#700 - “FACEBOOK Is Now META”

[Meg]

I’m waiting until tomorrow. At my age, earning badges is…….hilarious!! That was an interesting solve.

[NoFeetMcGee]

Arrgh, this is frustrating. I'm 100% sure I'm on the right track and have done a couple "steps", but at this point when it feels like the answer should fall into my lap, I can't see how to make sense of it all. Not asking for nudges (yet), just needed to vent. (And see if anyone else had a similar issue?)

[BarbaraK]

Yeah, I’m there too. Clearly going in the right direction, but not yielding an appropriate answer.

It would be fun to get those Halloween achievements, but not enough to give up my chance for a solo solve.

[Joe]

I’m exactly where, it seems, many of us are. First and second steps are a 100% lock. And then … garbage.

[Andrew Bradburn]

Would love a nudge ahead of tomorrow if anyone is willing.

[MajordomoTom]

I’m waiting until tomorrow. At my age, earning badges is…….hilarious!! That was an interesting solve.

[HeadinHome]

YAY i see it i see it! But will wait until Halloween arrives to submit.

(Now back to staring at the WSJ — completely stumped.)

UPDATE: yes, confirmed… and STill laboring over that WSJ, though maybe for not much longer, since the WSJ weekend Berry puzzle looks intriguing!
(If anyone’s flinging nudges around like candy on Halloween, toss one my way!)

[MajordomoTom]

I have beamed up, now that it's All Hallow's Eve.

[markhr]

Beamed up (I think), though I will submit tomorrow. I need to earn my badges.
There is one oddity about the solution, which was a definite stumbling block for me.
Yet for once, a week 5 gave me less of a problem than the WSJ.

[ChrisKochmanski]

Beam me up!

Fun puzzle. Though I believe I understand the frustration some here are feeling. I was stuck on something for a long time.

[Joe Ross]

Added to xwordcontest.com sometime after puzzle was posted:


NOTE: Due to the delayed post, the deadline for this puzzle is NOON ET on Wednesday, November 3rd.

[Bird Lives]

Unconfirmed but certain. It was simpler than I had thought. I had a complicated idea, but a nudging Muggle set me straight. A meta based on what I was looking for would have been a mind-blower

[JennyByrd]

I am certain on the first steps but uncertain on my final answer - would someone be so kind as to confirm or deny my tentative solve— EDIT- Thanks for the help. I’ve solved, but I wouldn’t have figured out the last step without the nudges

[matt79]

I believe I'm close to the end but missing the final step. Seems like it might be a common path this week. Could I PM someone what I have and get some guidance?

[MikeyG]

To be so close and yet so far...

[Teddybear]

To be nowhere close and very far... The prospect of getting that Halloween badge is looking dimmer and dimmer at this rate.

[MajordomoTom]

There's been a transporter malfunction, I'm trapped in the matrix.

Anyone whose solved and submitted care to help me figure out what I did wrong?

[Dannyvee]

Submitted confidently but now I’m seeing comments that make me wonder.
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Edit: Beam me up!

[MamaE]

Arrgh, this is frustrating. I'm 100% sure I'm on the right track and have done a couple "steps", but at this point when it feels like the answer should fall into my lap, I can't see how to make sense of it all. Not asking for nudges (yet), just needed to vent. (And see if anyone else had a similar issue?)

I am in the same boat. Just have alphabet soup.

[Teddybear]

If I could get a nudge to get me rolling, I'd appreciate it-- I normally wouldn't ask for one this early, but by my math this is the last chance to get this badge until 2025(!), so I'm hoping to lock it down.