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I crossed the moat and fortunately didn’t fall off my horse. Riding sidesaddle is tricky.

Crossed the MOAT, entered the castle....and was shocked, shocked I tell you, to find such shady goings-on!
Thanks for a humdinger, Ben!

Crossed the MOAT...thanks for another great construction Ben!

There's still time before the end of the first 24 hours since the puzzle dropped. But the following were not put off by the super-sized grid and made it to the answer:

Hector
hoover
Danny K Bernstein
woozy
markhr
Dow Jones
Tom Wilson
Berto
Pair O Ducks
boharr
LarsCaine
Darth
DCBilly
kymike
AxelPlays
KayW
MatthewL
Cindy Heisler
Carolyn
dannyvee
Bird Lives
kurtalert
ajk
lbray53
Cindy Weatherman
heidi
DrTom
DIS
JM
edestlin
Laura M
Johnny Luau
DebbieC
Dave C
CPJohnson
Tim
LindaPRmaven
Golem
Ergcat
Alvibu67
I K Snamhcok
frostyjhammer
Meg
whimsy
Qmark

We start with 45!

Fell asleep with this on my lap last evening (not that it was boring… but stamina ran out!). Finished grid and quickly sussed out the mech over coffee this morning… what a treat, to be able to focus on a meta crossword and our fun community, rather than read the news the morning after Super Tuesday (used to enjoy following political news; now it just depresses me).

Oversized castle stormed!

Quite the grid fill! Swam for an extra day there but crossed and stormed nonetheless. Clever one, Ben~

Solver update followed by nudges!

Tyrpmom
HeadinHome
Sara
rjy
Sharkicicles
Gutman

That brings us to 51.

Nudges, in order of increasing blatancy:

1. 64 Across has the hint: "Tried and true method of tracking down malfeasance in government (and a hint for finding the answer to the meta)": FOLLOW THE MONEY

2. There are also subtle hints in 24 A and 110 A.

3. You are looking for 10 currencies hiding in the grid!

4. Some currencies are going to be more obvious than others. Symmetry will also help.

That was a long moat! Solved sans nudges. Thanks, Ben!

Solver update:

Spid4567
Alex Sisti
noneuclidean
Jaclyn
SJMcK
Mr Tex

That's 57. Last update before the answer reveal Monday morning, Aussie time!

Just one more solver, bringing us to a grand total of 58:

Rick

Here's the solution to "Government Malfeasance":


Regular-sized MOAT coming your way in a day and a half!