildur's sister
- 32DToothpaste type
- 34DGo astray
- 35DCreator of Matilda Wormwood, James Trotter, and Henry Sugar
- 36DGreek liqueur
- 37DKyiv's land (abbr.)
- 38DSalty expanse
- 40DApt name for an aerated chocolate bar
- 43D___ line (flying fox)
- 47DOklahoman city where you eat dessert before the entree?
- 48DGraduation cap dangler
- 49DLong-snouted mammal
- 50DWhat "veni" means
- 51DTightly packed
- 52DPub activity, often
- 54DStyle of furnishing
- 55DLow joint
- 58DArt ___ (retro style)
- 59DGossip, slangily
- 61DLoudness unit
- 62DHalf of hexa-
- 64DIron in a table