The End of Days
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The End of Days
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the MMM waters, it’s me again, two weeks in a row. Apologies if this is getting tedious. I know little of what goes on in the editorial machinations of the x-muggles powers that be. Your guess is as good as mine, and mine is that the current bottom-scraping indicates that the barrel is essentially empty. In other words, as the title of the puzzle suggests, we are approaching the end of days.
Here are the links:
The End of Days.puz
The End of Days.pdf
The End of Days.xlsx
The answer is a word used in newspaper and film business,
PM me your answer.
Difficulty level: 2.5 (but that’s just a guess).
[UPDATE} An alert reader, far alerter than the constructor, has pointed out two typos in the clues.
The corrected clues are:
18A Like some meatballs or a Muppet chef
23D Joyce’s great novella
Here are the links:
The End of Days.puz
The End of Days.pdf
The End of Days.xlsx
The answer is a word used in newspaper and film business,
PM me your answer.
Difficulty level: 2.5 (but that’s just a guess).
[UPDATE} An alert reader, far alerter than the constructor, has pointed out two typos in the clues.
The corrected clues are:
18A Like some meatballs or a Muppet chef
23D Joyce’s great novella
Last edited by Bird Lives on Mon May 31, 2021 9:01 am, edited 1 time in total.
Jay
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Nice one!
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Off the sofa….feeling the after effects from a rough End of Week, meta-wise. Oof!
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Solved and sent in. Feeling pretty confident. Nicely done.
edit: and we’re good.
edit: and we’re good.
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Solved I believe, got lost in some rabbit holes but went back to BirdLives instructions to me last week..."I'm a simple man and I make simple METAs" Now I'm not sure that is true but I certainly found this one after I simplified it.
Oh, and I especially love the references that are distinctly "old school". If many of our younger audience stumbled on KILROY or the Alabama song, then "Show me the way to the next Meta clue...."
CONFIRMED - off the couch, guess I'd better go fire up the grill. Enjoyable puzzle
Oh, and I especially love the references that are distinctly "old school". If many of our younger audience stumbled on KILROY or the Alabama song, then "Show me the way to the next Meta clue...."
CONFIRMED - off the couch, guess I'd better go fire up the grill. Enjoyable puzzle
Last edited by DrTom on Mon May 31, 2021 2:52 pm, edited 1 time in total.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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Off the couch. Fun, easy meta. Probably more a 1.5. Loved the clue for 59D. Thanks Jay!
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OTC and submitted - enjoyed the puzzle - another great job Jay!
Confirmed!
Confirmed!
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