"Surround Sound" - March 2020

A monthly, music-themed meta crossword published at noon on the first Tuesday of every month. The puzzles increase in difficulty each month, and at year end there is a 13th puzzle (the "Mega-Meta") that invokes each of the 12 monthly puzzles. Currently available at https://pmxwords.com/, as well as through the Washington Post website here: MMMM at WaPo
Laura M
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"Surround Sound" - March 2020

#1

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The meta for this puzzle is a six-word line from a Jimmy Buffett song.
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#2

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I'm not a big Jimmy Buffett fan, but this was quite enjoyable!
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#3

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I'm not a fan either, so had to use Google on the meta. Found the grid challenging but enjoyable.

Congrats to forum member Tmart on getting the mega-meta after only two months!!
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#4

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Nice and easy, although I’ve never heard of the song before.
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#5

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Made it to shore before I finished the grid! Nice Meta!
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#6

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BrianMac wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2020 12:48 pm Congrats to forum member Tmart on getting the mega-meta after only two months!!
Wow, that's amazing!!!
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BrianMac wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2020 12:48 pm I'm not a fan either, so had to use Google on the meta. Found the grid challenging but enjoyable.

Congrats to forum member Tmart on getting the mega-meta after only two months!!
Thanks - I have my moments. But now my hastily-submitted flub from last month will be front and center when I have one less correct answer than the other two correct guessers!

This month was right in my wheelhouse - I'm a huge Jimmy Buffet fan. Perfect tiki bar music!
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#8

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Got it! I didn't start the MMMM until May last year, so it's nice to have a few months of these easier puzzles.
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#9

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Tough grid. Fun meta. Great song.
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#10

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Well this is a new one to me. When I open the emailed link for the PDF on my computer, there's an extra black square, so 53A is just two letters and 34D is split in two parts. When I click the link for that same email on my phone, the extra black square is not there.

Glad I'd taken a look at the .puz before I printed it.

17 is really a thing??
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#11

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Woot, I'm on the board.
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#12

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BarbaraK wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:06 pm Well this is a new one to me. When I open the emailed link for the PDF on my computer, there's an extra black square, so 53A is just two letters and 34D is split in two parts. When I click the link for that same email on my phone, the extra black square is not there.

Glad I'd taken a look at the .puz before I printed it.

17 is really a thing??
I saw the same thing, and really got hung up on it thinking it was significant to the meta, but it must just be a typo.
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#13

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Nice grid.
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#14

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That was really good, especially for an earlier month.
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BarbaraK wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:06 pm Well this is a new one to me. When I open the emailed link for the PDF on my computer, there's an extra black square, so 53A is just two letters and 34D is split in two parts. When I click the link for that same email on my phone, the extra black square is not there.

Glad I'd taken a look at the .puz before I printed it.

17 is really a thing??
Thank you for posting this. I thought it may have something to do with the meta. And yes, 17 is a thing!
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#16

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Solved and singing.
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#17

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I'm on the board! Thank you so much BarbaraK, or I would have fretted over this way too much!
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#18

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Damn people already solved the mega, I haven't looked at it, now I'll have to if I have some free time. I had to google this meta but it was cute so not begrudging an answer I would've never gotten otherwise.
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#19

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Sorry for the mess-up on the pdf file.
I was in the mountains with poor connectivity when I got the heads-up there was an issue, which made it particularly frustrating for me, since I couldn't address it until a little while ago.
Apologies for any stress this caused!

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#20

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pmxwords wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2020 7:34 pm Sorry for the mess-up on the pdf file.
I was in the mountains with poor connectivity when I got the heads-up there was an issue, which made it particularly frustrating for me, since I couldn't address it until a little while ago.
Apologies for any stress this caused!

Pete
Hope you enjoyed the mountains!
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