"Entertainment Centers" - November 28, 2021

[hashbrown]

This week's puzzle: Entertainment Centers
Difficulty: Medium

The answer to this week's meta is an 8-letter adjective.
(No external help should be needed.)

Crosshare link: https://crosshare.org/crosswords/LNUJ991xpFZwFDwoo1X5

[Meg]

Solved and confirmed. . Discovering the path was fun!

[Dplass]

Yet another fail. I'm starting to think I'm getting too old for this schtick.

[Cap'n Rick]

Thanks for the new version Will! Solved and Crosshare confirmed!

[emmie]

had to use the new version but the mechanic was cute

[RPardoe]

Solved, submitted, and confirmed on Crosshare.

[boharr]

Crosshare confirms that I have opened the box and freed the dino. Nice one.

[hcbirker]

Out of the box with the new version. Thanks Will!

[Laura M]

Very nice! Needed the spoiler version and it still wasn't obvious to me.

[CPJohnson]

Got it; confirmed on Crosshare. Revised version saved me a lot of time.

[oldjudge]

me. Fun puzzle and I learned something which is always a plus.

[MajordomoTom]

3 for 3 this weekend, I'm full.

[damefox]

If it makes anyone feel better, the version of the puzzle Will sent to me to edit was the so-called "easier" version. I would never have been able to solve it and also would have recommended a MUCH higher difficulty rating if he'd sent me the one that was first posted this morning. So anyone who solved the harder version, major kudos, but if you needed the easier version, to me that's the way it was originally meant to be presented, so using it should not be thought of as cheating or as a spoiler.

[Hammertime]

If it makes anyone feel better, the version of the puzzle Will sent to me to edit was the so-called "easier" version. I would never have been able to solve it and also would have recommended a MUCH higher difficulty rating if he'd sent me the one that was first posted this morning. So anyone who solved the harder version, major kudos, but if you needed the easier version, to me that's the way it was originally meant to be presented, so using it should not be thought of as cheating or as a spoiler.

How do I know which version I’ve been staring at hopelessly all day? Thanks!

[ChrisKochmanski]

Dino me!

I had an inkling with v1, but needed v2 to begin to know what to do with the inkling.

Fun!

[BrennerTJ]

v2

[BarbaraK]

I’m out of the box. Used the revised version.

Note to self: if you print the puzzle on yellow paper, bring a highlighter in a color other than yellow to work on it

[BarbaraK]

How do I know which version I’ve been staring at hopelessly all day? Thanks!

The revised easier version is the one Will emailed at 11:44AM EST this morning.

If you’re solving on crosshare or using the puzzle he emailed at 8:14AM, you’re doing the original hard version.

[hoover]

How do I know which version I’ve been staring at hopelessly all day? Thanks!

The revised easier version is the one Will emailed at 11:44AM EST this morning.

If you’re solving on crosshare or using the puzzle he emailed at 8:14AM, you’re doing the original hard version.

Sweet Jeebus, I didn't notice there was a second email. I've been banging my head on the hard one.

[MamaE]

Dino me! I liked this one! Agree with all who say V1 would have been incredibly tough.