A Fulfilling Endeavor

[HeadinHome]

So enjoyed this couch-exit. Thanks!

[Cap'n Rick]

Leaderboard:

We're off to a wonderful start with 36 solvers:

Abide (TS)
boharr (TS)
benchen71
rjy
Kulea
whimsy
LarsCaine
schmidzy
Schmeel
DIS
Darth
JM
lbray53
hcbirker
markhr
MatthewL
Meg
Hector
Danny K Bernstein
woozy
MarkWoychick
michaelm
DrTom
Berto
ajk
omnilynx
BarbraK
CPJohnson
CindyWeatherman
CPJohnson
Anita
Wendy Walker
Streroto
DavyGravy
Tim
HeadinHome

Please let me know if I've missed anyone.

[Cinny]

Off the couch! Thanks, Cap'n!

[Qmark]

Off the couch...enjoyed the AHA moment...thanks Cap'n Rick!

[Eric Porter]

OTC. From my first look I knew there was something but it took me a while to figure out exactly what it was.

Thanks, Cap'n!

[Cap'n Rick]

Leaderboard Update:

Six more Muggles solved before the Wednesday Nudges, which are coming up shortly.

Cinny
Qmark
Eric Porter
imontoo
Jaclyn
JeanneC

This brings us to 42. Please let me know if I've missed anyone.

[Cap'n Rick]

Wednesday Nudges

I have to work in the morning, so let me release the nudges a tad early.

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Not seeing much in the grid or in the clues? Maybe take another good look at that title.

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"Endeavor" is one of my favorite words, but it has very little to do with the meta.

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So that leaves "Fulfilling", (or is it 'FUL" filling?)

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So now you've FUL-filled seven symmetrically-placed grid entries. See any alternate clues that fit these seven new words?

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But the prompt says it's a 10-letter word, so maybe try one more FUL-fillment.

[dbowler]

Got there, but I needed that second nudge. I spent way too much time trying to include it. And quite a number of rabbit trails that just didn't quite yield enough letters.

[minimuggle]

Off the couch with the help of the nudges. Loved it. Thanks for the fun solve

[KayW]

Nudged off the couch. Well done, Cap'n!

[JeanneC]

Didn’t see it til I did. Love the “aha” moment a well constructed puzzle like this one can give!

[DaveG]

Also nudged off the couch. I was 100% looking for the wrong thing prior to the nudges. Excellent meta Cap'n! Loved it

[woozy]

Now that the nudges are done, I'd be curious if anyone has any idea why this one seemed (subjectively for me) so much harder for me to apply the standard mechanism-- one of Cap'n Rick's favorite to this one than to other ones. [I did get it in the end with no nudges and help but I did spend a measurable amount of time staring at a wall--- more so than seems warranted in hindsight then again, Cap'n Rick is excellent at the subtle but clear cluing]

Very good puzzle.

[Bird Lives]

Off the couch without the nudges. Even without the by-line, I wculd probably have identified this as a Cap'n Rick. The ensemble of grid, and mechanism had that trademark.

[cbarbee002]

OTC, late to the party.

[Bob cruise director]

Too misquote Inspector Poirot "too many spoilers" and I will stop there. OTC

[Cap'n Rick]

Leaderboard Update

23 more solvers have managed to fully complete the meta bringing us to 65:

dbowler
Carolyn
David
minimuggle
DCBilly
LB800
KayW
Mr Tex
Bird Lives
andeux
Morendil
Johnny Luau
JeanneC
DaveG
cbarbee002
Bob cruise director
Lance
Zimodo
bhamren
Sendhil Revuluri
Lanny Gilbert
Byron
Lex

Please let me know if i missed anyone.

[ky-mike]

Late to the party, but solved w/o hints.

[Cap'n Rick]

Leaderboard Update

Three more solvers bring our total to 68:

ky-mike
edestlin
frostyjhammer

Please feel free to PM me if you're still stuck.

[Cap'n Rick]

Leaderboard Update

And another 3 bring us to 71 solvers:

hoover
AndyCS
Tom Wilson

Check back tomorrow for the reveal!