The More Things Change

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BrianMac
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The More Things Change

#1

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I hope you enjoy this puzzle, entitled "The More Things Change."

The answer to the meta is a six-letter word.

The More Things Change.puz
The More Things Change.pdf

Feel free to PM me any comments, questions or suggestions. I will post the answer toward the end of this week. Thanks!
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#2

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Fun & very clever. Thanks, Brian!
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#3

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Well, I'm right back where I most often am. Nowhere. But it's early.
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nice grid, and your puz files "work" for my Chromebook, Gaffney's "blow up" when I press buttons about bad letters, etc.

Now to the meta.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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I love that Gaffney’s puz files blow up. I thought that was my head.
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#6

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I have step one. If I only knew what step two was......

A full puzzling day. NYT puzzle mania. WAPO meta. And now this. Looking for step two.
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#7

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Got it! Very nice.
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#8

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Suck on the meta!

Heheheheheh. What do you think of this version of "on shore" or "beam me up" for Brian's metas?

If not, oh, fine. :)

Liked this one a lot. Brian, you're getting good at this!
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#9

Post by MajordomoTom »

meta step one discovered and I like it.

meta step two being pondered.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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#10

Post by FrankieHeck »

I got this one (after a little stumbling that was all my fault) and enjoyed it very much. Thanks, Brian!
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Post by ChrisKochmanski »

Some here will use the word “elegant” to describe a particularly satisfying meta. I take that to mean a meta that’s instantly involving and nicely clued, but even more essentially, it’s very well conceived. The pieces snap together beautifully. In Brian’s meta puzzles so far, I’ve especially liked WRAPAROUND and now this latest (only his fourth!). Both, to my mind, achieve elegance.

Good job, Brian!

Thanks for helping to make this isolated time more enjoyable!
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#12

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I'm behind on metas, catching up. This is fantastic! For difficulty level, I'd put it at an easier MGWCC week 3.
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#13

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Got it. Nice one! It came to me in the shower, as so many of these things do.
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#14

Post by Djquimby »

Standing O for this one. Classic meta elements turned up to 11. But gettable!
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Nicely done.
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#16

Post by Schmeel »

I got it too, I think.
I needed help/confirmation from google for some of the clues in the grid. I saw the first step right away, but again needed help from google for the second. I found the cluing to be a little tough - but I haven't been solving crossword puzzles for all that long.
All in all it was a good challenge - thanks Brian!
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#17

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I got it! 😊
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#18

Post by BarbaraK »

I got the first step of this relatively quickly. Then I saw something that I thought was one piece of the second step, and I also had a guess what the answer would be, so I tried to backsolve the rest. Couldn't get that to work though - some really flimsy pieces and some absolute dead ends - but also had a hard time letting it go.

Finally managed to step back and see what was really going on. Turns out my guess of what the answer would be was actually right, but the method to get it was much clearer and more straightforward than what I was trying.

Thanks, Brian! Great puzzle! Hope you'll keep making them.
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#19

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Ah, there we go. Great puzzle, Brian!

Just enough challenge - agree with Laura’s week 3-ish assessment.
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Like a MGWCC week 3! Yikes.
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