"New Wave Halloween!" - October 28, 2021

[ricky]

http://www.lexicondevil.live/2021/10/pu ... oween.html


New Wave Halloween meta Excel

[ChrisKochmanski]

Loved it!

Plus it has brought back many fun memories.

Good one, Ricky!

[spotter]

Solved and submitted!

[boharr]

Got it with a nudge.

[Meg]

Forehead slap! Great puzzle. Submitted.

[ricky]

Forehead slap! Great puzzle. Submitted.

Thanks! And that's a great mug. Makes me think we all need to have a mug avatar.

[ricky]

All below have both halves correct, except Caroline, who only submitted an answer for #2.

Two wrong answers so far, both of which were good guesses but not correct. Take another look!

[ricky]

Solution:

For further explanation, consult these videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WSenc2Z5OA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASHO3gOSnaM

[ricky]

Final results:

Congrats to I.K. Snamhcok and EliSelzer, this month's winners!

[Al Sisti]

Final results:

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Congrats to I.K. Snamhcok and EliSelzer, this month's winners!

Woof! I accepted my fate of not winning a WSJ mug, despite there being only 243 solvers... but missing out here, with two chances to win out of 8 solvers?

[whimsy]

Darn! This is the kind of mechanism that I get such a kick out of so I'm sorry I didn't see it. I did get WIGS, but after needing google for much of the grid (I don't follow music very much - "gasp!") I was a bit despairing of getting the answer, and let things slide. Turns out that I have heard of the B-52s of course, and probably even know some of their music without knowing that I know it.
It was a such a fun Aha even just reading the solution, so thanks, Ricky!

[Abide]

Late to the treat bucket but really liked this one. Imagine, a solvable meta!