Time to Speak
◆ · By Mikey G · Published 2024-03-09T18:00:16.399Z
Meta Prompt
[Level 2] The answer to the meta is a 2-word title.
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... missed the bonus easter egg of abraham lincoln that was cool and the wacky themers were fun (especially BOSCOREOS)
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"Four Leaf Clover" singer Moore
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Across
- 1A"Four Leaf Clover" singer Moore
- 5AQB's six, often
- 11AWhat I must eat (because I am what I eat)
- 14ASome wraps
- 15AThe dueling maracas combos compete at "___ of the Bands"
- 16AMan-mouse link (we'll give singer Rita the day off)
- 17AJar of shortening from an ancient civilization?
- 19A"Isle of Dogs" director Anderson
- 20AForwarded
- 21AKnock
- 22ACrux
- 23ACable modem alternative
- 24ACertain pear-flavored cookies? (There have been weirder...)
- 26AOrthodontists' org.
- 28AKerfuffle or foofaraw
- 30ABull, in Barcelona
- 31AWhile previously in London and Paris, its current HQ sprouted in Brussels (har har) in 1967
- 33ACounterpart to a cone
- 35ASee 59-Down
- 39AFirst time after the Cubs last won the World Series (not relevant, except to say I hope they win this year's 2024 World Series!) that President's Day (more relevant) was held on February 20
- 42AClothes line?
- 43A"My dog can bring back my toy Hot Wheels when I throw it!" "That's so ___-fetched"
- 44ATrip from Norway to Beijing: "___ Boat to China"
- 45AShrinking inland sea
- 47A1040 ID
- 49A"thx" partner
- 50AWhat a nightclub has to pay every month?
- 54ASight in the Seine
- 56AExclude
- 57AGeneral on menus
- 58ALike some prints (Cinderella ordered a few recently: some day, her prints will come)
- 61ATypist's stat (I was going to act in a movie about keyboarding, but I don't want to be type-cast)
- 62AItalian herb manufactured in the Badger state, briefly?
- 64AFair-hiring inits.
- 65ASurreptitious
- 66APeculiar beginning?
- 67A"Hamilton" creator ___-Manuel Miranda
- 68AHandles
- 69ASmall river in Gloucestershire
Down
- 1DThe basics
- 2D"Want to hear about how to drill holes into pieces of wood?" "Ugh, you're such a ___"
- 3DWhat the loving couple of meteorologists liked to go on
- 4DSeconds, in a way, for short
- 5D1982 Disney film
- 6D___ es Salaam (Tanzanian city)
- 7DWing (as seen in the name of a dinosaur): Abbr.
- 8D"It's about time!"
- 9DWhat Marie Barone removed from her couch on an episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond" (to disastrous results, haha)
- 10DProduct of csc and tan (the geometry teacher played a trig on me)
- 11DMandel who hosted "Deal or No Deal"
- 12DSome random playground taunt
- 13D"These nautical poles are so flexible!" "They're the ___ of least resistance"
- 18DPop
- 22D"You're the owner of a picturesque cave now?" "Yep, I'm a ___ winner!"
- 24DBleacher catcalls, maybe
- 25DAlgerian port whose name is the first four letters of a secondary color
- 26DAgainst from the start?
- 27DIt breaks regularly
- 29DBond order
- 32DCommon type of play for amateur theater
- 34D12/
- 36DEagles song that captivated Elaine's boyfriend Brett on "Seinfeld"
- 37DVociferate
- 38DSlaughter who batted .336 with the Cardinals in 1949
- 40DThe starchy plant grower always walked the straight and ___
- 41DGargantuan
- 46DHe might pay someone a flat fee
- 48DEgyptian flower
- 50DRequest on "Wheel of Carpentry": "I'd like to buy a ___"
- 51DRock and Roll Hall of Fame architect
- 52DClassic memory game with four flashing lights
- 53DUltra-lite
- 55DMy favorite genre of puzzles outside meta crosswords
- 58DFish ___ (some common Friday-night events during Lent)
- 59D35-Across often seen in crosswords
- 60DBird in the affectionate name for a Canadian one-dollar coin
- 62DCompass dir. far less common in crosswords than ENE (probably)
- 63DSanctioned, briefly