MEOW #21: Crosswordese

A weekly meta crossword on the forum started by member Josh (aka madhatter5). These puzzles are often very creative with solving mechanisms out of the norm and skewing towards the more challenging. Puzzles are posted every Wednesday, and the solution appears the following Tuesday.
User avatar
Joe Ross
Moderator
Posts: 4998
Joined: Fri Apr 12, 2019 4:46 am
Location: Cincinnati

#41

Post by Joe Ross »

boharr wrote: Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:21 am
Dplass wrote: Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:42 am
DrTom wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 5:28 pm Cat is walking funny and shaking a bit and has been doing it all night stopping just at sunrise --- yes that is correct that cat was rocking and reeling to the break of dawn - Thank you Mr. Berry (Chuck, not Patrick). At any rate I believe kitty is out of the box.

Fun and educational puzzle. I had heard about "that thing" a while back but did not remember it (not that it would have made any difference). I just wish I had not spent all that time Googling Hhmanuw or Hmyrtlliwuosc, the results I got were, well incomprehensible.
Fun fact, try Googling "hiybbprqag".
Bingo
Ken Lay sues Bernie Madoff for stealing his business model.
User avatar
DrTom
Posts: 3763
Joined: Sat Apr 20, 2019 6:46 pm
Location: Jacksonville, FL

#42

Post by DrTom »

Joe Ross wrote: Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:46 am
boharr wrote: Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:21 am
Dplass wrote: Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:42 am

Fun fact, try Googling "hiybbprqag".
Bingo
Ken Lay sues Bernie Madoff for stealing his business model.
Herman Lay says Ken not a chip off the old block.....suggestions of kinship ruffle him.
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!
User avatar
eagle1279
Posts: 307
Joined: Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:00 pm
Location: Indianapolis

#43

Post by eagle1279 »

Solved, awaiting confirmation but I don’t see how it could be anything else. Wow, what an interesting puzzle, thanks!

Edit: Confirmed!
Last edited by eagle1279 on Sat Apr 24, 2021 11:23 am, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
Wendy Walker
Posts: 1699
Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:44 pm
Location: Unionville, PA

#44

Post by Wendy Walker »

DrTom wrote: Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:40 am

But isn't this METAPHYSICS:
METAPHYSICS.jpg
Could've added SENNA on the right column, Dr. T!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
User avatar
DrTom
Posts: 3763
Joined: Sat Apr 20, 2019 6:46 pm
Location: Jacksonville, FL

#45

Post by DrTom »

Wendy Walker wrote: Thu Apr 22, 2021 4:59 pm
DrTom wrote: Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:40 am

But isn't this METAPHYSICS:
METAPHYSICS.jpg
Could've added SENNA on the right column, Dr. T!
Ran out of time and I really had to go.....
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!
madhatter5
Posts: 673
Joined: Sun Sep 27, 2020 1:48 pm

#46

Post by madhatter5 »

Nudge Saturday!

The first step is to fill the grid. It should be very easy. If you are resorting to codes of any kind you are thinking too hard.

If you're still stuck filling the grid, consider the lengths of each clue and each corresponding entry.

Once you've done the grid, the answer is literally spelled out.
https://pandorasblocks.org/crosswords-for-cancer
Hidden in 3D
Posts: 379
Joined: Sun Nov 17, 2019 11:42 pm

#47

Post by Hidden in 3D »

I filled out the grid quickly on Wednesday, but didn't have a clue what to do next. Needed Josh's final nudge to find the meta answer. What an awesome puzzle! Wow!
Sara
Dow Jones
Posts: 472
Joined: Thu May 09, 2019 11:02 pm
Location: Yakima, WA

#48

Post by Dow Jones »

The cat is out of the bag. I fought with this meta for 4 days (even with the spoilers) until I spotted the mechanism. AHA, nirvana ! Excellent meta
madhatter5
Posts: 673
Joined: Sun Sep 27, 2020 1:48 pm

#49

Post by madhatter5 »

Solution, with a graphic that I totally made all by myself:
Attachments
voynich.PNG
https://pandorasblocks.org/crosswords-for-cancer
Dplass
Posts: 1739
Joined: Sat Dec 28, 2019 10:09 am

#50

Post by Dplass »

Not going to lie, I thought my puz file was corrupted when I opened it the first time...
User avatar
Hector
Posts: 1297
Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 8:15 pm
Location: San Francisco
Contact:

#51

Post by Hector »

Very funny. I'd sometimes wondered whether a clues = entries puzzle would be super difficult because it'd be the last thing you'd think of, but it turns out the striking abundance of super-short clues makes it much more obvious than that.
Locked