Cold Opens
◆ · By Mikey G
Meta Prompt
[Level 2] The answer to the meta is a 7-letter word. Answer and explanation: https://xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=118550#p118550
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Across
- 1ABank no.
- 5AThey're often sliced
- 9ASAT : high school :: ___ : college
- 12ABrouhaha (When the barista did stand-up, it was a real brew-haha)
- 14AChicago's ___ Planetarium (I should've had a pun here, but I didn't planet)
- 16AType of coat
- 17AWhat some people put up to put up with me
- 18AGood surname for a lifeguard?
- 19AWhat I should do to my clues a lot more often
- 20ARange component
- 22A"Hey, I saw this book of crosswords first!"
- 24AFace component
- 25AURL ending
- 27AWhen I'm going to stop punning
- 28ACBS drama that premiered in 2003
- 30AHow I arrived to the party because I didn't want to come at all
- 32ASpeed readers?
- 33ARoot word?
- 34AExpress lugubriousness, in a way
- 35AOscar-winning Civil War film
- 37ATitle for Lancelot (I don't spear often, but I do Lancelot)
- 38A"Okay, you don't have to share the unsavory parts of your life story with me..."
- 40AIt might travel through the air
- 43A"Everybody Loves Raymond" pizzeria that you might be FINDING (hint hint hint)
- 44AThey were going to stop giving horseback riding lessons, but then I voted ___
- 45AExcoriation
- 46ASnub
- 49AMIT grad
- 51AObjective, for one
- 52ATitle of Joe Quimby, who said, "Very well then, instead of fleeing this town, I'll stay here and grow fat off kickbacks and slush funds"
- 53AYou might find it in your sleeve
- 54ARapper who probably loves cool, refreshing beverages
- 56ATangy
- 58APlace not to drive on, so I've been told
- 62A"Sometimes you feel like ___..." (Ad campaign that brought me a lot of Joy over the years)
- 63AGive out an address
- 65AProp at a pageant
- 66ARings on an island, say
- 67AI was going to attend the convention on the history of hay, but then I ___
- 68AGreeted and seated
- 69ACommunication at the heart of Sara Novic's 2022 "True Biz," for short
- 70AGambol
- 71ATech review site
Down
- 1DType of radio
- 2DNúmero menor que uno
- 3DYou might understand how a cumulonimbus travels, but my knowledge is ___
- 4DLove can be a part of it
- 5DBig ___ (David Ortiz's nickname)
- 6D"How dare you suggest that yours truly peeks at the answers to the puzzle!"
- 7DBritish pop-rock group
- 8DBud of baseball
- 9DFirst figure name-checked in the lyrics to TV's "Maude"
- 10D1930s Best Actress star Luise
- 11DLogs
- 13DJames who "bloomed into a fiery interpreter" on her debut album, per "Rolling Stone"
- 15DEmeritus: Abbr.
- 16DAmeliorate
- 21D"Here, I can complete this task for you in a condescending manner to make you feel inferior"
- 23DLike a teenager's comments (or my responses to them)
- 26DTroop group: Abbr.
- 28DChorus of dissent from solvers who see a Roman numeral clue coming up very shortly
- 29DVII more than the square of XII
- 31DPeek-___ (what I say to Ginger Cat, who is not amused)
- 32DDawson who voiced Batgirl in 2017's "Lego Batman Movie"
- 34DWord in the name of an African nation
- 36DSinger whose first two names are Kathryn Dawn
- 39DFraction of time for which I can keep my students' attention, for short (and it's really short)
- 40DWhat this night owl hopes he never has to be
- 41DSome musical notes
- 42DWord written in a different language in a different clue in this puzzle
- 43DGreat thing to have in addition to the bases being loaded (but watch out for the triple play!)
- 46DChevy model (they're making antelopes now???)
- 47DSurname of home renovators Chip and Joanna
- 48DType of medicine
- 50DBeverage brand, and it's been oolong since I've bought it
- 51DRelating to the abdominal cavity
- 53D"Don't grow up - it's ___!" (sign in my office)
- 55DBudgetary setbacks
- 57DSan Francisco hill
- 59DFirst name of actress who, in 1941, applied for a patent regarding a "secret communication system"
- 60DCrossword lake, so just put ERIE and be done with it
- 61DPhilippic
- 64DIt certainly isn't nothing