Explanation: 4 Latin phrases suggest locations in the grid.After death/SUICIDE; in the middle; under penalty/REDCARD; before war/COLD.Writer STANLEE and the state of NEWYORK are both associated with the same motto.
I love this meta! I decoded three of the four phrases, but IN MEDIAS RES had me stumped until I read your explanation. But it makes perfect sense! Well done, indeed.
Caroline 🤓7:23 · 2022-04-09T18:25:20.496Z
Hmm. I still don’t quite follow. How are you meant to get to “Stan Lee” and “New York” from the info in the puzzle?
After SUICIDE comes STAN, then LEE is the middle of the puzzle; NEW is located under REDCARD, and YORK is before COLD (WAR).
Caroline 🤓7:23 · 2022-04-09T18:38:54.587Z
Some nice clues! Stumped by the meta. I suspected something was up with 25A because of the way it was clued. But I connected 16A with 5A, and then I couldn’t find connections for 26A or 61A so I abandoned that train. I kept trying to tie in 36D thinking it must be relevant because of the oblique clue but I couldn’t make it work.
This was so damn good! The mechanism was so novel and intricate… I’m kicking myself for not translating all the phrases including the title… I hope you make more metas :)