"Wide Body" - August 17, 2023

[ricky]

Contest meta returns after a long break. Enjoy.

http://www.lexicondevil.live/2023/08/pu ... -meta.html

[whimsy]

Yes! Just when I thought I had "nothing to do" until 4 PM!

[ChrisKochmanski]

Ricky, will there be hints? I’m not getting much of anywhere.

[ricky]

Sure - DM me what you have

[ricky]

Leaderboard so far a bit slim, so hints may be in order

Hector solved at 13:34 on 8/17/2023
Laura M solved at 20:56 on 8/17/2023

[Meg]

Hints are very much in order.

[ricky]

You can DM me.

I've had some really interesting wrong answers on this one, which hasn't happened in a while.

So anyone who's gotten a wrong-answer response on Crosshare, I'd be interested to know how you got it. Might help me figure out an improved prompt.

[Tom Shea]

You can DM me.

I've had some really interesting wrong answers on this one, which hasn't happened in a while.

So anyone who's gotten a wrong-answer response on Crosshare, I'd be interested to know how you got it. Might help me figure out an improved prompt.

Mine were wag's which forced me to look at the puzzle again.

[Schmeel]

I got it. I'm not certain of the mechanism, but I saw something, Ricky assured I was on the right track and I guessed accordingly. It was right!
Thanks for the puzzle!

[boharr]

Got it.

[ChrisKochmanski]

Got it. With help. Good to have you back, Ricky!

[ricky]

Thanks! Plus I had another meta idea a couple of days ago so that's good news for September.

NOTE ISSUE: I was trying to renew my domain name and somehow got locked out of the domain name company's site so the name expired and I don't have a way to fix it yet. Hopefully fixed by tomorrow.

The Crosshare version is still available and I recommend everyone use that. Link:

https://crosshare.org/crosswords/9gT3K5 ... -body-meta

Updated Crosshare leaderboard:

Hector solved at 13:34 on 8/17/2023
Laura M solved at 20:56 on 8/17/2023
Rufus T Firefly solved at 9:14 on 8/19/2023
Schmeel solved at 14:29 on 8/19/2023
boharr solved at 15:05 on 8/19/2023
Meg solved at 15:29 on 8/19/2023
Cindy Weatherman solved at 15:29 on 8/19/2023

[ricky]

Haven't had any new correct answers in almost 3 days.

Due to the website issue, should I push the deadline back a day or two?

[ricky]

Got it. With help. Good to have you back, Ricky!

Did you submit an answer? I don't see one from you

[Abide]

Not sure of the deadline, but I will be DMing you for hints tonight.

[ricky]

I'm just going to leave this one open until everyone who wants to solve it feels like they've had a decent crack at it.

[benchen71]

I'm just going to leave this one open until everyone who wants to solve it feels like they've had a decent crack at it.

Oh, I've had a decent crack. I definitely need some nudges!

[markhr]

Got it, at last! Now back to MGWCC.

[ricky]

Updated leaderboard:

Hector solved at 13:34 on 8/17/2023
Laura M solved at 20:56 on 8/17/2023
Rufus T Firefly solved at 9:14 on 8/19/2023
Schmeel solved at 14:29 on 8/19/2023
boharr solved at 15:05 on 8/19/2023
Meg solved at 15:29 on 8/19/2023
Cindy Weatherman solved at 15:29 on 8/19/2023
Abide solved at 13:00 on 8/23/2023
markhr solved at 13:47 on 8/25/2023

[benchen71]

I'm still wondering what the answer to this meta is! Completely at sea!!