Benchen71 Cryptic #1 (Meta)
◆◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2023-10-04T05:00:24.154Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a girl's name
Madhatter5 constructed a number of cryptic crosswords back in the day which I very much enjoyed solving. However, he rarely (if ever?) included them in his MEOW series, probably because cryptics are not to everyone's taste - and they aren't usually metas, either. Well, allow me to rectify that! The answer to the meta is a girl's name. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=144324#p144323
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here: https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about/interest4.html. US$10 gives you access to 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game. You won't quite know what to expect: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, sometimes all of those, and sometimes none! One thing is for sure, these are some of the more creative metas my brain has been able to come up with. And there's more: this time there's a mega-meta!
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Gem surface that's within
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- 1AGem surface that's within
- 3AThat baby bear I see is rather box-like
- 5AExplosive starts to nasty times
- 7ACleverly inventive, but debts follow broken engine missing an end
- 10AShe made lemons in batches of 19, 21, 25 and 30
- 11AThe Spanish sun is going backwards!
- 12ALuxurious fur is able to contain it
- 13ATune that results when the show drops falsehood
- 14ADestroy the mad age
- 17AFamily elders sound a lot like nooks' accompaniments
- 20AEric Braeden will fly around his disreputable past
- 22ATomorrow, in Tijuana, take the top off a banana and replace it with what F equals in physics
- 25APeak political group Down Under
- 27AGive in to gravity: oh! in the middle of an unexpected album release
- 29AMiss Abraham's birthplace, so it's said
- 30AFourth letter of Greece ends a river
- 31AIt's a long way to randomised peripatry
- 32ARecords of disemvoweled moral failing
- 33AYour excuse is part of a libidinous pattern of behaviour
- 34ACry "uncle!" and reap the benefits
Down
- 1DSwooned while fencing!
- 2DModel tree-people are found in campsites
- 3DThis puzzle rendered speechless makes me angry
- 4DWading bird got the drug cop back with ecstasy
- 5DTrig. character is the tips of the angle
- 6DAesthete's love symbol found in back street
- 8DHas this Jewish legend heard of Smeagol?
- 9DThis weapon confuses bears
- 15DBand aid cuts off wheelchair access
- 16DStir tea, consume
- 17DActress Teri is missing a hostile dog, I hear
- 18DYour goal is to decapitate, maim
- 19DBobbsey twin takes a chunk out of Indian bread
- 20DSouth Carolina and Alabama are embroiled in a public outrage
- 21DChoose, after commercial, a new pet from the shelter
- 23DSounds like they oughta do something about that artery
- 24DDressed up as the aural equivalent of a nighttime visit to the fridge
- 26DOld Navy products can be made from a broken one-master
- 27DMedic and her org. tell a story
- 28DLongstocking or short Schwartz musical
- 29DN.M.E. is no mate of mine!