"One Up" - September 6, 2020

[hashbrown]

The answer to this week's meta is a 6-letter word.

[AnswerPfinder]

Hi folks! Hope everyone enjoys this week's puzzle. The clue at 78-A was written with y'all in mind.

All aboard the Dino Train!
-Your friendly conductor constructor

[Al Sisti]

Riding the rails... great construction!

[Beth Tyrpin]

(I think that translates to I got it, but I missed the explanation)

[Hector]

Awesome.

[Meg]

. Fun and tricky! Time for baseball.

[C=64]

Really liked this one.

Also, the answer to 41A was staring me in the face as I printed the puzzle; I'm writing an online textbook for tech math and need to add 41A to chapter 16.

[C=64]

(I think that translates to I got it, but I missed the explanation)

It's a combination of being "on the Will train" and the anagram of "I'm done" -- "Dino Me". And Dinosaur Train is a kids' show on PBS.

[boharr]

Ran along the tracks until a kind DINO (nudged) ME up onto the WILL TRAIN. Fun puzzle.

[ChrisKochmanski]

Dino me!

Very much enjoyed. Nice construction.

And I can say, almost for sure, that I've never seen the entry at 79a, not in a crossword nor anywhere else.

[ChrisKochmanski]

Also ...

I can't decide whether to view Will's Weekly Meta as the lovely start to my meta puzzling week, or the very satisfying end.

Thoughts?

[Cindy]

Oh yes. Solved earlier this morning.

[BarbaraK]

So I'm a dinosaur? Well, yeah, maybe. Clever puzzle.

I appreciate that Will tells us whether or not we're likely to need google to solve.

[boharr]

Also ...

I can't decide whether to view Will's Weekly Meta as the lovely start to my meta puzzling week, or the very satisfying end.

Thoughts?

Both

[boharr]

So I'm a dinosaur? Well, yeah, maybe. Clever puzzle.

I don't think this Dino has that connotation.

[oldjudge]

Finally-Dino Me . Great puzzle, but I have to admit that I prefer puzzles with specific metas. In puzzles with vague metas, like “6-word letter”, you can sometimes come up with reasonable answers but not realize that there is a better answer. Minor point-I enjoyed the puzzle a lot.

[oldjudge]

So I'm a dinosaur? Well, yeah, maybe. Clever puzzle.

I appreciate that Will tells us whether or not we're likely to need google to solve.

Barbara, that is no comment on your age. I started that because Will’s first few puzzles required anagrams to solve them. “Dino Me” is an anagram for “I’m done”.

[BarbaraK]

So I'm a dinosaur? Well, yeah, maybe. Clever puzzle.

I appreciate that Will tells us whether or not we're likely to need google to solve.

Barbara, that is no comment on your age. I started that because Will’s first few puzzles required anagrams to solve them. “Dino Me” is an anagram for “I’m done”.

Nah, I like my version better

[Hector]

I think the idea of Sunday as the start of the week was rendered obsolete by the advent of the weekend (thank you, labor movement!).

Also ...

I can't decide whether to view Will's Weekly Meta as the lovely start to my meta puzzling week, or the very satisfying end.

Thoughts?

[Dplass]

I think the idea of Sunday as the start of the week was rendered obsolete by the advent of the weekend (thank you, labor movement!).

Also ...

I can't decide whether to view Will's Weekly Meta as the lovely start to my meta puzzling week, or the very satisfying end.

Thoughts?

But...most calendars sold in the U.S. start on Sunday.