Undercurrent Events
◆ · By Mikey G
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is what a good meta does.
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Across
- 1AHow you might stand
- 4AStack in a lunchroom
- 9AGospel great Winans
- 13ACommon crossword noun that's a homophone of 16-Across
- 14AAsian capital
- 15ABarely running, like my exercise bike at the gym
- 16ACommon crossword surname that's a homophone of 13-Across
- 17ABad way to run
- 18A"How about you actually cut the lawn right this time"
- 19A"Above all else..." (But perhaps "Below all else..." is more fitting!)
- 22AMusical instrument that is the first four letters of two other musical instruments
- 23ACapital of the country with the most gold medals at the Winter Olympics
- 24APressing need?
- 27AFictional character born in ABC prime time on February 22, 1963
- 30ACivil rights activist Davis
- 32AMet ___ ("Fashion" event, or so they say)
- 33AA cat's eye, occasionally
- 36ASource
- 37ATook a course?
- 38ALaissez-___ (YEAH NO RULES)
- 39AThey've got so many questions
- 40AA test solver who has the first crack at the meta, say
- 42AToil
- 45ALiar in a logic problem
- 46AForm a union (a more perfect one, we hope!)
- 49A"Uh, please, allow me"
- 50ABranch
- 51ALast word in a Shakespearean title
- 52AWhere femurs are found
- 55ASome 62-Downs
- 57A"___! OF! FORTUNE!" (fake TV show about expensive fish - just go with it)
- 58ABring in
- 61AFunctions
- 62AWhen Caesar went swimming, he was told to beware the ___
- 66AIf you wear it, you might get knight sweats LOL
- 69AHow you may get to the airport
- 70AFury
- 71ASeizes
- 72AUp to
- 73AWhen the fish salesman came to the house, he brought his calling ___
- 74APC keys that I could use in real life
- 75A"Yes!"
- 76ARte. 66, e.g.
Down
- 1D[And just like that, I figured out the meta!]
- 2DReach
- 3DJust awful, like my puns
- 4D"___ do" (what you say after I try to tell another 3-Down pun)
- 5DNickname of the winningest French Open champion
- 6DShortly
- 7D"Really???"
- 8DPlaces for plants
- 9DTech. news and review site
- 10DPopular street name (but it's not that Poplar)
- 11DMurmur in a lovey-dovey way that will cause this millennial to roll his eyes
- 12D"Yuck, that crosswordese is disgusting!"
- 15DBean, for one
- 20DIt's commonly eaten in Japan on New Year's Eve
- 21DJust like
- 24DBoardroom VIPs
- 25DWhat a novel idea!
- 26D"Gargantuan fiddlesticks of lugubriousness" (in a slightly more common way)
- 27DOrg. for good drivers?
- 28DActor Morales whose Wikipedia page says his name frequently comes up in crossword puzzles
- 29DMoves furtively
- 31DSportscaster Gumbel
- 34DFirst name of singer of 1983 lyric "Take your passion / And make it happen"
- 35DWhat helped to get a party started?
- 38DGinger Cat's covering
- 39DThis is a no-win situation
- 40D1970s "Show" that awarded its winners a check for $516.32
- 41DGIs that rank under Sgts.
- 42D___ rock (easy-listening radio format)
- 43DPine
- 44DLeave, colloquially
- 46DCry from a couple who wins the "$1,000,000,000 Meta Grand Prize" (this is not a thing)
- 47DOwns it, like an ill-advised bird joke ("But I thought it couldn't be beak!")
- 48DNo and others, briefly
- 51DRachel : Jennifer :: Phoebe : ___
- 53DWhen successors of an estate call my radio show, I'm putting on ___
- 54DKind of sack
- 56DPie I've eaten before (See 47-Down)
- 59DType of puzzle central to "Concentration"
- 60DBand of Joey Fatone (who was also the Rabbit on season 1 of "The Masked Singer," and these parentheticals are obviously the quality content you've come to expect)
- 62DSee 55-Across
- 63DQuadri- plus quadri-
- 64D"Well, that's ___" (word that sounds exactly like 38-Across and maybe it's a dupe but not really)
- 65DActress Lamarr who helped pioneer the precursor to Bluetooth
- 66DI don't act mine
- 67DCertain lines, briefly
- 68DOpen ___ night ("And, now, I'd like to recite poetry in honor of my love of Wordle")