Musings while I was stuck on difficult metas
Never Forget.... and never mind
(17x17)
The answer to this meta is a word that help you organize your thoughts
Note: The original meta (https://crosshare.org/crosswords/SyRcvO ... never-mind) had a fatal flaw. I've thought I had fixed it with this one https://crosshare.org/crosswords/srE1RL ... never-mind but I just made another fatal flaw.
But the *THIRD* one should be good: https://crosshare.org/crosswords/Pf384m ... never-mind
Take a Little Off the Sides
(8 x 8)
The answer to this meta is a four letter word woozy needs when he's frustrated and taking a meta too seriously
I whipped this one out really quickly as a sort of joke. It should be fun and quick.
Retaliations: Never Forget... and Take a little off the Sides... spins
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woozy
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Retaliations: Never Forget... and Take a little off the Sides... spins
Last edited by woozy on Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:18 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Funny story. I was all set to enter Par for the course for the CrossHare midi contest for April but I mistakenly thought midi meant 7x 7 and not 11 x 11. Oops. Well.... Here's a complex but **small** meta on the subject of golf.
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hoover
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Solved the first! Working on the second. Solved the second!
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rjy
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Solved the second! Working on the first. Solved the first!
...with a slight nudge from my predecessor there!
...with a slight nudge from my predecessor there!
Ray
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ChrisKochmanski
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Solved!
Though still unsure of one thing, which I’ve noted in the Crosshare comments.
Terrific puzzle!
Though still unsure of one thing, which I’ve noted in the Crosshare comments.
Terrific puzzle!
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woozy
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OH SCROD!!!!
The first one (and I was *soo* proud of it) has an error in it. In playing and fussing and trying to get a good balance of good and common words rather than weird and awkard ones and trying one thing after another. I forgot one entry was key to the meta and needed to be off limits for any future editing.
So a key entry for the meta has had two of its letters changed. I'll leave that as a nudge for solving the first one. A key component has been changed by exactly two letters.
(Now, I'm going to curse and bang my head against the wall.
EDIT: A patch has been released: https://crosshare.org/crosswords/srE1RL ... never-mind
The first one (and I was *soo* proud of it) has an error in it. In playing and fussing and trying to get a good balance of good and common words rather than weird and awkard ones and trying one thing after another. I forgot one entry was key to the meta and needed to be off limits for any future editing.
So a key entry for the meta has had two of its letters changed. I'll leave that as a nudge for solving the first one. A key component has been changed by exactly two letters.
(Now, I'm going to curse and bang my head against the wall.
EDIT: A patch has been released: https://crosshare.org/crosswords/srE1RL ... never-mind
Last edited by woozy on Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:39 am, edited 1 time in total.
Funny story. I was all set to enter Par for the course for the CrossHare midi contest for April but I mistakenly thought midi meant 7x 7 and not 11 x 11. Oops. Well.... Here's a complex but **small** meta on the subject of golf.
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rjy
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Error aside, this was really a terrific meta and highly recommended to any folks out there. Kudos, woozy!
Ray
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woozy
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Here's a fixed version of the meta. Call it a patch:
https://crosshare.org/crosswords/srE1RL ... never-mind
https://crosshare.org/crosswords/srE1RL ... never-mind
Funny story. I was all set to enter Par for the course for the CrossHare midi contest for April but I mistakenly thought midi meant 7x 7 and not 11 x 11. Oops. Well.... Here's a complex but **small** meta on the subject of golf.
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schmidzy
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What everyone else said. That first puzzle is just so, so cool!
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Cap'n Rick
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Solved the smaller one! Fun, @woozy!
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ChrisKochmanski
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I love the big puzzle — so cool — and I’m happy to see the one key entry fixed.
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woozy
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But in the second one I fleabagged *another* key entry.ChrisKochmanski wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:39 am I love the big puzzle — so cool — and I’m happy to see the one key entry fixed.
This *THIRD* one should be good though. https://crosshare.org/crosswords/Pf384m ... never-mind
Funny story. I was all set to enter Par for the course for the CrossHare midi contest for April but I mistakenly thought midi meant 7x 7 and not 11 x 11. Oops. Well.... Here's a complex but **small** meta on the subject of golf.
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whimsy
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Started with the baby step --
Will tackle the big brother soon.
Big brother says "uncle."
That was some nifty puzzle, woozy!
Thanks for both.
Will tackle the big brother soon.
Big brother says "uncle."
That was some nifty puzzle, woozy!
Thanks for both.