I Got The Drop On You (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2023-08-01T06:00:54.515Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a two-word phrase
I should have been working on my thesis today but I just couldn't face it (I'll blame that on a slight headache). But a meta crossword? Oh yes, that's definitely doable! The answer to the meta is a two-word phrase. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=138034#p138034
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- 1AExpectorate
- 5AMass email send-out
- 11A"Oh, what a tangled ___ we weave..."
- 14AWoody Guthrie's son
- 15AGerman industrial metal band, "Die ___" (named after a German industrial family)
- 16APoem in praise of something
- 17AOnly
- 18AExpress irritation or impatience
- 20A"The Simpsons" character who's really into disco
- 21AActress who played the title role in 1953's "Calamity Jane"
- 22ADinosaur who helps out Mario as an infant
- 24A"Call Me Maybe" singer, Carly ___ Jepsen
- 25AEats like a beaver
- 29A"Alien" actor, ___ Holm, who plays an android (maybe I should have prefaced that with a spoiler alert?)
- 30AJudo instructor
- 31ADa Vinci's "___ Lisa"
- 32ATwo-stringed bowed musical instrument from China also known as a spike fiddle
- 35AMusical aptitude
- 36ASong that comes after Billy Joel's "Prelude"
- 40ADarth Vader in Ep. I
- 41A"The Thomas Crown Affair" actress, ___ Russo
- 42A"Friends" dinosaur guy
- 43AMusical about Valjean and Javert, for short
- 46AEnglish cathedral town
- 47A"Melrose Place" actor, Rob ___
- 48AGreek Liberation Front (abbr.)
- 51ATour de France stage
- 54ASt. Louis' Gateway Arch, for example
- 57ATeam that comes in "Red" or "White" varieties
- 58ABottle size for many malt liquors
- 61AMath subj.
- 62ATaika Waititi's current girlfriend, Rita ___ (celebrity romance test since I wrote this clue a year ago!)
- 63AOutgoing, like an extrovert
- 64AOff-Broadway award
- 65A"Notorious" justice, familiarly
- 66ABreakfast cereal based on a cookie that constantly crops up in crosswords
- 67AEnvironmental subj.
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- 1DPert
- 2DPrefix with "-type" or "-plasm"
- 3DMagician
- 4DBody part used to temperature test a bath
- 5DKitchen gadget brand that sounds like a sound that comes back
- 6D"I'm freeeezing!"
- 7DAlternative spelling for Luhya, a Bantu language of western Kenya
- 8DStrike ___ (do some modeling)
- 9DPotato, slangily
- 10DEarly step in a cancer diagnosis, perhaps
- 11DAttempt to gain someone's love
- 12DPart of a school's URL
- 13DOyster's home
- 19D"Chagall Guevara" member, ___ Nichols
- 21DMoney in some Middle East countries
- 23DPut up, as a picture
- 26DVery simple
- 27DWithdraws gradually
- 28DKnight's title
- 30DWhat the world does in fact revolve around
- 31DHorses' hair
- 32DGood looker (usually; I don't want to labelled sightist)
- 33DFriend of Harry and Hermione
- 34DShade of colour
- 37DDecade divisions (abbr.)
- 38D"It's all ___ to me!"
- 39DSnakes do it (why does that remind me of a Cole Porter song?)
- 40DThe A of IPA
- 44DLiquefy
- 45DParental words after "because"
- 48DDraw forth
- 49DPrenatal test, for short
- 50DHong Kong neighbour
- 52DSalk vaccine target
- 53DMicrosoft's spreadsheet app
- 55DKoh-i-___ diamond
- 56DExtended fam.
- 58DIn favour of
- 59D30 down or 32 down, for example
- 60DLike a red ___ to a bull
- 61DEnglish runner, Sebastian ___