A weekly meta crossword created by members of the forum. Difficulty levels will vary. Hints are usually available starting Wednesday, and solutions are posted on Sunday.
Wendy Walker
Posts: 2249Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:44 pmLocation: Unionville, PA
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by Wendy Walker Mon Apr 03, 2023 12:02 am
Happy Monday, Muggles!
This week’s MMM is a collaboration between Peter Abide and Wendy Walker. The former often reminds the latter how she used to claim she simply didn’t have enough time in her busy schedule to solve any puzzles except the WSJ. Oh, how priorities change!
Thanks for our friend Al Sisti for test-solving and offering excellent suggestions – including pointing out that “Hooked on Metas,” which we were using as a placeholder for the title, was actually a better title than anything we had come up with.
Here’s hoping you enjoy this one. Per protocol we will post a list of solvers, and nudges will be offered on Wednesday. A randomly selected solver will win a suitable prize!
The meta answer is a name. Hooked on Metas crosshare Hooked on Metas PUZ Hooked on Metas PDF Hooked on Metas spreadsheet If you enjoy solving on Crosshare , help keep the site running by donating a few bucks
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
benchen71
Posts: 3446Joined: Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:50 pmLocation: Melbourne, Australia
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by benchen71 Mon Apr 03, 2023 5:40 am
Off the couch! Took a while to see what needed to be seen, but definitely fun when the click happened!
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands"
here . US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!
Cinny
Posts: 1051Joined: Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:53 pmLocation: Minoa, NY
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by Cinny Mon Apr 03, 2023 1:26 pm
Off the couch! Fun meta with a great twist. Thanks!
Cindy Heisler
Meg
Posts: 2521Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 1:41 pmLocation: St. Petersburg, FL
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by Meg Mon Apr 03, 2023 1:31 pm
I’m OTC, but not quite 100 per cent sure on the details….
boharr
Moderator
Posts: 3623Joined: Fri Sep 06, 2019 8:57 amLocation: Westchester, NY
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by boharr Mon Apr 03, 2023 2:36 pm
Off the couch. Thanks for a clever one.
lbray53
Posts: 1529Joined: Fri May 08, 2020 8:34 amLocation: Elkhorn, WI
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by lbray53 Mon Apr 03, 2023 3:01 pm
Off the couch. Great click at the end!! Outstanding clues.
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
hcbirker
Posts: 2554Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:24 pmLocation: Studio City, CA
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by hcbirker Mon Apr 03, 2023 4:40 pm
Fun puzzle guys! Off the couch!
Heidi
ChrisKochmanski
Posts: 2705Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 9:51 pmLocation: Saline, Michigan
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by ChrisKochmanski Mon Apr 03, 2023 4:46 pm
Elbowed off the couch.
MatthewL
Posts: 1146Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2020 11:57 amLocation: Atlanta, GA
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by MatthewL Mon Apr 03, 2023 6:28 pm
Off the couch, but only with a couple of nudges. Must be Monday brain or something. Anyway -- thanks for the puzzle you two!
Matthew
hoover
Posts: 3266Joined: Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:26 pmLocation: at the intersection of grits and breakfast tacos
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by hoover Mon Apr 03, 2023 7:21 pm
Off the couch, but I think I just rolled off accidentally.
I don't have anything clever to say, but if I did, it would go here.
CPJohnson
Posts: 1326Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 1:38 pmLocation: Kingsport, TN
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by CPJohnson Mon Apr 03, 2023 7:38 pm
Got it, but needed a nudge. Great puzzle!
Cynthia
Dplass
Posts: 1739Joined: Sat Dec 28, 2019 10:09 am
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by Dplass Mon Apr 03, 2023 9:05 pm
Solved with a nudge. Thanks for the puzzle and the help.
woozy
Posts: 3245Joined: Mon Aug 10, 2020 12:40 am
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by woozy Mon Apr 03, 2023 9:06 pm
I have no idea of what the answer is
but I am amused that the
subject and object of 4D can be reversed .
Latest Meta:
Spiritual Upheaval (A woozy book recommendation)
And I'm dusting off
SURROUND SOUND from a few months ago as retaliation for the latest MGWCC. (Some new clues and I hope I made the mechanism easier to find. No longer a 5, maybe a 3)
Abide
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Posts: 1808Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 11:16 pmLocation: Biloxi
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by Abide Mon Apr 03, 2023 10:37 pm
MONDAY NIGHT LEADERBOARD The answer to 38-Across tells you what you'll need to find. @woozy : "Matt Gaffney"
The site is just a web page, a meeting place, a clubhouse - it's the group that's special.
benchen71
Posts: 3446Joined: Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:50 pmLocation: Melbourne, Australia
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by benchen71 Mon Apr 03, 2023 11:50 pm
Don't forget the submissions by PM!
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands"
here . US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!
Laura M
Posts: 1479Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 11:49 am
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by Laura M Tue Apr 04, 2023 12:07 am
Two of the wrong submissions are mine :-( I think I have parts of the right idea, but obviously not all of it...
Abide
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Posts: 1808Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 11:16 pmLocation: Biloxi
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by Abide Tue Apr 04, 2023 12:38 am
benchen71 wrote: Mon Apr 03, 2023 11:50 pm
Don't forget the submissions by PM!
Yikes, and you were the early bird
21. benchen71
22. BrennerTJ
23. whimsy
The site is just a web page, a meeting place, a clubhouse - it's the group that's special.
jhseeman
Posts: 1011Joined: Sun Dec 13, 2020 3:33 pmLocation: Charleston, SC
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by jhseeman Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:43 am
Off the couch after realizing that I'm an engineer and my spelling is horrible......(facepalm).
MikeyG
Posts: 1953Joined: Wed Dec 30, 2020 2:52 pmLocation: Chicago
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by MikeyG Tue Apr 04, 2023 1:41 pm
I have a couple of embryonic ideas of how this might go, but it's tenuous at best. Will let it ruminate for a couple of days. I'm hooked!
MarkWoychick
Site Admin
Posts: 770Joined: Sun Jun 13, 2021 6:15 pmLocation: Boise, ID
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by MarkWoychick Tue Apr 04, 2023 2:48 pm
OTC - got it and learned some new things - thanks, Peter and Wendy!
