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The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 6:28 am
by Bird Lives
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the MMM waters, it’s me again, two weeks in a row. Apologies if this is getting tedious. I know little of what goes on in the editorial machinations of the x-muggles powers that be. Your guess is as good as mine, and mine is that the current bottom-scraping indicates that the barrel is essentially empty. In other words, as the title of the puzzle suggests, we are approaching the end of days.
Here are the links:
The End of Days.puz
The End of Days.pdf
The End of Days.xlsx
The answer is a word used in newspaper and film business,
PM me your answer.
Difficulty level: 2.5 (but that’s just a guess).
[UPDATE} An alert reader, far alerter than the constructor, has pointed out two typos in the clues.
The corrected clues are:
18A Like some meatballs or a Muppet chef
23D Joyce’s great novella
Re: The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 7:55 am
by KayW
Nice one!
Re: The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 8:47 am
by Schmeel
The end is here - arisen from the eschatalogical couch.
Fun puzzle!
Re: The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 8:59 am
by RPardoe
Solved and submitted.
Re: The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 9:26 am
by MamaE
Off the sofa….feeling the after effects from a rough End of Week, meta-wise. Oof!
Re: The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 10:23 am
by Meg
Solved and sent in. Feeling pretty confident. Nicely done.
edit: and we’re good.
Re: The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 10:25 am
by BrennerTJ
Off the 🛋.
Re: The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 10:30 am
by Beth Tyrpin
🛋
Re: The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 10:56 am
by Dannyvee
🛋
Re: The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 11:11 am
by Hector
Interesting grid and well-executed meta.
Re: The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 12:20 pm
by boharr
Got a late start but got off the couch quickly. Fun puzzle.
Re: The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 12:31 pm
by ImOnToo
Off the couch!
Re: The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 2:00 pm
by Cinny
Off the couch! Nice beginning to this week's puzzles.
Re: The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 2:04 pm
by Cindy
Solved
Re: The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 2:07 pm
by DrTom
Solved I believe, got lost in some rabbit holes but went back to BirdLives instructions to me last week..."I'm a simple man and I make simple METAs" Now I'm not sure that is true but I certainly found this one after I simplified it.
Oh, and I especially love the references that are distinctly "old school". If many of our younger audience stumbled on KILROY or the Alabama song, then "Show me the way to the next Meta clue...."
CONFIRMED - off the couch, guess I'd better go fire up the grill. Enjoyable puzzle
Re: The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 2:38 pm
by oldjudge
Off the couch. Fun, easy meta. Probably more a 1.5. Loved the clue for 59D. Thanks Jay!
Re: The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 4:01 pm
by fuggedabowdit
OTC and submitted - enjoyed the puzzle - another great job Jay!
Confirmed!
Re: The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 5:08 pm
by Dave C
Off the couch and confirmed. Agree - for me it was easier than a week 2.5.
Re: The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 5:32 pm
by hcbirker
Off the couch!
Re: The End of Days
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 5:51 pm
by Tom Mueller
Off the couch! Thank you for a another fun puzzle, Jay!
Nice one!
