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.
Dannyvee
Posts: 517 Joined: Sat Oct 10, 2020 11:39 am
Location: Jamaica Plain, MA
#21
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by Dannyvee » Wed Apr 28, 2021 3:33 pm
Schmeel wrote: โ Wed Apr 28, 2021 3:22 pm
Cindy wrote: โ Wed Apr 28, 2021 3:00 pm
madhatter5 wrote: โ Wed Apr 28, 2021 2:46 pm
Oh no! Sorry! Looking into it now
It is still solvable. Just look at the color version until he gets it fixed!
Oh that explains a lot - I'll reprint it. No problem.
I'm close to finishing filling in the grid - I was wondering about the missing clues, 'No Clue's and incorrect cross references. I thought it might be part of the meta!
Knowing MEOW I was certain it was part of the meta
I can be found in Sheridan, NY, veejaying. (8)
Schmeel
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#22
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by Schmeel » Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:24 pm
Cat's out of the bag!
Refilling the grid helped...
Dave C
Posts: 294 Joined: Fri Apr 26, 2019 2:30 pm
Location: Round Rock, TX
#23
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by Dave C » Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:28 pm
Cat's out of the bag.
dudeski
Posts: 372 Joined: Mon Apr 20, 2020 4:56 pm
#24
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by dudeski » Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:46 pm
Cat out.
Joe Ross
Moderator
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Location: Cincinnati
#25
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by Joe Ross » Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:54 pm
OUT!
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Bird Lives
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#26
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by Bird Lives » Wed Apr 28, 2021 5:15 pm
madhatter5 wrote: โ Wed Apr 28, 2021 3:06 pm
At the risk of speaking too soon, I think it is fixed now.
I downloaded the .puz version, which is colorless, earlier today. Is it usable? Or can I go ahead and finish filling in the grid?
Jay
RPardoe
Posts: 736 Joined: Tue Jul 23, 2019 4:09 pm
Location: Houston, TX
#27
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by RPardoe » Wed Apr 28, 2021 6:10 pm
Bird Lives wrote: โ Wed Apr 28, 2021 5:15 pm
I downloaded the .puz version, which is colorless, earlier today. Is it usable? Or can I go ahead and finish filling in the grid?
Yes. I completed (and solved) using only the PUZ version of the puzzle which I downloaded first thing this morning.
Al Sisti
Posts: 2062 Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 1:28 pm
Location: Whitesboro NY
#28
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by Al Sisti » Thu Apr 29, 2021 12:50 am
As I wrote to Josh: What a fabulous idea and execution! This was one of the best creep-up-on-the-aha I've ever experienced...
auee89
Posts: 1094 Joined: Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:55 am
Location: Indiana
#29
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by auee89 » Thu Apr 29, 2021 11:27 am
Still stuck. But I do like the 17A clue. I have not seen that one before.
Kevin
MamaE
Posts: 334 Joined: Tue May 05, 2020 6:15 pm
Location: Maryland
#30
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by MamaE » Thu Apr 29, 2021 6:45 pm
Stuck stuck stuckety stuck! Blah
- Just puzzling it out here in Delmarva
ImOnToo
Posts: 445 Joined: Thu May 02, 2019 5:28 pm
Location: Texas
#31
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by ImOnToo » Fri Apr 30, 2021 4:36 pm
My first ever attempt at a MEOW. And the cat's out of the bag.
Given Monday, Wednesday and Friday metas, I may have to quit my job!
Konnie
Dplass
Posts: 1739 Joined: Sat Dec 28, 2019 10:09 am
#32
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by Dplass » Fri Apr 30, 2021 10:47 pm
ImOnToo wrote: โ Fri Apr 30, 2021 4:36 pm
My first ever attempt at a MEOW. And the cat's out of the bag.
Given Monday, Wednesday and Friday metas, I may have to quit my job!
Don't forget Sunday (Pandora's Blocks).
lbray53
Posts: 1220 Joined: Fri May 08, 2020 8:34 am
Location: Elkhorn, WI
#33
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by lbray53 » Sat May 01, 2021 9:33 am
The cat is out of the bag! Now back to MGWCC.
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
madhatter5
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Cinny
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#35
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by Cinny » Sat May 01, 2021 12:47 pm
Cat is out!! This one was fun!
Cindy Heisler
Bird Lives
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#36
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by Bird Lives » Sat May 01, 2021 2:41 pm
Looked at first nudge, kicked self, let cat out of bag.
Jay
FKelly
Posts: 322 Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 9:09 pm
#37
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by FKelly » Sun May 02, 2021 2:58 am
Looking in the wrong places. Finally, the cat found its way way out of the stovepipe hat.
BrennerTJ
Posts: 439 Joined: Sun Jan 31, 2021 2:54 pm
Location: Chicago suburbs
#38
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by BrennerTJ » Sun May 02, 2021 2:36 pm
Finished this one after the nudges - was headed in the right direction but hadn't quite made the connection - cat is now free to roam.
-Tamara
Dow Jones
Posts: 475 Joined: Thu May 09, 2019 11:02 pm
Location: Yakima, WA
#39
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by Dow Jones » Sun May 02, 2021 10:24 pm
The cat is out of the stove-pipe hat. Thanks, Josh, for the entertaining puzzle and meta.
madhatter5
Posts: 673 Joined: Sun Sep 27, 2020 1:48 pm
#40
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by madhatter5 » Tue May 04, 2021 12:05 am
Solution (courtesy of Joe Ross):
I accepted either the Gettysburg Address or the Declaration of Independence.
Thanks to RPardoe for sending me a very entertaining PowerPoint rendition of the famous speech:
https://norvig.com/Gettysburg/
https://pandorasblocks.org/crosswords-for-cancer