Take a Change on Me - January, 2024

A monthly, music-themed meta crossword published at noon on the first Tuesday of every month. The puzzles increase in difficulty each month, and at year end there is a 13th puzzle (the "Mega-Meta") that invokes each of the 12 monthly puzzles. Currently available at https://pmxwords.com/, as well as through the Washington Post website here: MMMM at WaPo
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BarbaraK
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Take a Change on Me - January, 2024

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"Take a Change on Me" by Pete Muller, Mack Meller, and Andrew White

The meta is a famous musician

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That was fun! And I'm really looking forward to seeing the video next Tuesday.
If you want help with a meta, feel free to PM me. The more specific you are about what you have and what you want, the more likely I can help without spoiling.

(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
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On the board.
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Still awaiting official website confirmation of being on board, but this one was a slam dunk, not sure how I could be wrong!

Edit: officially on board!
Last edited by kurtalert on Tue Jan 09, 2024 2:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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On the board.
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On the board. Nice start to the year! And I'm definitely looking forward to the video.
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About as straightforward as a meta gets- might be a good one to send to aspiring meta-solvers. Fun, decently tough grid, too.
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Definitely looking forward to the video! Completely forgot today was PMX day - time to meta was 6:16.

Here's to a great '24 ahead of magnificent musical metas!
Less cross words, more crosswords.

Solve my latest "Pun of a Kind" Meta!: 92. It's a Breeze
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On the board. Crunchy grid.
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On the board for the first time in months. I love January!
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:notes: On the board. Very tough grid for me, but the meta is a true level one IMHO. Looking forward to the video!
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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Decided to finally take a crack at the MMMM this year — I know next to nothing when it comes to popular music, but I keep hearing such nice things about the puzzles I figured I gotta give it a go. On the board for January; here's to a fun year of solves ahead!
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1st time ever on the board! Normally I figure out the patterns pretty easily but overthink the answer and chicken out of submitting it! So glad I didn't this time!
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On the board. Nicely challenging grid!!

Stay well all
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Brilliant start to a new year of MMMM! Very clever meta, this one.
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! :shock:
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Done and submitted. Wish I could remember to do these when posted. Was probably done in about the same time as Domino's Pizza used to claim for delivery time.
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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On the board!
Shannon 🐱
PS: If you want help with a meta, PM what you have so I can help without spoiling too much. I've received lots of help in the beginning and I love to pay it forward!
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On the board! Fun concept to kick off the year!
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A tough grid for me, as is often the case with Pete's. And yes, the meta was equivalent to a week 1. (Or a January MMMM, I suppose.)

But I enjoyed it! And I also look forward to the video. (But which song...?)
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Just got to this at bedtime but thankfully won’t have to stay up late! Fun but quick meta. Waiting for confirmation I’m on the board.
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Fun! Every year I pledge to start looking early for the Mega...usually around mid-December I print them all out again having forgotten and thrown out all my hardcopy. And I still don't get it!
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