All for Nothing (and vice versa)
◆ · By woozy · Published 2024-07-12T18:21:10.421Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to this meta is where I sometimes end up when doing metas
... and nothing in between.
This retaliation meta uses what I was certain had to be the metanism of Dr. Tom's MEOW, "All or Nothing" (https://crosshare.org/crosswords/Ru3tP3uUPnf0t4ERIZkY/all-or-nothing)
Apology Nudges:
I borrowed TERA as a clue for Dr. Tom's puzzle. It's not actually important. I apologize about the red herring of the emphasis. The was a rabbit hole I thought it'd be amusing to point out but it's not the BIG rabbit hole that inspired this meta
Dr. Tom entries that threw me for a loop but got nowhere are: COP CARS, STOA, MAKO, AROD, JAY NORTH, and FLORA
Dr. Tom entries that threw me for a loop but got nowhere are: COP CARS, STOA, MAKO, AROD, JAY NORTH, and FLORA
Real nudges: As always, the title is key
So you must figure out what I mean by "ALL" and "NOTHING"
What I used for "NOTHING" is a pretty standard; what I used for "ALL" maybe less so but certainly not very original
The meta is four letters long and there are eight key entries
So you must figure out what I mean by "ALL" and "NOTHING"
What I used for "NOTHING" is a pretty standard; what I used for "ALL" maybe less so but certainly not very original
The meta is four letters long and there are eight key entries
Checking for previous play data...
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Coffee bar offering
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Across
- 1ACoffee bar offering
- 6AAffectionate name for a female relative
- 11A"Rumor has it..."
- 12AThe fixed structure between the great hall and the screens passage in an English medieval timber house; or an obsolete spelling of a lance; or an archaic word for 'to ask', ... or just put in a globe without the H. I mis-googled when making the grid and it's too late to fix now.... [hate it when that happens]
- 13AHatcher of "Desperate Housewives"
- 14AColorful Spanish blooms
- 15AHe-man-ish
- 17ATaboo
- 18AColors
- 20AInternal Transaction Number in an Automated Export System
- 21A"____ to win it" (which is ironic considering the answer to this meta)
- 23ATwo-toned stalker
- 25ASan Francisco to Albuquerque
- 26AStephen's Bewitched boss
- 28AThis lady can sing the blues
- 30ARitual Hindu pose
- 33AMilitary man goes both ways like Baseballer Jason (who throws one way and bats another)
- 35AWealthy
- 37AHorse opera
- 38A"Able was _____ saw Elba"
- 39AGas station brand
- 40APopular dance of the 60s
Down
- 1D"Sluggo is ___" (one of the silliest internet memes)
- 2D"Uh, a word please"
- 3DA really big byte on an Apple [ignore the emphasis... this is a clue from Dr. Tom's meta and I was just illustrating one of the rabbit holes I went down. It has nothing to do with the meta for this puzzle]
- 4DMartial arts spoonerism for a coffee alternative
- 5D90s drama I didn't start watching until George Clooney had left it
- 6DSilent talk
- 7D"Once ___ a mattress" (always a mattress)
- 8DNeural Rendering of Objects from Online Image Collections that sounds like it pertains to a Roman despot
- 9D31 oz. at Starbucks (may God have mercy on our souls...)
- 10D"___ __ Proposition... um, the good one"
- 14DNemesis
- 16DJabba Desilijic Tiure's species
- 19DAddress given by the POTUS often in January
- 21DOld Testament prophet who may or may not have declared Judgement was done and Restoration was at hand
- 22DMake invalid
- 24DVisually rendered anew
- 25DBreakfast food whose sales spiked due to Netflix's "Stranger Things"
- 27D"__ _ Blue?"
- 29DThe 100% headless transport beast went to a German speaking municipality of Belgium. ("Hey, that baseball player Ott? Is he a Dave?" "No, he's .....")
- 31D"Umbella" singer
- 32DA card shark has five of these (That clue led me down a merry Rabbit Hole in Dr. Tom's original meta)
- 34DIn Rio this is worth 0.1844 USD (as of the moment I am writing the clue)
- 36DIt's a blow to the head!
- 38DHit's a blow to the 'ead!