Back to the Beginning
◆◆ · By Mikey G · Published 2023-12-09T18:20:17.550Z
Meta Prompt
[Level 4] The answer to the meta is my 3-word holiday message.
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Subway alternative
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Across
- 1ASubway alternative
- 4A"2-Minute Drill" network
- 8ACountry whose name comes from element #47, briefly
- 11A"Either these terrible puns go ___ do!"
- 12AFermented soybean paste that comes in kome and mugi varieties
- 13AName of Crown Dependency between Great Britain and Ireland
- 14ARacer that might be exhausted, har har
- 15A"That crossword suit is perfect!"
- 17AUnfamiliar
- 19ALeaves for a drink?
- 20ATennis requirement (my tennis puns make quite a racket)
- 22AEditions of this were the first items ever sold with fluorescent packaging (1959)
- 26AVast
- 30ARabble-rousers might cause trouble outside one (but my favorite is chocolate, so what do I know)
- 31AYorkshire County Cricket Club batsman Kilner
- 32APartake in subterfuge, maybe
- 34A67.5 deg.
- 35AActs human, in a way
- 36AComes out of a bedroom at noon, perhaps (the son also rises)
- 38ASesame starter?
- 40AArea of concern for MLB pitchers
- 41AAnimal I give a hoot about LOL
- 44AGuzzles a bunch of eggnog, perhaps
- 48AAmorphous
- 52AHue's partner
- 53AYachts might travel to one
- 54ANever could an odd integer be this
- 55APC linkup that someone has used at some point, apparently
- 56AAQI monitor
- 57ASea-soning that might be a pretzel sharpener (oof)
- 58ASoul, on the Seine (that's also the middle of an ornament?)
Down
- 1D"Are you trying to keep us out of Del ___ Vista??" (Frank Costanza)
- 2DCaspian sea feeder (and if you think I never confuse this with the similar sea, ___ wrong!)
- 3D"She" has said, "I'm not in it for the money. But I do accept verbal high fives"
- 4DDistinguished
- 5D"Here's a solution, what if we all stop standing? "Yes, that's ___!"
- 6D"Hey, you! I've got a puzzle!"
- 7DI'm not sure why my sinuses are bothering me, but my otorhinolaryngologist ___
- 8DGrant, e.g.
- 9DPasta sauce brand that causes a row when you spell it backward
- 10DUngulate mammal (what's this with you?)
- 16DStable particle?
- 18DEn-deer-ing crosswordese mother of Faline and Gobo
- 21DI have some puns about changing my spare, but you'll ___ of them
- 23D"___ to differ!" (What I say when someone says crosswords aren't cool)
- 24DGreat specimen
- 25D"___ Tú" (1973 hit by Mocedades)
- 26D"___ Milk Dunk Ugly Christmas Sweater" (item to buy on this company's website since I just looked it up)
- 27DProctor & Gamble, briefly
- 28DSurname of character who reflects, "It was Christmas week: we took to no settled employment, but spent it in a sort of merry domestic dissipation"
- 29D"It ___ Upon the Midnight Clear"
- 33D4 : dollar sign :: 5 : ___
- 37D"Yay team!"
- 39DHonshu drama
- 42DIf you're sad about your flowers not growing, you must have a ___ garden
- 43DAvalanche out of a volcano (it's a hot topic)
- 45DWhen the smog lifts in Los Angeles, ___
- 46DMarginal unit of measurement
- 47DLast word of title of song whose lyrics reference "a cup of kindness yet"
- 48D"Want to go skating later? "What an ___ idea!"
- 49DI'm down for one
- 50D"bye 4 now"
- 51DNo. on a card, maybe