I Thought We Were a Team!
◆ · By Mikey G
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta, 11 letters in 2 words, is an alternate title for the puzzle.
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Bothered
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Across
- 1ABothered
- 8AFirst word in a 1991 Schwarzenegger catchphrase
- 13A"Wow, thanks, Captain Obvious..."
- 14AHybrid felines
- 15ASome fitness regimen, I guess (my exercise is running...my mouth)
- 16AAfrican nation whose capital anagrams to OH SAID GUM
- 17AAssent at sea
- 18ARogers and others
- 20AWhistleblowers, perhaps
- 21AThe mathematicians who couldn't agree on the definition of even numbers were at ___
- 23ARecycles, like bad puns (I would know)
- 25ALargest OH airport
- 26ATease
- 27AMember of the inn crowd LOL
- 28AThe planets after Pluto was banished but before it was begrudgingly reaccepted, I guess (When I heard that, I was out of orbit)
- 30AEncores
- 32AThird monastic hour (anagram of a Greek island)
- 34AAcrimonious altercations
- 36ASome proxy votes, for example
- 40AI read a book on the history of these workbench clamps - boy was it gripping
- 42AThe packaging from the cloth mice I bought for Ginger but not the actual mice itself, apparently
- 43A"Many the ___" (Sara Bareilles song)
- 46APart of an IOU?
- 48AMy daughter gets up early, but eventually, my ___ also rises
- 49ASpanish article
- 50AVice president born in Oakland, California
- 52AThey're picking up!
- 53ASatirist Mort
- 55AGets in the pool?
- 56ASuccor
- 57AMusical triplet of notes
- 59ARisks
- 63AActor who claimed that he could divide by zero in a 2006 "Time" magazine article
- 64AIt contains the line "With glowing hearts we see thee rise"
- 65AWeird Al sang about a giant ball of one in Minnesota
- 66AIndian spice blends
Down
- 1DIn
- 2DNice friend
- 3DYou can pick vegetables here
- 4DInfluences
- 5D"Sorry I'm ___, I Didn't Want to Come" (2019 Jessica Pan memoir)
- 6DBefore, either way you look at it
- 7DSinger of 1994's uplifting "You Gotta Be"
- 8DTotally descriptive name (not really) for one of LBJ's beagles
- 9DPetri dish stuff that I've seen more often in crosswords than in actual Petri dishes, though I've never looked into Petri dishes (just seeing how many times I can fit "Petri dish" into a clue)
- 10DPrime
- 11DKnickknack
- 12DHow some furniture might be sold
- 14D"You can't ___!" (unless you don't win)
- 16DThe "S" in "NES"
- 19DGet rid of
- 21DRound figures
- 22D"You think those gardeners are so nice? I've got the ___ on them!"
- 23DSubterfuges
- 24DType of media
- 27DCard game that might have you hooked
- 29DBoston basketballer, briefly
- 31D"___ la France!"
- 33DDashes but not hyphens
- 35DCity in Paris known for its porcelain
- 37D"If I watch TV with you now, you want to play cards later?" "___!"
- 38DNeophyte, slangily
- 39DDict. entries
- 41DIlk
- 43D"I ___!" (Line I don't remember the Cookie Monster ever using when trying to resist the last snickerdoodle)
- 44DQueued up
- 45D"Interpreter of Maladies" author Jhumpa
- 47DWhat Solomon asks for in 1 Kings 3
- 51DFivers
- 52DSome insurance company
- 54DThe end of love?
- 56DSanta ___ (hot winds)
- 58DPrevaricate
- 60DObamacare, for short
- 61DFig. in nutrition
- 62DPalindromic Oslo airline: Abbr.