Endgames
◆ · By Mikey G · Published 2022-09-03T17:00:15.446Z
Meta Prompt
[Level 2] The answer to the meta is a phrase in 9 letters.
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They're manipulated by card sharks
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Across
- 1AThey're manipulated by card sharks
- 6AReally short amount of time to unravel a meta: Abbr.
- 10AI've learned a lot about clothing retailers, but my knowledge still has ___
- 14A"Good to go!" - an alarm clock talking in the evening
- 15AIt requires you (at least it should!) to tell the truth
- 16ASkip but not to my lou
- 17AIconic Oprah line that I will not be announcing to anyone who solves this meta
- 19AFamous snorkasaurus
- 20ARow
- 21AGain access with a password
- 23AReddit Q&A
- 26A"You'll go down in ___-tory!" (What I said to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Rattlesnake) (I'm trying, I promise)
- 28ACharacter whose "wild ride" at Disneyland was inspired by my 7:30 commute
- 29AWhat you won't break if you beat the clock
- 31ACatch some waves?
- 33AHandles
- 35APuts in jeopardy
- 40AFirst name of "Bossypants" memoirist
- 41AFirst name of fictional character who proclaims, "DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up"
- 43A[Look at me! I'm Santa!]
- 44APrefix that might tell you the price is right
- 46ANot restricted
- 48AMajor in astronomy?
- 50AWhere you won't ask, "What's my line?"
- 51AAdjective describing a solution of low concentration
- 55ASport whose name translates to "to mutually rush at"
- 57A"What did I tell you?????"
- 58A"My superiors have authorized me to report..."
- 60AWhat pencils become after doing Level 5 metas
- 62AWhat you do to money when it says "I think I'm a loan now"
- 63A"Like a Rolling Stone," for "Highway 61 Revisited"
- 68AGospel written for Theophilus
- 69APremier League powerhouse, briefly
- 70AFor a certain type of pie, these are "key" ingredients LOL
- 71AEngage in a family feud
- 72ALoafer, for one ("Teenager who goes on Tik-Tok instead of doing my homework" does not fit)
- 73ACenter of Florida?
Down
- 1DLike some HGTV projects
- 2DType of 24-Down, though that's debatable
- 3DFort Collins sch.
- 4DTavern supply (mine are filled with root beer)
- 5DKing with frightened subjects
- 6DPalace guards, say
- 7DType of fly
- 8D"But wait, there's more! But I'm not going to list them!"
- 9D___ key (common technique used in TV weather broadcasts)
- 10D"Waiting For ___ is a wonderful absurdist drama about two men awaiting their spiritual awakening by the side of the road." "Do they see any cool cars go by?" (Home Improvement humor)
- 11DType of acid
- 12DNina's companion
- 13DGot up
- 18DThe first cat café in the world opened here in 1998 (let's go, Ginger!)
- 22D[I'm the scariest dog ever]
- 23D"Hey, what's the complement to a 37-degree angle?" "You're looking mighty ___ today!" "Remind me again why we're still friends."
- 24DSee 2-Down
- 25D"There ___ free lunches!" ("I'd love to turn into a sandwich." "Don't be a hero.")
- 27DThey get people high
- 30DOllie's friend who wasn't a puppet (I just learned this today)
- 32D___ Squalor (villainess in "A Series of Unfortunate Events" named after a Salinger short story)
- 34D"I just opened a dairy farm! Start spreading the ___!"
- 36DWhere you might find links and stacks
- 37DTakes off
- 38DKardashian who has 269 million followers on Instagram (for comparison, I have five)
- 39DCrack
- 42DBad blood that didn't used to be mad love (Taylor Swift reference, carry along)
- 45DThere are either 51 or 54 of these in baseball's nine
- 47DCompany known as "Magenta Telekom" in Austria
- 49DSpheres
- 51D"I prepare pickles for the boardroom meeting, so I can make a lot of great business ___"
- 52DFreeze
- 53DSecond word in country name that used to be Ceylon
- 54D"Down ___" (song with line "She just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich")
- 56DInappropriate
- 59D"Now that's what I'm talkin' about!"
- 61DCut
- 64D"I'll take that as ___" (reply from me after my students say nothing after I say, "WHO WANTS TO LEARN CALCULUS TODAY???")
- 65DThey make the Yukon
- 66DSeinfeld character who gloated, "Your cousin, Jeffrey, is switching parks. They're transferring him to Riverside, so he'll completely revamp that operation, you understand?"
- 67DBallpark fig.