#650 - "Nothing But Neighbors"

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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Laura M
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Beam me up! Fun! I think slightly harder than a usual week 1, not counting the trouble I had with the grid :-)
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Beam me up!
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Beam me up!
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Joe Ross
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There are people who don't use highlighting on grids & clues?

New Rule #1: Find a method to highlight grids & clues.
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Beam me up!
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stmv wrote: โ†‘Fri Nov 13, 2020 2:24 pm On the leaderboard. I agree with the previous comments that this was harder than the promised week 1 difficulty.

... and in 20-20 hindsight, this puzzle is an impressive feat of construction.
agree with that last comment and actually put something to that effect in my submission to him.

I score it a week 3 grid and a week 1 meta. Submitted it, 100%, not on the board yet but no concerns about it.
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Joe Ross wrote: โ†‘Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:33 pm There are people who don't use highlighting on grids & clues?

New Rule #1: Find a method to highlight grids & clues.
paper and a gel pen.
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KayW
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Beam me up!
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mattythewsjpuzzler
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Joe Ross wrote: โ†‘Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:33 pm There are people who don't use highlighting on grids & clues?

New Rule #1: Find a method to highlight grids & clues.
My daughter pioneered the use of Procreate (an iPad app) which gives us virtually unlimited ways to highlight, brainstorm etc. Highly recommend it for those who are ios inclined.
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As promised a week 1! Thanks Matt and cool puzzle and meta. Mr Scott? Energize.
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Beamed up! Now, i might have time for WSJ.
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Beam me up. I made the mistake of reading comments before solving. Putting the nuances of the comments together created a significant spoiler. It took me less than five minutes to solve the meta after completing the grid.

I guess putting that info together is a puzzle in and of itself though.
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Scotty, ready! Got this last thing last night and forgot to post. Clever construction.
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DrTom
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Submitted and pretty sure I am correct. Not, in my estimation any easier than last week and for me initially a little harder. Yes once you see it you go OF COURSE, but then I just did that with the WSJ one as well. Difference is that I got this one sans nudge, that one I needed a push.

So, unconfirmed but rather sure I am materializing in the transporter room.
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hashbrown
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Beam me up! Not an instant meta solve but quick enough to be considered a Week 1 for me.
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norrin2
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Beamed up.
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lbray53 wrote: โ†‘Sat Nov 14, 2020 6:37 am I made the mistake of reading comments before solving.
I'm here in the comments because it's not obvious to me, so hoping someone spills a little info for me. I'll be back if it works.
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Yup, that was all I needed. I'm beamed up? is that we say here?
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I'll work on this one today, but Lordy I hate geography puzzles.
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Okay. Yeah. That wasn't bad. Beam me up.
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