Who Has The Last Word? (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2022-01-25T05:00:02.243Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is an appropriate last word
Albert Camus famously said, "Somebody has to have the last word. If not, every argument could be opposed by another and we’d never be done with it." See if you can complete this grid and then puzzle out who has the last word. If you succeed, you will arrive at the meta answer which is an appropriate last word. Answer and explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=80923#p80923
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Another nickname for 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, commonly known as ecstasy
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- 1AAnother nickname for 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, commonly known as ecstasy
- 6AJack Nicholson and Diane Keaton movie, "Something's ____ Give"
- 11AReagan National Airport's code
- 14A"Old MacDonald" refrain
- 15AMistake
- 16AJanis ___, who won a Grammy for "At Seventeen"
- 17ACamping under the stars
- 19APart of a journey
- 20APlace in Scotland that Macbeth becomes thane of before becoming king thereafter
- 21ACity in Northern Italy, home to the headquarters of Benetton
- 23A___ Guler, Turkish photographer known as "the Eye of Istanbul" whose work I recently came across
- 24AWine grape, that can be red or white
- 27AAllowed by law
- 28A9.46 trillion kms
- 30AType of screwdriver used by Doctor Who
- 32AGerman town, that can be found in "Germany" if you drop three letters
- 33AEarthy pigment
- 35A7 downs (or possibly a grp. of ninjas?)
- 37ALast word in an argument
- 39A___ West, who appears in a "Famous" music video lying in a bed with 11 other people, all undressed
- 40ASong from Handel's Messiah, "___ That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion"
- 41APaul ___, who will be playing the Riddler in the upcoming Batman movie, according to the teaser-trailer drop
- 42A41 across, for example
- 44APress down, as tobacco in a pipe
- 48AEpic historical Hindi film that dramatises the early life of an emperor of the Maurya dynasty (but definitely not Ahsoka, the best character in the whole of the Star Wars canon)
- 50ATest redo
- 52AStag's partner
- 53AIndicated that someone else should take over the news broadcast
- 55AAustralian name for the classic whodunnit boardgame
- 57A"___ little teapot, short and stout"
- 58ACompleting the process
- 61APartner of vigour
- 62AAustralian landmark previously known as Ayers Rock
- 63A___ Horan, member of "One Direction" whose first name begins with an "N"
- 64ADistinct period of history
- 65ACharles Bukowski quote: "___ learn or ___ die"
- 66A___ Dingo, Aboriginal Australian actor, whose first name is "Irene" rearranged
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- 1DMexican liquor
- 2DPaintings that utilise an alternate medium to water colours or acrylic
- 3DWiggle room
- 4DDidn't tell the truth
- 5D"Hi Dad!" (but waaaaay cooler)
- 6DPrefix for -X (me), -Y (Millenials) and -Z
- 7DNonprofit's URL suffix
- 8DBike that you stand up on and use to descend Swiss alps
- 9DSeries of gigs for a band
- 10DPeasants' or workers' cooperative in pre-revolutionary and Soviet Russia
- 11DShowing conscientiousness in one's duties
- 12DLas Vegas hotel and casino, ___ Palace
- 13DAfrican country, whose capital is Luanda
- 18DBeverage with added whiskey, but it's not coffee
- 22DCrashes in front of the TV, perhaps
- 25D"Me neither!"
- 26D"___ Samba" (a jazz standard with a rather monotonous melody)
- 29DColony in what is now North Carolina whose population mysteriously disappeared
- 31D___ but time poor
- 34DWeep
- 36DHBO competitor
- 37DPhoto with an elongated field of view
- 38DOld muscle cars
- 39DNorthernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent
- 41DGrammatical case used to indicate the recipient or beneficiary of an action
- 43DDonut-croissant hybrid
- 45DVillage in Iran that you will not have heard of, that is also an anagram of "agenda"
- 46DAbsolute values (in maths)
- 47DThose who have the last word in this grid
- 49DWorse than bad
- 51DThing that indicates you're pregnant if it appears alongside the other one
- 54DScrabble piece
- 56D"To unite" in French (Google Translate is the best!)
- 59DWrath
- 60DTotal