Devoid’s (not very frequent) Meta Puzzles

[Devoid]

This won’t be a regular puzzle series, but whenever I can I will upload copies and full solutions of all my meta puzzles to this blog page. At some point I’ll do the same thing for my cryptics.

[Devoid]

I-solated

Crosshare: https://crosshare.org/crosswords/a16A4R ... /i-solated
PDF: https://crosshare.org/api/pdf/a16A4R34zn4KBT3Ob4AG
Full explanation coming soon

[Devoid]

A Practical Joke (themed)

Crosshare (has hints): https://crosshare.org/crosswords/wxxZUy ... tical-joke
PDF: https://crosshare.org/api/pdf/wxxZUyXZBHfC1UqaniGl

Full explanation coming soon

[benchen71]

I solved "I-solated" but had to reveal the answer to "A Practical Joke". I loved the theme reveal with that one, though!

[Devoid]

Rendezvous

Crosshare: https://crosshare.org/crosswords/R172PL ... rendezvous
PDF: https://crosshare.org/api/pdf/R172PL0O6lql260N9Bdx

I’ll be releasing an explanation for ‘I-solated’ tomorrow, ‘A Practical Joke’ on Thursday, and for this one on Friday

[Devoid]

I-solated - Solution

The puzzle can be found here: https://crosshare.org/crosswords/a16A4R ... /i-solated
The meta answer is

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NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK

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In the highlighted squares, the I of NAIAD is surrounded by the word HAYSTACK. Also, that I is the only I in the grid and clues - so if you wanted to look for an I in this puzzle, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

The solution to ‘A Practical Joke’ will hopefully be out tomorrow.

[Devoid]

The Final Straw

Crosshare: https://crosshare.org/crosswords/nwOiua ... inal-straw
PDF: https://crosshare.org/api/pdf/nwOiuaxwMVVv4gYV5Bg6

[ChrisKochmanski]

These are fun. The only one I don’t have yet is the paradoxical phrase for “A Practical Joke”. I’ll keep looking for the explanation.