"Still Hungry" by benchen71
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HeadinHome
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Yes - castle-side of moat for me too. Forgot to post here. The grid was smooth for me, and though the answer wasn’t one I would have been able to come up with from memory, I am familiar with the character, and the name fits. Clever!
The other Wendy. 
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Dow Jones
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The castle has been stormed. The grid was a good challenge, but I am not familiar with the book character. You're a "meta machine", Ben.
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KayW
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Very nice! And yes, I stubbornly had to try the first one first I was not familiar with this book character.
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DrTom
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Took me a while and I didn't notice I did not have all of the theme answers accounted for because I really did not know the character. Luckily Mr. Google did. Between this and the MEOW, Ben has managed to eat up my entire day.
What better reward than a bunch of hungry Koalas!
What better reward than a bunch of hungry Koalas!
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benchen71
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Love this!DrTom wrote: ↑Wed Mar 02, 2022 6:40 pm Took me a while and I didn't notice I did not have all of the theme answers accounted for because I really did not know the character. Luckily Mr. Google did. Between this and the MEOW, Ben has managed to eat up my entire day.
What better reward than a bunch of hungry Koalas!
We actually saw some koalas in the wild on our recent trip to Adelaide, sleeping their way through the day in the fork of a gum tree. It was really cool to see them, since they are rapidly approaching endangered status, mainly due to bushfires and deforestation.
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benchen71
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Nearly at the end of the second day, and we have 11 more solvers for a running total of 43:
Laura M
woozy
oldjudge
DJB
BarbaraK
LuckyGuest
Dave C
DrTom
Dow Jones
KayW
lbray53
Laura M
woozy
oldjudge
DJB
BarbaraK
LuckyGuest
Dave C
DrTom
Dow Jones
KayW
lbray53
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rjy
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benchen71
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Before I release the nudges, here are the additional solvers:
Tyrpmom
merlinnimue
dannyvee
maturin
Sfull411
Ergcat
rjy
Abide
bringing us to a total of 51.
Tyrpmom
merlinnimue
dannyvee
maturin
Sfull411
Ergcat
rjy
Abide
bringing us to a total of 51.
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benchen71
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Nudges, in order of increasing blatancy:
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benchen71
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It's been very quiet around here since the nudges, but there have been two more solvers on Crosshare:
Jack Sullivan
graham
for a grand total of 53. The answer will be revealed momentarily...
Jack Sullivan
graham
for a grand total of 53. The answer will be revealed momentarily...
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benchen71
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Hands up if you thought the answer was going to be OLIVER! In a puzzle with SECONDS across the middle, the answer was never going to be the first name you thought of, despite the fact that Oliver certainly uttered the words referenced in 10 across: "I want some MORE". Because there was another character from the literary world who also said those words...
That's Claudia from Anne Rice's "Interview With The Vampire", which was made into a movie starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, with Kirsten Dunst playing Claudia. Dunst was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film. To be perfectly honest I have neither read the book nor seen the film! However, I well remember Claudia's line "I want some more" since it featured in the movie trailer. Given the verbal echo with Oliver, that was the seed for this meta.
That's Claudia from Anne Rice's "Interview With The Vampire", which was made into a movie starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, with Kirsten Dunst playing Claudia. Dunst was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film. To be perfectly honest I have neither read the book nor seen the film! However, I well remember Claudia's line "I want some more" since it featured in the movie trailer. Given the verbal echo with Oliver, that was the seed for this meta.
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whimsy
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Well, I may have to take exception to the source for the answer.
Ben, you got it wrong. I mean, hey, you're only the constructor!
This is the book character you really want --
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_( ... character)
And she too was made into a movie --
Why do I know this?
It was the inspiration for my mother's choice when I came along and needed a name a few years later!
Ben, you got it wrong. I mean, hey, you're only the constructor!
This is the book character you really want --
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_( ... character)
And she too was made into a movie --
It was the inspiration for my mother's choice when I came along and needed a name a few years later!
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benchen71
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If she says "I want some more" at some point, then sure!whimsy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 06, 2022 5:32 pm Well, I may have to take exception to the source for the answer.
Ben, you got it wrong. I mean, hey, you're only the constructor!
This is the book character you really want --
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_( ... character)
And she too was made into a movie --
Captureclaudia.PNG
Why do I know this?
It was the inspiration for my mother's choice when I came along and needed a name a few years later!
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta!
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whimsy
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Oh, great! Now I have to go back and watch a bunch of sappy movies from the '40's!
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woozy
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Off topic but.... I don't get it. Why *IS* the restaurant named Eucalyptus?DrTom wrote: ↑Wed Mar 02, 2022 6:40 pm Took me a while and I didn't notice I did not have all of the theme answers accounted for because I really did not know the character. Luckily Mr. Google did. Between this and the MEOW, Ben has managed to eat up my entire day.
What better reward than a bunch of hungry Koalas!
Eucalyptus.jpg
Funny story. I was all set to enter Par for the course for the CrossHare midi contest for April but I mistakenly thought midi meant 7x 7 and not 11 x 11. Oops. Well.... Here's a complex but **small** meta on the subject of golf.
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DrTom
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Oh, probably because restaurants love catchy names, however there IS a very famous Eucalyptus Restaurant in Jerusalem.woozy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:27 amOff topic but.... I don't get it. Why *IS* the restaurant named Eucalyptus?DrTom wrote: ↑Wed Mar 02, 2022 6:40 pm Took me a while and I didn't notice I did not have all of the theme answers accounted for because I really did not know the character. Luckily Mr. Google did. Between this and the MEOW, Ben has managed to eat up my entire day.
What better reward than a bunch of hungry Koalas!
Eucalyptus.jpg
I don't know if it was the inspiration for that cartoon or not, I think the cartoonist just liked the irony.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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DrTom
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I think Whimsy should be an acceptable alternate answer, who's with me on this!whimsy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 06, 2022 5:32 pm Well, I may have to take exception to the source for the answer.
Ben, you got it wrong. I mean, hey, you're only the constructor!
This is the book character you really want --
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_( ... character)
And she too was made into a movie --
Captureclaudia.PNG
Why do I know this?
It was the inspiration for my mother's choice when I came along and needed a name a few years later!
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!