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◆ · Di woozy · Pubblicato 2023-04-26T05:32:48.459Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to this meta is a word that ends with E
So... I couldn't solveAl Sisti's "Do I have to spell it out for you" MMM ( https://crosshare.org/crosswords/ddaJFH5yodWsDOSHFgDv/do-i-have-to-spell-it-out-for-you) [and I still can't]. So I wrote this puzzle based on a rabbit hole I knew wouldn't work but I thought could be cute.
Controllo se esistono file di gioco salvati...
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Baronci altarpiece painter
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Orizzontali
- 1ABaronci altarpiece painter
- 7ALightheartedly goofy
- 12AOne manner or another
- 13AUnctuously anoint (obscure)
- 14AInfested, swamped
- 15A"What's that predatory bird with a piercing cry?" "That? That's - ----"
- 16ACent coin
- 17AFirst notes of a scale
- 19APro ---; being in favor of a transmission electron microscope for the time being
- 20AWin; vanquish
- 22AHighest and/or lowest card rank
- 25ANot take a side
- 27ASporty Chevy
- 29AStun guns
- 30A" I'm standing on a ledge and your fine ------ ---. Is fastening my ankle to a stone"
- 32AColor; tint (but as verbs; not nouns)
- 33AEnter quietly like a thief in the night
- 34AHard-shelled food
- 35ACanadian Sports Channel
- 36AMost depressing author of all time (Is there any joy in "Tess of the D'Urbervilles"?)
- 41AHebrew letter. ----- null is the cardinality of the integers or any infinite but countable set. ----- one is the cardinality of the real numbers. John Brunner in "The Infinitive of Go" talked of ----- two and ----- three but I don't think he really understood the concept.
- 43AParachutes that work as anchors. Of sorts.
- 45AIndian wrap (var.)
- 46AGermaine and focused
- 47AWeak part of a musical measure (and a death metal band from Virginia Beach)
- 48AHorse's huff
Verticali
- 1DWander
- 2D"That's for sure"
- 3DPlant with fronds
- 4DNot quite right
- 5DContenu d'un lac ou d'une mer ou d'un océan
- 6DPresident who lifted Him and Her by their ears
- 7DAlternative name for a puffer fish (just as Echinozoa are neither hedgehogs or cucumbers, a puffer fish is not a baby pigeon)
- 8DPen filler
- 9DAimlessly hung around
- 10DWell-read
- 11DPrimordial matter of the universe, originally conceived as composed of neutrons at high temperature and density.
- 12DProbably not a portmanteau word from "soak" and "mop" but it should be
- 18DTime in the early afternoon when there is about a 30 degree angle between the clock hands
- 20DAnglo-Saxon freemen
- 21DPredecessors of 17A
- 22DCoolers that you can not drink
- 23DCondensed in format
- 24DThings that send
- 25DInhales and exhales
- 26DPublic university in Camden and Westminster
- 28DA cooler that you can drink
- 31DSill, pane, sash are all part of this
- 34DSpacey Organization (no, not the clever pun answer; the stupid and obvious pun answer)
- 36DArizona native
- 37DDramatic conflict (if its between multiple parties would it be a poly-... sorry. A nerdy geometry pun there)
- 38DWreck
- 39DClaim otherwise
- 40DPenultimate Ave. crosser?
- 42DMaritime prov. know for its potatoes and mussels
- 44DIf you need a nudge, this hockey player is apparently well-known enough to go be just his initials (at least they came up high on a google search)