A place to discuss the WSJ Weekly Crossword Contest and other "meta"-style crosswords
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You are officially on the shore (hopefully as a clam not to be picked up by a gull and dropped onto something hard). And unless I forget you will be so noted tomorrow at the stroke of noon.
In vino veritas ...Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:35 pm Do we have any psychiatrists here?
Last week, I struggled with the meta until I stumbled on it while others were getting it easily.
This week because the puzzle was late, we had dinner and a couple of glasses of Merlot. Then while watching Mary Poppins (we wanted something with zero stress), I completed the grid and within 30 seconds had the meta.
Now for the psychiatrists out there - why do you see it so clearly one week and it takes a bat to the head to maybe get it the next?
Good question. Last week I had the meta in two minutes, before I finished the grid (and I'm not very good at these metas). This week I'm struggling. Part way there, the zip. WHY?Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:35 pm Do we have any psychiatrists here?
Last week, I struggled with the meta until I stumbled on it while others were getting it easily.
This week because the puzzle was late, we had dinner and a couple of glasses of Merlot. Then while watching Mary Poppins (we wanted something with zero stress), I completed the grid and within 30 seconds had the meta.
Now for the psychiatrists out there - why do you see it so clearly one week and it takes a bat to the head to maybe get it the next?
30 seconds?! Oh Bob, you're hurting me!Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:35 pm Do we have any psychiatrists here?
Last week, I struggled with the meta until I stumbled on it while others were getting it easily.
This week because the puzzle was late, we had dinner and a couple of glasses of Merlot. Then while watching Mary Poppins (we wanted something with zero stress), I completed the grid and within 30 seconds had the meta.
Now for the psychiatrists out there - why do you see it so clearly one week and it takes a bat to the head to maybe get it the next?
Revisited this morning and stared way too long at the grid. Ran to the grocery store, came home, worked through Matt Gaffney's grid and have no idea where to begin and then went back to the WSJ puzzle. Two minutes later and I have the answer. I hope the same thing happens when I return to Gaffney's puzzle.
Brain wiring.Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:35 pm Do we have any psychiatrists here?
Last week, I struggled with the meta until I stumbled on it while others were getting it easily.
This week because the puzzle was late, we had dinner and a couple of glasses of Merlot. Then while watching Mary Poppins (we wanted something with zero stress), I completed the grid and within 30 seconds had the meta.
Now for the psychiatrists out there - why do you see it so clearly one week and it takes a bat to the head to maybe get it the next?
It will be a definite Kas 2 when you solve it.Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 3:57 pm30 seconds?! Oh Bob, you're hurting me!Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:35 pm Do we have any psychiatrists here?
Last week, I struggled with the meta until I stumbled on it while others were getting it easily.
This week because the puzzle was late, we had dinner and a couple of glasses of Merlot. Then while watching Mary Poppins (we wanted something with zero stress), I completed the grid and within 30 seconds had the meta.
Now for the psychiatrists out there - why do you see it so clearly one week and it takes a bat to the head to maybe get it the next?
Hang in there....you'll get it! Try studying some of Mike Shenk's old puzzles. (He used to write under the name Marie Kelly.)TPS wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 3:11 pm Took another crack at it today - Ill just never be able to solve the meta. I get the clues and even find the sequences but can never get to that third level and actually get the answer. This will probably be the last week I do the WSJ puzzle as its not worth the frustration.