MEOW #126: Meaningless Words
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Dow Jones
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KayW
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The cat is out at last. I saw absolutely NOTHING the first time I looked at this. Then got distracted by a busy week. Finally had a chance to take another look today, and the answer jumped out and bit me. Fun one. Thanks Josh!
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 metapuzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related charities. It is available at CrosswordsForCancer.com.
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madhatter5
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Solution:
As hinted at by the central across entry, you needed to find the five squares whose corners were the letters M and T. The centers of those squares spelled out the answer, VAIPD.
I know, straightforward, but I hope still enjoyable.
As hinted at by the central across entry, you needed to find the five squares whose corners were the letters M and T. The centers of those squares spelled out the answer, VAIPD.
I know, straightforward, but I hope still enjoyable.
https://pandorasblocks.org/crosswords-for-cancer
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DrTom
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I never got there. I saw the squares but it was the one that did not conform that had me at STALEMATE. Should have just thrown it away since it was not like the others but....
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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Bird Lives
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Maybe you're already familiar with this site
https://boisvert42.github.io/mechapuzzle/
You upload a completed grid, and it gives a chart of letter frequencies -- this puzzle and the average puzzle, so you can see which letters are being used a lot. In this case, you see that there are a lot of Ms. Then you click on M and all the M square in the grid turn aqua colored. Then if you notice the Ts and you click on that, the same thing happens, and now you're looking at those five squares bordered by Ms and Ts.
Jay