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The answer to the meta puzzle is a writer best known for children's books.


Very nice construction! I’ve asked for confirmation.

Liked this one a lot. I'd be shocked if my answer is wrong. Well, semi-shocked.

Not quite at 100% for the final step, but submitted.

Interesting mechanism!

Edit: Oh...just saw how the last step is 100%.

I’ve also asked for confirmation. I guess we are all on (or off) the same couch/ship/beach.

Solved and 100% sure. I love PGW’s metas.

Enjoyed it and I agree that it's a 100%er. Very well put together, and I liked that there were multiple AHAs.

Nicely done. Now onto mmmm.

Excellent as usual!

This was a good one. I feel like I’ve seen parts of this before, but lots of nice ahas. Great 5 meta week this week- MMM and MMMM done also and still two more to go!

I know what you are talking about,Tom. There was one a while back, perhaps a WSJ, that featured authors that was somewhat similar. I liked this one better though.

Solved and submitted. Felt this one was a certainty, so will be curious to hear why others felt a bit uncertain with their submissions.
Grid did take longer than the meta for me this week.

Hector wrote: ↑Tue Jul 07, 2020 2:53 pm Edit: Oh...just saw how the last step is 100%.

I also didn’t see the last step until after I surmised the answer, but it’s all there, and nicely tied up.

Got it. Enjoyable for sure.

Very much liked!

Solving this one was quite a process for me. We’re on the road, helping the kids move. They don’t have a printer hooked up right now, while packing and stowing, so I had to recreate the grid using a sheet of grid paper I printed before leaving home. (Always carry with you while traveling!) Then there was the usual challenge of the PGWCC grid; only two googles — not bad for me. And finally studying the puzzle and pondering it, while intermittently distracted by moving tasks. This surprisingly made for a very satisfying solve.

Nicely done, Peter!

Very good one! I too figured out what I thought was the answer, then got the final 100% confirmation before submitting. This calls for the good bourbon tonight!

I thought of two other possible answers before I saw the confirming mechanism. Thumbs up!

Another week, another fantastic PGW puzzle!

Wow, this one got buried under a bunch of other puzzles on our counter this week, and I just found it again while cleaning up. So glad I found it, really satisfying solve

I saw the mechanism, I found most -not giving exact number for obvious reasons- of the first two step answers and don't know what to do with those. I went through every single author on this list to find some overlap to no avail. Maybe it'll hit me tomorrow.

Edit: Realized I made a super silly mistake, it's all clear now. Posting here always helps