Initial Forecast
■ · By Emma Oxford & Will Pfadenhauer · Published by Pandora's Blocks Weekly Meta Crossword · Published 2023-02-26T14:00:28.741Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to this week's meta is the winter weather phenomenon that could be a fifth theme entry.
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Comments
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- Byron 🤓10:56 · 2023-02-26T14:06:21.664ZNice fill
- oldjudge 7s · 2023-02-26T14:16:22.626ZPretty vafrous
- MajordomoTom 🤓7:18 · 2023-02-26T16:11:19.732Zugh
- Nice one, Will! Definitely feeling it around here this past week!
- boharr 3s · 2023-02-26T14:32:45.352ZEasy and fun. Thanks.
- Bird Lives 3s · 2023-02-26T15:09:48.443ZPoolside Vodkatini -- if you spend winter in the right sort of place.
- Ooh, one of those sounds great! Do you deliver?
- Pleasant vice!
- Thanks for the praiseful voucher!
- HeadinHome 🤓14:16 · 2023-02-26T15:27:07.275ZYou’re right - a softball this week. Hope those of you in the said themer see springier days soon! (purple violets? plumbeous vireos? pure verdance? )
- I feel pleasantly vindicated by submitting the correct answer to this challenge, which provided high puzzling value
- KayW 🤓6:39 · 2023-02-26T15:54:56.838ZPalpably Venerable. And I had no idea about 39 down39DSite where many invasive plants are sold[----]. Thanks for enlightening me, as well as for a fun puzzle
- whimsy 14:25 · 2023-02-26T16:04:28.430ZPositively Vacation-worthy. Thank you Emma and Will!
- wendy walker 3s · 2023-02-26T16:21:45.926ZFun one, Will!
- MajordomoTom 🤓7:18 · 2023-02-26T16:11:07.211Zwould have been my "hail mary" guess even w/o the grid ... something I'm tired of hearing about
- Cindy Heisler 2s · 2023-02-26T16:23:33.949ZThat was fun. And appropriate for the kind of weather we have been having recently. Thanks, Will and Emma!
- I K Snamhcok 🤓12:29 · 2023-02-26T16:28:20.767ZPfadenhauerian value!
- MatthewL 🤓8:25 · 2023-02-26T18:27:02.799ZNice one. Thanks.
- Jeff G 4s · 2023-02-26T19:04:53.803ZEasy and enjoyable as advertised!
- Carolyn 3s · 2023-02-26T21:01:16.659ZCool!
- Thanks for the puzzle - fun clues and fill! Glad to be mostly missing out on the polar vortex so far, and hope it is as short-lived as possible for all who are more directly affected!
- Anita and Steve 2s · 2023-02-26T23:22:52.209ZGot this one with only a quarter of the grid filled.
- hazmat 🤓7:13 · 2023-02-26T23:53:05.215ZTHANKS!
- tromboneknuckles 🤓11:26 · 2023-02-27T03:26:36.054Zi waited until i completed the grid before trying to find the answer, had to google correctly for a while tbh
- ReB 🤓34:20 · 2023-02-27T04:55:51.909ZSo disappointed the answer wasn't Puschkin Vodka (a winter phenomenon in Germany perhaps?) Enjoyable cluing, though I had to solve the grid from the bottom up. Took just a few moments of thought once I finished the grid and wrote down the themers. Nice meta for a vacation.
- I was going to answer Parsimonious Velociraptor, but it wasn't the right length. Thanks for a breezy (not Easy Peasy) puzzle!
- hashbrown 🤓9:54 · 2023-02-28T20:20:32.618ZProfessional vexation, Will!
- Garrett Herzfeld 🤓4:46 · 2023-03-02T15:40:41.080ZFirst meta I've ever done/participated in. Thanks for a good puzzle!
- Welcome to the meta-verse! Glad to have you with us!
- Meta World Peace 3s · 2023-03-04T22:55:26.949ZThose two letters will always be reserved for "present value" to us finance types ;) Great GAS PEDALS clue!
- Qmark 🤓20:43 · 2023-03-05T03:20:56.281ZThanks Will!
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"Not today, ___!"
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- 1A"Not today, ___!"
- 6AOriginal Obi-Wan portrayer
- 10ARun smoothly
- 13ACertain humanities subject, to students
- 14ACommon state for a soap opera character
- 15AVader's childhood nickname
- 16ADangerous political situation
- 18AMembers of 37-Across37ASee 18-Across[---]
- 19ASeek divine intervention
- 20AFeel awful
- 21ASome evergreens
- 23AFont flourish
- 25ABig name in pest control
- 28AIvory, but not ebony
- 29AGrammatical construction this clue was written in
- 32ATea, so to speak
- 35A"Distracted boyfriend" or "Expanding brain," for example
- 36AUPS alternative
- 37ASee 18-Across18AMembers of 37-Across[---]
- 38AUntruth
- 40ATook a load off
- 41AMoray, e.g.
- 42AShow on which Bill Hader played Stefon, for short
- 43ANot for
- 45AWanderers
- 47ACertain YouTube workout
- 50ARachel's role in "The Mummy"
- 51AUber competitor
- 52ARBIs and stolen bases, for two
- 56AIndustrious ones
- 58AInc. relative
- 60AA deficiency of it causes anemia
- 61AHalf the cost of something really expensive?
- 62AElection method often contrasted with an electoral college
- 66AMeadow
- 67AJai ___
- 68ASeeds for crosswords
- 69AOrlando-to-Miami dir.
- 70ACare for
- 71A"Alas"
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- 1DBe an irritating roommate, in a way
- 2DDoing battle
- 3DDani Rojas suffers from them in "Ted Lasso"
- 4DHeading next to Dep. at the airport
- 5DSuper ___ (celestial event)
- 6DRecognition
- 7DBud's partner in comedy
- 8DAnimal you might find in a chrysanthemum?
- 9DSleep under the stars, perhaps
- 10DWas completely blindsided
- 11DNot maximized, as one's potential
- 12DGets eliminated from a bee
- 13DTikTok and Snapchat, for two
- 17DBroadcasts
- 22DFootball play also known as "halfback lead"
- 24DHave no luck with
- 26DCurrier's partner
- 27DMore than request
- 30DType of gem that's one letter off from a type of piano
- 31DNixes
- 32DFeatures of electric cars too, colloquially (it would be more accurate to just call them accelerators)
- 33DOpposites of fussy eaters
- 34DStudent loan corporation that was once a government entity
- 39DSite where many invasive plants are sold
- 44DLiquid that drips
- 46DSome drivers
- 48D___ Lingus
- 49D"There, there, ___ be alright"
- 53DPleasant scent (like the one you get from boiling sugar maple sap)
- 54DCarried (around)
- 55D1990s gaming platform
- 57DTiff
- 59DLions and tigers, but not bears
- 63DWorld Cup cheer
- 64DGive a horrible review
- 65DLetter after pi
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