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Hmmmm… I’m 100% sure that I figured out the mechanism, and have a very clear phrase to go to Google with, but Google is taking me to California, not Britain. Frustrating.

What an idiot. I tell myself, always re-read the instructions before submitting, but I didn't do it this time. Wrong answer.
Figured out the right answer about 60 seconds too late. Grrrr....

Got burned… solid click, but it was wrong. Ugh.

rjy wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 1:02 am Got burned… solid click, but it was wrong. Ugh.

Tried resubmitting and, to my surprise, my subsequent answer was accepted

Busy week, almost forgot about this one coming in on Tuesday....got it!

pjc wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 6:11 pm This is one of those ones where I clearly had a wrong answer (according to the prompt), but couldn't figure out for the life of me what the right answer was. And then it hit me.

Waited until now (because spoiler) to say "I see what you did there" :-)

Now that the contest is closed... does anybody want to clue me in to where I was supposed to go after CLAW HAMMER? I hit a dead end at that point. No bands named that (except the one from California), wasn't finding any songs named that, couldn't find any real popular banjo bands from Britain in the 80s... didn't find any other clues/answers in the puzzle that related to the phrase... stumped. Grrrrr.

Kurt:

Reapply the mechanism that brought you to clawhammer, or, should I say...

claWHAMmer.

PS: I should note - for those who might still not be familiar - that the site Diary of a Crossword Fiend is a treasured resource for puzzle fans. Talented, dedicated and clever Team Fiend members discuss and review many of the most popular puzzles on a daily basis. Daily grids get written up on the day of publication, contest puzzles, such as the metas, are only reported after the submission deadline has closed. The solution to the May Muller Monthly Music Meta was published yesterday.

https://crosswordfiend.com/

Oh, duh... I completely should have known to do that. Grrrrr. Oh well!

Pete's solution and song are posted here.

Tamara @BrennerTJ's reveal:

markhr wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2023 10:19 pm What an idiot. I tell myself, always re-read the instructions before submitting, but I didn't do it this time. Wrong answer.
Figured out the right answer about 60 seconds too late. Grrrr....

+1 on the 2nd sentence (my bolding). But I didn't realize it until not making it on the leaderboard. Embarrassed that I choose "Kinda Easy" when submitting the wrong answer.

So I overanalyzed this one a bit, but still got it. I saw the title of the puzzle I've Got the Music in Me was a song by Kiki Dee. Then when I googled Clawhammer I learned that is was a song by Elton John. Elton John and Kiki Dee did a duet Don't Go Breaking My Heart. So I thought the clawhammer could break hearts with a Wham! and then noticed wham was also in clawhammer. Whatever gets me there, I guess.