MGWCC #752 - “Costume Change”

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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#21

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Beamed!

Very cool! Though I’ll be the first to admit, I probably would never have gotten this without the epic group solve on Discord. Also, the new title helped a bunch.
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ChrisKochmanski wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 4:58 pm Beamed!

Very cool! Though I’ll be the first to admit, I probably would never have gotten this without the epic group solve on Discord. Also, the new title helped a bunch.
Wait... there was a group solve on Discord? I was going to suggest one.... Hmm... I've forgotten my Discord information....
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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#23

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Awaiting to be beamed.

20. Joe Ross 🔟 10/29 - 17:17

I'd like to thank everyone but me for this accomplishment...
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ChrisKochmanski wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 4:58 pm Beamed!

Very cool! Though I’ll be the first to admit, I probably would never have gotten this without the epic group solve on Discord. Also, the new title helped a bunch.
This.
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#25

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If anyone has a hint to offer, you will find me all ears. Hopefully, I've built up a little karma with my assistance on other puzzles.

At this point, I feel that I might as well be getting title hints to some completely unrelated puzzle.

Update: Having been escorted into the light, thanks to some extraordinarily kind solvers, who acknowledged that they, too, had been nudged to the reclamation of sanity, I ask one more kind favor - can anyone explain to me where there were any hooks into this meta-chanism? I feel as if I could have stared at this forever and never gotten there by anything but sheer brute force methods.

Thanks to my nudgers, you know who you are. I owe you another weekend's sanity.
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I also will listen to a hint
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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Think I got it thanks to a nudge (you know who you are - thank you again!)

Gonna sit on it until Monday, though. Need that sweet sweet achievement and I botched the Tilghman one.

Edit: confirmed by my nudger. Still waiting for Monday. 🙂
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I have many, many in-laws in Iowa on both sides of sides of an allegiance divide. All of them would agree that the clue for 41A is not correct
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#29

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new title isn’t doin anything for me yet. would love a nudge if people are nudgin
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#30

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Thanks to a nudge forwarded to me. I’m awaiting beam up.

Yeah, never would have gotten it otherwise.

And I stupidly went and submitted it. So much for the badge! Hello rest of the weekend!

Now if only the Phillies could get at least 6 runs this inning….
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I'm a bit late to the party, and have to admit the new title hasn't helped me, so I'm certainly open to a nudge if anyone's willing!
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I'm with the group needing a nudge. This would be a good one for a zoom group think....
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Beamed up. It took me hours, including sleeping on it, even after my nudge. I still cannot fathom how Matt constructed this.
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#34

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I see a couple of small things but they haven't figured in yet. Would appreciate a small nudge to point me in the right direction. And i thought week 3's were hard!

Edit: took a good nudge, but i got there.
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#35

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lbray53 wrote: Sun Oct 30, 2022 8:44 am Beamed up. It took me hours, including sleeping on it, even after my nudge. I still cannot fathom how Matt constructed this.
I’d like to second, third and fourth this with the addition that my nudge was basically a shove to the finish.
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#36

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I could use a nudge as well.
Not planning to submit, just being driven crazy by mental impotence!
I was guessing [redacted by mods] but got nuthin...

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minimuggle wrote: Sun Oct 30, 2022 8:00 am I'm with the group needing a nudge. This would be a good one for a zoom group think....


I did get a nice nudge and really appreciate it. I'm now looking at the puzzle with new eyes. Thanks so much for the help.
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#38

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Beamed up at #36. Not sure I would have ever solved it with a nudge, though.
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Team Beam
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Cinny wrote: Sun Oct 30, 2022 11:38 am Beamed up at #36. Not sure I would have ever solved it with a nudge, though.
Boy, the nudges are that bad that they prevent you from solving?
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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