2023 Puzzle 11: “Postal Inspection” by Pete Muller and Mack Meller
The meta is a famous singer.
The submission deadline is 11pm ET Sunday, November 12.
Postal Inspection - November 2023
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Joe Ross
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- Joined: Fri Apr 12, 2019 4:46 am
- Location: Cincinnati
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docison
- Posts: 416
- Joined: Wed Apr 10, 2019 1:18 pm
- Location: Brookline, MA
Nice one from Pete, as always! My "first on the board" streak has reached 2 between this and last week's MGWCC!
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MikeyG
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- Location: Chicago
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Keep it up!
SW of the puzzle gave me some crunchy fill, but I managed! Fun one!
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DBMiller
- Posts: 546
- Joined: Wed Apr 10, 2019 8:59 pm
- Location: New Hampshire
Done and done
If I'm around, I am willing to join the Muggle Zoom room at other times to lend a hand to those in need.
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TMart
- Posts: 820
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:13 am
- Location: Malvern, PA
On the board at 15. A rare (for me) quick solve on the MMMM. Pete usually gets me good on these.
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ky-mike
- Posts: 1987
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 4:22 pm
- Location: Near Louisville Ky
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sharkicicles
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- Joined: Fri May 10, 2019 12:03 pm
- Location: Chicago
Tough (but fun) grid! Meta itself fell pretty quickly afterwards.
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boharr
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- Location: Westchester, NY
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kurtalert
- Posts: 126
- Joined: Tue Apr 05, 2022 3:02 pm
- Location: Chicagoland
Got it. Went down a handful of rabbit holes before finally seeing it. Very clever!
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CPJohnson
- Posts: 1092
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 1:38 pm
- Location: Kingsport, TN
Solved. This should provide great encouragement to all of you who have not solved; I usually struggle for days with Pete's puzzles.
Cynthia
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hcbirker
- Posts: 2017
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:24 pm
- Location: Studio City, CA
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ajk
- Posts: 965
- Joined: Mon Dec 21, 2020 4:22 pm
- Location: Colorado
Seemed suspiciously straightforward, but I'll take it. 
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Cap'n Rick
- Posts: 1559
- Joined: Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:44 pm
- Location: Nahant, MA
Ditto.sharkicicles wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 1:58 pm Tough (but fun) grid! Meta itself fell pretty quickly afterwards.
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Jeremy Smith
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- Location: Tampa Bay area
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KayW
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- Location: Chicago
On the board. Now to give the mega-meta one more try...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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runart
- Posts: 12
- Joined: Tue May 25, 2021 1:56 pm
If anyone has gotten the Mega could I PM? I feel very close but would like to confirm what I have so far. Thanks!
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Laura M
- Posts: 1396
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 11:49 am
On the board! I really tried to make a different mechanism work for a while, but finally happened on the right thing.
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Anita
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- Joined: Fri Apr 12, 2019 1:55 am
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ChrisKochmanski
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- Location: Saline, Michigan
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benchen71
- Posts: 2448
- Joined: Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:50 pm
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
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On the board. I required some gentle nudging for this one to come together, I have to say.
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