Watch the Birdie!
- woozy
- Posts: 2322
- Joined: Mon Aug 10, 2020 12:40 am
Wow. That's ... involved.
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".
- Cap'n Rick
- Posts: 1619
- Joined: Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:44 pm
- Location: Nahant, MA
Day 1 Leaderboard
We're off to a good start with 39 successful bird sightings:
Abide (TS)
Al Sisti (TS)
boharr (TS)
whimsy (TS)
MarkWoychick (TS)
Bob cruise director (TS)
LadyBird (TS)
Wendy Walker (TS)
FrankieHeck
Schmeel
schmidzy
Pair O Ducks
Meg
ajk
dannyvee
Tyrpmom
Cinny
Hector
lbray53
andeux
CPJohnson
JM
Darth
Cindy Weatherman
BrennerTJ
Carolyn
MatthewL
Laura M
ChrisKochmanski
dudeski
Gutman
rjy
Ergcat
Bbaack
Dow Jones
HeadinHome
michaelm
MikeyG
woozy
Please let me know if I've missed anyone!
Nudges tomorrow, but please feel free to PM me for an early hint.
We're off to a good start with 39 successful bird sightings:
Abide (TS)
Al Sisti (TS)
boharr (TS)
whimsy (TS)
MarkWoychick (TS)
Bob cruise director (TS)
LadyBird (TS)
Wendy Walker (TS)
FrankieHeck
Schmeel
schmidzy
Pair O Ducks
Meg
ajk
dannyvee
Tyrpmom
Cinny
Hector
lbray53
andeux
CPJohnson
JM
Darth
Cindy Weatherman
BrennerTJ
Carolyn
MatthewL
Laura M
ChrisKochmanski
dudeski
Gutman
rjy
Ergcat
Bbaack
Dow Jones
HeadinHome
michaelm
MikeyG
woozy
Please let me know if I've missed anyone!
Nudges tomorrow, but please feel free to PM me for an early hint.
- LadyBird
- Posts: 897
- Joined: Fri Apr 17, 2020 4:20 pm
- Location: Chicagoland
Whew--off the couch! I was going to be embarrassed if I test-solved it and then couldn't remember how I had done it. Even so, I went down a meaningless--but amusing--rabbit hole.
- Cap'n Rick
- Posts: 1619
- Joined: Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:44 pm
- Location: Nahant, MA
Leaderboard Update
Only three more Muggles have spotted what's turning out to be an elusive bird:
DrTom
jim32809
Mr Tex
Looks like we need to give things a little "goose" via some nudges.
Only three more Muggles have spotted what's turning out to be an elusive bird:
DrTom
jim32809
Mr Tex
Looks like we need to give things a little "goose" via some nudges.
- Cap'n Rick
- Posts: 1619
- Joined: Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:44 pm
- Location: Nahant, MA
Wednesday Nudges
I think this one is living up to its Level 3 rating. Hopefully these nudges will help get a few more of you off the couch.
I think this one is living up to its Level 3 rating. Hopefully these nudges will help get a few more of you off the couch.
- benchen71
- Posts: 2569
- Joined: Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:50 pm
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Contact:
Nudges helped. I'm finally off the couch. Yay me, and yay @Cap'n Rick!
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!
- ReB
- Posts: 682
- Joined: Sun Mar 29, 2020 9:34 pm
- Location: East Tennessee
- jhseeman
- Posts: 500
- Joined: Sun Dec 13, 2020 3:33 pm
- Location: Charleston, SC
hey, you khow what really helps to solve metas?..... yup...filling in the grid correctly....(facepalm).
Had the right mechanism, but got one letter wrong in the grid so no joy....until I did the reveal on crosshare then...ugh..it was just killing me.
Really enjoyed it Cap'n. Thanks
Had the right mechanism, but got one letter wrong in the grid so no joy....until I did the reveal on crosshare then...ugh..it was just killing me.
Really enjoyed it Cap'n. Thanks
- MikeyG
- Posts: 1456
- Joined: Wed Dec 30, 2020 2:52 pm
- Location: Chicago
- Contact:
You know I have some bird puns, they really can't be beak - but I don't want you stealing them...you know, robin my jokes.
(This post was pretty cheep.)
(This post was pretty cheep.)
- DCBilly
- Posts: 274
- Joined: Thu Apr 01, 2021 4:40 pm
- Location: Washington DC
- SJMcK
- Posts: 226
- Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2022 12:45 pm
- Location: Stockbridge, GA
- Contact:
- Bird Lives
- Posts: 2839
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:43 pm
- Location: NYC
- Contact:
I knew what it had to be practically from the get-go thanks to the ancillary material, but I missed one important ancillary item and thus needed the final nudge to get the cat out of the bag. Brilliant multi-level puzzle.
Jay
- KayW
- Moderator
- Posts: 3539
- Joined: Wed Apr 10, 2019 12:10 am
- Location: Chicago
Nudged off the couch.
A VERY clever meta - quite a feather in your cap, Rick!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.
- Cap'n Rick
- Posts: 1619
- Joined: Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:44 pm
- Location: Nahant, MA
Remember, toucan play at that game, @MikeyG!
I know, I know, that would be a bit of ostrich for me.
- DavyGravy
- Posts: 184
- Joined: Sat Aug 20, 2022 6:32 pm
- Location: Webster, New York
Off the couch with nudges...I have no egrets!
If I’ve solved and you need a nudge, you can PM me. Happy to pay it forward.
- Cap'n Rick
- Posts: 1619
- Joined: Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:44 pm
- Location: Nahant, MA
Leaderboard Update
Well, the nudges appear to have helped as 20 more solvers have come home to roost:
benchen71
LindaPRmaven
Jeanne C
SeamusOL
DavyGravy
Snood
Steve M
rayyandroid
david
Johnny Luau
ReB
DCBilly
JHSeeman
SJMcK
hcbirker
Bird Lives
KayW
Naptown Kid
AaronT
Berto
This brings our total to 62. Please let me know if I've missed anyone.
Well, the nudges appear to have helped as 20 more solvers have come home to roost:
benchen71
LindaPRmaven
Jeanne C
SeamusOL
DavyGravy
Snood
Steve M
rayyandroid
david
Johnny Luau
ReB
DCBilly
JHSeeman
SJMcK
hcbirker
Bird Lives
KayW
Naptown Kid
AaronT
Berto
This brings our total to 62. Please let me know if I've missed anyone.
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- Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2020 11:25 am
- Location: Florida
I was trying to think of a cute bird pun for my comment but nothing came to mind.
So May I parrot the comments of others and say that this was a clever and entertaining puzzle!
So May I parrot the comments of others and say that this was a clever and entertaining puzzle!
“I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year’s fashions”. Lillian Hellman
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- Richard
- Posts: 353
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:06 pm
- Cap'n Rick
- Posts: 1619
- Joined: Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:44 pm
- Location: Nahant, MA
Leaderboard Update
Well, we picked up another 11 solvers since yesterday:
Richard
SJ
Cate C
Jerry Miccolis
frostyjhammer
Jaclyn
Sanne
sarahlou28
ellequin
edestlin
DIS
This brings our solver total to 73. Please let me know if I've missed anyone.
Well, we picked up another 11 solvers since yesterday:
Richard
SJ
Cate C
Jerry Miccolis
frostyjhammer
Jaclyn
Sanne
sarahlou28
ellequin
edestlin
DIS
This brings our solver total to 73. Please let me know if I've missed anyone.