Follow My Directions
◆ · By Mikey G
Meta Prompt
[Level 1] The answer to the meta is a well-known athlete.
It's Mike Graczyk here with puzzle #99! Did I finally create a legitimate Level 1? Stay tuned!
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Thank you ___ (bump in a road - I didn't know this until a recent WSJ meta)
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Across
- 1AThank you ___ (bump in a road - I didn't know this until a recent WSJ meta)
- 5ADig
- 9ASavoir-faire
- 13AThe bride's mate has ___ for improvement
- 15AKeats' creations are ___ of fun!
- 16APsyches (some are just super)
- 17AIt rhymes with "basic"
- 20AWith furtiveness
- 21AGift for a crafty kid (or, reparsed, Garfunkel's alien?)
- 22A"So, that's your game!"
- 25AGold, in Guadalajara
- 26AAperature that ___ know you know!
- 27A"Help! I can't solve the meta!"
- 28ANow, replace the "A" with the...
- 32AWhen repeated twice, title of Tommy Orange's 2018 literary masterpiece
- 33AWhen it comes to glue sticks, Elmer's will ___ the competition
- 34AWard of "Once and Again"
- 35ALacks, briefly
- 37A"Be with you in ___!"
- 41AWhen the cameraman retired, it was a ___ finish
- 43AThis is my aria of expertise
- 44AThen, change the middle letter to the...
- 49AMan-mission link
- 50ATalks that can't be longer than 18 minutes
- 51ASugar substitute?
- 52AType of spot, briefly
- 53AThe anxious neurologist is a bundle of ___
- 55ACity home to the Piazza de Ferrari
- 57ALastly, reverse the order of the...
- 62AScore after deuce, in tennis
- 63AAppear imminent
- 64AHost with the most at a roast
- 65A"I'm a sheep!" "Yeah, so am I!"
- 66AHe might say, "About me this clue is"
- 67ACrush, e.g.
Down
- 1DLeo is its mascot
- 2DDiamondbacks, on scoreboards
- 3DHunky-dory
- 4DFictional establishment that serves Duff beer
- 5D"Take your time!"
- 6DHow to draw doodles, often
- 7DShe played Maude and Dorothy
- 8DBacon, e.g.
- 9DBickering campers have ___-up hostilities
- 10DIn 2001, he drew a Graf (neither the meta answer!)
- 11D"Gimme a break!"
- 12DReduplicative insect
- 14DAccording to Petula Clark, it's "warmer than the warmest sunshine / softer than a sigh"
- 18D"I Don't Know How to Pronounce ___" (Luke Bryan and Jimmy Fallon collaboration)
- 19DNottingham's river
- 22DHaving a family reunion picnic? There'll be a lot of uncles and ___!
- 23D"lol that's funny"
- 24D"Beverly Hills Cop" character Foley
- 26DVerve
- 29DSnares
- 30DPrinter brand (Cinderella uses it - someday, her prints will come)
- 31DWhen I got a new trampoline, I ___ for joy
- 35D"Well, if I'm being real with you..."
- 36DEver so slightly
- 38D"You didn't plug up all this oozing water!" "Yeah, I'm feeling ___-ish about that"
- 39DStrays
- 40DSpanish abode
- 42DFour Seasons, e.g.
- 43DLaudable, like a great composer, perhaps
- 44DBrief meeting?
- 45DIroquois tribe
- 46DFictional location of Beaversdam and Chippingford
- 47DShe dropped in with Louise
- 48DPrimo
- 54DMovers (but not shakers, I hope!)
- 55D"There's such a thing as ___ grief. Just ask Charlie Brown" (Michael Scott)
- 56DBread makers, for short?
- 58DCourt
- 59DFriendly introduction?
- 60DWith 61-Down, place that plays an important part in a 1950s epic?
- 61DSee 60-Down