What a lot of ....
◆ · Por woozy · Publicado 2023-05-03T22:51:46.011Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to this meta is a collective noun
This one was inspired by another Crosshare meta (but it'd be too big of a hint if I told you which one). This is maybe a you-see-it-or-you-don't puzzle. Will tell you the few hints given in the clues to point you in the right direction are all not part of the meta solution or themers.
Still, I think it should be fun. There are some large bones to chew on so it shouldn't be too hard to get started.
Comprobando datos de juego anteriores…
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Intentional killing
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Horizontales
- 1AIntentional killing
- 7ALittle lie
- 10AElectronic text protocol
- 13AStoic; like the author of "Hercules Furens", "Medea", "Troades" and other tragedies
- 14A"Norma ___" (Field film)
- 15AAlso
- 16AReceptacles for a fountain pen need
- 17ACompletely capture the attention of
- 19AStone mounds
- 20AKing of Noland and brother to Fluff. (Or if you haven't read Queen Zixi of Ix lately then use the clue "unopened flower")
- 21A"What are you -- --?" (Um, clue 21 Across. Why do you ask?)
- 22A-- -- cost (free)
- 23AConrad novel about the abandoning of a ship
- 26AIf you ain't got this, boys, you better go back to beautiful Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee.
- 28ASits about in a funk
- 32AMental state of a cat (and perhaps the audience) after a Monty Python skit
- 35ARemove; unwrite
- 36ALode
- 37AFaster than sound aircraft
- 38ANigerian ruler
- 40AHwy.
- 41APlateaus
- 43AAccompanying plate of leafy greens
- 46ACharacter actor in "Goodfellas", "My cousin Vinnie", "Home Alone", etc. etc.
- 47ADaughter of James II, niece of Charles II, and sister of Anne
- 48AArmy camp followers; rabble; a maker of CPU fans
- 51ACharts
- 54AWhen the Ice Age occurs in "The Skin of Our Teeth"
- 57ATolkien creature (the bad one; not the good one)
- 58AIron deficiency
- 60AAs Earth did to Boomers, to Gen Xers, he abides
- 62AApparent
- 63AScurried
- 64ASwarm of butterflies catcher
- 65ALines that cut curves in multiple places
- 66ACreative product
- 67AIncredibly Stupid Acronym
- 68AThe Voice of the Civil Rights Movement
Verticales
- 1D"--- -- Work" (Australian rock band); or... Egyptian amulet; or "-- ---; You Herm" (what Hawthorne said to Melville when they were playing Tarzan)
- 2DHurtful act
- 3DReprimand
- 4DPack of rats killer
- 5DOrders just a 43A
- 6DHosp. workers
- 7DHe speculated the mind was composed of the Id, Ego, and Superego
- 8DWhat's between H and K
- 9DImplore; entreat
- 10DCease
- 11DBetter part of
- 12DMeh...
- 13DCentral American Integration System
- 18DCirculating story of uncertain truth. (Hmm... the collective noun for the plural of this is "nest". That won't help you with the meta but it's an interesting fact)
- 20DVivacity
- 24DLeaves out
- 25DAnything is fine with me
- 27DOctober Revolution country
- 29DLegislative body
- 30D62D but less immediate and feminine (both are Spanish pronouns)
- 31DGerm
- 32DGive for free
- 33DFrench for edge or seam and, thus, a common word in the names of many French communities
- 34DKinda like the things in 49D
- 39DIn mourning
- 42DUnpleasantly pungent
- 44DAll-in-one Apple computer
- 45DDirected toward
- 49DConnecting points
- 50DActress Garbo
- 52DCompanion of Niña and Gallega
- 53DCollege entrance exams
- 54DRazor brand
- 55DScorch; blacken
- 56DCamp shelter (hmm, "camp" is a collective noun for bats... that won't help you with the meta [unless it does] but I thought I'd point it out)
- 59DA pleasant city in France
- 61DA singular prefix
- 62D30D but more immediate and masculine (both are Spanish pronouns)