One Short (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2023-02-21T05:00:40.324Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a three word phrase that describes what it might take to find the answer to the meta
Here's another meta idea that came from attempting to solve someone else's meta. But if they didn't use this mechanism, then it's fair game! The answer to the meta is a three word phrase that describes what it might take to find the answer to the meta. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=121940#p121940
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Across
- 1ALength squared, for a square
- 5A"___ humbug!"
- 8ADipper's twin in "Gravity Falls" (or Frederic's love interest in "The Pirates of Penzance")
- 13A8 across, for example
- 14ATurkish official
- 15AGot out of bed
- 16ALeading man, in Italy
- 17A"La Bamba" band, ___ Lobos
- 18ADentist's request
- 19ALike Tony Manero, for example
- 21AVampire slayers, supposedly
- 22AHow the land around Thrushcross Grange must smell
- 24A"Lights, camera, ___!"
- 28AToils over
- 33AFounders of the Salvation Army, William and Catherine ___
- 34AQuipster
- 35AFriend in war
- 36APlaces with tabs
- 37APointillism, essentially
- 38AGardening material
- 39ARegarding
- 40AThe girl whose eyes the lead singer of Toto sings about wanting to wake up in the morning and see, for short
- 41A"10 Things ___ About You"
- 42ABanksy cast-off
- 44AKey with four flats
- 45A"The Handmaid's Tale" protagonist
- 47ACo
- 51AUnhurried walkers
- 56AJob's younger friend
- 57ASelf-importance
- 58A"Four and twenty blackbirds baked in ___"
- 59APiece of information
- 60A"___ Rosenkavalier" (Strauss opera)
- 61AAverage
- 62AGerman steel city
- 63AWashington D.C.'s country
- 64ARoad curve
Down
- 1DMatured
- 2DSinger on Coldplay's "Princess of China", to fans
- 3DOne of C.S. Lewis' four loves
- 4D"Star Wars" actor, ___ Guinness
- 5DFilter-feeding system inside the mouths of certain whales
- 6DAncient marketplace
- 7DPossesses
- 8DJoan of Arc, for one
- 9DDiva's solo
- 10DKnock on the head
- 11DTo be, to Caesar
- 12DSediment that forms in wine after fermentation
- 20D"Pick me! Pick me!"
- 21DSmall drinks of spirits
- 23DRoald Dahl book that includes Muggle-Wumps, "The ___"
- 24D"Waterloo" was ___ first major hit
- 25DShoreline
- 26DGerman cake
- 27D"This means war!"
- 29DAncient name of Varanasi, India
- 30DCanadian rock band known for "Underwhelmed"
- 31DJustice Samuel ___
- 32D"Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant" author, Anne ___
- 34D"Who's afraid of Virginia ___?"
- 37D"Do you catch my ___?"
- 41DWebsite for film buffs
- 43DOne of 14 in this puzzle, which is odd because there are 15 rows
- 44DThigh bones
- 46DGoes ballistic
- 47DRelinquish
- 48DHellos in Spanish
- 49DWhat bytes are made of
- 50D"Raise ___ and cry"
- 52D"Then I saw a ___, looking as if it had been slain" (Rev. 5:6)
- 53DFencing weapon
- 54D"Knives Out" director, ___ Johnson
- 55DE-mail button
- 57DAcademic URL ender