MGWCC #757 - “A League of Their Own”

An excellent puzzle written by one of the innovators of the meta crossword format. It comes out every Friday at noon and increases in difficulty throughout the month. Available for modest subscription (worth every cent) here: www.xwordcontest.com
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#41

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Beamed up, but I had trouble filling in the grid correctly.
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#42

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Barney wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:46 pm Wut the fresh hell is this puzzle?

Week 1‽

I’m done. Just done.
Barney:

If you need a friendly nudge to get you started, you will find a lot of patient and generous solvers here. It •is• a Week 1 in difficulty, but we've all been there - staring hopelessly at a puzzle that it feels like everyone else solved instantly. That's the curse of the meta solver's life, I'm afraid

There's a trick to this, like there's a trick to every meta, but don't give up too soon - there are helpful resources to call upon here, if you need them. We don't bite, or judge
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#43

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Barney wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:46 pm Wut the fresh hell is this puzzle?

Week 1‽

I’m done. Just done.
The grid is very hard.

The meta, if you have the grid, is a week one.... but the grid was very brutal.
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#44

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Awaiting beam-up. Hope I wasn't too quick jumping to a conclusion...

Edit: Nope, I missed the beam-up! Guess I was too quick. Missing a week 1 hurts :?

Second edit: #318!!! Phew, what a relief! Guessing my answer has been accepted as an alternate.
Last edited by benchen71 on Sat Dec 03, 2022 5:49 am, edited 2 times in total.
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#45

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unlikely, I beamed up part way through myself (and am on at #74), I finished the grid afterwards, it's a 100%
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#46

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Barney wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:46 pm Wut the fresh hell is this puzzle?

Week 1‽

I’m done. Just done.
keep playing with the grid and you'll figure it out.
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#47

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One to beam up Scotty!

I do understand Barney's frustration because, well everyone who solved knows why. The grid is a challenge and if I had not been doing these for a while I would have been gnashing my teeth as well. But if you HAVE been doing them the light bulb goes on pretty quickly. Still, it does not qualify as "easy" because "easy" is in the eye of the beholder. (and I quite often be holding the poopy end of the stick on those labelled with the dreaded "E" word)

So far it looks like a good week-end, perhaps I'll have time to do something else since both metas are done.

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#48

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Beamed up. Never a doubt! Well, there actually was one nagging thought about a second answer, but I could find nothing to support it.
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#49

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benchen71 wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:28 pm Awaiting beam-up. Hope I wasn't too quick jumping to a conclusion...

Edit: Nope, I missed the beam-up! Guess I was too quick. Missing a week 1 hurts :?

Second edit: #318!!! Phew, what a relief! Guessing my answer has been accepted as an alternate.
I see where there can be two answers that are acceptable. Depends on where you grew up, I guess.
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#50

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Beamed up! Fun and clever puzzle.
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#51

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Beamed this morning. Took a bit to get a handhold on the grid, but I do enjoy these a lot. Reminds me of many Thursday WSJ puzzles.
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#52

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Awaiting beam up. Seems like a major league puzzle for a minor league week 1.
That was fun!
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#53

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Appreciate the push, shove, and support team here

Against my best donkey braying I did eventually figure this out

Can’t say it was exactly a pleasant experience.

Like Lisa Simpson said decades ago, “How can something suck and blow at the same time?”

How can a puzzle be so hard and easy at the same time?

I salute anyone who just ran with the answer solely from the title.
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#54

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Barney wrote: Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:23 am
Against my best donkey braying I did eventually figure this out
HEY! I resemble that remark!
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#55

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lbray53 wrote: Sat Dec 03, 2022 12:01 pm
Barney wrote: Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:23 am
Against my best donkey braying I did eventually figure this out
HEY! I resemble that remark!
So you do.

One of my favorite animals.
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#56

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Hmm.... for support and comforting words

I just realized I did the grid wrong and submitted an answer that should have been wrong but was accepted. So I think they are accepting alternative answer.

I imagine there will be some discussion about the varieties of a particular sport come tuesday.
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#57

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I beamed up. Interesting that there seem to be 8 wrong answers. I wasn't online when this came out. Did anyone notice, were they all right at the start from people guessing before solving? Or some of the alternate answers I see people discussing?
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#58

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Whatever the answer was

I did not get it.

Unbelievable.

Did I say done‽
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#59

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Barney wrote: Sat Dec 03, 2022 9:37 pm Whatever the answer was

I did not get it.

Unbelievable.

Did I say done‽
Are you sure? Matt hasn't updated the leaderboard since 8:39 this morning.
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#60

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BarbaraK wrote: Sat Dec 03, 2022 10:52 pm
Barney wrote: Sat Dec 03, 2022 9:37 pm Whatever the answer was

I did not get it.

Unbelievable.

Did I say done‽
Are you sure? Matt hasn't updated the leaderboard since 8:39 this morning.
You were correct.

So was I. This puzzle could have been solved simply from the title!
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