Mini Meta a la Washington Post
◆ · By zonkswonk · Published 2022-08-11T05:34:46.458Z
Meta Prompt
Once the grid is filled, one word from each of the first three corners of the grid will form a clue to the meta answer, which is snaking through the fourth grid (only up, down, left, right: no diagonals). This is exactly how the WaPo mini metas work, so I'd recommend going there first if you're confused.
Checking for previous play data...
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Goldman's partner
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- 1AGoldman's partner
- 6AOat or corn follower
- 10ADances done in skirts
- 11AFriend, politically
- 12AMake like Darwin's finches, perhaps
- 13ACorn chip that (in my opinion) isn't as good as Bugles ar
- 14AThose who have this might struggle to say it
- 15A"Ender's Game" author Card
- 16AHomemade goods e-tailer
- 17AWhiskeys, but also loaves
- 18AAdele or Cher (but not a saxophone)
- 23ATheaters whose stock got caught up in the GameStop hype
- 27AHirsute (I first learned this word from a Baby Blues comic where the dad has to look it up in a dictionary)
- 28APoint on a graph
- 29AShoelace part of Phineas and Ferb fame
- 30AEve's partner in a 2008 Pixar film
- 31A"The Good ___": show starring Ted Danson
- 32ALike movies from Redbox
- 33AFactions of a church
- 34ALocation you hope isn't a mirage
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- 1DLayered rock
- 2DTax ___: IRS inspection
- 3DGroup that needs to be taught a lesson?
- 4DJon Favreau's character in "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
- 5DConcorde, famously
- 6DObtain in-laws
- 7D"For ___": Beethoven-inspired song by Saint Motel
- 8DAdele and Cher, for two (and some saxophones, for three)
- 9DCity on the Rhone
- 13DIn favor of
- 18DProtective pants for a posse
- 19DDouble bogey's opposite
- 20DPurple flower
- 21DStanding up straight
- 22DBinary octets
- 23DLa casa de Bob Esponja
- 24DThey might be broken or cast
- 25DIV x CXIV
- 26DEdible parts of sunflowers
- 30DChase, especially to 6D