MGWCC #736 - “Back to the Start”

An excellent puzzle written by one of the innovators of the meta crossword format. It comes out every Friday at noon and increases in difficulty throughout the month. Available for modest subscription (worth every cent) here: www.xwordcontest.com
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HeadinHome
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#41

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Agree that was a great challenge! Some easy bits leading nowhere, some more bits clearly not coincidental but still head-scratching, and then… ahhh! There’s the rest. Fun week 2 or maybe 3-ish? Awaiting confirmation; on standby to beam.

Update: confirmed at #244. Okay for a Friday night start and a Saturday spent hosting a one-year-old’s birthday party! :)
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The other Wendy. :roll:
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#42

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Though it took longer than it should have, I finally got it.
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#43

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Still not beamed up but enjoying all the possibilities. Why do I always have problems with the puzzles that have so many long clues. Somehow I get more distracted than usual. I feel like I'm searching through a very tangled briar patch.
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#44

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Beamed with a little help from a friend!
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#45

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Well, unlike others here, I put this puzzle down and picked it up multiple times, yet saw nothing :( Anyone out there with a nudge?
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#46

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FInally! Saw it. Very nice indeed!
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#47

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Got beamed up with lots of help. Great puzzle. Wonderful aha moment even though I was carried there. Thanks so much for the puzzle
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#48

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Full circle:
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-Tamara
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