CCCC Completion thread

[Abide]

Post here when you’ve completed all 16. First twenty get Page 1 bragging rights.

I finished the 15th on Monday, with the Woychick taking Tuesday-Thursday.

Great bundle!

[MMe]

I binge solved the first day. Loved them!

[boharr]

I've done them all.

[Laura M]

I'm done! I haven't commented on the individual threads because I wanted to go back and review each of the puzzles, and I already kind of used up a lot of should-have-been-working time this week :-) Here's a quick run-down though:

One that took me the longest: "Fifth Wheels" (Mark Woychick)
One where I was most unsure of the answer (but was right): "Consider All Options" (Will Pfadenhauer)
Most entertaining: "Oopsie!" (Ben Chenoweth)
Cleverest metanism, IMHO (tie): "Table Setting" (Evan Birnholz); "Working Capital" (Richard Allen)
Favorite answer: "That Ship Has Sailed!" (Rick Kennedy)

Apologies for not coming up with superlatives for all of the puzzles, because they are all fantastic!

[damefox]

Done! This is less impressive than it sounds it my case... 16 total puzzles, but I constructed 1, I officially test-solved 3, I unofficially test-solved 2 more, and Will asked me a question during the final editing process about a meta-related clue in one of them that I remembered while I was solving and gave away the mechanism. Also one of them I had to cheat and look up the answer (and it's probably not the one you would think). So that's 16-(1+3+2+1+1) = 8 puzzles that I actually legit solved in the final puzzle pack. They were great though!

Glad I could be a part of this project. I know from discussions with Will that this was a HUGE amount of time and effort for him to put together, but hopefully all the solvers out there agree it was worth it!

[KayW]

All gone! I tried to pace myself but any time I had a few minutes I just had to peek at the next meta.

This was a wonderful idea and so much fun. And best of all - $6,556 raised so far

[Cindy]

Complete. Or should I just say solved.

[Schmeel]

I solved the last of them last night. I solved in the order they downloaded in the zip file - so for me Peter Abide's was last.
Thanks for all of the great puzzles - and even more so for raising money for a necessary cause!

[Al Sisti]

Yeah, just finished Fifth Wheels, which was the last one holding me up. Great puzzle... great suite...great cause!

[whimsy]

Just finished # 16, and so I bid fond farewell, and say once again, "Many Thanks" to Will for initiating, and to the whole crew for pitching in!

[ajk]

Finished, and more than a little sad it's over.

Needed nudges for two of them, but all were lots of fun and the whole project is really great. Would love to see a sequel once people forget how much work it was to put this one together.

[rjy]

Needed a nudge to get that last one to fall, but wow! What a great collection. Surprised that there are still Page 1 bragging rights to grab, but grab 'em I will!

Kudos to Will and all the constructors... enjoyed them all!

[AaronT]

Just finished the set. Great job, everyone! That was a lot of fun.

[ReB]

Thanks to all the constructors (and test solvers) for their dedicated work to assemble these puzzles.

[MarkWoychick]

I just finished the last puzzle - it was a lot of fun, and I'm a little sorry to see them go. I hope this will become an annual event to support a good cause!

[fivehalves]

Finished today after a couple days! (With a little help from Google, honestly...) They were a lot of fun. My favorites were "Large Print" by Pasco, "Getting In Shape" by Muller and Meller, and "Table Setting" by Birnholz.

[BarbaraK]

Finished today after a couple days! (With a little help from Google, honestly...) They were a lot of fun. My favorites were "Large Print" by Pasco, "Getting In Shape" by Muller and Meller, and "Table Setting" by Birnholz.

Weren’t they fun! I don’t think I could pick a favorite. So many, so clever.

If you enjoyed those, you should check out the rest of this site. Lots more meta crosswords, including many from some of the same constructors.