"Flower Arrangements" by benchen71

Can you storm the castle by getting across the MOAT? A weekly meta crossword constructed by forum member Ben (aka benchen71). These metas range from relatively easy to more challenging, depending on how many Australianisms he puts in them! Puzzles are posted in a new thread every Tuesday, with nudges appearing on Saturdays, and the solution coming out on Mondays. (At least, that's the plan. Given he lives in Australia, and they are so far ahead of the US time-zone-wise, things may get posted early!)
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Crossed the moat!!
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CPJohnson wrote: Tue Nov 16, 2021 7:02 pm I got it, though my first guess was wrong. Tried lots of wrong paths.
Once the path is found, it's a click.
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Demoated
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That was a bit tricky!
But I finally made it up the briars to rescue my own dam-sel(f)!
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Thanks, Ben!
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Castle stormed/confirmed on Crosshare. Thanks for the puzzle, Ben! I always learn something from your puzzles
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Here's the additional solvers:

Gutman
Golem
CPJohnson
cinny
whimsy
Dave C
BrennerTJ
Mwoychick
markhr
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fun one :)
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Just realised that it is Saturday, which means nudges! So here you go, in order of increasing blatancy:

1. Once you finish the grid you will find lots of flowers.

2. The puzzle title is the only hint.

3. "Arrangements" suggests anagrams.

If anyone needs more than that, please let me know!
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And three more solvers to add to the list:

BarbaraK
Matt A
K7
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Two more solvers to add to the list before the answer reveal:

DrTom
badgey

Well done to all solvers!
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And here's the answer:

Flower Arrangements (solution).png

So there were a few extra flowers in the grid, and there were even an additional entry crossed with its anagram. But the mechanism only involved flowers that were crossed with their anagrams.

This week's MOAT will be something a little different. Stay tuned!
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta! :shock:
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