MEOW #92: The Hardest Crossword

[woozy]

I got the Abenaki and Darzee answers through the Sticky Washington (plus Google) method until I realized that was ridiculous.

Great puzzle.

I'll miss your puzzles. For all our sake I hope when viewing the foreseeable future you prove to be very myopic.

[boharr]

We will miss you Josh. @madhatter5 Come back as soon as you can.

[KayW]

Yes @madhatter5 you will be missed! Thanks for all the innovative metas.

[Cap'n Rick]

Yes, @madhatter5, please hurry back!

[rjy]

Thanks for sharing your gems with us, I really enjoyed them. Hope to see them resurface! Cheers!

[Laura M]

Doh! Once again I shouldn't have given up so easily. I would have definitely failed the Mysterious Benedict Society tests. (Loved the books though! I read them with my kid, I'm much too old to have read them AS a kid.)

Thank you very much for sharing your creative, innovative, and enjoyable puzzles! Best of luck with your other pursuits, and hope to see you back here when you have more time!

[Joe Ross]

Josh,

I remember discussing your first puzzles in several Tuesday Muggle Zoom sessions. There were some comments regarding non-conformity to standard crossword rules, but all agreed, to a person, that you are brilliant, creative, & ingenious. Your efforts, given your course loads, amaze me.

Thank you for your incredible contributions, past & future, to the meta world.

[Ergcat]

Josh,
Thank you for your creative, challenging and fun puzzles! You will be missed. Good luck in your future endeavors!

[benchen71]

I know I will miss your challenging puzzles, Josh. You have helped me "break the rules" every so often.

All the best with your studies!

[MikeyG]

Josh, your puzzles have been fantastic and often been an inspiration to me as well. I know I'm not the most consistent solver (sorry!), but every time I've solved one, I've enjoyed the journey (or basically told overtly that I need more LATERAL THINKING, haha). You have played with some great meta-nisms, and I wish you the best of luck on your endeavors. Hopefully, we'll see you around here again soon and until then, keep changing the world and - of course - taking time for self-care as needed! (Coffee and cats help in my book!)

Mikey G

[madhatter5]

Thank you all for the very kind and understanding comments. I should also say I am very thankful to every who has taken the time to try MEOW puzzles. You guys are some of the nicest and most brilliant community of people I know and one of the few corners of the web that can retain this level of wholesomeness, respect, and a darned lot of fun

[DrTom]

Josh,

The MEOW will not die, there are too many loyal fans. I am sure people will step up with their unchecked squares and odd grids proudly displayed. Yes, the MEOW is the MEOWWW (Wild Wild West) for all of us who want to do something a little different and know they will end up in a cruciverbal crucible if they do. We will still look for the occasional HARDEST CROSSWORD EVER experience and all thank you for LOTS of entertainment and originality.

Tom