Suit Yourself
◆ · By Mikey G
Meta Prompt
[Level 3] The answer to the meta, 2 words in 9 letters, is what you should do when solving hard puzzles.
Welcome to puzzle #52! Make yourself at home (just clean up afterward). Happy solving! -Mikey G
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Founder of the Academy
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- 1AFounder of the Academy
- 6AOut
- 10AMLB league my grandfather thought was superior since it was founded first
- 14ABiblical figure who had to Goliath down
- 15AManage
- 16AInkling
- 17AStradivari's teacher
- 18ARhode Island's motto
- 19A"Got plans playing with my cat and doing crosswords, sorry"
- 20AAlso
- 22ANeat
- 23AJeanne d'Arc, par exemple
- 26APossible response to "That you???"
- 28A"___ are just children who refuse to put down their crayons" - Al Hirschfeld
- 30AHeroine in "War and Peace," which my mom read on the beach when she was 17 (not all at once, she'd get sunburnt)
- 31A45, for one
- 32AVex
- 34ADefense advisory org.
- 37A"Atonement" author McEwan
- 38AActivity for singers
- 40AIt was originally written as "[annoyed grunt]" in a 1980s script
- 41AThat, in Tijuana
- 42ALend ___
- 43ABob Dylan song about a messy arts-and-crafts session?: "Tangled Up in ___"
- 44ACommenced
- 46ACatherine the Great or Ginger Cat (at least she thinks she is), e.g.
- 49AIt's on display at the Smithsonian
- 52ACertain Hondas
- 53ABoard
- 54AJust
- 56A"Wow, fancy seeing you at the market, even though I have no desire to talk to you!"
- 57AEbuillient exultation
- 58AFabulous storyteller?
- 62ALa mitad de seis
- 63APlace for a monitor
- 64ANot pusillanimous
- 65A"Why not?"
- 66ASite where stars are found, briefly
- 67ARoomy ride
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- 1DPalm Pilot, e.g.
- 2DFlight
- 3D"Selma" director DuVernay
- 4D1990s Best Picture winner
- 5DKeats (who has really urned my respect LOL) and others
- 6DWhat a pain
- 7DFirst word in title of song that begins "Mattie told Hattie"
- 8DRetail outlet with "creative pros"
- 9D"___-haw!" (sound after solving a meta)
- 10DFine point
- 11D1990s "Saturday Night Live" cast member
- 12DWhen prime time ends in CST
- 13D"How's your coffee-milk hybrid?" "I love it a ___!"
- 21DType of blanket
- 22DKunta ___ of "Roots"
- 23DFictional Hawkins
- 24DHaving a wide knowledge of operatic solos is one of my many ___ of expertise
- 25D"Don't worry, I'm happy to!"
- 27DDrench
- 29DAthletic feat whose namesake achieved it twice, both in 2003 and 2015
- 33DDrivers' org.
- 35D"Washington Post" composer
- 36DWhere four bishops congregrate
- 38D2009 : Sotomayor :: 2010 : ___
- 39DWon for now: Abbr.
- 43DSwiss cheese (don't mind if I fondue)
- 45DNancy Drew's aunt
- 47DWhere legends are found
- 48DTech site without any 8-Down products
- 49DEntertainment "quadfectas," briefly
- 50DIndira Gandhi's father
- 51DWhat Australia's "Give Way" sign is called in the United States
- 55DScary Spice (I'm terrified of oregano)
- 57D4 on a phone
- 59DLugubrious
- 60DWhen Caesar made his eggs, it was all ___
- 61DPilot product