I gave it a go - grid was tough - I ended up revealing 50%+ after 30 minutes and no joy on the meta. I thought I saw something while solving but I nothing else seems to support what I saw.
Re: Muggle Meta: Off the Scale
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 8:00 pm
by lbray53
I hope we get some conversations on this. I am intrigued bit also a bot frustrated.
Re: Muggle Meta: Off the Scale
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 8:54 pm
by boharr
I'm LAS.
Re: Muggle Meta: Off the Scale
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 9:08 pm
by Hector
I love new contributors, but when a first puzzle seems very hard at best, it's difficult to commit time to it, not yet trusting the constructor.
Re: Muggle Meta: Off the Scale
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:57 pm
by whimsy
Did the grid of the "thing" and have several key words and/or concepts that relate, but haven't been able to assemble them into a distinct musical instrument yet. Sleeping on it ---
Never mind -- got it, I think --- Will check with madhatter --
Re: Muggle Meta: Off the Scale
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:27 pm
by oldjudge
I got the grid relatively quickly but am lost on the meta. Still trying though. Added comment:I’m pretty sure I have it and I think it’s a fair, and relatively easy meta.
Re: Muggle Meta: Off the Scale
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 5:42 am
by madhatter5
Hi all,
As oldjudge pointed out, I should specify that the answer to this puzzle is a WOODWIND instrument.
Re: Muggle Meta: Off the Scale
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 7:26 am
by Joe Ross
madhatter5 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 5:42 am
Hi all,
As oldjudge pointed out, I should specify that the answer to this puzzle is a WOODWIND instrument.
Hadn't noticed the PDF option on the webpage. From it I was able to create:
Well, I was sorta right enough........
But the good news is.....!
tiny spoiler I'm officially a muggle since I've now been pageanted!
Re: Muggle Meta: Off the Scale
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 12:42 pm
by TPS
I just took another look for 10 minutes during lunch - still totally LAS w/o even one thread to try to pull on - so I think that’s it for me. Good luck to everyone else still working!
Re: Muggle Meta: Off the Scale
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 2:29 pm
by Abide
I had a solid answer for the instrument; now I see it is a woodwind. Pretty sure I have it but I like my original answer as well.
Re: Muggle Meta: Off the Scale
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 3:11 pm
by lbray53
Well I guess I can stop looking for my old instrument, the trombone. I saw BONE in the middle entry and was off on the rabbit hunt.
Re: Muggle Meta: Off the Scale
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 3:21 pm
by TPS
lbray53 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 3:11 pm
Well I guess I can stop looking for my old instrument, the trombone. I saw BONE in the middle entry and was off on the rabbit hunt.
Yeah - that the one thing that I saw so once I saw the woodwind thing - I was done.
Re: Muggle Meta: Off the Scale
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2020 1:24 pm
by boharr
I needed help, but I solved it.
Re: Muggle Meta: Off the Scale
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2020 5:41 am
by madhatter5
Solution here:
Inside each of the 15-letter themers is a type of fish (TUNA, BONE, SWORD).
Taking a hint from 1-down, if you look at the taxonomic families of these fish we have:
TUNAFISH -> Scombridae
BONEFISH -> Albulidae
SWORDFISH -> Xiphiidae
Taking the first letters of these gives us SAX, a woodwind instrument.
and have several key words and/or concepts that relate, but haven't been able to assemble them into a distinct musical instrument yet. Sleeping on it ---