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“Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 10:15 pm
by Abide
Added to Meta calendar on May 23
http://gridsthesedays.blogspot.com/2021 ... -bars.html
Deadline midnight 5/29
Re: “Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 11:04 pm
by RPardoe
Thanks!
Clever solve method, and my answer has been sent in.
Re: “Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 11:15 pm
by Abide
Solved. Enjoyable and not overly difficult mechanism. Probably a week 2 for most here. Uber-creative cluing as expected.
I only needed to Google to verify I had the song title right, although I made many educated guesses in getting through the grid.
Re: “Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Tue May 25, 2021 12:06 am
by BrennerTJ
That was fun!
Re: “Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Tue May 25, 2021 12:55 am
by MamaE
Pretty sure I got that one. Never heard of the song, but loved lots of the modern cluing. Helps that I have teen and twenty- something kids! My 23 year old says 22A all the time - who knew it was a real thing!?
Re: “Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Tue May 25, 2021 8:47 am
by Hector
Neat!
Re: “Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Tue May 25, 2021 4:27 pm
by oldjudge
Solved, but I can’t say I fully understand the nine extra clues. I do, however, understand enough to solve it.
LOL, not solved. I had what I believe is a justifiable answer, but I have seen the intended path and there is indeed a better answer.
Re: “Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Tue May 25, 2021 5:39 pm
by Wendy Walker
Solved -- and feeling like I expanded my tiny brain a little bit because I knew NONE of the singers (except for Taylor Swift), lyrics, actors, celebrities OR slang! LOL'd at the clue for 45D. I did not know that 63A happened and will have to research this. MamaEllen, is 22A something you do after over-indulging?
Re: “Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Tue May 25, 2021 7:25 pm
by boharr
Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 5:39 pm
Solved -- and feeling like I expanded my tiny brain a little bit because I knew NONE of the singers (except for Taylor Swift), lyrics, actors, celebrities OR slang! LOL'd at the clue for 45D. I did not know that 63A happened and will have to research this. MamaEllen, is 22A something you do after over-indulging?
It happened.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/opin ... esign.html
Re: “Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Tue May 25, 2021 9:11 pm
by MamaE
Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 5:39 pm
Solved -- and feeling like I expanded my tiny brain a little bit because I knew NONE of the singers (except for Taylor Swift), lyrics, actors, celebrities OR slang! LOL'd at the clue for 45D. I did not know that 63A happened and will have to research this. MamaEllen, is 22A something you do after over-indulging?
My elder offspring does use it in that fashion occasionally. But, apparently, it is any type of throwing.
Re: “Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Tue May 25, 2021 11:51 pm
by hoover
Clever mechanism! I also knew none of the singers and never heard of 30A/49A. I do, however, have friends who use present-tense 22A in casual conversation.
Re: “Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 2:04 pm
by Cindy
solved
Re: “Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 4:25 pm
by LesY
Also solved. I liked the mechanism!
Re: “Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 6:59 pm
by Meg
Lovely construction!
Re: “Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 7:03 pm
by boharr
Was misled, got saved, and solved it!
Re: “Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 10:10 pm
by ChrisKochmanski
Came to this one late, then got seriously lost in ... nothing ... until a kind Muggle nudged me by asking (more or less), “Did you read the blog post?”
D’oh!
Got it with some fun ahas from there.
Cool puzzle!
Re: “Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Thu May 27, 2021 6:49 am
by Cindy
ChrisKochmanski wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 10:10 pm
Came to this one late, then got seriously lost in ... nothing ... until a kind Muggle nudged me by asking (more or less), “Did you read the blog post?”
D’oh!
Got it with some fun ahas from there.
Cool puzzle!
Reading the blog post was the hard part! Lol!
Re: “Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 11:38 am
by C=64
Done and dusted. Also unaware of every musical reference but the crosses were all gettable, which I appreciate. I have teenagers at home and have a general idea of 22A.
Re: “Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 4:25 pm
by hcbirker
Thanks for posting this. I needed a meta since Matt delayed his. This was a fun one! (Had to look up 22A to make sure the fill was correct).
Re: “Progress Bars” by Paolo Pasco
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 9:10 pm
by MikeyG
This millennial has never said 22-Across, but I think some of my Gen-Z students have often!
Still working on the puzzle - Paolo is a great cluer, hahaha.
Edit: Cracked it! Fun, clever mechanism.