Oblique Meetings (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2023-08-02T12:07:42.009Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a 6-letter word
I've really enjoyed filling in the occasional MEOW over the last few weeks. I relish the chance to explore some more challenging grids and throwing off some of the restraints and conventions of the genre. Here, for example, is a grid with (shock, horror) two 2-letter words! Gasp! Anyway, if you can look past these little foibles I hope you will enjoy this puzzle. I've selected the difficulty level based on an average of the grid (hard) and the meta (easy). The answer to the meta is a 6-letter word. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=138139#p138139
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Liability's opposite
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- 1ALiability's opposite
- 6A___, die, das
- 9ASports fan's obsession, perhaps
- 14AThai sauce made with peanuts
- 15APlace of higher ed. in Australia
- 16A___ incognita (unknown land)
- 17ABig name in broth (and also a large merchant ship used in medieval Scandinavia, if that helps)
- 18ANegating word
- 19ASend out for takeaway
- 20AMathematician and computer programming pioneer / 20UR Up the ___ (increase the stakes)
- 23APrefix meaning "outer"
- 24AUnpaid TV ad
- 25AMany mins. / 25UR Emotional centre
- 27ATurns red, as an apple
- 32AMakes another backup (just in case!)
- 36ABook of maps / 36DR Celestial study
- 37A"How Stella Got Her Groove Back" actor ___ Diggs
- 39ADevice used to measure the output of an engine (for short)
- 40AExam that might get you into doctoring (abbr.)
- 41ATaylor Swift album with the song "The Man"
- 42ASinger Celine ___ / 42UR Change the colour of something
- 43A"Not hungry" / 43UR "___ of Dogs" (Wes Anderson movie)
- 44AInteresting times
- 45APorto-Novo's country
- 46A1972 David Bowie hit with an octave jump in the chorus
- 48AHow you might feel listening to ASMR
- 49A"Round ___ virgin"
- 50ACollege transcript no.
- 52AGov. agency that Tilda Swinton's character would have worked for if "Moonrise Kingdom" had been set in Australia
- 55A"A Hard Day's Night" song that Lennon called McCartney's "first 'Yesterday'"
- 62A"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" singer ___ John
- 64A"Cheerleader" singer
- 65A"Goodnight ___" (Eric Clapton song)
- 66ASomething clarified in a hypothetical scenario (like who to throw out of a lifeboat)
- 67APrefix for -ipotent and -iscient?
- 68A'30s bandleader ___ Jones
- 69AEgg-shaped / 69UR Muesli morsel
- 70ASpanish king
- 71AAgenda entries / 71UR "___ the Light" (song from "Tangled")
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- 1D"___ stupid question..."
- 2DMake smooth / 2DR Leather used to sharpen a razor
- 3DGreek colonnade
- 4DVoice of Darth Vader, James ___ Jones
- 5DNeophyte
- 6DMost of Arrakis, seemingly
- 7DName that can precede Holmes and Gay
- 8DHarry Potter character ___ Skeeter
- 9DHas the helm
- 10DTraditional English beverage / 10DR Nirvana, for example
- 11DCommedia dell'___
- 12DKids' cereal
- 13D"Mens sana in corpore ___" ("A sound mind in a sound body")
- 21DCorp. execs
- 22DOne of three at a birthday, perhaps / 22DR Child's waxy drawing stick
- 26DMake unhappy
- 27D"Ghostbusters" director Harold ___
- 28DWhere ___ (trendy place)
- 29DRio de la ___
- 30DRestaurant
- 31DLetters on a magnet
- 32DDeli loaves
- 33DCompeting
- 34DAnoint, once upon a time
- 35D___ Jim (patronising term of address for a male person)
- 37DActor Rip ___ (whose names are almost synonyms)
- 38DPalindromic Gardner
- 41D"Can't Fight The Moonlight" singer ___ Rimes
- 45DAttracted to both males and females, for short
- 47D___ and groaned
- 48D"The ___ of Pooh" (Benjamin Hoff book)
- 50DOne-foot putt, e.g.
- 51D"Elder" Roman historian / 51DR Graceful and elegant bearing
- 52D"Whip It" band
- 53DEastern European / 53DR Simple earring
- 54DWWII battle site in Normandy
- 56DEntryway
- 57DHenry with VI wives
- 58DBefore now, in the olden days
- 59D"That's mildly amusing, worthy of a couple of syllables"
- 60DName of a an ancient Palestine city that's an anagram of "name"
- 61DSleep stages
- 63DNod accompaniment in Paris