Onomatopoeia (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2022-03-08T05:00:07.624Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a play
Don't you just love how some sounds become words in their own right? I do. This puzzle is a tribute (of sorts!) to onomatopoeia. Hope you enjoy working towards the answer to the meta, which is a play. Answer and explanation here: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=86028#p86028
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With 68 across: Not on stage, and a hint for solving this meta
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- 1AWith 68 across: Not on stage, and a hint for solving this meta
- 6AWhat you really don't want to do to your toe (with "it")
- 10ACocktail with a frothy egg white foam topping
- 13ADakota tribe
- 14ACall
- 16AKeats' poem, "___ on a Grecian Urn"
- 17A"More ___, less speed"
- 18AKindle the flames again
- 19ASn
- 20AFrom the Battle Song of the Valkyries: "So weave we, weird sisters, ___"
- 23APrefix for -taph, meaning "empty"
- 24AProgressive Celtic rock band from the United Kingdom, named after a Scottish isle
- 25AViral Netflix show about a South Korean heiress who accidentally ends up in North Korea
- 31AKitchen appliances
- 32A"Mamma ___!"
- 33AMovie based on the 1968 novel "A Kestrel for a Knave"
- 36AIdlers, or perhaps the shoes they wear
- 39AMinced oath used in the refrain "We don't want to fight but ___ if we do, we've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too!"
- 42ASix-legged colony member
- 43AVast expanse
- 45AConstellation, part of which is referred to as the Saucepan in Australia
- 46AIan Fleming novel about a magical car (later made into a film with a script by Roald Dahl)
- 50ASong on Bob Dylan's "Love and Theft" album, "___ While"
- 52A__ hers
- 53A"Half a pound of tuppenny rice, half a pound of treacle. That's the way the money goes, ___"
- 58AD&D, for example
- 59AShade of pink
- 60AWeeper of Greek myth
- 63ADevoured
- 64APolite replacement for "hell", perhaps
- 65ANice eggs
- 66AGhetto blaster
- 67AAuction units
- 68ASee 1 across
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- 1D"...or thereabouts"
- 2D"My Big Fat Greek Wedding" writer, ___ Vardalos
- 3DChurchill: "Never has so much been owed by so many ___ few"
- 4DRwandan ethnic group
- 5DWork out
- 6D"The idea ___ into my mind fully formed"
- 7D"I wanna be in ___ where it happens"
- 8DPlace of higher education in a place like Woolongong or Winnipeg, for short
- 9DJewish organization, ___ B'rith
- 10DWas accepted
- 11DKristin's "Wicked" co-star
- 12DFilipino term of endearment for a younger girl
- 15DComposer responsible for the sublime "Gabriel's Oboe", ___ Morricone
- 21DHarmless cyst
- 22DHome stadium of FC Barcelona, Camp ___
- 25DBugs Bunny's girlfriend
- 26DShakespeare's river
- 27DOrderly
- 28DPulled out of the race part-way through (abbr.)
- 29DPen tip
- 30D"Woo-hoo!"
- 33DWork on a jumper
- 34DEntertainer's "grand slam"
- 35DPlaystation company
- 37DWork-related affliction (abbr.)
- 38DReady to go
- 40DEnglish physician and a leader in the development of anaesthesia (and not a character from "Game of Thrones")
- 41DSouth Korean city
- 44DCrosswise
- 46DAmino acid, ___-teine
- 47DDoor on a submarine
- 48DAmounts harvested
- 49DCamphorsulfonic acid, for short
- 50DAcknowledge, as a crime
- 51DSequence of characters that specifies a search pattern, for short
- 53DSnatch
- 54DOwner of a moving castle
- 55DSuffix for Jack or Jill in outback Australia
- 56DPart of a refrain from a nursery rhyme involving farm animals
- 57DRogue, rascal, or scoundrel in Scotland
- 61DSpielberg movie / Roald Dahl book, "The ___"
- 62DSnaky shape