"Mind The Gaps" by benchen71
- edestlin
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- benchen71
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Here's a solver update for you:
Gutman
Ergcat
JeffsPuzzles
shalmanezer
The Hooking Post
woozy
Slime Hudson
Porcos
DrTom
Qmark
Johnny Luau
markhr
Lobsterboys
edestlin
We're up to 48. By the way, I'm keeping a list of "possible alternate answers", so if you have one make a comment on Crosshare and I'll add it to the list.
Gutman
Ergcat
JeffsPuzzles
shalmanezer
The Hooking Post
woozy
Slime Hudson
Porcos
DrTom
Qmark
Johnny Luau
markhr
Lobsterboys
edestlin
We're up to 48. By the way, I'm keeping a list of "possible alternate answers", so if you have one make a comment on Crosshare and I'll add it to the list.
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- DrTom
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Crossed the Moat on stones (and NO Stones is not the recording artist) carefully minding the gaps. By the way, did anyone notice the very nice Easter egg Ben included?
Well played sir, well played!
Well played sir, well played!
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!
- woozy
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I think I've been too confused and distracted wondering why he would think have heard "Mind the Gap" is something to be fortunate or lucky to have experienced.
Funny story. I was all set to enter Par for the course for the CrossHare midi contest for April but I mistakenly thought midi meant 7x 7 and not 11 x 11. Oops. Well.... Here's a complex but **small** meta on the subject of golf.
- ajk
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Not sure if it's what you're referencing, but I did just notice something I'd missed before that significantly increases both the elegance and difficulty of the construction. And I thought it was nifty *before*
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- ReB
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Crossed the moat today after I finally pronounced the password as "shibboleth" instead of "sibboleth" to the crossing guard!
- benchen71
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Things are ticking over nicely. Here's the latest group of successful solvers:
Sharkicicles
HeadinHome
Spid4567
Wally
zonkswonk
Rufus T Firefly
kurtalert
Mr Tex
JM
Carolyn
ReB
We're up to 59 now.
Sharkicicles
HeadinHome
Spid4567
Wally
zonkswonk
Rufus T Firefly
kurtalert
Mr Tex
JM
Carolyn
ReB
We're up to 59 now.
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta!
- benchen71
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I'm going to release the nudges early. Two more solvers to add before I do that:
Frisco17
Meredith DeCarlo
Frisco17
Meredith DeCarlo
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta!
- benchen71
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And then here are the nudges:
Nudges, in order of increasing blatancy:
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Nudges, in order of increasing blatancy:
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Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta!
- benchen71
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Monday morning, here in Australia, which means it's time for the answer reveal. But first, the last tranche of successful solvers:
SeamusOL
Byron
incandenzant
CPJohnson
Dawn Landry
ellequin
MrTheHan
Darrell
Michael Epstein
That's 68 all told. And now on to the answer...
SeamusOL
Byron
incandenzant
CPJohnson
Dawn Landry
ellequin
MrTheHan
Darrell
Michael Epstein
That's 68 all told. And now on to the answer...
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta!
- benchen71
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Here's the solution to "Mind The Gaps":
I constructed this puzzle in the aftermath of having not gotten the answer to MMMM's January 2022 puzzle, "Just A Number". As I said in my comment at the time, "I'm seriously disappointed I didn't get this one. No excuse really, other than I just didn't connect the numbers to 'age', despite the puzzle's title." So I thought I would see if I could construct a puzzle with ADELE as the answer. And this was the result!
Possible alternate answers suggested by solvers:
I constructed this puzzle in the aftermath of having not gotten the answer to MMMM's January 2022 puzzle, "Just A Number". As I said in my comment at the time, "I'm seriously disappointed I didn't get this one. No excuse really, other than I just didn't connect the numbers to 'age', despite the puzzle's title." So I thought I would see if I could construct a puzzle with ADELE as the answer. And this was the result!
Possible alternate answers suggested by solvers:
- Elton John ("L TO JOIN") - DrTom / Ergcat
- Pharrell ("FOUR L") - Qmark / Kurtalert
- Ellen Whyte ("L IN") - hoover
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta!