Each Gobbler
◆ · By Mikey G
Meta Prompt
[Level 3] The answer to the meta is a phrase that I wish applied to solving crosswords.
I hope we all had a happy and healthy Thanksgiving - or at least a happy one! (Like my turkey, I'm stuffed!)
Answer explanation here: https://xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=113886#p113886
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. But once it gelled (like cranberries) it was an elegant solve. Enjoyed it!!1A
What you may do before eating a Thanksgiving dish
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Across
- 1AWhat you may do before eating a Thanksgiving dish
- 7ARapscallions
- 13AJust one mistake (a slow day for me)
- 15A"Wow, that describes me exactly"
- 16AOnce upon a time
- 17ACountry whose capital ends in "la Vella"
- 18AIt may be square ("Hey, MIKE fits!")
- 19APlay conclusion?
- 21ALast word in the name of a city in a middle Eastern country
- 22AFirst "meal" you need when you find each gobbler's entry
- 27AMo. in which National Men Make Dinner Day is celebrated ("Who wants pizza???")
- 30AIt helped finance the construction of the Great Wall
- 31ABuddy who's (likely) not an elf
- 34AIllustrious
- 36AAdd bacon to a cheeseburger, for example (at least in my opinion - don't tell my cardiologist)
- 38AWords heard once you get three strikes in a row
- 39ALeave, in slang (fine by me - gives me more crossword time!)
- 40AHow I often go
- 42AWhat it seems like I always do right before catching a typo
- 43AFreetown's currency
- 44ASaharan sanctuaries
- 45ANumber of instances of "fowl language" you need to catch in these clues
- 47AShirley of "Goldfinger"
- 49ARival of Roger, colloquially, who played him in many a wild game
- 52AThey're far from basic
- 54AIn medias ___ (how "The Odyssey" begins)
- 55ACryptic time! "Tree seen through broken panes (5)"
- 56ASpearheaded
- 57AWhat you might say in chess after a poor unsuccessful play
- 60ACape ___
- 61A"Of course you need new glasses! What'd I tell you???"
- 62ASecond "meal" you need when you find each gobbler's entry
- 63ACompany that apparently isn't around anymore since GE bought it in 1986 (I just learned this)
- 64AThat, in Toledo
- 65AA pro at defib (and that's de-truth!)
- 66AGroup of preschoolers?
- 67ANumber of letters in the answer to the meta
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- 1DDrive, e.g.
- 2DAlphabetically first 4-letter Best Picture
- 3DSome old smartphone precursor (anagram of ROTE)
- 4DWhat comes before mañana?
- 5DWhen I say I'm coming, which is probably at least one hour before I even leave my apartment: Abbr.
- 6DThrow on the floor?
- 7DHe's such a mama's boy
- 8DCape ___
- 9DBellowing
- 10DFirst name of the man who was told that one of his television ideas didn't "have enough jeopardies"
- 11D___-mutuel betting
- 12DBalkan citizen
- 14DFord purportedly claimed that you could have this product "in any color...as long as it is black"
- 15DPlace for which Gauguin went gaga
- 20DMel who could have said, "Yes, I batted .304 with the Giants, but my biggest accomplishment is appearing in so many crosswords"
- 23DSpurious
- 24DCompany whose first Color of the Year was cerulean, in 2000
- 25DLusaka native
- 26DMany "Lost Generation" poets
- 27DR&B artist who was Badger on the UK "Masked Singer"
- 28D"I think that dark sky is portentous." "___ to that!"
- 29DEveryone's viewing it - you should too!
- 31DSanta Claus and the penguin never got along because they were ___
- 32DBard of ___ (Shakespeare, who was really good at selling things door to door)
- 33DFurnish
- 35D"You don't have to!"
- 37DSome are early
- 41DMost accessible
- 42D___ Daddy (Midwestern barbecue sauce with a pun name)
- 45DSpurious
- 46DLike Slurpees but probably way healthier
- 48DHardy heroine
- 50DI was going to enclose my yard, but I'm on the ___ about it
- 51DBan's UN predecessor
- 53DA or B
- 55DFeed the kitty
- 58DBand Weird Al parodied with "Spam"
- 59DMiracle-___ (it'll be a miracle if I clue this another way)