School Success (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2023-10-10T05:00:10.599Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is something that top students earn
Doing well in school is hard work. I should know: I'm a teacher! OK, so it's also hard for students, too, at least the ones who want to do well. What does success in school look like? Give this puzzle a shot, and you just might find out. The answer to the meta is something that top students earn. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=144798#p144798
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* Backing for a photo
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- 1A* Backing for a photo
- 6A"___ remind you...."
- 11ABigger than med.
- 14APiano technician
- 15A___ Marbles (British Museum attraction that Greece wants back)
- 16ACoffee dispenser
- 17AAttack from all sides
- 18AIsraeli desert
- 19ASun King's number
- 20A"___ Eat Cake" (Gershwin musical)
- 22AMoney-saving, in brand names
- 24ANebraska native
- 27A* Stimulate, as an appetite
- 29ANot the least bit cool
- 30ARain garment
- 32ANot fooled by
- 34A* Greek island
- 35AAlongside
- 37AUncover
- 41ADSL provider
- 42AShe, reflexively
- 45AStain-remover prefix
- 46APhilippa Pearce novel, "___ Midnight Garden"
- 48AGoes bad
- 49A* Shakespearean party
- 51APlanet in an Anne McCaffrey book series involving dragonriders
- 53ACyclops feature (if the cyclops was also a giant)
- 54AKing Arthur's father
- 57A* Lady's man
- 60ABullfight cheers
- 61ACost
- 62APut back to zero
- 64AAnimal's coat
- 65AFilm ___ (moody movies)
- 68ALock of hair
- 72APoem of praise
- 73A"Ready ___, here I come!"
- 74AFormer Mexican president, Enrique Pena ___
- 75ABread component, perhaps
- 76ADams in streams
- 77AGrade for a top student, and a hint for what to do to the starred entries
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- 1DPeaks (abbr.)
- 2D"Yes," said the Parisian
- 3D"One," said the Parisian
- 4DPay no attention to
- 5DIf a ___ falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Certainly when it falls it causes the air to become repeatedly compressed and rarefied creating longitudinal waves. But for those waves to become "sound" one needs the hearing equivalent of an observer who has the ability to interpret those waves as sound. So the answer to the question is "no". This has nothing to do with the meta, by the way; I just wanted to contribute to the ongoing debate.
- 6DSinger, ___ Cherry
- 7DIndigenous people group of the Niger Delta (or most of an entry in the periodic table)
- 8DMost important ingredient in an omelette
- 9DExpire
- 10DDevise
- 11DCity on the east bank of the Nile River that is the site of ancient Thebes (and also a hotel/casino in Las Vegas)
- 12DPrepare coffee beans before making espresso
- 13DRepresentative
- 21D"___ of Us" (Beatles song covered beautifully by Aimee Mann and Michael Penn for the "I Am Sam" soundtrack)
- 23DCorporate VIPs
- 24DFootnote abbr. which means "in the work already cited"
- 25DUpper body
- 26DEarly afternoon hr.
- 28DLugs around
- 31DChuckle sound
- 33DStanley Cup org.
- 35DNot right
- 36DSpider-man meme involving Norman Osborn: "I'm something of a scient___ myself"
- 38DMiserable dwelling
- 39DType of daisy
- 40DBeguiling behavior
- 43DMess up
- 44DPart of TGIF
- 47DJob detail, briefly
- 50DSelf-indulgent journey
- 52DIn the past, in poetry
- 53DBand that joined Coldplay on "My Universe"
- 54D"Once again, immunity is ___ grabs" (Survivor line)
- 55DFirst name of the actress born Gertrude Madeline Marshall
- 56DNew employee
- 58DMistake (this is not a dupe of 43 down, is it?)
- 59D"Jesus replied, 'Foxes have dens and birds have ___, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.'" (Matt. 8:20)
- 63D1 across in Sicily that is also a volcano
- 66DMine material
- 67DPasta suffix (bucat___, capell___, stort___, agnol___, etc...)
- 69DSnakelike fish
- 70DFather of Tommy and Dil (obscure "Rugrats" reference)
- 71DDistress signal at sea