"Between Meals" - April 10, 2020

[Alec]

Fought my way ashore!

[rexthree]

Made it to shore. Celebrating with a scotch rocks. Happy Easter everyone.

[SusieG]

I am ashore. Something hot to drink, it’s cold here.

[oldjudge]

Emma—Themeless #7 was a great puzzle and a lot of fun. Thank you for creating it.

[Bob cruise director]

Our final count is 5 on the ship and 139 on the shore

Making it to the shore since lunch are:
yourpalsal
ClayD
David Wa
Doug C
estiek1993
Susan H
Kris
Guy L
rexthree
SusieG
MatthewB
and alec

Good luck to all winning the mug

And stay safe

[LesY]

Thank you!! Hope you like it!

Is that Themeless #7?

Yup!

Great puzzle, Emma! And not entirely “themeless,” which was a nice twist.

[jhcogan]

Completed the grid this morning. Haven't gone any further this week. Still onboard, swabbing the deck.

[matthewmoravec]

On shore, I like the answer, but I'm not sure I understand how it all relates.

[TPS]

On shore, I like the answer, but I'm not sure I understand how it all relates.

It’s possible you don’t have the right answer if you aren’t sure how it all relates. This is a 100%er.

[Hidden in 3D]

OMG! I was about to hang it up and stay on the ship when the path to the solution just hit me in the face. Finally on the shore!

[DrTom]

OMG! I was about to hang it up and stay on the ship when the path to the solution just hit me in the face. Finally on the shore!

The answer hit ME in the face, or rather mouth, this afternoon - and it was delicious!

[DrTom]

On shore, I like the answer, but I'm not sure I understand how it all relates.

It’s possible you don’t have the right answer if you aren’t sure how it all relates. This is a 100%er.

Gotta agree, take another look because you'll be sooooo mad if you only got part of the way there. This is one of those where there is no ADMONISHMENT, no remember the MAINE, no having to worry your MELLON, no PAGEANT to compete in, it is 100% all the way if you get the right answer.

[MajordomoTom]

no CHESS APEAKE either.
or any EERIER lakes.

[matthewmoravec]

I'd be shocked if my sandwich doesn't satisfy the judges, I look forward to the postprandial discussion

[Joe Ross]

[Nycerjohnnie]

EGG was a pretty good red herring

[matthewmoravec]

On shore, I like the answer, but I'm not sure I understand how it all relates.

It’s possible you don’t have the right answer if you aren’t sure how it all relates. This is a 100%er.

Gotta agree, take another look because you'll be sooooo mad if you only got part of the way there. This is one of those where there is no ADMONISHMENT, no remember the MAINE, no having to worry your MELLON, no PAGEANT to compete in, it is 100% all the way if you get the right answer.

So I liked the puzzle and the answer (of course I always do when I solve the meta), and I saw how GRILLED HAM AND CHEESE was between "matching pairs." However, I was led to believe from the clue to 40A that the sandwich letters (a t s s s o d a) would somehow correspond to bread slices, e.g. that those letters would have spelled pumpernickel or something; if not that, then they would somehow correspond to the "meals" the answer letters were "between." The title was "Between Meals" -- what are the (plural) meals that our answer was between?

[TPS]

EGG was a pretty good red herring

I thought the “Ice” in Slice was going to be for Ice Cream sandwich - I spent a fair amount of time hoping it was going to be that. I also thought it would be something more exotic like monte cristo, submarine, or rueben. But after a break the “Ham” and “and” jumped out at me so I eventually was able to puzzle the rest out.

[Joe Ross]

The title was "Between Meals" -- what are the (plural) meals that our answer was between?

The plural meals between were GRILLED HAM and GRILLED CHEESE. (?)

[SewYoung]

It’s possible you don’t have the right answer if you aren’t sure how it all relates. This is a 100%er.

Gotta agree, take another look because you'll be sooooo mad if you only got part of the way there. This is one of those where there is no ADMONISHMENT, no remember the MAINE, no having to worry your MELLON, no PAGEANT to compete in, it is 100% all the way if you get the right answer.

So I liked the puzzle and the answer (of course I always do when I solve the meta), and I saw how GRILLED HAM AND CHEESE was between "matching pairs." However, I was led to believe from the clue to 40A that the sandwhich letters (a t s s s o d a) would somehow correspond to bread slices, e.g. that those letters would have spelled pumpernickel or something; if not that, then they would somehow correspond to the "meals" the answer letters were "between." The title was "Between Meals" -- what are the (plural) meals that our answer was between?

Yeah - I kept looking for the letters "breakfast", "lunch", "supper", "dinner", etc. But first, I saw "ham", "beef" and "egg"; but couldn't connect them into any kind of answer. Should have latched onto "bookends" I guess, but kept trying to back to the title. The title is usually a very important hint. But - the only rule about the metas is "There are no rules"...