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· By comp · Published 2021-12-15T23:44:07.509Z

Meta Prompt
The meta is a year, in which something really cool happened on televison
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  • el solved 2021-12-16T07:23:14.829Z

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  • comp constructor · 2021-12-16T00:40:13.815Z
    Solution: In 1998, the 17A 18A went and 11D 29D off of 44D in a 56A, plummeting 40A 46D 53A into a 71A!
    • el 🤓7:44 · 2021-12-16T07:25:52.023Z
      ah cool. realised it was probably something wwe related from the title, looked up the undertaker and carnage and found it through that. fun fill as well
    • Mike D 🤓5:38 · 2021-12-16T14:50:22.684Z
      Ha I was never going to get that meta so I'm glad I revealed! Really enjoyed this grid - nice and smooth
      • Henry Crosswords 🤓8:33 · 2021-12-17T15:30:52.082Z
        Nice! Could not solve the meta lol
        • Aryan 🤓12:58 · 2021-12-22T21:04:58.534Z
          Can you explain 61D? I mean, I know gyros are made with pita bread but...
          • comp constructor · 2021-12-22T22:28:36.750Z
            PITA is short for "pain in the ass" 😛
          1A
          Ravine, or eat ravenously
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          Across
          1. 1A
            Ravine, or eat ravenously
          2. 6A
            Like the polynomial x³ + x²
          3. 11A
            Chemical required to 8D
          4. 14A
            Gritty crime films
          5. 15A
            Port city near Kobe
          6. 16A
            Break new ground?
          7. 17A
            "Look ___ there!" "___ where?" (does anyone still make this joke?)
          8. 18A
            Follower of risk or care
          9. 19A
            Generate snot, maybe
          10. 20A
            Core muscles
          11. 22A
            From the bottom of one's heart
          12. 24A
            Nether regions infections abbr.
          13. 27A
            IT network management
          14. 30A
            Max ___, fifth World Chess Champion
          15. 31A
            Matcha or sencha, basically (my favorite stuff)
          16. 33A
            Place to 25D your 20A
          17. 34A
            Laozi's way
          18. 35A
            "___ a disturbance in the force" said Luke Skywalker
          19. 37A
            Restriction from playing Club Penguin, say
          20. 40A
            Product of the first two primes
          21. 41A
            Residents of Ankara, say
          22. 43A
            Singlish emphasis word said at the end of sentences
          23. 45A
            Publication with lots of crosswords inits.
          24. 47A
            "Don't drag ___ this mess!"
          25. 48A
            Software development application abbr.
          26. 49A
            Continental counterpart of NASA
          27. 51A
            Maritime
          28. 53A
            There are about 6076 of these in a 51A mile
          29. 55A
            N or E, e.g.
          30. 56A
            Unit in a 71A
          31. 57A
            Massacre, or remains of one
          32. 60A
            Anti-pollution org.
          33. 62A
            Vent, with "out"
          34. 63A
            Parts in a play
          35. 66A
            Such as names starting with "Mac" or "O'"
          36. 70A
            Not anti
          37. 71A
            Four-legged foldable furniture
          38. 72A
            Gabbard who ran against Joe and Bernie
          39. 73A
            Above, poetically
          40. 74A
            Eradicate, with "out"
          41. 75A
            Like some flexible uni. classes
          Down
          1. 1D
            Wildebeest
          2. 2D
            Ending for bass or harp
          3. 3D
            Free, from an annoyance
          4. 4D
            Elbow lubricator
          5. 5D
            Video game rating org. with ratings like "E for everyone"
          6. 6D
            Army bed
          7. 7D
            GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD HECK YEAH!
          8. 8D
            Cause some bread to rise
          9. 9D
            Restaurant known for their meatballs (oh that's not what they actually do?)
          10. 10D
            Actor Jim of "Dumb and Dumber"
          11. 11D
            Yeeted
          12. 12D
            My favorite anime, "Cory in the ___"
          13. 13D
            A hundredth of a dollar
          14. 21D
            Japanese citrus fruit
          15. 23D
            How your leg feels when it falls asleep
          16. 24D
            Capt.'s subordinates
          17. 25D
            Setting of Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express"
          18. 26D
            ___ribonucleic acid
          19. 28D
            John of tractors
          20. 29D
            Last word in Neil Armstrong's famous quote
          21. 32D
            Trivial complaint
          22. 33D
            Command on a touchscreen
          23. 36D
            Egyptian peninsula
          24. 38D
            Wonderland explorer
          25. 39D
            Tennis star Rafael
          26. 42D
            Descriptor for 44D
          27. 44D
            If this place freezes over, pigs might fly too!
          28. 46D
            It comes after nine?
          29. 50D
            They can be fresh (no, not Subway's sandwiches) or false
          30. 52D
            He flew too close to the sun
          31. 53D
            Laissez-___
          32. 54D
            "404 Clue Not Found"
          33. 57D
            Mob boss
          34. 58D
            Milk-producing bovid
          35. 59D
            Island off the coast of Italy, where Napoleon was first exiled
          36. 61D
            Like a gyro up one's butt...?
          37. 64D
            Freddy Krueger's street
          38. 65D
            It comes before Oct.
          39. 67D
            Affectionate letters in text messages
          40. 68D
            IRS identifier
          41. 69D
            "___ sunt dracones" (here be dragons)
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