A weekly meta crossword on the forum started by member Josh (aka madhatter5). These puzzles are often very creative with solving mechanisms out of the norm and skewing towards the more challenging. Puzzles are posted every Wednesday, and the solution appears the following Tuesday.
It's funny, but for some strange reason I have been constructing more of these marching band metas than regular metas recently. By this time, you should know the drill: clue answers fit into the grid in two ways: Rows and Bands. Rows consists of two answers entered back-to-back; their dividing points are for you to determine, except for Row 5, which consists of two four-letter entries separated by the central black square. Band answers are entered consecutively in their respective bands, starting in the lettered square, traveling in a clockwise pattern and ending at the square underneath the lettered square. And then once you've completed the grid, there's the meta to solve! This time, the answer to the meta is a rock band.
Because there is no Crosshare link you'll have to PM me with your submission and I'll compile a list of those who successfully solve the meta.
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benchen71 wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 12:00 am
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i love rose gardens and enjoyed the grid challenge - that’s done. I am not seeing the meta at all, or any clues to what to look for (other than the title, which I have some ideas about but don’t see them playing out in the letters). Awaiting nudges.
HeadinHome wrote: Wed Mar 12, 2025 7:26 pm
i love rose gardens and enjoyed the grid challenge - that’s done. I am not seeing the meta at all, or any clues to what to look for (other than the title, which I have some ideas about but don’t see them playing out in the letters). Awaiting nudges.
I am very much up the same tree, awaiting nudges...
My cat is a completely lost, need nudges or a tow.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges IF ASKED; metas should be about fun, not frustration. PM me what you have done so far, because often you are closer than you think, and I will try to help you move along.
Got there via the observations of others more clever than me. Cool idea.
Check out this very cool project by many of your favorite muggles to raise money to fight cancer. You get a fun puzzle bundle and good causes get $. Win-win: Crosswords for Cancer
We start with 8. I guess I might release the nudges early!
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Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!
1. There are no hints in the grid. You only have the puzzle title to guide you.
2. The key word in the puzzle is "band".
3. One band in this puzzle is in focus.
4. The band in focus consists of entries that have a certain number in common.
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!
Good Lord, even with the nudges and a push from a fellow Muggle I am still cowering in the sack! Bands seem to be my Kryptonite.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges IF ASKED; metas should be about fun, not frustration. PM me what you have done so far, because often you are closer than you think, and I will try to help you move along.
ok well that’s adorable! Would have been fun to have discovered without nudges, and if I had done one thing I thought of doing but was too lazy to do, I might have seen it. Sending my answer now.
