Not Quite Enough
◆ · By Mikey G · Published 2024-09-28T17:00:50.311Z
Meta Prompt
[Level 1.5] The answer to the meta, 2 words in 9 letters, is what I hope this puzzle doesn't do.
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Tanks, Mikey!1A
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Across
- 1ATime to change
- 7ANYY rival
- 10AIf you know about tides, you'll ___ the benefits
- 14A"___ Son" (Richard Wright book)
- 15A"I almost forgot the unit for resistance!" "___ man, that was close!"
- 16AType of delivery
- 17AAuthority who oversees the Out of This World Series?
- 20AYaa who wrote "Homegoing" and "Transcendent Kingdom" (both masterpieces)
- 21AAdvanced degree?
- 22AColombian flatbread often stuffed with cuajada
- 23AMonogram you'll need if you want to be like Ike
- 25AIt succeeded "The Artist" as Best Picture
- 27AHeadline when a famed inspector took a spill?
- 35AMake
- 36A"It's freezing in here!"
- 37AGreet, in a way
- 38APortugal's capital, to the Portuguese
- 40A"i can't believe u and ur puns..."
- 42AIf you have this, boy, you've got some verve
- 43AChaos over a bridal outfit?
- 46AAves.
- 47AColl. sisterhood
- 48AWhen Beethoven's battery finally worked, he penned ___ to joy
- 51A"Hogwash!"
- 53APalindromic numbers?
- 58ASavory taste found in shredded cabbage?
- 61AOrg.
- 62AJaguar in "Madagascar" voiced by Jessica Chastain
- 63A"Sadly, that won't work"
- 64AButter servings (I'll get margarinely better at cluing this)
- 65AAves.
- 66ASteve and Selena's costar of "Only Murders in the Building"
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- 1DFly in the ointment
- 2DLike the Monday crossword, usually
- 3D"___ boy!"
- 4DLetter opener?
- 5DLike Humpty Dumpty and a friend shaped exactly like him
- 6DPalindromic pitcher Robb
- 7D"I don't get what this boxing match is a ___"
- 8D"You mean this? It's no big deal"
- 9DDallas sch. that's home to the Mustangs
- 10D"Piece of cake!"
- 11DMost common Great Lake found in crosswords (you know what to do)
- 12D50+ org.
- 13DEntreaty
- 18DSomething to lend
- 19DSaid one volcano to another, "Go ahead, ___ day!"
- 24DVitiate
- 26DForm hastily, as an opinion, like my thinking the Cubs would go to the playoffs this year because they were 17-9 in April (I'm not bitter, really)
- 27DBoston NBAer
- 28DRetreat
- 29D"Ish"
- 30DLightens the load
- 31DWhat a major constellation!
- 32DShe sang Billboard's #1 hit of 1967
- 33DList-ending abbr.
- 34D"Can you fix all these fender-benders today?" "Well, not all, but I can make a ___ in them"
- 39DMaker of mixers
- 41DDragon in "Mulan" voiced by Eddie Murphy
- 44D___ de corps (fellowship)
- 45DVillain in "The Little Mermaid" voiced by Pat Carroll (no, none of these are meta-related!)
- 48D"And make it snappy!"
- 49DOrg. with its heads in the clouds
- 50DExpel
- 52DRemote batteries
- 54DEpps or Sharif
- 55D"The ___ Thing He Told Me" (Laura Dave novel)
- 56DStart to present?
- 57D"Pen" or "ten" suffix
- 59DMetric wts.
- 60DWhen the Scotsman played basketball, it was a ___ dunk!