Look Both Ways

[HeadinHome]

Lurking around here waiting for a posted nudge. A nudge other than the ones in the puzzle itself. ( :

[whimsy]

OTC
-- after getting my mechanism approach verified, and having it suggested to me that a submission that would be accepted was, ahem perhaps an expression that a younger generation would more readily use.

@rjy I like your naming of our constructor! - - Ducks! -- It's got that Mrs. Doubtfire/Brit vibe.

In honor of that, I'll sign off with advice from our London friends --

Thanks for the puzzle!

[edestlin]

Lurking around here waiting for a posted nudge. A nudge other than the ones in the puzzle itself. ( :

Same. I'm looking both ways (and several others) and still firmly embedded in the couch.

[schmidzy]

20 solvers from day 1:

EdBogie (TS)
Abide (TS)
merlinnimue
Meg
benchen71
Hector
Darth
boharr
DrTom
damefox
rjy
Schmeel
lbray53
Bird Lives
Wendy Walker
Laura M
imontoo
Berto
I K Snamhcok
whimsy

[schmidzy]

This one seems to be playing tougher than expected! How about a couple early nudges?

1. The meta prompt may have been cleaner without the specification "10-letters" -- and I've set up Crosshare to accept some other permutations of the answer.

2. Most solvers seem to have easily found what to add: where specifically did you add those things?

[MatthewL]

Off the couch, with an enormous shove from a friendly Muggle. Would never have gotten there on my own.

[markhr]

Nope, still lost. Not even close.
Maybe some Wednesday nudges might help..

[Cinny]

Off the couch with a bit of help!!

[KayW]

Apparently I am not "most solvers". I think I'll need to wait for "nudge zero"

[MarkWoychick]

Finally got it without nudges but not before making a couple wild guesses yesterday and one more whiff today after I found the right path. OTC now and thanks for the puzzle, @schmidzy

[schmidzy]

Apparently I am not "most solvers". I think I'll need to wait for "nudge zero"

I promise I'll have some nudgier nudges tomorrow!

[JeanneC]

Geez, I must be overthinking…. But I really enjoy these metas!

[ajk]

Solved (kinda) after being nudged about a characteristic of the answer. But still don't see the 10 letter version, so I think I should only get half credit.

ETA: and of course right after posting that now I get the 10-letter one (I think)

[schmidzy]

Nine more solvers on day 2:

hoover
MatthewL
Cindy Heisler
THC
Mwoychick
Philip Chow
ajk
BrennerTJ
Rufus T Firefly

[schmidzy]

And now for some more comprehensive nudges:

1. What body part, and a useful one for puns and wordplay, is suggested by the title?

2. Where might you add that, as suggested by 39A?

3. The meta answer is a phrase suggested by the location of the added things.

And a big shove off the couch:

3b. In case you're unfamiliar with the phrase, you can google for "to give someone the [singular synonym for 39A] [body part]"

[minimuggle]

Was shoved off the couch. Wonderful puzzle. Thanks for the challenge. .

[woozy]

:

3b. In case you're unfamiliar with the phrase, you can google for "to give someone the [singular synonym for 39A] [body part]"

Oh, I made the assumption that the answer was a ten letter word even though there was no such stipulation. And that completely thwarted me. Entirely my fault. But it totally threw me.

[schmidzy]

Oh, I made the assumption that the answer was a ten letter word even though there was no such stipulation. And that completely thwarted me. Entirely my fault. But it totally threw me.

If I had a dollar for every time I've done the same darn thing, I'd have a lot of dollars!

[CPJohnson]

Finally got it; needed all the nudges and a helpful suggestion from another muggle. I was not familiar with the term. But thanks for the puzzle!

[Eric Porter]

I'm another one shoved off the couch. Congrats to those of you who got it without hints. From the first hints, I spent a good amount of time knowing basically what I had to do, but still couldn't come up with the right answer.