MGWCC #764 - “Eat, Drink, and Be Meta”

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MGWCC #764 - “Eat, Drink, and Be Meta”

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MGWCC #764 — Friday, January 20th, 2023 — “Eat, Drink, and Be Meta”

THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:

Today's puzzle is Week 3 of 4 in January. Instructions:

This week’s contest answer, which is 11 letters long, is what some meals finish with.


Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.


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Submitted and #5 on the board. Snowing here in Boston!
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This meta's title is perfect life advice! Another great one from the Gaffney!

No snow here in Chicagoland - yet anyway!
Less cross words, more crosswords.

Solve my latest "Pun of a Kind" Meta!: 91. You'll Turn It Around
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Beamed at #14. Fun one.
Check out this very cool project by many of your favorite muggles to raise money to fight cancer. You get a fun puzzle bundle and good causes get $. Win-win: Crosswords for Cancer
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Submitted and awaiting confirmation.

Edit: confirmed at #30!
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On the board at #23!
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Beamed!
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Beam me up! That was more of a week 2 in my opinion.
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On the board at #35

should have been faster, but had a "DOH" moment...ugh.
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Beamed up - thanks for dialing it back this week, Matt - a nice week 3 birthday treat for me!
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 contest-style (meta) crosswords that we've created to help raise money for cancer-related organizations - get the bundle at http://crosswordsforcancer.com
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Beamed up more quickly than a typical week 3..
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Beam me up! Matt eased up a bit this week it seems. Whew!!!
Now what to do with my weekend…

Stay well all
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Beamed up.
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I was stymied by last week's, so I was ready for more disappointment, but a second glance at this one showed a glimmer of hope, which quickly grew into a full-fledged beam of solvitude that carried me onto the leaderboard at #41.
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Beamed up at #63.
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MarkWoychick wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 12:51 pm a nice week 3 birthday treat for me!
Said a Muggle, “If a party ain’t noisy,
“It’s a flop that nobody enjoys.” He
Used the illustration
Of his own celebration —
The birthday heard all over Boise.
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Beamed.
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Well, I know what it isn't.

Trouble is what it isn't, is too good not to be it. But it's not as it's too frayed.

So in frustration, I'm just going to complain that 29A isn't chewy. ... until the wife says "The ones used in sticky pudding are".
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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Well I have submitted, hopefully the right thing. It seems like it can be nothing else, but of course I've been at that party before.

I think it is important to finish the saying though...

"Eat, Drink and be Meta, for Tomorrow you May go Why!" :D

I'll wait for an update.

EDIT: In at #95, right after Drcuteboy (heck I thought they had entered me twice for a minute :D )
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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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Lots of fun! And yeah, he did dial back on the difficulty factor.
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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