The answer to this meta is a world capital.
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Working Capital by Richard Allen
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Working Capital by Richard Allen
Working Capital by Richard Allen.
The answer to this meta is a world capital.
This puzzle is part of the CCCC bundle. To access the bundle and for more information, see this post.
The answer to this meta is a world capital.
This puzzle is part of the CCCC bundle. To access the bundle and for more information, see this post.
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BarbaraK
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Impressive the way you made that work! Fun solve
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Cool concept nicely executed. 
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Nicely done. There were a couple of Naticks for people of my generation, but I put them in the TIL till.
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Solved. Good stuff, thanks. Definitely a couple of Naticks for me as well, but understandable given my lack of hipness. 
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Some great finds on the themers! Went down smooth and easy, thanks!
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I was a test solver (for the first time) on this one. I remembered the meta but the grid was still challenging. A combination of my lack of memory, some revisions and a different approach to filling based on what I figured out first kept it interesting.
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Naticks for me too. Though when I look back, I believe that when I was young and should have been hip, I was an old soul even then. Someone throw on some Artie Shaw!
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Bob cruise director
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A fun meta. The grid was challenging because many of the clues were not in my wheelhouse
Thanks
Thanks
Bob Stevens
Cruise Director
Cruise Director
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Geezer with no musical wheelhouse here also 
-- but made it through Natick in spite of traffic on Route 135.
Reaching the solution made me feel competent once again!
And so far, my plan to approach these in reverse alphabetical puzzle title order is (Well, after only two puzzles thus far) proving to be the same as those folks doing them alphabetically by constructor.
Next it's the T's! --- 5 of them. So that'll be tomorrow since it's getting too late to try to figure out my ABCs forward, never mind bass-ackward.
Thanks for the puzzle, Ricky!
-- but made it through Natick in spite of traffic on Route 135.Reaching the solution made me feel competent once again!
And so far, my plan to approach these in reverse alphabetical puzzle title order is (Well, after only two puzzles thus far) proving to be the same as those folks doing them alphabetically by constructor.
Next it's the T's! --- 5 of them. So that'll be tomorrow since it's getting too late to try to figure out my ABCs forward, never mind bass-ackward.
Thanks for the puzzle, Ricky!
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I worked it out. A very impressive construction and fun solve - thanks!
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Thanks everyone!
If you don't mind, can you let me know where you were Naticked? I don't think the board has spoiler text so you can DM me.
My goal was to have the underlying grid solve like a themeless, around NYT Friday difficulty, since the meta is of modest difficulty. There's one entry that is legit but pretty tough - yet that isn't the one people seem to be mentioning!
If you don't mind, can you let me know where you were Naticked? I don't think the board has spoiler text so you can DM me.
My goal was to have the underlying grid solve like a themeless, around NYT Friday difficulty, since the meta is of modest difficulty. There's one entry that is legit but pretty tough - yet that isn't the one people seem to be mentioning!
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Fun puzzle, and who would have though that was possible! Nicely done, though like other - probably somewhat senior - solvers I was flummoxed at times. The crossings helped but the Bad Bunny (don't listen tot that) and some of the authors/singers had to be filed with crossings or often not at all. Turns out I had never played that particular game by Hasbro either, I'm more of a marbles, Tidily Wink, Monopoly era guy.
I liked it though!!
I liked it though!!
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