Variations on a theme

[Cindy]

Bonus meta from today’s q and a. If anyone wants to comment.

[Joe Ross]

Bonus meta from today’s q and a. If anyone wants to comment.

Find the PDF & Excel clues & grid forms HERE.

[BarbaraK]

I’m pretty sure I see enough to know that this involves something I’m not good at.

[Cindy]

Bonus meta from today’s q and a. If anyone wants to comment.

Find the PDF & Excel clues & grid forms HERE.

Thanks joe.

[LesY]

Oh my, I solved it! Thanks for the special puzzle, Mike!

[Bob cruise director]

In the Q&A they mentioned sending in the answer but it was quick and I did not get the address

also when I first did this, it was not clear that there was a meta

[Hector]

wsjplusteam@wsj.com

Fun one! I like it when you're not done after the first step.

[TPS]

wsjplusteam@wsj.com

Fun one! I like it when you're not done after the first step.

I hate it when you aren’t done after the first step.

[ChrisKochmanski]

wsjplusteam@wsj.com

Fun one! I like it when you're not done after the first step.

I hate it when you aren’t done after the first step.

No, you're gonna love it. For me it was a great aha moment. Worth working for it.

[TPS]

wsjplusteam@wsj.com

Fun one! I like it when you're not done after the first step.

I hate it when you aren’t done after the first step.

No, you're gonna love it. For me it was a great aha moment. Worth working for it.

Well the difference is that I am horrible at these. After this weeks Gaffney debacle for the Friday contest - I don’t think I am going to even attempt this one.

[Cindy]

Lovely! and solved.

[Meg]

Not easy at all! But the mechanism is elegant!

[Bob cruise director]

wsjplusteam@wsj.com

Fun one! I like it when you're not done after the first step.

when is the deadline?

[Cindy]

wsjplusteam@wsj.com

Fun one! I like it when you're not done after the first step.

when is the deadline?

next thursday

[Joe Ross]

wsjplusteam@wsj.com

Fun one! I like it when you're not done after the first step.

when is the deadline?

next thursday

[MikeM000]

Bravo! Nice mix of straightforwardness and the needed AHA moment.

First time I've used the Joe Ross Excel format...pretty nice! Different when you're used to actual made-for-crosswords apps but much easier for me than printing a paper copy. So thanks for that!

Ok, so now that the Friday noon hole has been filled by the Gaffney delay....

[boharr]

Got it. Tough.

[Joe Ross]

Very cool! Loved it.

TPS, you can get this, if you haven't, already.

[stmv]

This was not so easy (both grid and meta), but somehow I got it anyway. As MikeM000 said, this was a nice replacement for the missing MGWCC Friday meta.

[Joe Ross]

I hate it when you aren’t done after the first step.

No, you're gonna love it. For me it was a great aha moment. Worth working for it.

Well the difference is that I am horrible at these. After this weeks Gaffney debacle for the Friday contest - I don’t think I am going to even attempt this one.

You can solve this, Todd. The Basics.