MGWCC #735 - “Bit by Bit” by Richard D. Allen

An excellent puzzle written by one of the innovators of the meta crossword format. It comes out every Friday at noon and increases in difficulty throughout the month. Available for modest subscription (worth every cent) here: www.xwordcontest.com
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Beam me up! Bit by Bit.
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
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#42

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I’m not seeing it.

Edit: I get it now. Just about to submit. Clever.
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#43

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Beam me up!
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A devilish Week 1. Thanks @ricky !
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#45

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Beamed up… another where I do the fill, stare off-and-on for awhile, and my better half sees it in less than 5 minutes. Enjoy your weekend, all!
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Beam me up. Awaiting confirmation.. it will be a high number because I just now got to it in the car on way to NC mtns to see all the kids and grands. I have been cleaning and packing my little heart out since Fri am. … if people are going to house & pet sit for you, house must be clean, beds changed, food & beer stocked, in addition to the packing! Not to mention tying up loose ends for work. AM I ON VACAY YET?? 🤪
The other Wendy. :roll:
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#47

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Nice one. Beamed up.
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#48

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Beam me up as well! I love the community but a solo solve with no PMs feels great:) Excited for the 5-week guest line up, how tricky will it get :?:
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Reflecting on this one, there's something fun about Level 1 and 2 puzzles, where you're at least in complete bewilderment for a few minutes. That was definitely true for me on this one! But then, "Ohhhh..." That feeling, that lightning bolt, regardless of the level - it's such a fun experience.
Less cross words, more crosswords.

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Beamed. But managed to mistype by nickname. Matt very kindly fixed it.
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Loved it. Thanks Richard D Allen!
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#52

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Confirmed at #374, and waiting to go into orBIT. That was fun! Not a rabBIT hole in sight, so no whining or BIT__ing from me on this one 🤭
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Beamed up at #410! Fun meta! Finally got a chance to really work on it today. I concur with others that it seemed like a Week 2.
Overthinking is my super power. 8-)
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Just getting to this, and fully de- and re-particalized.
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boharr wrote: ↑Sat Jul 02, 2022 10:17 pm Beamed. But managed to mistype by nickname. Matt very kindly fixed it.
I figured that's what happened when I saw it in the "Overall" tab. I did that once too... when I thanked Matt for fixing it, he said "We must get about 2 or 3 of them every week."
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MGWCC 735 Bit by Bit JR.png
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One of the times where the eye just lands on the right thing immediately. Saw the NPR dupe as literally the first thing after completing the grid, so the meta took probably 15-20 seconds. Just lucky, but I'll take it after whiffing the past two weeks. :)
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This one took me a bit of time. First thought that came to me was, look at the last words of each theme answer: PRINCESS, SOVIET, AGENT. Nine-letter answer has to be ANASTASIA, right? Wait though - she claimed to be the princess, and during the Soviet era, but I don't think she was ever accused of being an agent per se. Oh well. Maybe there was Cold War movie with an agent impersonating a royal? Can't think of one.

Coming back to it later I saw the entries VIET and IONA and was on my incremental way to the real solution.
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