"After Three" - May 2021

A monthly, music-themed meta crossword published at noon on the first Tuesday of every month. The puzzles increase in difficulty each month, and at year end there is a 13th puzzle (the "Mega-Meta") that invokes each of the 12 monthly puzzles. Currently available at https://pmxwords.com/, as well as through the Washington Post website here: MMMM at WaPo
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Eric Porter wrote: โ†‘Fri May 07, 2021 12:29 pm I know I'm making this puzzle more difficult than it is. I've tried everything that's obvious to me and a few things which were certainly too complicated.
I wish there were some digits in parentheses so that I would know where to start.
Keep looking. I tried several things before the path became obvious.
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ky-mike wrote: โ†‘Thu May 06, 2021 11:17 pm This played a lot harder for me than it should have. On the board.
My sentiments exactly. ๐Ÿค More, post-deadline.
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I am also at a loss. I have three current possible lines to follow - but no idea what to do with them.

ETA: I am still hammering away at this. Anyone want to work together? PM me :)
- Just puzzling it out here in Delmarva :D
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Well-crafted!
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Joe Ross wrote: โ†‘Sat May 08, 2021 9:07 pm Well-crafted!

Like a fine bourbon.
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I'm now on the leaderboard.

I sent MamaE a PM. We'd gone down many of the same rabbit holes, but something she said made me look back at at one I didn't fully explore earlier.

It's not the first time this has happened to me, but it's always frustrating to have been so close but not realize it.
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Eric Porter wrote: โ†‘Sun May 09, 2021 12:39 am I'm now on the leaderboard.

I sent MamaE a PM. We'd gone down many of the same rabbit holes, but something she said made me look back at at one I didn't fully explore earlier.

It's not the first time this has happened to me, but it's always frustrating to have been so close but not realize it.
Now I just need to make sure I figure it out too! LOL

Seriously, think I have it, but gonna mull overnight.

ETA: I didn't have it, but a slight course correction by @Eric Porter helped me to see what was staring me right in the face. On the board - nice puzzle!!
- Just puzzling it out here in Delmarva :D
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This one drove me crazy. I got deeply enmeshed in a rabbit hole of a semi-plausible answer, but Wendy Walker kindly told me to look elsewhere. It turned out that one of the first things that I had looked at, I had not looked at quite deeply and thoroughly enough. I literally woke up in the middle of the night thinking about this, and pushed on that thread a bit harder, and it finally came to me. Maybe now I can finally go back to sleep ;)
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Wow, this month's offering was an uphill climb but I finally reached the summit with just two hours to spare after evading an attractive shortcut that was a trap. (And no nudges.)
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On the board, with a little help. Thanks, @Eric Porter and @Wendy Walker for just giving enough of a nudge so I could still feel like I earned the AHA! moment. This one was so clever.
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Finally got there with an assist. Thanks MamaE!
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This was a very fast swim to the shore for me. One of those metas where familiarity with the constructor's previous puzzles pays off immediately.
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#54

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Such an elegant construction. Have younger solvers heard of her?
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Ughghghghgh.... Note to self: look at the title!
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I really have that โ€œHave You Never Been Mellowโ€ stuck in my mind!!

Oh well. Happy that I achieved my secondary goal of making it into the Groaners section of the write-up! (with a different song).
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