#607 - "Initial Public Offering"

An excellent puzzle written by one of the innovators of the meta crossword format. It comes out every Friday at noon and increases in difficulty throughout the month. Available for modest subscription (worth every cent) here: www.xwordcontest.com
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#607 - "Initial Public Offering"

#1

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This week's contest answer is a famous British author.

Submit your answer at http://xwordcontest.com/
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#2

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Solid meta, maybe week 2.5, aptly for a 5-week month.
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#3

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Beam me up. Solid I agree. Now back to WSJCC...
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#4

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Solidly on shore.
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#5

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Weird, I didn't get the instructions/hint ("famous British author") in my email, nor do I see it on the site. Had to come here to get it.
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#6

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tonyrobots wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2020 1:05 pm Weird, I didn't get the instructions/hint ("famous British author") in my email, nor do I see it on the site. Had to come here to get it.
I got it on the front page of the xwordcontest.com site, under "THIS WEEK'S INSTRUCTIONS." Also viewable in Across Lite if you click the little document icon up by Gaffney's name.
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#7

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Got it. About right for the middle of a five-week month. I'm sure the next two weeks will be brutal.
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#8

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Haven't gotten to the meta yet, but I just have to say, and not to date myself too much, but as a millennial I'm really loving the clue for 23D.
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#9

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Got it! Now back to staring at PGW (again...)
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#10

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Loved it!
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Fun! At least I got one this week...
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#12

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Beam me up. Thought this one was pretty easy for a week three. That said, I really liked the structure. Matt’s puzzles are truly works of art.
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#13

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2-Down: "NO THANK YOU I DONT WANT ANY FRENCH MUSTARD" doesn't fit.
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#14

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I guess I finally have to figure out this Patreon thing since I didn't get an email this week
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#15

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Requesting beam up.

Actually walked away from this one for some exercise. Then solved it - or at least kenned the mechanism - while walking to the car.

I agree with Hector - week 2.5
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#16

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This one showed up very quickly, which makes me nervous. I haven’t submitted yet because I’m afraid. But it must be right.
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#17

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Did everyone get their puzzle through Patreon today? I never got an email, even though I signed up last week, and had to access it from Matt’s web site.
Ah, was I just supposed to get it from the Patreon web site? Does this mean that there is no email with the puzzle from Patreon on Fridays?
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oldjudge wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2020 4:27 pm Did everyone get their puzzle through Patreon today? I never got an email, even though I signed up last week, and had to access it from Matt’s web site.
Ah, was I just supposed to get it from the Patreon web site? Does this mean that there is no email with the puzzle from Patreon on Fridays?
I got my email from Patreon at 12:07 PM EST
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#19

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Beam me up! Now back to the deceptively difficult WSJCC. 😬
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#20

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At the risk of front-running Matt's board update, beam me up!

I liked the neat little extra bow at the end - thinking it must have been intentional, and it echoes another piece, too.

Enjoy the weekend all!
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