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And finally.... I had a chance to look at this puzzle. Nicely done.

Time for a solver update:

rjy
Carolyn
Qmark
Dave C
DrTom
lbray53
ChrisKochmanski
KayW

... which brings us up to 36. Keep 'em coming: I can handle it!

Crossed the moat, finally, with a push from @Cinny. Why do I always try the hard things first?

CPJohnson wrote: Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:28 am Crossed the moat, finally, with a push from @Cinny. Why do I always try the hard things first?

I was just thinking, "Man alive, this looks brutal, I can't get a foothold." And then, "Oh, yeah, of course."

Great puzzle, Ben! That's my final word!

Four more solvers have made it through:

SJMcK
Lance
CPJohnson
Mikey G

Time for some handy-dandy nudges...

Nudges, in order of increasing blatancy:

1. Your only clue is the puzzle title.

2. Eight of the entries in this grid have a similarity.

3. Words with the letters AND are symmetrically placed in the grid.

And finally, crossed the moat! Made it harder than necessary!
Another clever puzzle, Ben! Thanks!

Nudged across the moat. I liked the grid and the meta was excellent. Thanks, Ben

Across the moat, but needed the third nudge to pull me out of the muck.

Looked at the nudges on Thursday and still didn't get it. Came back just now and got it instantly.
Good stuff, thanks.

It's Monday morning here in Oz, which means answer reveal time! But first, a final solver update:

Johnny Luau
Ergcat
jbird
Spid4567
Dow Jones
LindaPRmaven
ReB
PuzzleJohn
sw3aterCS
Sharkicicles
BarbaraK
frostyjhammer
ajk

That's a total of 53.

And finally... here's the solution to "And Finally...":


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Nice meta.

And I forgot to mention, I enjoyed the conjugation mini-theme.