"When You Get Right Down To It" by benchen71

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!)
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#21

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First nudge triggered the Trebuchet and launched me over the Moat.

Thanks for the puzzle and fun Meta
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#22

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Over the MOAT after a change of perspective facilitated by the second nudge pushed me past unnecessary distractions.
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Can someone give me a nudge to the nudges?
I guess I should change my signature, and start promoting this meta: Hungry Little Creature. I was going to sent it to people for testing but I dropped the ball on it.
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woozy wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 12:28 am Can someone give me a nudge to the nudges?
This is a BIG nudge:

5. This is how to parse the title: start at U ("you") and then go diagonally ("right down") to IT.
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A quick solver update, bringing us to 26:

Ergcat
ajk
Hector
Pair O Ducks
Bbaack
Jaclyn
Tyrpmom
heidi
JHSeeman
ReB

Next update will occur directly before the answer reveal. :D
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benchen71 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 12:39 am
woozy wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 12:28 am Can someone give me a nudge to the nudges?
This is a BIG nudge:

5. This is how to parse the title: start at U ("you") and then go diagonally ("right down") to IT.
but... I tried that but there's nothing there and ... aw, geez. There it is
I guess I should change my signature, and start promoting this meta: Hungry Little Creature. I was going to sent it to people for testing but I dropped the ball on it.
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Thanks for the BIG nudge, Ben. I liked this meta alot.
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Finally crawled across the moat. Even with ALL the nudges, I still needed an extra push. Fun one, nonetheless. Thanks!
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Got it, after the nudges. Thanks, Ben.
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A final solver update before the answer reveal:

Dow Jones
amy nelson
Cindy Heisler
jbird
Carolyn
CPJohnson
SeamusOL
BarbaraK
dplass

That's 35. Not bad for a "week 5"!
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#31

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Here's the solution to "When You Get Right Down To It":

When You Get Right Down To It (solution).png

Definitely a SAD (simple and difficult) puzzle. The answer is right there, but hard to spot!
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! :shock:
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Well, I couldn't solve it. So I decided to satirize and make a joke of it.
I guess I should change my signature, and start promoting this meta: Hungry Little Creature. I was going to sent it to people for testing but I dropped the ball on it.
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woozy wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 5:56 pm Well, I couldn't solve it. So I decided to satirize and make a joke of it.
*Snicker* and it's a pretty funny - and fun - meta. Thanks!
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Didn't make the deadline, technically (I can never keep the posting schedules straight, though that's on me); I got it upon the fourth and fifth nudges - I was thinking right, then down - but never thought both simultaneously through the diagonal.

Definitely a SAD meta!
Less cross words, more crosswords.

Solve my latest "Pun of a Kind" Meta!: 93. Person of Letters
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DOH!!! I had the mechanism but did not apply it correctly and never got back to it. I kept trying to go RIGHT -> then DOWN v as opposed to diagonal. Clever of course, far too clever for me. RATS!
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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