MEOW #31: Yin and Yang
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Got there last night with the nudges. Super payoff that was indeed harmonious.
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I'm totally a week behind! I didn't start this one until yesterday morning and saw the mechanism shortly after completing the grid. Then my day got crazy and I didn't finish finding all the synonyms/antonyms until this morning. (Though I did visualize HELP right beside SOS as I was dropping off to sleep last night and hopped out of bed to put that one on my list! Still surprised at myself that I was able to drift off to dreamland without obsessing over adding the finishing touches.) The answer came quickly after my first cup of coffee, and I promise I never looked at the nudges. Thanks for another fabulous puzzle, Josh!
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It also didn't hurt that you told us which set goes on which side (for those less familiar with the "placement") so I knew to put the "likes" (synonyms) on the left or I'd have ended up with AHMRNOOISU which may well be the Sanskrit or Hindu version of Yin and Yang....madhatter5 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:51 pm Solution:
45A was a cryptic way of saying that Yin, the symbol of agreement, contains synonyms of words found outside the symbol - while Yang, the symbol of disagreement, contains antonyms:
To arrive at the final answer you need to take the first letters of these words and intertwine Yin and Yang (starting with Yin) to get HARMONIOUSCode: Select all
YIN YANG SOS -> HELP CUT -> ATTACH IRE -> RAGE EGO -> MODESTY AGED -> OLD SOUTH -> NORTH PIC -> IMAGE SHUT -> OPEN OFT -> USUALLY BIG -> SMALL
Loved the puzzle when I finally caught on (I was being Yanged Yin the wrong direction initially).
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!