"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" - April 2020
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"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" - April 2020
April MMMM is up. The answer to the meta is a song from the '60s.
Enjoy and good luck!
Enjoy and good luck!
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Cool puzzle. One grid entry has me baffled, though. If anyone can read my mind as to which it is and can offer an insight via PM, I'll be grateful.
Edit: thanks for filling me in on this rather out-there entry!
Edit: thanks for filling me in on this rather out-there entry!
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- TMart
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Puzzle was nicely done, and one of my favorite songs. Hector, I’ll take a shot at your question.
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I have a question mark by one of my answers, but I wouldn't be able to offer any insights!
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I'm with you, Hector! I'll keep staring at it and scratching my head; something's bound to hit me. Besides, it's not like I'm going anywhere,
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Another good one from Pete! And there are so many other metas to solve today...it's awesome!
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I thought I had it, too ... but the magical meta machine didn't like my answer.
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On the board! I was nervous for a second. Dunno why this was a weird one for me. Also, did anyone else think the grid felt much harder than normal?
Now to look for that pesky red herring...
Now to look for that pesky red herring...
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A lot of trivia (if 42A even qualifies as that --- it reminds me of Cliff Clavin's Jeopardy response, "Who are three people who have never been in my kitchen?"), which makes it very hard if you don't google (I googled liberally).
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Me too. I would still be working on the grid if I hadn't!
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Haven't seen confirmation yet, but I'm sure I got it. I didn't love this one...way too much Googling for me.
- BarbaraK
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This was not my favorite of Pete's puzzles.
There is often a lot of stuff that I don't know in his grids, but normally I can get through them with patience, crosses, intelligent guesses. Not this month. I found the grid difficult/tedious and had a lot of blank squares when I decided I was totally stuck and started to google. If this had been anyone else, I'm not sure I would have bothered finishing it and going on to the meta. But I do generally love Pete's puzzles, so I did.
The meta was clever; I did enjoy that. I'm not sure I agree that the grid had to be as hard as it was, but I'll wait til after the deadline to say more about that.
There is often a lot of stuff that I don't know in his grids, but normally I can get through them with patience, crosses, intelligent guesses. Not this month. I found the grid difficult/tedious and had a lot of blank squares when I decided I was totally stuck and started to google. If this had been anyone else, I'm not sure I would have bothered finishing it and going on to the meta. But I do generally love Pete's puzzles, so I did.
The meta was clever; I did enjoy that. I'm not sure I agree that the grid had to be as hard as it was, but I'll wait til after the deadline to say more about that.
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Kinda agree with Barbara K on the grid. It wasn't the most satisfying. But I enjoyed finding the solution. Mostly because I'm a big fan of what I found.