The Optimist
◆ · Por DrTom · Publicado 2023-05-31T22:46:47.698Z
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a classic summer treat
A person we all admire, the optimist manages to take everything life gives them and derive maximum enjoyment. Here is hoping you can find the good and enjoyable in this puzzle even if it is a bit late.
Fair warning that this is not a puzzle that will spell out an answer, you will have to use some deduction to solve the meta. As such it may be a 2 or 2.5, but once you see it you will know if you have the correct answer.
Tom
Hmmm..of COURSE this is playing a lot more difficult than I thought, it wouldn't be one of mine if it wasn't. Having seen a lot of the Crosshare submissions I am detecting that people are seeing "some" of what I wanted them to but not making the connection. So, time for early nudges:
Nudge 1] The title is always important of course, but the intro to this one is also important because it was meant to put a phrase in your mind that would help you solve
Nudge 2] A lot of you have noted the 8 similar items in the GRID but are thinking about them in a different manner. What do all of those have in common, or rather are infamous for
Nudge 3] Intuitive metas...there outta be a law!
DOWNRIGHT SHOVE] When life, or DrTom, gives you something and you are the eternal optimist, what are you going to do?
Comprobando datos de juego anteriores…
1A
High point of a trip to Switzerland
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
Horizontales
- 1AHigh point of a trip to Switzerland
- 4ALyra's brightest star
- 8ATerra del ___
- 13A___ Speedwagon
- 14ABring home
- 15AGM driver's assistance amenity,especially helpful if your car breaks down a lot
- 16AMember of a Panama tribe of escaped, enslaved, Africans
- 18AHeart healthy, but boring, diet
- 19ANothing left
- 21AGPS recs.
- 22AMunicipal laws: Abbr.
- 25ALondon lout
- 26AWhat most everybody looks down on
- 27ATamp down the hostilities
- 34A"Conning Tower" columnist's initials
- 35ASpilled the pintos
- 36ABeleagured heir to Henry's company
- 37ABurst of sonic ecstasy
- 39AMiami baserunners
- 41AUnstable dragster fuel
- 42AQuick, and now outdated, office correspondence
- 43A"Gossip Girl" creator Anna
- 44AGives a nudge
- 47ATraining money
- 48AMake tracks
- 49AQuiet demands
- 50A30's boxing champ Max
- 54AHow time reportedly passes while having fun
- 58AArmed marine predators
- 60ATriple Crown winner: 1948
- 64ALawrence of Arabis star Peter
- 65ASpotty type of horse
- 66ASob
- 67ALike 65A but bigger spots (and probably less trustworthy)
- 68AClumsy neckwear for a pair of Spanish oxes
- 69A"That said"
Verticales
- 1DParenthesis, essentially
- 2DRing of Hawaiian Islands
- 3DLittle dog, for short
- 4DYoung beef
- 5DCount, now
- 6DHot drink
- 7DTicked off
- 8DHereafter (in texting)
- 9D"Back in the ___"
- 10DSomething ripe for a Coup
- 11DBattering wind
- 12DCrumbs
- 15DTurning point in ancient history
- 17DIt holds a yard
- 20DDiscouraging words
- 22DCause affront to
- 23DFix or ___ daily (acronym for a car)
- 24DBeloved by
- 27DFancy hairstyles
- 28DStately shade tree
- 29DSleek, for short
- 30D"Bad" cholesterol
- 31D"Do ___" (parent's order)
- 32DTeaching goal
- 33DFamous cow and her namesakes
- 35DNew Mexico art community
- 38DAssoc.
- 39DBlokes
- 40DInvoice abbr.
- 42DApery
- 45D1966 Michael Caine role
- 46DAcronymic computer of "2001"
- 47DNASCAR legend A.J.
- 50DCartoon vamp,Betty ___
- 51DBroadway opening
- 52DBerkshire school
- 53DCarrot, e.g.
- 55DHeadless vowel volley
- 56DAlone
- 57DBarcelona bathroom
- 59DArafat's grp.
- 61DAloof
- 62DBauxite, e.g.
- 63DPublisher of WORDLE; Abbr.