"Blinded By the Light"

A weekly meta crossword created by members of the forum. Difficulty levels will vary. Hints are usually available starting Wednesday, and solutions are posted on Sunday.
Dplass
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#21

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madhatter5 wrote: Mon Dec 14, 2020 3:49 am Hi all and welcome to Muggle Meta Monday!

The answer to this week's meta is a poet.

Blinded by the Light.puz
Blinded by the Light.pdf

I hope you all have color printers for this one :)
In keeping with tradition I will post a leaderboard throughout the week and some nudges on Wednesday.

In addition, I am excited to announce a new section of the forum called Madhatter's Enigma on Wednesdays (MEOW)!

These are challenging weekly metas constructed by yours truly. Puzzles are posted on Wednesdays and solutions are posted Tuesdays. I just want to express my thanks to our mutual overlord Brian Mac for creating the subforum, and I hope it will be a success!

Best of luck,
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Crickey...the puz file is deficient in the color department!
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#22

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SewYoung wrote: Mon Dec 14, 2020 4:43 pm "I hope you all have color printers for this one"My printer is B&W and when I saw the grid, I was concerned that the shaded squares would be too dark. They are fine; they came out medium gray. No trouble weeing the numbers...
I had no trouble either, whizzed right through it. Specifically I considered the gravity of the situation and assigned it a value between 1.005 and 1.03. Reading the posts it appears urine good company.

You were right Joe, too much of a lob to resist trying to return.

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NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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#23

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After enjoying this meta I found Madhatter's first two. I just finished Summer Activity and thoroughly enjoyed it and am proud to say solve it without using any hints. I highly recommend it to those who haven't tried it already.
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#24

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Dplass wrote: Mon Dec 14, 2020 8:40 pm
madhatter5 wrote: Mon Dec 14, 2020 3:49 am Hi all and welcome to Muggle Meta Monday!

The answer to this week's meta is a poet.

Blinded by the Light.puz
Blinded by the Light.pdf

I hope you all have color printers for this one :)
In keeping with tradition I will post a leaderboard throughout the week and some nudges on Wednesday.

In addition, I am excited to announce a new section of the forum called Madhatter's Enigma on Wednesdays (MEOW)!

These are challenging weekly metas constructed by yours truly. Puzzles are posted on Wednesdays and solutions are posted Tuesdays. I just want to express my thanks to our mutual overlord Brian Mac for creating the subforum, and I hope it will be a success!

Best of luck,
Josh
Crickey...the puz file is deficient in the color department!
Must have been color blinded?
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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#25

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OTC... Outstanding idea and even more impressive construction...
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#26

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Solved! I did the grid last night -- my gray squares were very dark and I had to use logic to figure out the square numbers -- but didn't get the meta until this morning. I concur; impressive construction!
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#27

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Off the couch! I made it more difficult for myself by only looking at the .puz and completely forgetting that there was supposed to be color until I checked back here today :-)
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#28

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Solved
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#29

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Hi all,

I will have the leaderboard soonish. In the meantime here are some nudges.

Only the colored letters matter. The rest are not relevant to the meta

Take a look at the 2x3 boxes that are colored in. Is there anything strange about the letters inside of them?

Each 2x3 box represents an English letter in a way which is directly related to the title.


Edit: Leaderboard

1. FrankieHeck
2. Schmeel
3. Dannyvee
4. Meg
5. Hector
6. lbray53
7. DrTom
8. LesY
9. Cindy
10. boharr
11. ky-mike
12. oldjudge
13. bhamren
14. ChrisKochmanski
15. BarbaraK
16. whimsy
17. Abide
18. RPardoe
19. Al Sisti
20. Bob cruise director
21. C=64 (I am very curious about this username).
22. Laura M
23. Tom Wilson
24. DJB
Last edited by madhatter5 on Wed Dec 16, 2020 4:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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#30

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ok, ok, got it. Thanks, Josh. Another nice Monday meta.
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#31

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Finally got after the nudges. That was going to be my guess, but didn't see the justification until the third nudge. Impressive idea and construction. Great puzzle.
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#32

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madhatter5 wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:35 am Hi all,

I will have the leaderboard soonish. In the meantime here are some nudges.

