Secret Places
◆ · By Mikey G
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a city.
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TV show that lasted more than three times as long as the conflict it portrayed
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Across
- 1ATV show that lasted more than three times as long as the conflict it portrayed
- 5A"Goodness gracious!"
- 9ADisparage
- 12AMcLachlan single that I promise I'll listen to one of these days
- 13ALike any number in the form a + bi, where b = 0
- 14AGame similar Skip-Bo (I seem to lose at both of them so what's the difference)
- 15AFirst half of a maxim that basically means, "A person might not outwardly show feelings but might inwardly be compassionate" (I promise I love people but leave me alone)
- 17AHush-hush document, briefly
- 18AIt's where the action is
- 19ACall after a play at the plate (or from me on the sofa, screaming at the umpire)
- 21AShowed an exuberant amount of energy (like for MGWCC or MEOW or MOAT or whatever these are)
- 24A"Al uses the old carpenter's adage, 'Measure twice, cut ___'" "Tim's adage is 'Never measure, cut yourself'" ("Home Improvement" humor)
- 25AFormer fast flier
- 26A"___ away childish things..." (1 Corinthians 13:11)
- 27ALike much yard sale merchandise (half-filled book of crosswords, anyone?)
- 28AI'll venture to state that venture entrepreneurs (and meta solvers) need this
- 30ABritish singer born Helen Adu
- 33ACryptic time! James biographer that you'll find in the deli (4)
- 34A1 in. is 2.54 of these
- 37AThey might be golden or pale
- 38AFreaking huge amount of power
- 40AOnly difference in the title of the 1974 Best Picture winner, compared to the 1972 Best Picture winner
- 42ACopier refill need, often
- 43AFig. that might have you feeling under pressure LOL
- 44AWhen the dueling bakers forgot about their goods for months, their competition ended in a ___ (putting a pun here is the yeast I could do)
- 47AObjective
- 48AType of lily
- 49AThorn in your side ("Hey, META fits here...")
- 50AA deer, a female deer (don't make me sing any more)
- 51ALost
- 52ALose it
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- 1DColorful talkers
- 2DCherishes
- 3DSpeechless ("I'm speechless. I have no speech" - George)
- 4D"If only I ___ gone down that rabbit hole!" (lament when you don't see the meta)
- 5DBritish singer born Rita Sahatçiu
- 6DShe may feel cooped up all day
- 7DHe asks unanswerable riddles and recites nonsensical poetry and no, my name doesn't fit
- 8DWhat anything may come before?
- 9DComma splices, for one (my students know I despise these)
- 10DCause
- 11DSavored the sounds?
- 16D___ Sophia (structure built in 537 with minarets added nearly a millennium later)
- 20D2020 animated film with the voices of Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey
- 22DWhat people often have at meals
- 23DSAT-ACT concordance, for one (#testprepnerd)
- 28D"___ la vie!"
- 29DOff to ___ start (me, waking up at 2 pm on the weekends)
- 30DAfter draining all of that maple syrup from the tree, my energy was ___
- 31D"Goodness gracious!"
- 32DDisparage
- 34DLand promised to Abraham
- 35DIt blows off steam in Europe, briefly
- 36DStar in two consecutive 1970s Best Pictures
- 39DWhen babies look for real estate, they search for ___ with a view
- 41D"Insecure" actress Rae who I hope loves being in crosswords
- 45D"The ___ of Anxiety" (Auden verses that won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry)
- 46DMauna ___ (you've got a one in three chance)