"Apt Acronyms" by benchen71

[CPJohnson]

Solved, with a boost from Ben.

[DrTom]

FINALLY! I needed nudge #2 to assure me I was not being distracted intentionally and then with a little concentration I saw the path to the Annoyingly Nebulous Secretive Words Evidencing Reveal

Thanks for the challenge Ben

[KayW]

STC. I was sorta kinda on the right track before the nudges... but not in exactly the right way. Nudged onto the rails and over the MOAT. Thanks, Ben!

[benchen71]

FINALLY! I needed nudge #2 to assure me I was not being distracted intentionally and then with a little concentration I saw the path to the Annoyingly Nebulous Secretive Words Evidencing Reveal

That's Amazing!

[benchen71]

Solver update:

CPJohnson
Johnny Luau
puzzasaur
LindaPRmaven
DrTom
Polyagonist
KayW

That's 47. The next and last solver update will take place shortly before the answer reveal, Sunday evening Australia time.

[hoover]

I met a couple of thieving highwaymen who stole my map to the castle, and then my donkey had a flat tire, and then I had to stop for lunch, and then, well, I had to use all of the nudges and Mechapuzzle and finally realized I was misinterpreting nudge #3, so here I am, late and bedraggled. Did I miss all the fun? Does the princess have room on her dance card for one more jitterbug?

[benchen71]

I met a couple of thieving highwaymen who stole my map to the castle, and then my donkey had a flat tire, and then I had to stop for lunch, and then, well, I had to use all of the nudges and Mechapuzzle and finally realized I was misinterpreting nudge #3, so here I am, late and bedraggled. Did I miss all the fun? Does the princess have room on her dance card for one more jitterbug?

Definitely! Well done for persevering!

[benchen71]

Two more solvers:

hoover
shalmanezer

That brings us up to 49.

[benchen71]

Here's the solution to "Apt Acronyms":

Every so often a tricky-to-clue unusual word/acronym/initialism finds its way into the fill of a grid I'm constructing. To make it as easy as possible for solvers I have often clued these as "Apt acronym for..." where the entry can be directly read off the first letters of the parts of the acronym. Last night, just before dropping off to sleep, I thought, "There's a meta idea in there somewhere." But that night I dreamt that this idea was the mechanism of someone else's meta puzzle, and I remember being disappointed that I wouldn't be able to use it. When I woke up I was very pleased to discover that it had all been a dream after all, so I was free to construct a meta along those lines, and this was the result. Hope you enjoyed it.