"Fourth Wheel" by Wendy Walker

Formerly known as the “Sunday Summer Substitute”, editor Cap'n Rick now takes the helm for 'Smooth Sailing Sundays'. As The Commodores sang about Sunday morning, the SSS will focus on easier metas. SSS will also support smaller grids and will mentor new constructors on request. Puzzles released each Sunday around 8am Eastern. Nudges released same day at Noon Eastern. New constructors are welcome.
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Ssolved after a few burps. Enjoyed
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Sssolved. Thanksss, Wendy!
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SSSo many sssolvers this week! Since yesterday at lunchtime:
Woozy
Kay
Cindy Weatherman
Lbray53
Hoover
Matthew L
Michael M
Heidi
Imontoo
SamKat9
DowJones
MerlinNimue
Dr. Tom
RJY
CPJohnson
BrennerTJ
Hunkra
Cindy Heisler
ReB
Berto
HeadinHome
Darth

Thanks to all for solving and for your very kind remarks! Also thank you to Crosshare for "featuring" my puzzle!
Either on your own or from my "word problem" hints, you've figured out that you need to turn a 3-letter word into a 4-letter word by adding a letter in the same position every time. You now have 7 letters, but they make no sense. What are some ways in which you re-order them?
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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rjy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2023 5:10 pm completely impressed by your meta output still early in your rookie year.
Funny how my rookie year has coincided with my work-life decision to accept only editing projects that look like they'll be fun.
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Sssolved, after a deep dive into an empty rabbit hole:)
If you want help with a meta, feel free to PM me. The more specific you are about what you have and what you want, the more likely I can help without spoiling.

(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
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SSSolved!

Loved that you used the same metanism that I’ve tried to apply countless times to no avail.
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Needed today's nudge to extract me from some rabbit holes, but very fun stuff once I got on the right path. Thanks. :)
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ChrisKochmanski wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 10:54 am SSSolved!

Loved that you used the same metanism that I’ve tried to apply countless times to no avail.
You and me both, Chris, you and me both! And just TRY getting that metanism out of your head once you've spotted two examples in the grid -- "Oh, come on, there MUST be more here somewhere!"
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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ChrisKochmanski wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 10:54 am SSSolved!

Loved that you used the same metanism that I’ve tried to apply countless times to no avail.
How's that go?

DIP
DIPL
PAID
DIPS
PIED
DRIP
It's gotta be LASER right? No.......... :lol:
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SSSolved, SSShakily.

"Either on your own or from my "word problem" hints, you've figured out..."

Well, no. No I didn't/hadn't. :D

Finally put it together despite still missing part of it - I'll see if I can find all of it later.

Thanks for the puzzle, Wendy!
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Sssolved with the nudges. Clever and fun!
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Sssolved --
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-- after being tied up in knots for some time!

Thanks for a beauty of a puzzle, Wendy!
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SSSolved. late to the party

Second clue gave it to me.
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Lotsss more Sssolvers!

kurtalert
BarbaraK
I K Snamhcok
ajk
Sharkicicles
Tyrpmom
Laura M
Gutman
whimsy
Mwoychick
Pair O Ducks
Steve M
THC
Streroto
John Seeman

Thank you all!

The unusually large number of O's in the puzzle is NOT relevant. Several solvers have pointed out that they look like wheels, which is true -- but that didn't even occur to me when I was constructing.
Anagramming is NOT involved.
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I do not speak fluent Walkerese yet, so I am still a bit stumped! Think I see some loose threads, and maybe I'll be able to tie them together later!

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Less cross words, more crosswords.

Solve my latest "Pun of a Kind" Meta!: 95. Dinner and a Show
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Late to the game (didn't even know this new weekly metapuzzle existed till 4pm PDT 9/1, i.e. today with only an hour to go till deadline), but Sssolved!
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And a final update to the leaderboard:

ZooAnimalsonWheels
Philip Chow
Anita and Steve
Tane
SJ

The meta answer to "Fourth Wheel" is PLUS ONE. Solvers had to notice that seven three-letter grid entries could become four-letter entries by the addition of a letter between the second and third letter. Those added letters, when placed in the grid order of the three-letter words, spell out the answer.

Thank you all for solving!
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