The REVEAL
OK, so this one was indeed a kitten, FINALLY I got one right.
The puzzle occurred to me after trying for probably the 40th time to solve a meta by looking at repeated letters. "Gosh you would think someone would do that!", I said to myself and promptly answered, "why not you!". THe hardest part was avoiding other world with a triplet, and surprisingly it happens a lot. But one that was done it was smooth sailing. There were 6 words, symmetrically placed that all had a "triplet" letter. I pushed solvers to realize that was key (I hope) by making one of the clues (52A) refer to company (wth an answer of two) and then having a dead center clue that said "One more than 52A", so if two was company then...
There was a whole deck of solvers (52) and a lot of nice comments. I want to thank all of those who solved and let you know how much constructors like it when you really like their puzzle. SInce we do this for no other reason than your entertainment, our reward is if you are actually entertained.
I'll be absent for several weeks as I do a little traveling and have some guest contributors. I've seen all the puzzles and they are fun, heck you might not even want me back! So until some time in late May 1st I will wish all of you nothing but joyful "AHA" moments.
P.S. As if there were ANY doubt, I had completely hoped that some of you might get to THONG before THRONG. I have been in both (only one in public of course) and BOTH are VERY uncomfortable. Now granted I had it on backwards but.....