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#23 - "Cut the Ending"

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 11:06 am
by BrianMac
The answer to the metapuzzle is a nine-letter word.

Enjoy!

Re: #23 - "Cut the Ending"

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 12:42 pm
by FrankieHeck
Enjoyed it, and even had a little help on the meta from my son, who usually refuses to even try them.

Re: #23 - "Cut the Ending"

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 12:49 pm
by Al Sisti
Man, this guy is good!

Re: #23 - "Cut the Ending"

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 1:43 pm
by LesY
Excellent meta! Added layer of fun in the solving, even once I figured out what was going on.

The meta week is off to a very good start!

Re: #23 - "Cut the Ending"

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 2:07 pm
by Laura M
This is a good one! And I even got almost all of the grid :-)

Re: #23 - "Cut the Ending"

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 2:14 pm
by TMart
I liked this one a lot. Tough grid as usual, but a fun meta with lots of “ahas”.

Re: #23 - "Cut the Ending"

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 4:32 pm
by Beth Tyrpin
I’m in agreement. Great puzzle.

Re: #23 - "Cut the Ending"

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 5:12 pm
by Anita
Fun one! A treat solving one with minimal head banging.

Re: #23 - "Cut the Ending"

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 6:02 pm
by Meg
A few rabbitless holes, but I found it after all. Nice meta!

Re: #23 - "Cut the Ending"

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 8:21 pm
by ChrisKochmanski
Fun! And not too hard -- which was appreciated after an all-day drive coming back from a visit with our son and daughter-in-law (and their new puppy!) several states away. I found doing this puzzle relaxing, not frustrating. Though I'll also welcome the harder PGWCCs when they come. Nice job, Peter G!

Re: #23 - "Cut the Ending"

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 9:35 am
by Cindy
Solved

Re: #23 - "Cut the Ending"

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 1:27 pm
by Toby
This was hard, and I had to back solve to find the last piece. I had the right first step, finally saw what to do next, but then made some mistakes that led me astray for a while. Excellent puzzle. There is a minor error in 22D (referring to 6A rather than 6D) which is unrelated to the meta. And I didn't believe 51A was a word, but it is.

Re: #23 - "Cut the Ending"

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 4:34 pm
by LesY
Toby wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2019 1:27 pm This was hard, and I had to back solve to find the last piece. I had the right first step, finally saw what to do next, but then made some mistakes that led me astray for a while. Excellent puzzle. There is a minor error in 22D (referring to 6A rather than 6D) which is unrelated to the meta. And I didn't believe 51A was a word, but it is.
Hi Toby, I had the same reaction to 51A. If you're willing, would you mind PMing me the word and where you found it?

I got the meta already, but if I hadn't found the entry point I used then it I think it would have been way more difficult.

Thanks!
Les

Re: #23 - "Cut the Ending"

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 5:43 pm
by Hector
Similar to Toby's experience. I had instincts about the pieces early on but didn't pursue them until now. Very nice meta.

Re: #23 - "Cut the Ending"

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 9:40 pm
by TMart
51A and 22B appear to be editing problems. Clues were likely written before the grid was completed, but they don’t seem to affect the meta.

Re: #23 - "Cut the Ending"

Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 7:48 pm
by ky-mike
Count me on shore. Forgot about this one until today. Quick solve for me (sometimes things just click and other times they don't).