Initial Forecast
◆ · By Emma Oxford & Will Pfadenhauer · Published by Pandora's Blocks Meta Crosswords · 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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"Not today, ___!"
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Across
- 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-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-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