Two more solvers:
AaronT
ReB
Nudges momentarily...
"Egocentrism" by benchen71
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benchen71
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benchen71
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Nudges, in order of increasing blatancy:
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Dow Jones
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Nudged across the finish line. Tough grid but the meta was worth it. Thanks, Ben.
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benchen71
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Monday morning here in Oz, and it's time for the solution. But first, a solver update:
Amy Nelson
LindaPRmaven
DebbieC
Dow Jones
Caroline
BarbaraK
Joe
Spid4567
That brings us to a grand total of 45.
Amy Nelson
LindaPRmaven
DebbieC
Dow Jones
Caroline
BarbaraK
Joe
Spid4567
That brings us to a grand total of 45.
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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benchen71
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Here's the solution to "Egocentrism":
As I mentioned in one of the nudges, I was aware that in a couple of instances you might not be sure what was to be included in the meta answer. To make it as straight-forward as possible, I limited Ms to the 6 metanism words. But I couldn't limit Es, mainly because there were Es in the meta answer. My way around this was to use symmetry: take two letters from the first and last entries, and one from the others.
My hope was that you would get a nice "aha" moment when you formed "It's all about me" into its "opposite": "it's me about all", especially when the answer turns out encompass the UNIVERSE.
As I mentioned in one of the nudges, I was aware that in a couple of instances you might not be sure what was to be included in the meta answer. To make it as straight-forward as possible, I limited Ms to the 6 metanism words. But I couldn't limit Es, mainly because there were Es in the meta answer. My way around this was to use symmetry: take two letters from the first and last entries, and one from the others.
My hope was that you would get a nice "aha" moment when you formed "It's all about me" into its "opposite": "it's me about all", especially when the answer turns out encompass the UNIVERSE.
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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DrTom
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Sorry Ben, never got there. I got stuck in a an "It's all about YOU (U) and spent an inordinate amount of time trying to do something with all of the U's. Clever mechanism. I do see the one Natick, but hey they can't all be perfect...don't I know.
Nice puzzle though, I just took the wrong turn and never got back to it.
Nice puzzle though, I just took the wrong turn and never got back to it.
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!