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A Short and Unpleasant Life

· By woozy · Published 2024-08-01T04:33:56.534Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a fictional character
This meta exists solely as a nudge to my What Child is This? meta
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    1A
    In the beginning, our protagonist was brought into this short life. (Not a pretty picture.)
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    1. 1A
      In the beginning, our protagonist was brought into this short life. (Not a pretty picture.)
    2. 5A
      Then he was ceremonially given a name. The rite of name-giving is too long for the grid, so I agilely continued it around the corner at 10D
    3. 11A
      Until
    4. 12A
      Holy French woman (not an abbreviation for a change
    5. 13A
      "It sounds like you are residing on Hear Ave." "Look again, I live on ___ __."
    6. 15A
      Baltimore's st.
    7. 16A
      Not off
    8. 17A
      Where a 15A works
    9. 18A
      giggle, I'm such a wit
    10. 20A
      Overhang
    11. 22A
      So I was going to clue this entry "Irish Pop" but I thought I'd peek at Crosshare suggestions. And I saw this: ""Mikey has a puzzle on an indie site / Something something solver is a fan / Mikey says to solver, 'Do you like the clues?' / And solvers sing this as they solve throughout the land / Ob-la-di, ob-la-___ / Puzz goes on, brah / La-la, how the grids go on.." Oh, that Mikey! He cracks me up.
    12. 23A
      At midlife he got wed, but ruefully his life is to take a downward turn
    13. 25A
      ___fix meaning "before"
    14. 26A
      He away and got sick bringing us to the beginning of the end
    15. 30A
      Letter addendum
    16. 32A
      In Mexico the other Norwegian river
    17. 33A
      Give in to gravity
    18. 35A
      @
    19. 36A
      Dorm supervisor
    20. 37A
      If that long running sketch show wasn't at night and .... (okay, clue writing fatigue has set in.)
    21. 39A
      The next day his ailment did not improve; which is a generous way of saying he was at death's door
    22. 41A
      Pertaining to the musician who returned from the underworld
    23. 44A
      Basilica section
    24. 45A
      Ultimately, his corpse was interred bringing our story to a nice and inevitable end
    25. 46A
      Penultimately, bad news not to be outdone, found he had ceased living
    Down
    1. 1D
      Transported by a vehicle designed for the purpose of transporting people
    2. 2D
      Culture Made Stupid says as a money-saving tip you should go to this rather than the ballet as this will often include a ballet but a ballet will never include this
    3. 3D
      Hwy. No.
    4. 4D
      Tucker, grub
    5. 5D
      Programming discipline
    6. 6D
      Overact
    7. 7D
      Addition to a bill
    8. 8D
      Not out
    9. 9D
      Major appliance for cooking
    10. 10D
      see 5A
    11. 14D
      Musical speeds
    12. 19D
      Some nobles
    13. 21D
      Yikes! A computer is trying to write my essay and .... the pointless, inane, vapid veribiage..... sheesh
    14. 24D
      Concerning legal rules of conduct....
    15. 26D
      After Bull A gored the matador that brought out ____ _
    16. 27D
      Pport in Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaido
    17. 28D
      Choice conjunction
    18. 29D
      Maker of whole grain cereals that I had never heard of; the name evokes buckwheat but with the final letter changed
    19. 30D
      Out of date
    20. 31D
      Horse with attitude
    21. 34D
      Egg on
    22. 38D
      Claim a meta is easy and you're sure to get it if you just give it a little time
    23. 40D
      NY engineering school
    24. 42D
      Spin doctors field
    25. 43D
      Audio medium (perhaps the last physical one?)
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