Can you storm the castle by getting across the MOAT? A weekly meta crossword constructed by forum member Ben (aka benchen71). These metas range from relatively easy to more challenging, depending on how many Australianisms he puts in them! Puzzles are posted in a new thread every Tuesday, with nudges appearing on Saturdays, and the solution coming out on Mondays. (At least, that's the plan. Given he lives in Australia, and they are so far ahead of the US time-zone-wise, things may get posted early!)
Can you storm the castle by getting across the MOAT? Here's a puzzle for any music fans out there! This turned out to be a difficult meta to put together. Hopefully there are enough signposts for you to get to the meta answer, which is comprised of two words with eight letters in total.
PM me with your submissions or submit on Crosshare. Either way, I'll compile a list of those who successfully solve the meta.
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This one is playing much harder than a "week 2". I think that means early nudges! Let's give it the full 24 hours though, just in case...
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!
Dplass wrote: Tue Oct 11, 2022 7:26 pm
Never gonna happen. Thanks for the puzzle though.
Never say never! I'm fairly confident the nudges will help.
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!
We are approaching the 24 hour mark. Here's the last of successful solvers:
ChrisKochmanski
DIS
Hector
Darth
Cindy Weatherman
Meg
Tyrpmom
imontoo
boharr
Tom Wilson
Small Wave Dave
Ergcat
That's a start of 12. Since this was supposed to be a "week 2", let's do some nudges!
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Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!
1. The clue for the central entry provides a lot of information: the second word of the meta answer can be obtained by finding artists hiding "centre stage".
2. Once you find some artists hiding in the grid, something about those artists will provide a hint as to where to find the first word of the meta answer.
3. The hiding artists are not necessarily in the centre of their entries.
4. The hiding artists are all mononyms.
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!
DebbieC wrote: Wed Oct 12, 2022 2:14 pm
I already had the info/performers that the nudges lead to - just don't know what to do with them!
First letters?
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!
Crosshare says I crossed the MOAT. I will be anxious to see the reveal. As was mentioned above, I also only found 75% of the letters and guessed the answer. I still cannot figure out the remaining 25% even with extensive Googling. I have only heard of two of the solo performers. I guess I am old.
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