#42 - "Connect the Dots"

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#42 - "Connect the Dots"

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The answer to the metapuzzle is a figure from Greek mythology.
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Hector wrote: Tue Dec 24, 2019 1:31 pm The answer to the metapuzzle is a figure from Greek mythology.
And now there's actually a puzzle to go with the prompt.
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Finally finished the grid. No meta clue.
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Tough grid! I Googled several things and still don't understand 52D. Nothing is jumping out at me about the meta, and I think I'll have to put this aside until after tomorrow.
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Laura M wrote: Tue Dec 24, 2019 5:40 pm Tough grid! I Googled several things and still don't understand 52D. Nothing is jumping out at me about the meta, and I think I'll have to put this aside until after tomorrow.
The technical difficulties had me in haste, and apparently I left the word "holder" off the clue.
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pgw wrote: Tue Dec 24, 2019 5:46 pm
Laura M wrote: Tue Dec 24, 2019 5:40 pm Tough grid! I Googled several things and still don't understand 52D. Nothing is jumping out at me about the meta, and I think I'll have to put this aside until after tomorrow.
The technical difficulties had me in haste, and apparently I left the word "holder" off the clue.
Ah, that makes sense, thanks! Happy whatever to you!
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I sent in *an* answer... *the* answer? Time will tell...

Edited: Confirmed... whew!
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Great aha! The mechanism is a no-doubter, and I’m pretty certain about the answer; needed some brief research to confirm.

Going for a personal yearly best this afternoon on the WSJ meta. Hope that doesn’t jinx it! And watch out for pageants!
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Feeling more of Al's confidence level than LesY's, but I've submitted...

And confirmed. Another impressive construction, and probably even on the harder side for pgw's metas?
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I see what’s going on and like the idea. Not sure if my answer is right.

Edit: Not quite there yet but on the right track.... :roll:
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I think I am giving up.
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#12

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I submitted a guess and got back a "not quite" and a nudge in the right direction from PGW (thanks!). I think I have it now... In any event, I would say that this puzzle exemplifies what I think of as PGW's characteristic meta style. Very nice.
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Cindy wrote: Fri Dec 27, 2019 10:41 am I think I am giving up.
Same. No idea, no clue. As usual...they got me.
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Got it! Don't give up yet, folks. This one is definitely gettable.
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A helpful nudge away from the wrong path helped me find the proper path to the solution.
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I had a helpful nudge too. Not an easy trick to find!
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The mechanism, which was totally invisible to me upon several viewings, hit me at lunch today. I think I at least got the right track.
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RPardoe wrote: Sun Dec 29, 2019 11:12 am A helpful nudge away from the wrong path helped me find the proper path to the solution.
How/where did you get a nudge? Asking for a friend.
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Well I was about to put this one away and be defeated by PGW for the first time since my first weeks of doing them...but suddenly I see what I'm supposed to see. Not totally there yet, but I should at least have a guess soon.

Update: guess was correct!
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Ugh, well, I was never going to get that. I actually had the constellation idea, but I was trying to do it with I's, those being the only letters with "dots" in the puzzle. Then I abandoned it because the vibe here seemed to be that this puzzle was doable, which is not a word I would use to describe any meta that involves knowing the shapes of constellations... Honestly, even if I had figured out the STAR trick, there was no way I would've known that was Cassiopeia, and it's a toss up whether I would've been able to successfully search it on Google. Oh well. On to the next, once I find a printer.
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