Looking Up Down Under (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2021-11-09T05:00:23.886Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is "so romantic"
Quite a lot going on in this puzzle, but hopefully I've provided enough signposts. The answer to the meta is "so romantic" (and yes, the quotes are significant!) Good luck! Answer and explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?t=1287&p=73572#p73517
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- 1AUntidiness
- 5AIs ___ (likely down for)
- 10ABlack and green, for two
- 14AWhat this is
- 15AText on the back of a book
- 16APrefix that indicates this is the most important nemesis
- 17ADivine prefix for -nence
- 18A"Groundhog Day" director, Harold ___
- 19A"If you want to know my understandings concerning that..." (but in an SMS)
- 20A"Miss Saigon" setting
- 21AFleurie single from her album "Portals", with an animated music video about a girl living in a space-station who sends a message down to her boyfriend during a spacewalk
- 23AHacker who hasn't quite decided whether to use their skills for good or evil, perhaps
- 25AScarily good baddie in "The Good Girls", subtly under-played by Manny Montana
- 26AClarinet insert
- 27AWhat a reasonable student aspires to
- 32AWrath
- 34AFollowed a curved path
- 35APart of a table
- 36AMeat preserver
- 37AJavert's solo in Act 1 of "Les Miserables" where he vows to catch Jean Valjean
- 38A"Auld ___ Syne"
- 39AActs of physical intimacy in the view of others (abbr.)
- 40AThing used to reinforce a tomato plant
- 41APanels in a window
- 42ADessert wine
- 44AIt grows up to be a stallion
- 45A"I knew it!"
- 46AMilitary offensive
- 49AVan Gogh's painting of the view from his asylum window (with "The")
- 54AStreet in Paris
- 55ACome ashore
- 56AHair-like organelles
- 57AObjectives
- 58ACreator of the MPC, the drum machine that changed popular music
- 59AAudibly shocked
- 60AWork with wool
- 61AViolin tuners
- 62AFourth herb in a Simon & Garfunkle song
- 63A"What ___!" ("I'm having fun!")
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- 1DEvent hosting, for short
- 2DCatalan equivalent of "la mer"
- 3DActress who plays River Tam in "Firefly"
- 4DPartner of 55 across
- 5DOver-4 downs
- 6DShrub or bush
- 7DWhat we've all developed during recent months, perhaps (too much snacking, not enough exercise!)
- 8DTrot partner in a fairytale involving goats
- 9DSees (what's special about the entries whose 14 acrosses include the words up, down, or under, hopefully).
- 10DPerson who can bring up the hem of a garment
- 11DWriter, ___ Bombeck
- 12DWhat zwei times vier equals
- 13DWhat you might find under a horse's hoof
- 21DMononymous singer who made autotuning famous
- 22DTold an untruth
- 24DYoungspeak for "toss"
- 27DMiddle foot pedal in a manual car
- 28DLand measure
- 29DEnglish mathematician who worked at Bletchley Park and helped crack the Enigma code
- 30DUnit of heredity
- 31D"As sure as ___ is ___"
- 32DEgyptian snakes
- 33DNothing
- 34DInverse of the tangent function, for short
- 37DBackyard visitor, perhaps
- 38D"I'm not listening!" (said with fingers in ears)
- 40D"___ gut!"
- 41DWhat keeps a fence up
- 43DTelephone box that's bigger on the inside than it looks from the outside
- 44DWhat a crescent moon looks like
- 46DDiscrimination against the old (one way to spell it)
- 47DMobile device from Microsoft, now discontinued
- 48DAssays
- 49DFunky style of bass playing
- 50D45 across song, "___ On Me"
- 51DWhat "so romantic" is of "astronomic", for short
- 52DClose at hand
- 53DWestlife song, "___ My Love On You"
- 57DAbbr. that comes between a name and an alias