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First Christmas (Meta)

· Di benchen71 · Pubblicato 2021-12-21T05:00:57.827Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is suggested by the grid
Wishing you a very merry Christmas! I've attempted some gentle myth-busting in this grid. If you're interested in reading more, check out https://www.psephizo.com/biblical-studies/jesus-was-not-born-in-a-stable-honest/ for a good presentation of the evidence; and I've also spoken about this in a recent YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afepVJpY4Xg. The answer to the meta is suggested by the grid. Answer and explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?t=1360&p=77405#p77267
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here: https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about/interest4.html. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!
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Commenti

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  • boharr 3s · 2021-12-21T18:53:02.149Z
    Tricky as always.
    • I K Snamhcok 9s · 2021-12-21T22:28:48.636Z
      Very nice!
      Merry Christmas, Ben!
      • benchen71 costruttore · 2021-12-24T03:13:33.868Z
        You're welcome! And a merry Christmas to you, too!
      • Dplass 11:44 · 2021-12-22T00:22:21.329Z
        Lucky guess. (after about 15 guesses :-P )
        • whimsy 18:17 · 2021-12-22T03:18:03.057Z
          And to think that I was trying to anagram PAGEANT somehow out of the SEVEN special entries! :) Thanks for holiday spirit puzzle, Ben.
          • benchen71 costruttore · 2021-12-24T03:13:53.367Z
            You're very welcome! Hope you have a wonderful holiday time!
          • LuckyGuest 5s · 2021-12-22T15:35:28.076Z
            Interesting and compelling article! Have a wonderful Christmas...
            • benchen71 costruttore · 2021-12-24T03:14:15.695Z
              You're welcome! And a wonderful Christmas to you, too!
            • Dow Jones 5s · 2021-12-24T00:44:38.800Z
              Fun. Thanks for the nudge.
              • Bbaack 19:26 · 2021-12-24T01:39:36.738Z
                Got it with the nudge. Thanks for the seasonal meta and interesting article! Merry Christmas, Ben!
                • benchen71 costruttore · 2021-12-24T03:14:37.979Z
                  You're very welcome! And a very merry Christmas to you, too!
                • Carolyn 7s · 2021-12-25T17:30:16.683Z
                  YEP, overthought it! Needed the nudge. Thanks so much for the puzzle. Really enjoyed the podcast as well.
                  • benchen71 costruttore · 2021-12-25T21:32:01.427Z
                    You're very welcome!
                  1A
                  Person involved in 36 across
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                  Orizzontali
                  1. 1A
                    Person involved in 36 across
                  2. 5A
                    Where the star came to rest (with "the house")
                  3. 10A
                    Activity involving the imagination and dice (abbr.)
                  4. 13A
                    Start ___ (again)
                  5. 14A
                    Important number in the book of Revelation (think seals, trumpets, and bowls)
                  6. 15A
                    Pokemon that eats iron to build up the steel armour that protects its body (and whose name seems to be formed from smooshing "armour" and "iron" together)
                  7. 17A
                    "Where ___ go wrong?"
                  8. 18A
                    First month in Spain
                  9. 19A
                    Region
                  10. 20A
                    Surrounded by
                  11. 22A
                    Person definitely not involved in 36 across because they would have stayed with family (see 55 across)
                  12. 24A
                    Feed trough located in the place where 36 across occurred
                  13. 26A
                    Be in Germany
                  14. 27A
                    Doctor of Education (abbr.)
                  15. 28A
                    Anglo-Saxon labourers
                  16. 30A
                    Like van Gogh's night painting
                  17. 32A
                    Amy Winehouse's most successful single
                  18. 35A
                    Administrative division (abbr.)
                  19. 36A
                    Name for the event that took place the very first Christmas
                  20. 40A
                    "I've worked out the meta!"
                  21. 41A
                    "___ little silhouetto of a man" (Queen lyric)
                  22. 42A
                    31 down units
                  23. 45A
                    Started
                  24. 48A
                    Mensa stats
                  25. 49A
                    Channel with many out-of-this-world shows
                  26. 52A
                    Person involved in 36 across
                  27. 55A
                    Place that was full of relatives, so 36 across took place where the animals were kept at night
                  28. 58A
                    Cubic meter
                  29. 59A
                    1003, on a cornerstone perhaps
                  30. 60A
                    Actor ___ Elba
                  31. 62A
                    Anagram of a term of endearment which is itself found in the word "endearment"
                  32. 63A
                    River through Florence
                  33. 64A
                    "I disagree, homie"
                  34. 65A
                    "The Bookseller of Kabul" author ___ Seierstad
                  35. 66A
                    Dusk, but in poetry
                  36. 67A
                    Short wavelength radiation
                  37. 68A
                    People involved in 36 across
                  Verticali
                  1. 1D
                    Start of the palindrome that ends with "I'm Adam"
                  2. 2D
                    Inner self, according to Jung
                  3. 3D
                    Decorated again
                  4. 4D
                    Bombing ships in the Star Wars universe
                  5. 5D
                    Enzyme suffix
                  6. 6D
                    River through La Paz
                  7. 7D
                    Bakery fixtures
                  8. 8D
                    Author whose works would be suitable for showing on 49 across, Jules ___
                  9. 9D
                    Japanese mushrooms
                  10. 10D
                    Destroy completely
                  11. 11D
                    Stuff belonging to someone
                  12. 12D
                    Evaporated, as a salt lake
                  13. 16D
                    Geeklike
                  14. 21D
                    Science Fiction, for example
                  15. 23D
                    Treebeard, for example
                  16. 25D
                    South Welsh term for a drainage ditch
                  17. 29D
                    R&B group, known for the song "If I Ever Fall in Love"
                  18. 31D
                    Grouping of 42 across
                  19. 33D
                    @@@
                  20. 34D
                    Singer Justin, for short
                  21. 36D
                    River through Paris
                  22. 37D
                    Chinese dynasty
                  23. 38D
                    Music video programmer (but shortened in part)
                  24. 39D
                    Othello's answer to, "Who's wife is Emilia?"
                  25. 40D
                    Obtain
                  26. 42D
                    Greek letter used in integrals
                  27. 43D
                    Superlative suffix
                  28. 44D
                    Fluid-filled cavity within the spinal cord
                  29. 46D
                    Adjective for a boiling kettle
                  30. 47D
                    Podcast "Conan O'Brien ___ Friend"
                  31. 50D
                    Big name in travel guides
                  32. 51D
                    ___ Linda, California (and one letter changed from a famous Greek)
                  33. 53D
                    Aussie slang for a car crash
                  34. 54D
                    What Luther supposedly said at the Diet of Worms, "___ stand, I can do no other"
                  35. 56D
                    Jerusalem mount (var.)
                  36. 57D
                    "He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the ___ clay" (Ps. 40:2, KJV)
                  37. 61D
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