"Escape the Grid" by Will Nediger

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"Escape the Grid" by Will Nediger

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Available here: Escape the Grid.

Description from the website:
blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com wrote:Escape the Grid is a virtual escape room in the form of a crossword suite: 10 crosswords with meta-puzzles (ranging from easy to devilish) that together will give you the clues to escape the room. The meta answer to each puzzle will provide the password to unlock the next puzzle. It comes with a full solutions document, including hints that'll help you if you're stumped. The price is pay what you want.
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I’ve started it. Fun! And not all that easy.
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Meg wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 5:00 pm I’ve started it. Fun! And not all that easy.
Yes, I'm already stuck on Puzzle 2. It's kind of a cool set-up (although frustrating at the moment) where you can't open the next puzzle until you have solved the current one.
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BrianMac wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 5:33 pm
Meg wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 5:00 pm I’ve started it. Fun! And not all that easy.
Yes, I'm already stuck on Puzzle 2. It's kind of a cool set-up (although frustrating at the moment) where you can't open the next puzzle until you have solved the current one.
You know there are hints, right? Also, #3 is harder than #2, IMO. I’m currently stuck on #4.
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Meg wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 5:47 pm You know there are hints, right? Also, #3 is harder than #2, IMO. I’m currently stuck on #4.
Yes, but I haven't looked at the hints yet. Great news about #3, though! :roll:
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Started working on them...very intriguing!
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There's absolutely no way I would have gotten #4. I feel guilty even continuing since I never found the key...
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This is awesome - hard metas!! Or perhaps I'm just not familiar enough with Will's meta style yet. Stuck on #2 and refusing to give in to hints, yet.

Also stuck on the Monday Muggle meta - this "Alex" guy is pretty crafty! Kudos!
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#2 seemed hard until I tried what seemed like too easy an idea and surprised myself that it worked. Still find an aspect of it puzzling.
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Al Sisti wrote: Tue Jun 16, 2020 8:12 am There's absolutely no way I would have gotten #4. I feel guilty even continuing since I never found the key...
4 was a killer. But.....5 I got by following my nose. Working on 6.
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5 was fun and falls into an area I know a lot about.
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Meg wrote: Tue Jun 16, 2020 4:22 pm
Al Sisti wrote: Tue Jun 16, 2020 8:12 am There's absolutely no way I would have gotten #4. I feel guilty even continuing since I never found the key...
4 was a killer. But.....5 I got by following my nose. Working on 6.
Okay. I'll proceed as if I picked the lock. Just this once.
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I needed a small nudge for 2, but then got 3 in about 15 minutes. Go figure. Just completed the grid for 4 - sounds like a tough one!
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#4 was tough. I knew fairly quickly what was going on but never finished. #5 went really quickly and #6 was a blast. Stuck on #7...I have an answer but I'm not ready to try it yet.
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I haven't been shy about trying answers. #6 in particular could have worked in more than one way, and it took me more than one try. Got #7 on the first try, though.
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I’m on #10!
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Cindy wrote: Wed Jun 17, 2020 5:30 pmI’m on #10!
Me too. #9 is ... pretty unusual but fun.
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Hector wrote: Wed Jun 17, 2020 6:23 pm
Cindy wrote: Wed Jun 17, 2020 5:30 pmI’m on #10!
Me too. #9 is ... pretty unusual but fun.
Unusual is an understatement.
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I'm out!! (but my confession: The only hints I used were in #4, but they didn't help because I was already doing what they said to do. It was what to do about "what I was already doing" that I couldn't get. And there's no way that was a spoiler!).
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Just found this - thanks Brian. *sigh* Now I'm going to be up all night.

Two down, eight to go!
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