Practically Parallactic (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2025-05-20T06:00:06.180Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is two 4-letter words
This was another one of those meta ideas that sat in my "meta ideas" list for ages. The seed for this one came from staring at an ad on the back of a bus that I was following as I drove home after a day of teaching. After a while I noticed something and thought "there's a meta there!" And there was! The answer to the meta is two 4-letter words. Nudges available here: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=205726#p205726
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With 7 across: Australian-born, Los Angeles-bred, online clothing store that's clearly targeting Gen-Z
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- 1AWith 7 across: Australian-born, Los Angeles-bred, online clothing store that's clearly targeting Gen-Z
- 7ASee 1 across
- 13AInvoice figure
- 14A"Entourage" character played by Jeremy Piven
- 16A___ microwave background radiation
- 17AOccupied, as an apartment
- 19AHanoi holiday
- 20AMuscle twitches
- 21AOne of the Inner Hebrides
- 22ASports-team execs, for short
- 24AWith 26 across: Britches belonging to canonised figures in the Catholic church
- 26ASee 24 across
- 27AParcels of land
- 29ACaptures, as flavour
- 31ASea nymph
- 33A"Are we there ___?"
- 34ATeacher's favourite
- 37AHebrew greeting
- 38AWithout thinking
- 40AFrodo's constant companion
- 41ACry out loud
- 43ALay waste to
- 44AEats nothing but
- 46APoker stake
- 47AWith 50 across: At a time even further into the future than some time subsequent to a given time
- 50ASee 47 across
- 52ASuffix with auction or racket
- 53AThicken, as cream
- 54AWait patiently
- 55APorridge component
- 57ASchool zone requirement
- 59A1991 Anna Chlumsky movie named after a 1964 song by the Temptations
- 62AWrite on a ring
- 63AGiraffe's snack source, perhaps
- 64AWith 65 across: Someone from Oklahoma, say
- 65ASee 64 across
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- 1DKangaroo pouch
- 2DMoody genre
- 3DRan out of energy
- 4DBecome enraged
- 5DB.L.C. are mine
- 6DAnd so on (abbr.)
- 7DAmerica Ferrera, for example
- 8DIn an upright way
- 9DThe ___ of the father are visited upon the son
- 10DAirport alternative to JFK
- 11DSea off the coast of Greece
- 12DComedian Ben or musician John
- 15DFender blemish
- 18D"Was ist ___?"
- 20DNeck and neck
- 22DLip enhancer
- 23DChocolate-flavoued coffee
- 25D"Foundation" novelist
- 26DGreek breads
- 28DSel, south of the border
- 30DTranquil
- 32DMilitary denial
- 34DSubdomain of linguistics with its own alphabet
- 35DPrivileged group
- 36D"The Accidental Tourist" author
- 39DMineral spring
- 42DCher song with an early example of autotune
- 43DLavish attention (on)
- 44D"Move it, already!"
- 45D___ but wiser (unhappy but having learnt from one's mistakes)
- 47DKnee MRI target
- 48DIce sheet
- 49DVillages < ___ < cities
- 51DRolls-___
- 54DBoromir portrayer Sean
- 56DGelatin substitute
- 58DPaid athlete
- 59DDo the work of a cartographer
- 60DCarnival city
- 61DLe jour de ___ (New Year's Day in Paris)