Thirst Case Scenario
■ · By Mikey G
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a drink.
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Ideal ending? (You know I love these.)
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- 1AIdeal ending? (You know I love these.)
- 4ASlippery swimmers
- 8AOregon, for one
- 13ALow digit?
- 14A"___ on the Water" (song with those iconic 12 introductory notes I'm now humming)
- 16AHome for a hawk
- 17AWhen the astronomy student got all the answers correct, she was declared a ___
- 19AMeek
- 20A___ donor (what you are when you give an old keyboard to the church)
- 21AFlaky minerals
- 23AWhat no one can ever sing?
- 24AI like the butternut squash ones from Panera (with my yummy turkey bacon avocado whatevers)
- 29AGoes off the track, like my lectures
- 31APage on my website where you'll see my partially obscured face behind a Starbucks cup (not a hint to the meta, I promise!)
- 32ACastle fortification or what you can cross every Tuesday with Ben Chenoweth!
- 34AAired again
- 35A2008 film whose title character is Po, voiced by Jack Black
- 39AShorthand expert
- 41A"Eso ___" (Paul Anka song)
- 42AMy mom's favorite drink in the summer, which is not the answer to the meta (hint: it's chilled, and its prices are steep LOL)
- 45AWhen I polled the restaurant on who liked to eat steak tartare, I had a lot of ___
- 50ACSNY or The Traveling Wilburys, for two
- 52AWell, it's a long 64-Across...
- 53AComposer Max with a surname that looks like it might rhyme with roots rocker Bob of the Silver Bullet Band
- 54AMy favorite type of bismol
- 55AThird-most populous Florida city
- 58AFruity green treat
- 61ASweeping
- 62AType of panel
- 63AAuthor Patchett of "The Dutch House"
- 64ASee 52-Across
- 65ARaced
- 66ABlog feed letters, for short
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- 1D"How weird that that roulette wheel is not spinning any even numbers..."
- 2D"Amen!"
- 3DScant, like the laughs I get from my puns
- 4DCable network whose only vowel stands for "Entertainment"
- 5DBig bird
- 6DChop off
- 7DPinch pennies (George: "I'm CHEAP? You think I'm CHEAP?")
- 8D"Gotta run!"
- 9DPrinted anew
- 10DYou may wrestle with this
- 11DXV/V (let me have one Roman numeral math problem)
- 12DSpearheaded
- 15D"Clueless" actress Donovan
- 18DPro ___ (proportionally)
- 22DIt's full of corn (the answer is not PUN, but it should be)
- 24DDrain pain
- 25D"Wild Blue Yonder" org.
- 26DOther, in Oaxaca
- 27DShe danced with John in "Pulp Fiction," and I'm sure she did other things in her career as well
- 28DIf you buy one, you can ink for yourself
- 30D"Give me another 5 minutes or an hour and a half, whichever comes last!"
- 33DI can't believe it's got butter!
- 35DStay fresh
- 36DLike a birdie but not a bogey
- 37DSouth American country whose name is an anagram of 54-Down
- 38D"NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW"
- 39DFoe of a bro, maybe
- 40DHorned Frogs' sch. (hope they don't croak in the playoffs)
- 43DI'd have one for breakfast, but my brain is scrambled
- 44DRegions
- 46DWhat Adele is rolling in (other than dough)
- 47DCome into view
- 48DTennessee team
- 49DThose are nuts!
- 51D"Uh, well, maybe I was erroneous to make such a conjecture..."
- 54DSee 37-Down
- 55DMarch Madness network that isn't CBS or TNT or TruTV
- 56D___ Deco
- 57D[I'm the best cow ever, and don't you forget it]
- 59DA-Rod's ex
- 60DIf you use one, you might get into a row