#44 - "Shuffling Papers"

Creative and challenging meta crosswords (currently on hiatus) from: www.pgwcc.net
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#44 - "Shuffling Papers"

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The answer to the meta is a part in a printing press.
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Typical PGW (and answer confirmed by Pete).
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I definitely got that faster than his last week's meta! (I'm unconfirmed but confident.)
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#4

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If I had to finish the grid without help I’d cry. The meta answer was lots easier.
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A rare occurrence: I got a few of the answers in the grid, including three long ones, without Google. I saw the meta right away, and I'm 100% sure.
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Definitely couldn't finish the grid without Google, though I got closer than I did last week. Cute meta (and much easier than usual IMO)!
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Tried to make it tougher than it was...
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Week 2-ish? A nice construction.

I caught onto last week's pretty quick, but didn't see the inverted T in my image search for RESIST. I knew it had to be INVERT, and so figured that we were supposed to get creative looking for an inverted T in the grid. My very tentative thought was that the "script" for the puzzle is that it's a STYLIZED LETTERS META, a phrase, as it happens, that forms an inverted T in the grid. :)
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Got it, tough grid!
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The movie referenced in 16A, a mock documentary with Eric Idle, is hilarious. A must-see, if you can find it.
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Oh, wow! This is what happens to me frequently when a crossword clue or answer sends me on a joyful tangent. Thanks, Peter! I'm on Google researching 16A and learning that there was much more to it than just the movie I was thinking of, "All You Need Is Cash." Also Neil Innes, who played the John Lennon character, just died a week ago. If anybody needs me, I'll be in my attic searching for my VHS copy of the movie that I know is up there somewhere.
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Got it! Much less hair-tearing than last week.
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Good one. Grid-wise I needed to google only one corner this week. Next I over-thought the meta for a while, then got it swiftly. Familiar mechanism, though I know I can't expect Peter to break new meta ground each week. Still, I appreciate that he so often does.
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Got it. Fun one - I like this mechanism, and haven't seen it much lately.
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Interesting. I found the grid to be brutal (worse than last week) and the meta to be incomprehensible...
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Tough grid (as usual) completed last night. Nothing jumped out at me. Looked at it again this morning and got where I needed to be.
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I got a hint from a friend and am now ashore/beamed up/whatever one says for PGWCC.
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Al Sisti wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2020 5:05 pm Tried to make it tougher than it was...
I was stuck. Then I read Al Sisti's post and it all came together in a snap. Thanks Al! I am on the beach and life is good!
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Meg wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2020 6:02 pm
Al Sisti wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2020 5:05 pm Tried to make it tougher than it was...
I was stuck. Then I read Al Sisti's post and it all came together in a snap. Thanks Al! I am on the beach and life is good!
I live to serve.
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Solved. Enjoyable and learned a couple things as always.
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