A weekly meta crossword created by members of the forum. Difficulty levels will vary. Hints are usually available starting Wednesday, and solutions are posted on Sunday.
BarbaraK wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 6:21 pm
Off the couch.
Now for the secondary meta - trying to figure out what Brian considers a "fatal flaw" in this cute puzzle
Um.... It's pretty substantial. Not enough to stop us from enjoying this but .... it's substantial (and obvious).
You say po-tay-to, I say po-tah-to, Brian says fatal flaw, I say cute workaround
Hmmm.... when my sister was 8 years old overly cute and precious and I was 12 and overly logical and prickly and we spent a summer in Nova Scotia and before going my mother described the flag of Nova Scotia as "Blue Cross on a white background with a yellow shield of a red unicorn.... or maybe it was a lion; I can't remember". So we get there and it was a lion. .... Okay we were there for about six weeks and for a rainy day activity my sister made a little picture book of Nova Scotia. And she drew a flag of a gangly legged unicorn on a shield. I pointed out the flag of Nova Scotia, despite my mother misremembering, featured a lion. "I know, but a unicorn is easier to draw" she said is a cute and precious way which just infuriated the logical and prickly me.
So..... sure.... I guess pretending the flag of Nova Scotia features a unicorn can be called a "cute workaround" if UNICORN fits your meta but LION does not.... but I'd call it a fatal flaw. Not fatal enough to not do it, solve it, have a great time doing so, and praising the puzzle and the creator for the diversion and fun it brought.... but a well acknowledged and factual error.
Funny story. I was all set to enter Par for the course for the CrossHare midi contest for April but I mistakenly thought midi meant 7x 7 and not 11 x 11. Oops. Well.... Here's a complex but **small** meta on the subject of golf.
Um.... It's pretty substantial. Not enough to stop us from enjoying this but .... it's substantial (and obvious).
You say po-tay-to, I say po-tah-to, Brian says fatal flaw, I say cute workaround
Hmmm.... when my sister was 8 years old overly cute and precious and I was 12 and overly logical and prickly and we spent a summer in Nova Scotia and before going my mother described the flag of Nova Scotia as "Blue Cross on a white background with a yellow shield of a red unicorn.... or maybe it was a lion; I can't remember". So we get there and it was a lion. .... Okay we were there for about six weeks and for a rainy day activity my sister made a little picture book of Nova Scotia. And she drew a flag of a gangly legged unicorn on a shield. I pointed out the flag of Nova Scotia, despite my mother misremembering, featured a lion. "I know, but a unicorn is easier to draw" she said is a cute and precious way which just infuriated the logical and prickly me.
So..... sure.... I guess pretending the flag of Nova Scotia features a unicorn can be called a "cute workaround" if UNICORN fits your meta but LION does not.... but I'd call it a fatal flaw. Not fatal enough to not do it, solve it, have a great time doing so, and praising the puzzle and the creator for the diversion and fun it brought.... but a well acknowledged and factual error.
LOL, literally.
And also getting a kick out of a logical and prickly person using the phrase "fatal enough". There are degrees of fatality?
whimsy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:28 pm
^^ I know! No Fair! @Dplass and I are doubly deprived at this point! No knowledge of the meta or the "flaw-ful" workaround!!
"flaw-ful" is brilliant. It's @DrTom-worthy. HBDT!
Well I think I see the flaw and I'm not concerned, but then I am not seeing enough to solve so perhaps the flaw is mine?
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!
A CLICK and a very satisfying META, thanks Brian, it was the perfect Birthday present.
Not yet confirmed but I can't see it being anything else. As for the flaw, if it is what I THINK it is, I laughed enough to make my way around it.
EDIT: CONFIRMED - turns out I didn't even see the flaw, luckily what I saw let me flee (ouch)
I got off the couch to go to the store and then this happens:
Last edited by DrTom on Wed Oct 27, 2021 9:41 am, 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!
BrianMac wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 3:48 pm
Updated leaderboard:
15. Schmeel
16. Abide
17. DrTom
18. Al Sisti (original test solver)[/list]
And Nudge #3:
Other possible theme entries: wellington, cardigan, pasteurise, diesel, boycott
Spoiler Puns and Daffy Definitions: wellington - when you get 2000 lbs of dirt while digging for water, cardigan - what you have to do during snow storms in the NE if you are trying to get the Chevy ready to go, pasteurize - how deep that damn snow is, diesel - what goes in the big flashlights, boycott - where Johnny sleeps. Could not resist
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!