PCC#25 "A Fresh Start"
◆ · By Philip Chow · Published 2024-02-10T15:27:20.380Z
Meta Prompt
[Level 2] Meta prompt: The answer to the meta is a fruit that begins with the letter P
Hint #1: You might not have heard of this fruit before... this is where Google (or your favorite search engine) comes in handy
Hint #2: OERSIMMONS is such a weird entry...
Hint #3: "A fresh start" is a new beginning... there are six grid entries whose first letter can be changed to make a fruit
Hint #4: All these fruits begin with the letter P... OERSIMMONS --> Persimmons... NINEAPPLES --> Pineapples
Hint #5: "Dragon fruit" doesn't begin with a P... but it goes by another name that does (back to hint #1)
Checking for previous play data...
(Feb 10, 2024 Year of the Dragon)
-- Thanks, Phil!
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Pie-in-the-face sound
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Across
- 1APie-in-the-face sound
- 6AOne of the Seven Dwarfs
- 11AGets through to
- 14AMoon of Jupiter named after one of Zeus's lovers and the mother of the giant Tityos
- 15ASevere or strict in attitude
- 16AHomecoming attendees, for short
- 17A"Leader of the Pack" girl group, with "the" (whose name sounds like perfect places)
- 19AMusical in which Bernadette Peters sings "The Sailor of my Dreams" (whose title sounds like Judi Dench and Maggie Smith working on a meta puzzle together but completely baffled on how to solve it)
- 21AMosque towers
- 22ABack in high school, I was playing "Never have I ever" with my classmates and someone said, "Never have I ever dropped acid" and I excitedly replied "I've done that before!" (I once accidentally dropped a beaker of hydrochloric acid in chem lab)... everyone looked at me really surprised, not realizing that I didn't understand they were refering to this psychedelic drug
- 25AGo over the numbers again, in a way
- 26APoisonous "monster" desert lizards
- 28ATV network for cinephiles
- 29ASpeech habits unique to an individual
- 32AOn top of Kiss rock star Gene, poetically
- 35AIf you have five Granny Smiths and I have four Honeycrisps, what do we have together?
- 37ALemur of Madagascar also known as a babakoto
- 38ABeats around the bush by rambling about in an unclear way (and anagram of "stapler")
- 42AU.S. Air Force major and women's rights advocate Oleta (whose name sounds like a popular origami bird)
- 43APrima ballerinas
- 44ANovelist Ken featured in "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"
- 45A___ one's laurels (coasts along using past achievements to justify being lazy)
Down
- 1DSpanish equivalent of "Mrs."
- 2D___ de chose (trifling matter)
- 3D"Viva ___ Vegas" (Elvis movie and song)
- 4DFeigns insanity, as McMurphy does in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
- 5DThinning ___ (reducing the size of a group by culling)
- 6DSweethearts
- 7DSkateboarding trick
- 8DMicrosoft co-founder with the memoir "Idea Man"
- 9DHumorist Bombeck who wrote "If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?"
- 10D"___ queen!" (phrase used to express enthusiastic support, excitement, or congratulations)
- 12DWipe clean
- 13DFrench legislative body that has 348 members (the U.S. one has 100 members)
- 18DSome Mustang models
- 19D"Carpe ___" (motivational motto that Judi Dench got tattooed on her wrist for her 81st birthday)
- 20D"Snakes" that don't want none unless you got buns, hun, in song
- 21DActor with the catchphrase "I pity the fool!"
- 23DAnatomical pouches
- 24D"Spring forward, fall back" clock adjustment: Abbr.
- 26DColombian slang for "rich preppy kids"
- 27DExcuse for not turning in homework or a Kenny Chesney ballad that conveys the deep pain of a breakup
- 29DCompany offering online access: Abbr.
- 30DBig ___ (group of stars in Ursa Major)
- 31DCry frantically repeated by the White Rabbit in "Alice in Wonderland"
- 33DSpooky
- 34DSave for a ___ day (feed the piggy bank)
- 35DJust in the ___ of time
- 36DConcerning, in fancy lawyer talk
- 39DGolfer Ernie nicknamed "The Big Easy"
- 40D___ Speedwagon ("Can't Fight This Feeling" band)
- 41DPhishing target, briefly