Look After The Theme And The Meta Will Take Care Of Itself (Meta)
■ · By benchen71 · Published 2024-03-12T05:00:43.904Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is something that would be of benefit in solving the meta
As per usual, we're gradually ramping up the difficulty as the month progresses. I had fun with the cluing so hopefully that means you will have fun with the solving! And then, of course, there's the meta to solve. About that: the answer to the meta is something that would be of benefit in solving the meta. So you know: the usual sort of "meta" meta. Good luck! Nudges available here: https://xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=159936#p159936
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"I know a man with a wooden leg named ___"
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- 1A"I know a man with a wooden leg named ___"
- 6AAdd to the staff
- 10ASoftware you can try before you buy
- 14ABroadway star ___ McDonald with six Tonys
- 15ACanadian actor ___ McCormack known for his roles in "Will & Grace" and "Travelers"
- 16ASquashed circle
- 17ACity backstreet
- 18AJapanese soup flavouring
- 19ASinger ___ Simone
- 20ACommon pollinator
- 21AAvoid doing, but in a sly way
- 24A"Stop", for example
- 25APlayful aquatic mammals
- 26A___ del Fuego
- 29AToaster waffles
- 31AFlinched
- 33AWhat you should find 'twixt cream and scone (and I will not enter into any correspondence to the contrary!)
- 36ATaj Mahal locale
- 37A___ West, who said "It is better to be looked over than overlooked" (which is probably too vague a meta hint to be of any real use, sorry!)
- 38AMedically-induced state, sometimes
- 39AFish eggs
- 40ABurgled (in 1920s slang)
- 44ATwo-time Oscar winner Dianne ___
- 45AWolflike
- 46A"You can't treat me like this: I'm a ___ customer!"
- 49APresent
- 50AThe latest in ___ mistakes
- 53AGPs
- 56ASous ___ (cooking method using prolonged low temperatures)
- 57ABritish prep school
- 58AManicurist's board
- 60A"___ After" (Cinderella movie that treats the story as historical fiction)
- 61AProgram like a 30 down
- 62ANumerals like MM and DCLVI
- 63ADepend (on)
- 64ADigits on which to play "This Little Piggy"
- 65A"Under ___" (in which Tommy Lee Jones plays a truly excellent baddie)
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- 1DSwedish automaker
- 2DSal, in a song about the Erie Canal
- 3DRun in neutral
- 4DUno + due
- 5DSteven Soderbergh movie with a strong female lead and a non-linear storyline
- 6DShe-Ra's male counterpart
- 7DOptometrist's focus
- 8DAscend
- 9DStudy of the environment
- 10DTori
- 11DFacebook party notice
- 12DCountry estate
- 13DSix kings of Norway
- 22D"Zounds!"
- 23DOklahoma native
- 24DMlle., in Madrid
- 26DSkier's transport
- 27DAbu's evil counterpart in "Aladdin"
- 28DRaison d'___
- 29DPass, as a law
- 30DComputer whiz
- 32DProphet from Judah who ministered in Israel
- 33D"Livin' On A Prayer" band Bon ___
- 34D"Preach it!"
- 35DFilly who is now all grown up
- 38DEgyptian Christian
- 40DBlues singer B. B. ___
- 41DOmission
- 42DPixar movie about a boy who becomes Earth's ambassador
- 43DMatt and Ross of "Stranger Things" fame
- 44DWhere you might taste a Tokay
- 46DFlat block of stone, brick, or concrete
- 47DEarworm time: "Oh no, not I, I will survive / Oh, as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay ___"
- 48DWhat you have to do while singing "The Lonely Goatherd"
- 49DUnits of heredity
- 51D"Am ___ early?"
- 52DNetwork point
- 53D"Distracted boyfriend", for example
- 54DFactor in a sniper's calculations
- 55D"Auld Lang ___"
- 59D"___ aussi" (which is definitely not French for "I am from Australia"!)