Re: "First Christmas" by benchen71
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2021 4:45 pm
And one more solver to add to the list before the answer reveal:
KayW - well done for persevering!
KayW - well done for persevering!
A place to discuss the WSJ Weekly Crossword Contest and other "meta"-style crosswords
https://www.xword-muggles.com/
Not to burst anyone's bubble but I think Sandra Boynton's got all you guys beat! I remember receiving such a card back in the day. (Inside of course reads: NOEL, NOEL!) I was just glad to find I had a memory like an ephant that gave me a jump on solving both puzzles!benchen71 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 26, 2021 5:13 pm
I had my puzzle constructed well before I encountered MikeyG's wonderful puzzle. And I saw from Abide's post that he had been working on something along the same lines! But I recall that as I was working on mine I kept thinking that surely I'd seen this mechanism before. But that's impossible since I only really started getting into metas during 2021!