Poles Apart (Meta)
◆ · Por benchen71 · Publicado 2023-10-17T05:00:20.020Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a two-word phrase
This was another night-time meta idea that survived the cold light of day. That said, constructing the grid was far harder than I anticipated which has probably upped the difficulty slightly. There are definitely some unusual entries in this grid! But I love this metanism, so hopefully you get as much joy out of it as me! The answer to the meta is a two-word phrase. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=145475#p145475
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Horizontales
- 1APetty arguments
- 6A"James and the Giant Peach" writer, Roald ___
- 10AJacob's hairy brother
- 14AStart of a fitness motto
- 15A"The Time Machine" people
- 16A"The Way You Look Tonight" composer, Jerome ___
- 17AFlat-bottomed boat
- 18AControls one's emotions
- 20APet Shop Boys song "It's a ___"
- 21ADept. head
- 23ABody art, for short
- 24APrefix meaning "earth"
- 25ABeaver creation
- 27A"No Time To Die" actor, ___ Malek
- 29AChristmas carols
- 31AJane Rochester's maiden name
- 32APronto!
- 33AThe I of the IRA
- 34A"The Orville" creator, ___ MacFarlane
- 35AFlavour enhancer, for short
- 36APose a question
- 37ASlalom curve
- 38AThreatening
- 40AHydrogen, at room temperature
- 43AWhichever
- 44AFood stamp letters (anagram of BET, if that helps)
- 45APlanets, to poets
- 46AFilm critic, Roger ___
- 49A"Then again..." in texts
- 50ACat's cry
- 51ASite of Hercules' first labour, which involved a lion
- 52ALake near Milano
- 53A"Monkey Man" actor and director, ___ Patel
- 54AHard mint candy, Tic ___
- 55AT-shirt size (abbr.)
- 57AMrs., in Madrid
- 59ASega rival, for short
- 61AParty with lots of Edam, Brie, Cheddar, Parmigiano, etc
- 64ASwell up
- 66AVictory, in German
- 67AConsisting of two parts
- 68AWhat you might get after you 36 across
- 69A"Make ___" (Picard catchphrase)
- 70A___ facto
- 71AAirplane walkway
Verticales
- 1DPlaces for a relaxing soak
- 2DCaption for a proposal photo
- 3DCreative pursuits with fronds?
- 4DFruit associated with Newton
- 5DFlower stalk
- 6DJunior high in a 1980s Canadian teen show
- 7DThe A of IPA
- 8DReliable prediction
- 9DLouvre painting, "Mona ___"
- 10DHeart test, for short
- 11D"Peter and the Wolf" composer, ___ Prokofiev
- 12DPossible answer to the question, "Whose mermaid tail is that?"
- 13DDown to earth?
- 19DHunger games winner who's lost her leader?
- 22DOne of 5 for Jacob Collier (at time of writing; he's a prodigy so he may well have earned more since!)
- 26DVerbal equivalent of a shrug
- 28DThings with poles
- 30DMork's home planet
- 31DWhat I try to avoid (but fail, like in this very clue), crossword___
- 36D6 across, for example
- 38DWhere the Kremlin airs their propaganda? (actually this clue shouldn't have a question mark, because they very much do this constantly)
- 39DFeature of Gabriel's theme in "The Mission"
- 40DWell-camouflaged top secret military missions in the jungle?
- 41DMost importantly
- 42DU-turn from NNE
- 43DLenny Kravitz song, "___ You Gonna Go My Way"
- 45DOrchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, for short
- 46DTV show about tree people solving murders by analysing sap samples?
- 47DSucceed exceedingly
- 48DOn-stage hosts
- 49DPrepares for a bodybuilding contest
- 56DVac preceder that probably involves a helicopter
- 58DStart of a magician's cry
- 60DEyelid problem
- 62DSense of self
- 63D"___ Kapital"
- 65DFlowery neckware