MGWCC #763 - "Not for Nothing"
- Joe Ross
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MGWCC #763 - "Not for Nothing"
MGWCC #763 -- "Not for Nothing"
Dear Solver,
Today's puzzle is Week 2 of 4 in January.
Instructions:
This week's contest answer, which is 7 letters long, is what I hope you'll find this meta to be.
Good luck!
--Matt
NOTE: Due to the late post, the deadline for this week’s contest is Wednesday, January 18th, at noon ET.
634 of you found the answer to last week's challenge. Read about it here.
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Dear Solver,
Today's puzzle is Week 2 of 4 in January.
Instructions:
This week's contest answer, which is 7 letters long, is what I hope you'll find this meta to be.
Good luck!
--Matt
NOTE: Due to the late post, the deadline for this week’s contest is Wednesday, January 18th, at noon ET.
634 of you found the answer to last week's challenge. Read about it here.
WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO MY CROSSWORD CONTEST?:
MGWCC is available only to subscribers at my Patreon page.
A subscription costs $3/month.
- rjy
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Please try my WSJ contest crossword in the meantime
Thanks Matt, but I was looking forward to MGWCC as a break from your WSJ contest crossword
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Really this is a stupid nitpicky thing to complain about, but I'm not a fan of the Sat-Wed puzzle span. I like to have a puzzle on Fridays! I wonder if we could convince Matt to move the normal release day to Thursday, deadline Monday?
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Agree with Laura M on the Sat release date - but for this sort of wizardry, I will wait. Submitted. Two great puzzles from Matt this week imo.
ETA: #6 on the board.
ETA: #6 on the board.
- Abide
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Very cool puzzle. A little trickier than most Week 2s. But easier than the WSJ.
The site is just a web page, a meeting place, a clubhouse - it's the group that's special.
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—Brian MacDonald
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This is definitely crunchy. I guess it's a Week 2 once you get it but, of course, you have to get it!
Was hoping to squeeze in behind the indomitable e.a., but @docison, @Abide, and others foiled that plan, haha.
Another great puzzle! It's Matt's world, and we're living in it.
Mikey G
(And my mid-month meta coming soon to a subforum near you!)
Was hoping to squeeze in behind the indomitable e.a., but @docison, @Abide, and others foiled that plan, haha.
Another great puzzle! It's Matt's world, and we're living in it.
Mikey G
(And my mid-month meta coming soon to a subforum near you!)
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- Joe
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What is step 2???????? Aargh
Happy to give nudges. If you notice I've solved, please tell me about avenues you've explored so I can nudge you in the right direction and not off a cliff.
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- Wendy Walker
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Enjoyed this one a lot! I agree with @Abide that it's much easier than this week's WSJ.
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
- ajk
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On the board at #25. Not quite the first thing I tried, but close. Fun puzzle.
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Not easier than the WSJ for me! I believe I have step one, but that's it.
- ChrisKochmanski
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Beamed!
Seriously, two meta masterpieces from Matt this weekend. How does he do it?
Seriously, two meta masterpieces from Matt this weekend. How does he do it?
- HeadinHome
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i’m with you! i see where to get seven letters but HOW? Everything i try gives me gibberish.
UPDATE: You know how they say it helps to type out all your thoughts to someone? Was doing that (setting up a nudge request for @Wendy Walker ) and doing that led me to try ONE more thing… that was the thing!
Yes, Matt, I do find this meta to be (7 letter answer) ! But definitely not a week 2, I think. I’d say at least 3.5.
Awaiting da beam.
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The other Wendy.
- KayW
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Beamed.
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 metapuzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related charities. It is available at CrosswordsForCancer.com.
- woozy
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I have step one, two, and three and then... wall.
Edit: I found a cute little 4 out of 7 coincidence. At least I assume it was an unintentional coincidence.
Edit: I found a cute little 4 out of 7 coincidence. At least I assume it was an unintentional coincidence.
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So I just plain couldn't get my meta based on "Up the Down Staircase" to work.
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
- ky-mike
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Submitted. #47 It is a solid meta. Nice week 2.
Now back to the much more difficult (for me) WSJ meta.
Now back to the much more difficult (for me) WSJ meta.
- MarkWoychick
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Waiting to be beamed up - clever puzzle and satisfying aha!
Edit: beamed up!
Edit: beamed up!
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 contest-style (meta) crosswords that we've created to help raise money for cancer-related organizations - get the bundle at http://crosswordsforcancer.com