Nudges, in order of increasing blatancy:
1. No hints in the grid; you only have the title to work with. But those four themers really stand out! What do they have in common?
2. The title suggests that, actually, those debits are supposed to be credits.
3. FYI, DR is the abbreviation for "debit" and CR is the abbreviation for "credit".
4. Use that by-now-rather-typical meta strategy: look for other grid entries with clues that could be answered by those new words.
"Debit Where Credit Is Due" by benchen71
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Nudges, in order of increasing blatancy:
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Moat crossed with a couple of nudges....thanks Ben!
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Same - needed just one of the nudges, something I had absolutely no clue about but that’s on me to have noodled on my own. Clever idea/construction, thanks Ben!
Ray
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Crossed nudge free at 37,000 feet! Great meta!
Stay well
Stay well
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Solver update, while I have a quiet moment!
Johnny Luau
Carolyn
Jaclyn
kurtalert
SamKat9
LindaPRmaven
Streroto
rjy
That's 43. Next (and last) solver update right before the answer reveal Monday morning (Australia time).
Johnny Luau
Carolyn
Jaclyn
kurtalert
SamKat9
LindaPRmaven
Streroto
rjy
That's 43. Next (and last) solver update right before the answer reveal Monday morning (Australia time).
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta! ![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
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Final solver update:
hoover
Sharkicicles
Spid4567
That's 46 in total. Answer soon...
hoover
Sharkicicles
Spid4567
That's 46 in total. Answer soon...
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta! ![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
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- benchen71
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Here's the solution to "Debit Where Credit Is Due":
Back to "week 1" difficulty tomorrow!![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
Back to "week 1" difficulty tomorrow!
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Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta! ![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
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This was a fun one- would have considered a “week 1.5” except I didn’t know CR and DR stood for credit and debit. With that nude it fell pretty quickly.
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I never even realized it was CR and DR, I figured it was just D and C for Debit and Credit and everything worked out just fine.
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I think in the early planning stage for this meta, I was under the impression that Debit was DB: so switch out the DBs and replace them with CRs. But when I researched further, I discovered that Debit was actually DR. So, instead of pulping the idea, I went ahead and did it anyway!
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Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta! ![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
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