Found in Translation
◆ · By Mikey G
Meta Prompt
[Level 2] The answer to the meta is a 2-word title.
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Homophone of where Santa carries his goodies
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Across
- 1AHomophone of where Santa carries his goodies
- 4A"This cup of warm cocoa is so good!"
- 7A14-Across weather, often
- 11AFriendly introduction?
- 12AAn elf at the North Pole, likely
- 14A12/25 (hey, that's almost half)
- 16AWhat some people's holiday cards are by Thanksgiving (yes, we got a few before then!)
- 17AAdvanced degree?
- 18AWhen you open them, you might get a fizzy signal
- 21AMy preferred coffee order, even when it's 10 below!
- 25AWhere this teacher hopes kids aren't during 14-Across!
- 27AEntangle
- 28AI'm not going to tell you if I'm giving you colorful fish or not! I have to be ___ about it
- 29AItem I often give people (whether they want it or not, haha) on 14-Across
- 31A0-0, e.g.
- 32ADressed for dreamland, perhaps
- 34A14-Across season, always
- 36ABaja bread
- 37AMikey G's voice range ("awful" doesn't fit...wait, yes, it does, don't put that)
- 38A"___ little teapot..." (My tea puns are a real brew-haha)
- 40ASinuous swimmers
- 43AI was enrolled in it for four years in the early 2000s
- 48A"Okay, you caught me eating the gingerbread house!"
- 49AWhat you get on the beach when you divide sine by cosine
- 50A14-Across gift for Cinderella, perhaps (the glass slipper variety, of course!)
- 51AAsner of "Elf" and others
- 52ARds.
Down
- 1DJiffies
- 2DYearn
- 3DBugles, for example
- 4D@@@
- 5DLike cocoa fresh from Santa's workshop
- 6D"Adeste Fidelis" and "Stille Nacht"
- 7DRedeem, as a savings bond
- 8DApproved of, briefly
- 9DLow place?
- 10D"Want to hear a joke about the Sahara?" "You and your ___ sense of humor..."
- 13DIt's a welcome site
- 15D"___ sing America" (Langston Hughes line)
- 19DSoft throws
- 20DSouth American greeting
- 22DWhat Ginger hopes Santa brings her
- 23DCruciverbalist's favorite lake
- 24D"Did you give Dancer's food to Prancer again?" "Oh, ___"
- 25DLeave out
- 26DI might "pine" for this LOL
- 27DiPhone covering
- 30D"Thanks for paying for lunch!" "___ hard feelings"
- 33D"Come on! Let's build a snowman together!"
- 35D"The First ___" (one of my mom's favorite Yuletide songs)
- 37DWhat you probably shouldn't do if I'm making sugar cookies
- 39DCMXCV more than the number of letters in the second word of the title that answers the meta
- 41DTest whose perfect score is 180: Abbr.
- 42DHyphenated figs. (sounds delicious)
- 43DMember of the fam
- 44D"Oom-, loom-, do-ba-dee-duzzle / How many puns can I fit in this puzzle"
- 45DKerfuffle
- 46DStayed out of sight
- 47DDollar divs.
My first was POLAR EXPRESS based solely on COLD, TOYMAKER, CHRISTMAS DAY, and (always) WINTER. It fits at least.
The second one was correct. I was closer than I realized. I had the E, L, and I but also had NAVIDAD, DIO ESPANOL, AULA.