#32 - "Hodgepodge"

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#32 - "Hodgepodge"

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The answer to the metapuzzle is something that appears to be made from several disparate parts.
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I was able to get 32A without Google this time around!
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Got nothing yet, just came here hoping for post-inspiration and to say that I loved the clues at 107D, 46A, 74A, 88A and 3D.
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TMart wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2019 9:36 pm I was able to get 32A without Google this time around!
I didn't...but I did tell myself I was going to commit it to memory this time. I Google an embarrassing number of answers in PW's puzzles. I feel like I have to save all my mental energy for the metas. (And frankly, even Googling his stuff can be a challenge!)
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This meta feels like it's going to be just as involved as last week, which doesn't bode well for me figuring it out.
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My brain seems to be something made from several disparate parts the last week or two.
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I think that my sophisticated meta-solving technique of mostly staring at the grid and seeing if anything jumps out at me is not really up to PGW's puzzles. Actually it's amazing that I solve any metas at all :-)
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The good (and bad) thing about PWG's puzzles is that he seldom uses the usual meta-tricks. So hard to know where to start on this one.
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I know where *not* to start (my submission was wrong) but I'm on a new promising tack. Someone started telling me once that haste makes waste, but I walked away before he finished the sentence.
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I'm seeing SOMETHING ... that's leading me to believe the way to the solution is ... SOMEWHERE ... but that somewhere is leading me ... NOWHERE.

So far, anyway.
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Hey solvers,

I updated the post with a hint.

I'm afraid you guys might hate me for this one ... good luck!

- pgw
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Got it with the hint, oh my heck. This will be a classic.
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Laura M wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:10 pm Got it with the hint, oh my heck. This will be a classic.
You give us hope!!
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pgw wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:35 pm Hey solvers,

I updated the post with a hint.

I'm afraid you guys might hate me for this one ... good luck!

- pgw
That is not what us mere mortals consider much of a hint.
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Toby wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2019 10:25 pm
pgw wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:35 pm Hey solvers,

I updated the post with a hint.

I'm afraid you guys might hate me for this one ... good luck!

- pgw
That is not what us mere mortals consider much of a hint.
I think it actually is, if I've identified the relevant clue, but I haven't managed to track down how to use it yet. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, by any other name, is tomorrow, I think is the quote?
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I solved it... but after one bad submission and using the hint. Absolute genius!
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Laura M wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:10 pm Got it with the hint, oh my heck. This will be a classic.
100% agree; this is the best meta I've seen in years.
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I just finished too and completely agree - it was epic!

Just wish I hadn’t needed the hint, but still feel like it was a pretty big accomplishment.
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Al Sisti wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2019 9:22 am
Laura M wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:10 pm Got it with the hint, oh my heck. This will be a classic.
100% agree; this is the best meta I've seen in years.
Curious to find out (ie solve) as I think Pete's "Change Your Tune" (Matt Gaffney #525 - Guest Constructor Puzzle, June 22, 2018) was a pretty clever meta.
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RPardoe wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2019 9:33 am
Al Sisti wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2019 9:22 am
Laura M wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:10 pm Got it with the hint, oh my heck. This will be a classic.
100% agree; this is the best meta I've seen in years.
Curious to find out (ie solve) as I think Pete's "Change Your Tune" (Matt Gaffney #525 - Guest Constructor Puzzle, June 22, 2018) was a pretty clever meta.
I recall that puzzle well, and I agree! Didn't realize/remember, though, that PGW was the constructor.
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