Watch It! - May 2022

[KayW]

May 2022 MMMM Puzzle 5: "Watch It!"

Here’s contest puzzle #5.

Solve using the Crossword Compiler applet, download a PDF, or use Across Lite (PUZ).

There are two valid answers to this puzzle’s meta – a hit song from 1970 and a different hit song from 1999. Each gets you partial credit – send in both (separated by a ‘/’) for full credit.

Send in your answer to the meta before 11pm ET Sunday, May 8, at pmxwords.com.
Thanks and enjoy,

Pete


MMMM - Watch It! spreadsheet

[ky-mike]

So, how will partial credit look in the leaderboard? On the board with one additional point, so I guess I got full credit.

Still need to look for the red herring and mega meta

[kurtalert]

Whoops! Late start, didn't see the puzzle until noon CST, lost an hour. Argh. But, I'm in with the correct answer. Good puzzle. Meta was much easier for me this month than last. The big clues popped out at me right away- then it took me maybe 10 minutes to make the jump from there to the actual answer.

[kurtalert]

So, how will partial credit look in the leaderboard? On the board with one additional point, so I guess I got full credit.

Still need to look for the red herring and mega meta

If the full answer was 1 point, I'm assuming partial credit will be 1/2? I will be somewhat surprised if many people get partial credit, though- once you figure out either one of the answers, figuring out the other is pretty trivial with just a minute or two of Googling.

[ChrisKochmanski]

On the board -- and I'm not even trying to figure out if I got full credit. Though I think I should have.

[hcbirker]

On the board! Full credit.

[m5rammy]

Dang it, I have two songs that seem to fit, but I think only one of them is a "hit"

[boharr]

On the board.

[MikeM000]

Dang it, I have two songs that seem to fit, but I think only one of them is a "hit"

Google the one you're unsure of. I did, as one of the 2 I knew but had no idea it was a hit.

[Laura M]

On the board! No idea if I got full credit or not, I should have checked my score before I submitted. I was sure of one of the songs, not so sure of the other although it seemed the best answer. Anybody know how many points the other puzzles have been worth so far?

[hcbirker]

On the board! No idea if I got full credit or not, I should have checked my score before I submitted. I was sure of one of the songs, not so sure of the other although it seemed the best answer. Anybody know how many points the other puzzles have been worth so far?

His site says he scores each month on level of difficulty. I have five points, so they must be all one point including this month.

[Cinny]

On the board!

[Laura M]

On the board! No idea if I got full credit or not, I should have checked my score before I submitted. I was sure of one of the songs, not so sure of the other although it seemed the best answer. Anybody know how many points the other puzzles have been worth so far?

His site says he scores each month on level of difficulty. I have five points, so they must be all one point including this month.

I think you might be looking at the # correct column? I also have 5 correct, but 7 points. I haven't submitted the red herring yet (although I'm 100% sure what it is and should probably do that) but I did submit an incorrect guess for the mega (it was stupid but I thought it would be really cool if I happened to get it in March!) so I think that's a point off.

Update: Submitted the red herring and it was correct, yay. Also it really doesn't look like I've had a point taken off, so maybe it will just get subtracted from whatever points I'll get when I (hopefully) eventually do submit the right answer for the mega?

[FKelly]

On the board! No idea if I got full credit or not, I should have checked my score before I submitted. I was sure of one of the songs, not so sure of the other although it seemed the best answer. Anybody know how many points the other puzzles have been worth so far?

His site says he scores each month on level of difficulty. I have five points, so they must be all one point including this month.

From the leaderboard it looks as if boharr, heidi (assume this is hcbirker), kurtalert, and Laura M got full credit: 2 points. They all have 5 correct solves and 7 points. ky-mike appears to have received half-credit: 1 point (unless he had half-credit last month- another 2 pointer).

I haven't submitted this month's yet, so I'm starting with 4 correct solves and 5 points. If I have both parts correct, I expect to have 5 correct and 7 points (April and May appear to be 2 pointers).

Submitted and confirmed! I must have both parts right because I now have 5 correct and 7 points.

[benchen71]

On the board, but I only accrued 1 point. It will be interesting to see where I went wrong with one of my songs.

Edit: A point had been added! Good to know I had the right (or acceptable alternative) answer, after all.

[ky-mike]

On the board! No idea if I got full credit or not, I should have checked my score before I submitted. I was sure of one of the songs, not so sure of the other although it seemed the best answer. Anybody know how many points the other puzzles have been worth so far?

His site says he scores each month on level of difficulty. I have five points, so they must be all one point including this month.

From the leaderboard it looks as if boharr, heidi (assume this is hcbirker), kurtalert, and Laura M got full credit: 2 points. They all have 5 correct solves and 7 points. ky-mike appears to have received half-credit: 1 point (unless he had half-credit last week- another 2 pointer).

I haven't submitted this month's yet, so I'm starting with 4 correct solves and 5 points. If I have both parts correct, I expect to have 5 correct and 7 points (April and May appear to be 2 pointers).

I had 4 correct and five points prior to this month. Anyone who got two points want to DM me to help me understand where I went wrong?

[HunterX]

Okay. I'm on a "dumb" streak. Does COVID, my souvenir from my European trip, cause the kind of brain fog that keeps you from seeing metanisms? While I see the "obvious," in the puzzle, and even can go a step further with it, I get nothing after that. Dead end. my brain says, "That's enough for me, you're on your own now." For either song.

Maybe when I fully recover I'll be able to do meta puzzles again.

Or I can just switch the water I've been chugging for something more alcoholic, then I'd have a much better excuse!

And not care either!!

[m5rammy]

I submitted, but I don't seem to have gotten full credit. Oh well, now I wait and see.

[gpj73]

I too submitted and got only one point - which is confusing because I’m 99.99% certain I have both answers right … maybe a glitch in the scoring??

[Wendy Walker]

Working together, Mark -- yes, my Mark -- and I solved.
WLW: What a team!!
MRD: We won't need to bring our clipboards to lunch. How weird will THAT be?!