Only the colored letters matter. The rest are not relevant to the meta

Take a look at the 2x3 boxes that are colored in. Is there anything strange about the letters inside of them?

Each 2x3 box represents an English letter in a way which is directly related to the title.


Edit: Leaderboard

1. FrankieHeck
2. Schmeel
3. Dannyvee
4. Meg
5. Hector
6. lbray53
7. DrTom
8. LesY
9. Cindy
10. boharr
11. ky-mike
12. oldjudge
13. bhamren
14. ChrisKochmanski
15. BarbaraK
16. whimsy
17. Milton
18. RPardoe
19. Al Sisti
20. Bob cruise director
21. C=64 (I am very curious about this username).
22. Laura M
23. Tom Wilson
24. DJB
I am curious about a lot of the names and numbers after the names. Why 5 after yours.

other intriguing ones in no particular order
JRS51 (why 51)
mheberlingx100
RichA2
KscX
802puzzler
Amanda Hugginkiss (I have wanted to know if that is really her last name)
scraps
kdubs
escapeartist
edot
Softie
JAQT
Orsys
stmv
PQ63
bskptkl (one of my all time unfavorites for typing - is this from Lil Abner?)
Mister Squawk
and others
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#33

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Off the couch, only after the 3rd nudge.

Thanks for the puzzle!
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#34

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👨‍🦯🛋️

I am embarrassed that I needed the nudges. They didn't tell me what I didn't already know, yet I don't think I would have solved without them. Yeah, I don't understand that, either. :?: 4O8!

This was a very well-crafted puzzle! Looking forward to more.

Drop the tinting & this would be an excellent Week 4, 4.5!
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#35

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Got it thanks to the 3d nudge but, like Lisa, this was going to be my guess, too. Very nice puzzle, Joshua; thank you!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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#36

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Madhatter, I don't see my name on the board, but ----

my timeframe was around #17 on your leaderboard...you may want to correct that-- ;)
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#37

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Hahaha wow I must be tired. Sorry Abide, you're there now.
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#38

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Bob cruise director wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 12:55 pm I am curious about a lot of the names and numbers after the names.
intriguing ones in no particular order
...
and others
Hi, I'm part of the "and others"
It was from the years I was living in Israel and setting up various accounts (over time).
I was living at Kibbutz [M]aale Ha[chamisha], aka "Hill of the 5"
Plus my nickname

Made it unique and unclaimed, so I could have the same name on any site.
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#39

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m5rammy wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 4:22 pm
Bob cruise director wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 12:55 pm I am curious about a lot of the names and numbers after the names.
intriguing ones in no particular order
...
and others
Hi, I'm part of the "and others"
It was from the years I was living in Israel and setting up various accounts (over time).
I was living at Kibbutz [M]aale Ha[chamisha], aka "Hill of the 5"
Plus my nickname

Made it unique and unclaimed, so I could have the same name on any site.
Thanks. When we migrated from the WSJ comments page to the blog and started to diversify, I had a problem with how to count muggles. When we were on the WSJ site, the only option was to count the people who had claimed that they were on the ship or the shore at least once. Now there are a lot of people who have an account and are active on other metas but have never commented that they were on the ship or shore.

As far as the "off the couch" here is the background. In the Welcome Aboard, we explain the background of being on the ship and lost at sea (not getting the meta) and on the shore (getting the meta). When we started doing the Monday metas, someone (not sure who) came up with the idea that if you did not get the meta, you must be sitting on the couch working on it so that when you got it, you are then off the couch.

Anyway, welcome and we hope to see you commenting on the Friday contests.

I assume that from your comment, you are not living in Israel currently. Wherever you live, we are happy to have you here.
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#40

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Abide wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 4:06 pm Madhatter, I don't see my name on the board, but ----

my timeframe was around #17 on your leaderboard...you may want to correct that-- ;)
Put Peter at #21 so I can stay in the top 20. :lol:
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